A drug trafficker could have been the target of the attack on a Mexican town hall in which 20 people died

MADRID, 8 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

One of the leaders of the Mexican criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking and nicknamed 'Michoacana Family', José Alfredo Hurtado, nicknamed 'El Fresa', could have been the target of the attack carried out on Wednesday in the town of San Miguel Totolapán, in the state of Guerrero, and in which 20 people died, including the mayor of the municipality.

This is what 'Strawberry' himself has assured in a video broadcast on the YouTube social network in which he details that someone from the town, "who has not been identified", would have betrayed them, since he lives near the town hall. "Everyone knows me and everyone knows where I live," he said, according to the newspaper 'Proceso'.

The member of 'Familia Michoacana' left that day because he agreed to hold a meeting with the mayor of San Miguel Totolapan and with his father, former mayor of the town. He arrived at the meeting shortly after the attacks began, so he was able to flee.

The lines of investigation into what happened led by the Guerrero Prosecutor's Office indicate that it could have been due to a dispute between the criminal group 'Los Tequileros' and the Michoacana Family.

The armed group carried out three simultaneous attacks on the homes of the mayor of San Miguel Totolapán, Conrado Mendoza, his father and former mayor of the Juan Mendoza municipality, as well as an assault on the town hall building, where 18 people have died, according to reports. 'The universal'.

In the attack on the town hall, a group of at least 15 heavily armed men violently entered the facilities of the San Miguel Totolapán city hall, from where the gang began shooting at the public building.

After that, seven municipal policemen who were guarding the property and who initially repelled the attack by 'Los Tequileros', were finally fatally wounded with shots from AR-15 and AK-47 assault rifles, according to the aforementioned newspaper. .

The rest of the people killed were city hall workers. Also, in addition to the dead, three people have been injured in the attack on the public building and have been taken to a medical center by helicopter.

Simultaneously, other members of this group attacked the home of the mayor of the town and that of his father, without being able to confirm so far the aggression or death of more civilians in both attacks.