Mexico: Anel Bueno's Body Discovered In Grave; President Obrador Is Seeking Answers

Another gory murder has been reported in Ixtlahuacán, one of Mexico’s most murderous regions. In what appears to be a hate crime, Congresswoman Anel Bueno’s body was discovered in a shallow grave precisely a month after her abduction by a group of armed men in the drug cartel capital.

“Your departure hurts me deeply -- I’m saddened not just by the fact but by the cruelty,” tweeted Indira Vizcaíno, a local politician from the same party, stressing upon the need for justice and deeper investigation into such crimes that the region is notoriously known for.

The Colima state prosecutor's office released a statement on Wednesday that specified how the legislator’s body was found in a grave alongside the bodies of three men. While the bodies were discovered on Monday, the remains of the lawmaker weren’t identified by authorities until Tuesday.

The 38-year-old Mexican lawmaker visited the area to inform residents about the dangers of the novel coronavirus and how to protect themselves during the pandemic.

While the exact cause behind Bueno’s murder is yet to be known, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador informed the detention of a prime suspect during a press meet in Campeche on Wednesday. “We still don’t know the causes, just that there is someone in custody and there is already a statement about who was responsible,” López Obrador said.

A volley of Obrador’s allies expressed their condolences over the death of their party member. Colima has earned an infamous reputation of being one of the riskiest places among one of five Mexican states after its murder rates skyrocketed in the past years. Incidentally, miscreants have targeted politicians in the past. In 2017 Ixtlahuacán’s mayor, Crispín Gutiérrez, was killed. Last July, the mayor of the port of Manzanillo was attacked with gunfire but escaped unharmed, as reported by a media outlet.

As stated in a recent report, In 2017 Tecomán’s murder rate touched 172.5 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants -- mirroring a ghastly state of affairs in the region. Things only seemed to get worse, as over 100 clandestine cemeteries were found in 2019 -- comprising of corpses of those who had “dared cross the cartels.”