Who Ordered Mario Machuca’s Killing?

CANCÚN, Mexico — Nearly one month after the assassination of Mario Machuca, leader of the Confederation of Revolutionary Workers and Peasants (CROC) in Cancún, investigations by the State Attorney General's Office remain focused within the union organization itself, though officials have not yet determined who ordered the killing.

The Attorney General, Raciel López Salazar, stated that the first phase of the investigation concluded with the capture of the alleged perpetrators. He confirmed that the work now centers on identifying the intellectual authors of the crime.

"We are working; we have not stopped despite having other cases. We are precisely in the second stage, to identify who gave the order to kill the leader," the prosecutor said.

He explained that this type of investigation is often complex because "behind it there is a series of strategic machinations." However, he advanced that the Attorney General's Office already has a very defined line of investigation that will allow it to clarify who gave the order for the homicide.

"Soon we will have a result and we will announce it right here: who ordered the leader to be killed," López Salazar stated.

The case remains controversial in the state, as it is one of the crimes with the greatest political and social impact in Cancún in recent years. Mario Machuca was shot to death on the afternoon of August 4 by assailants on a motorcycle. Days later, it was confirmed that these two individuals, along with one other, were detained and formally charged.