Belonging to the Secretariat of Citizen Security of Tlaxcala (SSC), the officer Antonio Hernandez He died after being in a coma for 12 days.. This outcome is a consequence of the brutal injuries suffered during a lynching perpetrated by inhabitants of Xitototla, a community located in Zacatelco, Tlaxcala, on April 8.
Hernández thus becomes the second police victim of a tragic episode of vigilante justice in the southern region of Tlaxcala. The SSC expressed its regret for this irreparable loss, highlighting that, despite the medical efforts deployed, the police officer suffered a fatal heart failure. He was the second police officer to die from that lynching.
Police would arrest thieves, but they ended up lynched
The fateful event took place when Hernández and two colleagues, Bernabé Rocha and Agustín N., were victims of a violent lynching by the residents of Xitototla, as a result of an operation carried out by the SSC in a clandestine workshop.
This workshop, apparently dedicated to bodywork, operated as a looting and storage point for stolen vehicles. Police would recover a trailer load of beer; They surprised a group of criminals, who tried to flee and encountered an older man whom they murdered in their attempt to steal the vehicle he was driving, marked as a taxi.
This tragic event exacerbated the spirits of the residents, who quickly gathered and attacked the police and the detainees with excessive fury in order to lynch the alleged murderers of the older adult.
Police officers injured after lynching in Tlaxcala
Despite rescue efforts, Hernández and his companions were brutally beaten by the angry mob. Although the injured were initially managed to be removed from the scene, the severity of the injuries became evident over time. While Agustín N. has been discharged, Hernández fought for his life at the Tlaxcala General Hospital for 12 days, until his tragic death.
With the loss of Hernández, the toll of violence unleashed in Xitototla on April 8 rises to three fatalities: a citizen murdered by criminals and two brave police officers lynched, added to a survivor who faces the trauma of having lived through this tragedy .
This Sunday, colleagues from the security institution carried out the last roll call of officer Antonio Hernández and said goodbye to his remains.
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