The night of This Tuesday the former mayor of Comalcalco was executed, Gregory Arias Pérez, who would have received at least three bullet wounds; So far the motive for the incident is unknown.
According to reports, the attack occurred around 8:00 p.m. outside your homelocated in the municipal seat, where two people on a motorcycle, presumably, they shot him at close range to the priista.
According to the testimony of David Méndez, in an audio that circulates in WhatsApp chats, “Support“Arias was killed when he was getting into his truck, accompanied by Antonio Linaresalthough the latter he came out unharmed.
“I spoke first-hand with Toño Linares right now, and yes, in front of him they killed him, he was getting into his truck, closing the office and there they executed him two on a motorcycle, without saying hello, Toño was also shot, as he threw to the ground, they did not hit him, but Support if they gave him three hits and he died,” he narrated.
Another of the versions that were circulating, indicates that when “Goyo” Arias was leaving his home, a woman approached him to ask for financial support, so the PRI went in to look for money to give to the woman.
After the above, they passed two men on a motorcycle and shot the former mayor, and presumably, “Toño” Linares, who was his companion, was shot in the hand.
After the fact, elements of Public Security of Comalcalco They cordoned off the area and deployed an operation to find the responsible.
Arias Pérez was mayor of Comalcalco from 2004 to 2006, and in 2021 he sought again, through the PRI, to be the mayoral candidate, but he was unsuccessful, and during his political career, he was very controversial.
It is also worth mentioning in October 2010, his son Santiago Arias Sevilla, 17, was kidnapped when he was leaving school, and in January 2011, he was found dead, despite the fact that his ransom had been paid.