Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, head of the Ministry of the Interior (Interior Ministry), acknowledged Tuesday that a soldier opened fire yesterday on a group of people in the midst of a struggle in Antunez Parácuaro Township, killing a person identified as member of the AUC.
At a press conference in the town of Emiliano Zapata, Veracruz, the federal official said they already have identified the military element responsible for the detonation.
Osorio Chong also noted that to continue investigating reports that another person who died in the same event occurred when the army was headed Apatzigán.
With this, would add two deaths recognized by federal authorities, however, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) has opened an investigation into alleged violations of human rights in the alleged confrontation, but refers the death of at least four people, including a child of 11 years.