Rafael Z., accused by Puebla\u2019s Fiscal\u00eda General del Estado of orchestrating armed attacks on drivers along V\u00eda Atlixc\u00e1yotl, will stay in preventive detention following his initial court hearing. <\/p>\n
During the hearing, his defense requested an extension of the constitutional term, which the judge granted, allowing up to 144 hours\u2014six days\u2014to determine whether there is enough evidence to formally charge him. <\/p>\n
This case has drawn significant attention after months of shootings targeting vehicles on V\u00eda Atlixc\u00e1yotl and Perif\u00e9rico Ecol\u00f3gico, sparking fear among commuters. The Fiscal\u00eda linked Rafael Z. to at least 11 investigations, including one for attempted homicide after a young man was injured, alongside multiple property damage reports. <\/p>\n
The Spanish-born businessman was arrested on July 14 during a raid in the Santa Fe neighborhood. Authorities say he allegedly fired at agents during the operation, leading to additional charges of aggravated attempted homicide and property damage. The search also uncovered firearms, hundreds of cartridges, cash, and a GMC Denali truck reportedly used in the attacks. <\/p>\n
Officials credit their identification of Rafael Z. to a combination of video surveillance analysis, 3D ballistic forensics, crime scene reconstructions, and intelligence work. The first reports of shootings date back to April, with the initial formal complaint filed in June. <\/p>\n
The judge\u2019s decision on whether to link Rafael Z. to the case and move forward with a full investigation will come within the extended constitutional period, marking a critical step in addressing the violence that has unsettled Puebla\u2019s drivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rafael Z., accused by Puebla\u2019s Fiscal\u00eda General del Estado of orchestrating armed attacks on drivers along V\u00eda Atlixc\u00e1yotl, will stay in preventive detention following his initial court hearing. During the hearing, his defense requested an extension of the constitutional term, which the judge granted, allowing up to 144 hours\u2014six days\u2014to determine whether there is enough […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3758,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757\/revisions\/3758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}