Bernardo Bravo, leader of the lemon market and spokesperson for this sector, was located in Apatzingán, Michoacán, shot in the face and beaten.
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The murder of the lemon trees leader occurs a few weeks after they reiterated the public denunciation of insecurity and violence that afflicts them in the Tierra Caliente region.
“The insecurity crisis in the municipalities of Apatzingán and Buenavista has intensified as a result of the armed conflict between organized crime groupsa conflict that we have been experiencing since 2023,” he wrote on his official Facebook page on September 27.
Bernardo Bravo’s call to the state authorities happened recurrently and led to the arrest of civilians linked to organized crime and extortion of producers.
According to preliminary reports, the body of Bernardo Bravo was located near the Apatzingán-Presa del Rosario highwaythe situation being reported to the emergency number.
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Staff from the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Michoacánwhich carries out the corresponding investigation.
The victim served as president of Citricultores del Valle de Apatzingán and in charge of the Tianguis Limonero. Dozens of times they accused the extortions that The sector in the Tierra Caliente region was the target.
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