Two sentenced to 48 years for robbery and homicide in Mexico

The State of Mexico Attorney General's Office (FGJEM) has secured a prison sentence of 48 years and nine months for Víctor Hugo Zavala Jiménez and Víctor Manuel Pérez Cruz. The defendants were convicted of robbery resulting in death.

The incident occurred on December 19, 2024, on the La Marquesa-Xalatlaco highway near San Isidro Tehuantepec in the municipality of Ocoyoacac. According to investigators, the victims were traveling in a gray Nissan vehicle with six other passengers when the defendants used two vehicles to block their path.

During the confrontation, Zavala Jiménez fired a weapon at the victim, causing the vehicle to stop. The attackers forced all seven occupants to kneel at the roadside under threat of death. The attackers fled in the victim's vehicle after noticing other cars approaching. The victim later died in a hospital due to gunshot wounds.