Blog del Narco: Rival Cartel Member Poses as Hospital Worker for Assassination

A rival Cartel Member caused panic at Sinaloa General Hospital after he entered the hospital dressed in white and killed a patient on the second floor. The gunshots scarred employees, patients and their families who were in a panic for several minutes.

The victim had a protective guard provided by the Municipal Police, who was disarmed by the murderer.

Roel Lopez Juan Hernandez, who had 26 years of age, was killed while he was recuperating at the hospital. He had suffered gunshot wounds in an attack on Monday. His father Eleno Jose Lopez, 52 died in Mondays attack.

The latest attack was shortly after six o’clock in the afternoon on Wednesday.
A man dressed in white came upstairs and walked into the hospital room of Roel Lopez Juan Hernandez.

The stranger pulled out a gun and shot him six times. Also in the same room was another patient with his family.  After the incident, the murderer walked slowly from the hospital. It triggered the panic signal that links law enforcement agencies, but the murderer had “disappeared”.

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