Narco Blog: Man Executed With Girlfriend at His Side

The Attorney General’s Office said in a statement that at approximately 11:40 am yesterday, members of the State Investigation Agency assigned to the homicide investigation division, along with the pubic prosecutor services personnel expert, arrived at the corner of Avenue Jacarandas and Jalisco Avenue, in the city.

Discovered on the sidewalk was the lifeless body of a person who was identified as Mark Leafar Sandoval, 32 years old originating from the United States and a resident of this city of Tepic, Nayarit. The
Girlfriend of the deceased Meza Romero Karenina 29 years old, a native and resident of Tepic, resides at number 35 Avenue Jacarandas Los Sauces. She told authorities that minutes before they walked down the avenue as they were preparing to get into a Nissan Taxi, a white car pulled up carrying at least three young men. One of them descended from the car and pulled a gun from his shirt. He shot Mark, leaving him in the street then jumped back in the car and escaped. In the place eight 9 mm casing shells were scattered.

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