555:, JesĂşs RodrĂguez Almeida, reported on 20 April 2012 that Acosta Chaparro's death was a "direct aggression" apparently by someone who had followed him all the way to the auto shop. He discarded that Acosta's assassination was simply an armed robbery. According to the authorities, when Acosta was speaking with two people, the killer—a short-size man of approximately 25 years of age, who was wearing jeans and a white-colored shirt at the moment of execution—got close. He then walked past Acosta, turned around and looked at him, and then returned while pulling out a
419:. In fact, Monroy was the mechanic of the airplane that Acosta allegedly flew to throw the bodies of the activists and guerrilla members in the ocean. According to the testimonies, military officers would make two or three plane "trips" a day, where they would throw the bodies in the ocean; the bodies were reportedly placed in sack bags and filled with rocks before being thrown. One of the pilots who was to serve as a witness is now dead—allegedly shot for confessing against Acosta's supposed involvement in
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Valdez claims that
General Acosta Chaparro was sent on a mission in 2009 by President Felipe Calderon's government to persuade Mexico's various rival drug cartels—the Sinaloa Cartel, the Zetas, La Familia Michoacana, the Beltran-Leyvas, La Barbie, and the Juarez Cartel—to agree to a peace treaty. According to Valdez, Acosta Chaparro visited the leaders of all of these groups. Hernandez had interviewed the General two years earlier with the condition of anonymity, and he told her the same story.
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On 19 May 2010, in Mexico City's La Roma neighborhood, Acosta was injured after being shot four times in the thorax. During the attack, Acosta wrestled with the aggressor, while
Rodolfo Chumacero Galindo—a former military officer and friend of Acosta—searched for the gun Acosta "always hid" under the
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A letter written by the incarcerated drug baron Edgar Valdez
Villarreal, alias "La Barbie," was published in the Reforma newspaper on November 28, 2012, after being shown to the journalist Anabel Hernandez. In the letter, which alleges systematic corruption among all levels of Mexico's police forces,
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Acosta had on him; nonetheless, the authorities did not discard other motives. The Mexico City police carried out an operation in the area to find the gunman; they were able to detain Joel
Figueroa Cortez, a man with similar characteristics to those provided by the witnesses of the armed assault. He
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According to police reports, the general and his chauffeur were inside a vehicle when a gunman who reportedly wanted to steal Acosta's wristwatch shot him multiple times. Acosta was on the wheel when the aggressor assaulted him, and shot him four times while Acosta accelerated. Acosta was reportedly
464:. According to the villagers, they had led a march of over 40 people, asking the government for "fertilizers" and a better lifestyle; then, 17 members of the march were ambushed and gunned down by police officers. 23 others were found injured. Acosta Chaparro was allegedly involved in this massacre.
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and talking with two people at around 18:00 in Anáhuac neighborhood right before he was shot. Medical help arrived 9 minutes after he was wounded. When the paramedics arrived, they indicated that Acosta was alive despite having visible shots in the head and thorax. They gave him first aid care and
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The attorney general of Mexico City informed on 20 May 2010 that the gunman that attempted to kill Acosta was under the age of 30, and that he acted on his own. Following the day of the shooting, the authorities were not able to produce a portrait of the criminal to facilitate his capture. A woman
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TarĂn Chávez's testimony was read aloud through a microphone in court on the first days of
November 2002. According to his declarations, one day Acosta Chaparro answered a phone call and heard the voice from the other line say: "Son! How are you? Son!" TarĂn Chávez said that they only person that
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created by the
Mexican authorities with the help of several eyewitnesses in the assassination. In a press conference, the Attorney General of Mexico City stated that there are several witnesses that recognize the 22-year-old Arechega ZarazĂşa as the assassin. Nonetheless, the detainee has a clean
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newspaper reported that Acosta was accused in 2002 for the death of 22 peasants in the 1970s, but that the charges were dropped in
February 2006 after there were no juridical elements to keep him in prison. In 1968, Acosta Chaparro was part of the BatallĂłn Olimpia, a military-led agency that was
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and hand them over to the governor. There were declarations that Acosta planned the arrival of
Colombian aircraft loaded with narcotics. Acosta's logistic work allegedly involved the delivery of cars, money, and communication accessories to military officers who worked for Carrillo Fuentes. The
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and friend of Acosta, Minerva Vanesa Karim
Demichelis, was able to describe what the gunman was wearing, but claimed that she was "not able to see face." Rodolfo Chumacero Galindo, a friend of Acosta, was outside of the vehicle was not aware of the confrontation until he saw Acosta injured.
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For more than two years following the attacks, the investigations of this incident were never publicized. The reasons for the attacks were never clarified, although Acosta's ties with
Mexican drug cartels or an assassination attempt done by guerrilla groups have not been discarded.
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at the Servicio MĂ©dico Forense (SEMEFO), the corpse of Acosta Chaparro was handed over to his family members early in the morning on 21 April 2012. The family members asked the media and authorities to not release the location the funeral home where Acosta will be taken.
217:. But it was not until 2007 that a panel of judges overturned the drug trafficking allegations because his prosecutors failed to "prove the alleged links to Carrillo Fuentes." He was later released after spending 6 years and 10 months in the military prison. Acosta's
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On 4 June 2012, a man allegedly named Jonathan Javier Arechega ZarazĂşa was detained in connection with the assassination of Acosta Chaparro. The supposed suspected was detained after an anonymous call alerted the police of a man with similar features to the
202:, Acosta and another Army general, Francisco QuirĂłs Hermosillo, were accused for having ties with Carrillo Fuentes, who allegedly gave large sums of money and gifts to the two generals for protection. All of this information was attained after a
539:(Sedena) said that Acosta was simply picking up his vehicle, but it refused to give more information because Acosta was already retired at the time of the incident. Acosta Chaparro had served for more than 45 years in the
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376:) of the PRD, said that she lamented the liberation of Acosta and recognized that no evidence was found against him; nonetheless, she said that Acosta's participation in the "dirty war" left hundreds disappeared.
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general Francisco Acosta Chaparro, was "one of the most controversial military men in Mexico's modern history." He was also one of the most "ferocious" persecutors of guerrilla groups during the presidencies of
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pistol, shooting him at close distance as he conversed with a person. There were only three known witnesses during Acosta's execution. 3 bullet casings were found on the scene. The security videocameras of the
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The activists then said that Acosta was one of the most "ruthless" criminals in the country, because he allegedly persecuted Eloy Cisneros Guillén and Octaviano Santiago Dionisio, former members of the
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took him on the ambulance. Acosta was identified by the ID he carried. Acosta, however, died on his way to the Red Cross Central Hospital in the Polanco neighborhood. Soon after the shootout, the
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for doing so. In addition, Andrés Nájera, the president of the Eureka Committee in the state of Guerrero, linked Acosta to 30% of the disappearances during the "dirty war" in the 1970s. He said:
242:(Lord of the Skies), the leader of the Juárez Cartel. During the phone call, Carrillo Fuentes reportedly told Acosta that he had spoken with Rubén Figueroa Alcocer, the former governor of
515:, a witness told the authorities that Acosta had arrived at an auto shop to drop off his car when a lone gunman approached him and shot him three times in the head. The assailant used a
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organized to suppress the student uprisings; in the 1970s, he was promoted to the rank of colonel and was entitled to form part of a counterinsurgency group. According to the newspaper
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On 1 November 2002, Acosta was sentenced to 16 and a half years in prison for allegedly protecting the Juárez Cartel. By the year 2005, a federal court annulled the declarations of the
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newspaper published an article of an incident where ex-guerrilla members and their families complained about Acosta's release from jail and condemned the administration of President
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206:, Gustavo TarĂn Chávez—who was even sent to the United States to be interrogated—declared against several members of the Juárez Cartel, naming Acosta and QuirĂłs along with them.
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handgun and then ran away to a motocycle where an accomplice was awaiting for him. The two of them then drove away. According to reports, Acosta was standing nearby a
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neighborhood, Monroy did not want to speak. Nonetheless, he later accepted to do so and reportedly "spoke for more than 12 hours" on what he had seen in the "
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Monroy Candia is now a retired military officer; he is approximately 60 years old. When a number of Mexican soldiers appeared at his door on his home in a
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Two hours after the death of Acosta Chaparro, the Red Cross officially informed through a communiqué that he had died. The attorney general of
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near his home at early hours in the morning when incident occurred. Later investigations mentioned that this assault was probably due to the
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Hernandez, Anabel (2013-09-10). Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers (Kindle Location 5623). Verso Books. Kindle Edition.
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record and declared himself innocent, but will remain under custody for 30 days. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison in January 2013.
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The body was taken to the medical examiner's office at night on 20 April 2012 to determine Acosta's cause of death. After the end of the
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and flying airplanes and throwing the bodies of guerrilla members at the ocean. Francisco QuirĂłs Hermosillo, who was accused of
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published an article with the confessions of Margarito Monroy Candia, a former mechanic at a military base in
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1199:"Ex guerrilleros condenan la liberación de Acosta Chaparro ; El general estuvo 6 de 15 años en prisión"
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blamed Acosta Chaparro for the disappearances of the opposition groups of the government of that time.
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with Acosta, was believed to be involved in the disappearances too. International organizations like
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contain the exact footage when general Acosta was gunned down. The video was finally posted and
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was later released after there were no elements that linked him to the assault.
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1787:"Matan a tiros a un general retirado vinculado al cartel de Ciudad Juárez"
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1568:"Asesinan al General Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro en la Ciudad de MĂ©xico"
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804:"Asesinan al General Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro en la Ciudad de MĂ©xico"
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magazine reported on 20 April 2012 that Acosta was allegedly involved in
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1508:"El general Acosta Chaparro fue herido en el tĂłrax tras presunto asalto"
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2241:"Condenan al homicida del general Acosta Chaparro a 50 años de prisión"
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1848:"Matan a Acosta Chaparro de tres tiros en la cabeza, confirma la PGJDF"
1231:"Las andanzas de Acosta Chaparro: de contrainsurgente a presunto narco"
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651:"Vinculado a hechos oscuros, dejĂł mĂşltiples pendientes con la justicia"
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1263:"Acosta Chaparro, un general vinculado con el crimen y exonerado"
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were also accused of being on the payroll of the Juárez Cartel.
1820:"Ejecutan a Acosta Chaparro de tres tiros en la cabeza, PGJDF"
2278:"Un diputado local suplente del PRI es asesinado en Guerrero"
1759:"Sujeto en moto disparo a Acosta Chaparro en cabeza y torax"
1636:"Sujeto en moto disparĂł a Acosta Chaparro en cabeza y tĂłrax"
456:, 17 peasants were killed on 28 June 1995 in the village of
1996:"Presentan video del homicidio del general Acosta Chaparro"
1908:"Confirma PGJDF que Acosta Chaparro recibiĂł tres disparos"
2212:"Se declara inocente presunto asesino de Acosta Chaparro"
2151:"Presunto asesino de Acosta Chaparro se declara inocente"
1384:"Los 10 datos destacados de Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro"
1727:"MuriĂł Acosta Chaparro por tres disparos en la cabeza"
2055:"Entregan cuerpo de Acosta Chaparro a sus familiares"
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866:"Exoneran de todo cargo al general Acosta Chaparro"
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2024:"Llevarán el cuerpo de Acosta Chaparro al Forense"
1968:"Asesinan al General Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro"
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374:Derechos Humanos del Comité Ejecutivo Estatal, CEE
326:in 1974. Acosta was also in charge of a prison in
1699:"Asesinan a General Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro"
1480:"Investiga PGJDF agresiĂłn contra Acosta Chaparro"
1421:"Asesinaron al ex general Arturo Acosta Chaparro"
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1603:"Mexican general once tied to cartels shot dead"
1294:"Muere el General Acosta Chaparro tras balacera"
1080:"Rights group urges Mexico to resolve dirty war"
832:"Mexican General Once Tied to Cartels Shot Dead"
736:"Mexican general once tied to cartels shot dead"
708:"Mexican general once tied to cartels shot dead"
613:. He was serving as a substitute deputy for the
1876:"Matan al general Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro"
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1023:"Acosta Chaparro: Las deudas de un boina verde"
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511:On 20 April 2012 at Anáhuac neighborhood in
140:general who was shot dead in an incident in
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1940:"Acosta Chaparro es asesinado a balazos"
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2239:Belmont, J. Antonio (28 January 2013).
1133:"Muere baleado general Acosta Chaparro"
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322:-based guerrilla group that was led by
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250:assault rifles, thirty pistols, twenty
2149:Cruz Monroy, Filiberto (6 June 2012).
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1166:"Ejecutan al general Acosta Chaparro"
956:"Asesinan al general Acosta Chaparro"
897:"Perfil Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro"
680:"Ejecutan al general Acosta Chaparro"
131:Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro Escápite
61:Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro Escápite
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254:, ten cartridges and a SUV from the
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678:Bolaños, Claudia (21 April 2012).
623:Party of the Democratic Revolution
366:Party of the Democratic Revolution
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2339:Prisoners and detainees of Mexico
802:Cruz, Filiberto (21 April 2012).
615:Institutional Revolutionary Party
295:Institutional Revolutionary Party
1108:"The Dawn of Mexico's Dirty War"
1021:VeledĂaz, Juan (21 April 2012).
741:The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
259:regional military commanders of
537:Secretariat of National Defense
213:that declared Acosta guilty of
123:Secretariat of National Defense
864:Otero, Silvia (30 July 2007).
229:TarĂn Chávez's court testimony
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2123:. 4 June 2012. Archived from
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2178:Mosso, Rubén (5 June 2012).
177:Alleged organized crime ties
155:Acosta Chaparro, son of the
42:Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro
23:, the first or paternal
2329:Assassinated Mexican people
2324:Deaths by firearm in Mexico
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764:"Debió morir en la cárcel"
477:2010 assassination attempt
448:Popular Revolutionary Army
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413:Pie de la Cuesta, Guerrero
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275:'Dirty War' disappearances
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2334:People murdered in Mexico
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1112:National Security Archive
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1327:"Yo vi cĂłmo los mataban"
338:, after he granted them
82:20 April 2012 (aged 70)
2359:2012 murders in Mexico
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330:, where he reportedly
240:El Señor de los Cielos
236:Amado Carrillo Fuentes
190:Amado Carrillo Fuentes
85:Anáhuac neighborhood,
2349:Filmed assassinations
392:Amnesty International
181:For OTHER TOPIC, see
776:on 13 September 2012
405:On 7 November 2002,
234:called him that was
172:Acosta's accusations
2253:on 16 February 2013
960:El Siglo de TorreĂłn
933:The Washington Post
336:José López Portillo
303:José López Portillo
293:between the ruling
166:José López Portillo
98:Cause of death
2192:on 28 January 2013
1888:on 28 January 2013
532:guarded the area.
468:La Barbie's Letter
401:Witness' testimony
281:Dirty War (Mexico)
101:Multiple gun shots
1171:La CrĂłnica de Hoy
345:On 30 June 2007,
315:La CrĂłnica de Hoy
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