translated from Spanish: Give 5 years of internment to adolescent for the murder of mayor

A minor was sentenced to five years in detention for the murder of Francisco Tenorio Contreras, who was mayor of Valle de Chalco, announced the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM).
The teenager also faces a murder penalty of 399,869 pesos “as compensation for the damage” and another for the crime of skilled and aggravated injuries of 1,026,800.
FGJEM said that under the National Law of the Comprehensive Criminal Justice System for Adolescents, five years of detention is the highest sentence a minor can receive.
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Tenorio Contreras was shot in the Assumption’s Geovillas Fractionation on the morning of October 29, 2019, in which his private secretary was also injured.
However, despite medical attention, on November 1 the mayor was diagnosed with brain death as a result of the damage caused by a bullet.
For this murder he was also arrested and is linked to the process Hugo Antonio “N”, alias “El H”, to whom an arrest warrant was completed on 6 December last.
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The convicted teenager and another 17-year-old boy who allegedly took part in the assault were shot dead on November 23 on streets of the Tláhuac Mayor’s Day, mexico City
Both young people were admitted to a hospital for medical care and after being discharged were discharged an arrest warrant for this murder and aggravated injuries.
 
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Original source in Spanish