Ignacio Alejandro Roaro Aguilar, Secretary of Apaseo el Alto, Killed in Basketball Game Shooting in Guanajuato Retaliation Case

Ignacio Alejandro Roaro Aguilar, the secretary of the Ayuntamiento of Apaseo el Alto in Guanajuato, Mexico, was fatally shot while playing basketball with his local team at the Parque Ecológico on Saturday. The attack occurred when armed men arrived at the sports venue and opened fire. Authorities from the Guanajuato state Secretariat of Security and Peace indicated that the killing might be a retaliation linked to a recent significant police detention. The local government condemned the attack and the state prosecutor's office has initiated an investigation into the incident. Guanajuato is known as one of Mexico's most violent states, and this assassination highlights ongoing security challenges in the region.