Culiacán municipal official and his brother killed in armed kidnapping

David Guadalupe Ramírez González, síndico of Tepuche, Culiacán, was found dead after being kidnapped; his brother Manuel Enrique died of gunshot wounds.

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On 2026-09-04, armed civilians entered the home of David Guadalupe Ramírez González in Tepuche, kidnapped him, and shot his brother Manuel Enrique Ramírez, 48, when he tried to stop them; Manuel died that day in the Culiacán Civil Hospital. ^[1] The Sinaloa State Attorney General's Office (FGE) reported that David Guadalupe Ramírez González, the síndico of the Tepuche community in Culiacán, was found dead on the afternoon of 2026-09-04 near a poultry farm. ^[2] Armed attackers kidnapped David Guadalupe Ramírez, the municipal judge of Tepuche, Sinaloa, at his home in the community north of Culiacán. ^[3] Misael Aguilar Espliceta, the síndico of Palmillas Village in Escuinapa, Sinaloa, remains missing as of the night of 2026-09-04, after being abducted by armed civilians on 2026-08-24. ^[4] Authorities from the Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, the Policía Investigadora de la Fiscalía General del Estado de Sinaloa, and local corporations deployed an operation to search for the judge. ^[5] The attackers fled the scene with David Guadalupe Ramírez, and his whereabouts remain unknown as of Friday afternoon. ^[6]

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The Sinaloa State Attorney General's Office (FGE) reported that David Guadalupe Ramírez González, the síndico of the Tepuche community in Culiacán, was found dead on the afternoon of 2026-09-04 near a poultry farm. · La Jornada

Armed attackers kidnapped David Guadalupe Ramírez, the municipal judge of Tepuche, Sinaloa, at his home in the community north of Culiacán. · Vanguardia

Misael Aguilar Espliceta, the síndico of Palmillas Village in Escuinapa, Sinaloa, remains missing as of the night of 2026-09-04, after being abducted by armed civilians on 2026-08-24. · La Jornada

Authorities from the Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, the Policía Investigadora de la Fiscalía General del Estado de Sinaloa, and local corporations deployed an operation to search for the judge. · Vanguardia

The attackers fled the scene with David Guadalupe Ramírez, and his whereabouts remain unknown as of Friday afternoon. · Vanguardia

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