The monthly amount will be paid until the last child reaches the age of majority.
The Council approved 100 percent of the pension of the policemen killed in the confrontation on March 10. Photo: Social Networks.
The Jocotepec City Council Plenary approved payment of 100 percent of the pension to the families of the two policemen killed in an armed attack on March 10.
During the fifth ordinary session of the City Council, held on Thursday, March 17, before discussing the pension granted to the bereaved, the councilors observed a minute’s silence in honor of the security officers who died in the line of duty.
Municipal trustee Carlos Alberto Zúñiga Chacón said that, according to the reports issued by the labor office based on the seniority of the officers, the corresponding pension would be 30 percent; Edgar Omar Leal Nava had been serving in Jocotepec for two years and three months, while Andrés Inclán Zamora had only 52 days.
However, due to their heroic performance and the situation in which they died, municipal president José Miguel Gómez López proposed that it be increased to 100 percent.
«They are behaving like heroes, without weapons, without equipment, it is the least we as social servants can do,» commented Gómez López.
The initiative was approved unanimously, therefore, a monthly amount of ten thousand 500 pesos will be given to the families of those affected, which will be divided equally among the children of each police officer. The pension will be delivered until the last of their descendants reaches the age of majority.
The municipal president also said that, “ after the unfortunate events, it will be, if necessary, to make a pressure the state and federal authorities», to provide more economic support and to be able to adequately equip the public security officers.
The policemen were killed while attending an accident near San Cristóbal Zapotitlán on the evening of Thursday, March 10; two paramedics, a man and a woman, who were also attending the accident, were also injured in the shotting which took place for no apparent reason.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
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