The monthly amount will be paid until the last child reaches the age of majority.
The city council approved to cover 100 percent of the pension of the policemen killed in the confrontation on March 10. Photo: Social Networks.
The Jocotepec City Council approved a proposal to grant 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 council, held on Thursday, March 17, the council members observed a minute’s silence in honor of the security officers who died in the line of duty before discussing the pension to be granted to the bereaved.
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 the force for two years and three months, while Andrés Inclán Zamora had only 52 days.
However, due to the heroic performance of their work and the situation in which they died, municipal president José Miguel Gómez López proposed that it be increased to 100 percent.
«They were behaving like heroes, without weapons, without equipment. It’s the least we as public servants can do,» commented Gómez López.
The initiative was approved unanimously. A monthly amount of 10,500 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.
Finally, the municipal president also assured that, after the unfortunate events, «It will be necessary to make a front to 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 responding to an accident near San Cristóbal Zapotitlán on the evening of Thursday, March 10. Two paramedics, a man and a woman attending the accident, were also injured in the aggression.
Translated by Sandy Britton
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