Tepuche’s Trustee David Guadalupe Ramírez González Found Dead Alongside His Brother
The trustee of Tepuche, David Guadalupe Ramírez González, was found dead alongside his brother, Manuel Enrique Ramírez González, following an armed attack reported in this rural administrative district of Culiacán.
The crime occurred after the first 10 days of Graciela Domínguez Nava’s government as interim governor of Sinaloa, a period during which, according to a journalistic tally conducted by La Silla Rota, at least 47 people were killed in the state between August 25 and September 3.
With the killing of Tepuche’s trustee and his brother, which occurred after that cutoff, the death toll since Domínguez Nava took office rises to at least 49 people killed in Sinaloa.
According to preliminary information, an armed group broke into the municipal official’s home during the early hours of Friday, September 4, in the Tepuche administrative district, north of Culiacán.
Police reports indicate that the armed men allegedly entered to forcibly take David Guadalupe Ramírez González. During the attack, his 48-year-old brother, Manuel Enrique, attempted to intervene to prevent them from taking him, but he was shot.
Relatives assisted Manuel Enrique and transported him on their own to a hospital in Culiacán, where he died due to the severity of his injuries.
Initially, Culiacán City Hall reported that it had been unable to establish contact with the trustee and that it remained in communication with his relatives, while security and investigative authorities carried out the corresponding procedures.
Hours later, it was confirmed that David Guadalupe Ramírez González had also been found dead. So far, authorities have not announced any arrests or an official motive for the attack.
Two Trustees Murdered in Five Months
David Guadalupe Ramírez González had assumed the Tepuche trusteeship on April 18, 2026, for a term ending March 31, 2029.
His appointment came after the murder of Héctor Bartolo Zamudio Ríos, Tepuche’s previous trustee, who was shot on March 31 while traveling in an official Culiacán City Hall vehicle through the Villa Universidad neighborhood.
Following that crime, the trusteeship was left without a leader elected through the ordinary process. Culiacán’s City Council then appointed David Guadalupe Ramírez González to fill the position, in an area that already had a history of confrontations, homicides, security operations, and displacement linked to the presence of armed groups.
With the new murder, Tepuche is once again under pressure due to direct violence against those who represent the district before City Hall.
Ten Days in Government and Nearly 50 Murders
Graciela Domínguez Nava was appointed by the State Congress on August 25 as interim governor of Sinaloa, to complete the constitutional term ending October 31, 2027.
In her first message as governor, she said her priorities would be peace and assistance for victims, missing persons, internal displacement, and the rebuilding of the social fabric.
However, the change in the state executive has not halted the violence. During the first 10 days of her administration, between August 25 and September 3, at least 47 people were killed in Sinaloa. The figure rises to 49 with the murder of the trustee and his brother.
That tally differs from the preliminary daily reports issued by the federal Security Cabinet, which had recorded 30 intentional homicides in Sinaloa through September 2. For the same period, the newspaper-based count documented 42 people killed. The remaining homicide victims were reported between September 3 and 4.
Federal reports are preliminary and subject to the legal determinations of state prosecutors’ offices, as well as the official statistics of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System.
A Start Marked by High-Impact Attacks
The toll during the first days of the interim administration includes homicides in Culiacán, Mazatlán, and municipalities in the southern part of the state, as well as attacks against women, public officials, people linked to municipal structures, and civilians in public spaces.
Among the incidents recorded during that period were armed attacks in Mazatlán, the murder of a minor near Ciudad Universitaria of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) and the attack against Alma Rosa Rojo Medina, a searching mother and founder of the Voces Unidas por la Vida collective.
The murder of Tepuche’s trustee and his brother expands that context of violence, now with a direct blow against a rural municipal authority who had taken office precisely after the homicide of his predecessor.
Source: lasillarota
