At 6:30am Saturday morning, August 20th, 2011, a man
identified as Guillermo Audelo Murrieta, 38, was shot
to death after he opened fire on local authorities as
they investigated a report of illicit activities at
the Hotel Alborada, north of San Felipe.
According to police sources, the soldiers arrived
at the hotel after they received reports of a man in
room 14 who allegedly sold narcotics.
When elements of the XIX Drawn Infantry Company entered
the room, they were greeted by gun shots.
Soldiers repelled the attack with high-caliber weapons,
fatally wounding the alleged offender in his right shoulder.
They called for paramedics but by the time medical help
arrived, the man was dead .
Municipal Police Officers were dispatched to the location
while elements of the State Attorney General's Office,
as well as representatives of the Special Unit Against
Organized Crime, carried out their corresponding tasks.
Iit was learned that agents from the Attorney General's
Office assigned to the state delegation came to the
site to clarify the jurisdiction of each of the judicial
entities.
Inside the room, authorities found two .22 caliber
rifles and a shotgun. Also found were more than 90 doses
of crystal meth.