Édgar Eusebio Millán Gómez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Millán and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
Édgar Eusebio Millán Gómez
Born1967
Mexico City, Mexico
Died8 May 2008
Mexico City, Mexico
Cause of deathGun shots
Occupation(s)Lawyer, Federal Police Commander
EmployerSecretariat of Public Security

Édgar Eusebio Millán Gómez (1967 – 8 May 2008) was a third-ranking member of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Security and acting commissioner of the Federal Preventive Police. Born in Mexico City, he received a law degree from the Universidad del Valle de México. After graduating he started his career in the Mexican Federal Police and received training in several countries.

On 8 May 2008, at the age of 41, Commander Millán was shot to death at his Mexico City home just after arriving at midnight. He was hit eight times in the chest and once in a hand. He died a few hours later at Metropolitan Hospital.[1][2] Intelligence officials said it was highly likely that he was killed in retribution for the arrest on 21 January of Alfredo Beltrán Leyva.[1]

His funeral was attended by the highest-ranking officials in Mexico, including President Felipe Calderón and Guillermo Galván Galván, general of the Mexican Army.[3]

In June 2011, a federal judge sentenced his killer, Alejandro Ramirez Baez, to 60 years in prison along with an accomplice. Alejandro Ramirez Baez killed Edgar Millán Gomez on behalf of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b McKinley, James (9 May 2008). "Gunmen Kill Chief of Mexico's Police". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
  2. ^ Tobar, Hector (9 May 2008). "Drug cartel suspected in Mexico City killing". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
    - "Mexico's federal police chief slain". CNN. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
    - Roig-Franzia, Manuel (9 May 2008). "Mexico's Police Chief Is Killed In Brazen Attack by Gunmen". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  3. ^ "Mexican drug gangs step up police murder war". Reuters. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
    - Video: Mexico shaken by drug killings. Reuters. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Mexican judge gives 60 years to killer of top cop". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
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