Ernesto Palacios Lopez criminal court judge, was shot and killed

Ernesto Palacios Lopez, a criminal court judge, was shot and killed while driving his vehicle yesterday evening. Unknown persons used a .223 caliber firearm. Judge Palacios was dealing with the case of a man believed to be an operative of the Sinaloa drug cartel. The murder occurred in San Nicolas de Garza, a suburb of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, where a second murder victim, this one tortured and shot, was found dumped in a park.