Cancun, Q.R. — Two people who planned and ordered the murder of four others have each been sentenced to 25 years. Arturo Zurisaday Villaseñor Méndez and Delfina Yolanda Méndez Aguilar were sentenced to life in prison by a Cancun judge.
They were sentenced Tuesday during an oral trial hearing for the crime of aggravated homicide against four males.
Arturo Zurisaday Villaseñor Méndez and Delfina Yolanda Méndez Aguilar and/or Yolanda Perfecta Méndez Aguilar, alias “La Güera Yolanda” were sentenced for participating in the planning, direction and order of the deprivation of life of four people, police said.
According to the investigation, they organized the logistics of the crime and issued instructions to their accomplices to carry out the criminal plan. In compliance with these orders, two victims lost their lives as a result of gunshot wounds inside a Cancun hotel.
Police said two other victims were deprived of their liberty (abducted) and taken to a point on Huayacán Avenue where they were later killed by gunfire on instruction of Arturo Zurisaday Villaseñor Méndez and Delfina Yolanda Méndez Aguilar.
Elements of the Investigative Police fulfilled the arrest warrant against Arturo Zurisaday Villaseñor Méndez on June 28, 2023. Subsequently, on August 23 of the same year, authorities arrested Delfina Yolanda Méndez Aguilar and/or Yolanda Perfecta Méndez Aguilar.
Cancun police said both individuals are considered generators of violence in the state of Quintana Roo according to the Crime Atlas (Most Wanted list). Authorities did not provide a motive for the planned murders.
