The death of Marco Ebben was confirmed thanks to the collaboration between the FGR, the National Police of the Netherlands and the Dutch embassy in Mexico. His lawyer Jan-Hein Kuijpers confirmed this on Wednesday.
On February 24, the FGR reported that despite false identities being present on the body found last month, it matched the physical characteristics and fingerprints on file corresponding to Marco Ebben. Ebben was wanted by Europol for drug trafficking convictions. The Embassy of the Netherlands, represented by the Consul and the First Secretary, began to repatriate his body.
Among his personal belongings was a fake DEA identification badge in his wallet. He also had a Mexico voting ID card in the same false name. He had reportedly entered Mexico originally on a Russian passport under another name.
Hired Military & Police Bodyguards
Captured after the discovery of his body was 4 of his gunmen/bodyguards. They were not regular gunmen, one was posing as a police officer. Those arrested also included a former Mexican Navy SEMAR soldier and two former Mexican Army soldiers, all originally from Guerrero.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the guards identified as Antonio “N”, Héctor Edel “N”, Marvin Isaí “N” and Víctor Orlando “N” were also charged with the killing of a man in the same luxury area outside of Mexico City.
The victim, identified only as JEVG, was murdered in his home after an argument related to an alleged debt he had with the “boss” of the bodyguards.
Murder of ‘JEVG’
The killing occurred January 25 at a home in the Los Olivos neighborhood, in Atizapán de Zaragoza.
According to the investigations, the bodyguard gunmen arrived at the home in a vehicle, three of them entered the property, where they argued with the victim over an alleged debt.
During the altercation, one of the bodyguards shot JEVG, who died on the spot. The suspects then fled in the same vehicle they had arrived in.
The four detained bodyguards remain in the Tlalnepantla Penitentiary and Social Reintegration Center, where they face charges of qualified homicide in two different cases.
