 Fernando Torres Palacios, another brother of Jorge Torres, told the judge that Flores Arizmendi was an extremely dangerous man who had been the “executive arm” of Abel Arizmendi Flores and had been “responsible for doing all the drug dealer's dirty work.”

A year after the murder of the three Torres family members, it was reported that “investigations remain stalled, impunity prevails, anxiety persists and there is distrust in the application of justice” because the ballistics testing and photos contributed as evidence to support investigation research on the event were lost, stated survivors of the shoot-out.Complaints were made about the “passivity of the authorities.” Fernando Torres Palacios complained “that there has been strong resistance within the State Attorney's and Attorney General's Office to clarify the facts and issue arrest warrants against those who participated in the slaughter.”

Upon arriving at his home, at an Acapulco apartment house, El Coloso, at about 7