Legal doctors from Guadalajara certified the death of Juan Miguel Coppel Godoy on Wednesday afternoon in the capital of Nayarit, this after he entered a hospital due to health complications and lost his life as a result of the same difficulties.
Cecilia Dávalos, general director of Ministerial Investigation in the Nayarit Prosecutor’s Office, pointed out that it was during the journey on the morning of this Wednesday, April 14, when Coppel Godoy entered the Civil Hospital facilities for his medical attention, however upon arrival the hospital no longer had vital signs.
According to preliminary information offered by the institution’s doctors, the evidence of the lawyer’s death would be linked to cardiac arrest, however, the authority took pathological samples and the corresponding protocols to deduce the exact cause of death.
Cecilia Dávalos also specified that at the time of his arrival at the medical unit, Juan Miguel Coppel Godoy had no traces of violence on his body. The Jaliscience Institute of Forensic Sciences will also collaborate with the authorities to specify the complete information of the death, he reported.
In January 2021, the arrest of the lawyer was announced, who was accused of the crimes of torture, kidnapping and criminal association. He was currently an intern at the ‘Venustiano Carranza’ Social Rehabilitation Center, in the state capital. Coppel Godoy said last Friday, in a hearing to follow up on his case, that he was in poor health.
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