Family Calls For End To Violence In Mexico After Rockford, Illinois Man Was Killed

By Steffanie Dupree, CBS Chicago

January 6, 2025

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (CBS) -- The family of a Rockford man killed in Mexico is calling on that country's president to stop the violence.

Jesus Macias, 62, was shot and killed on Monday of last week while traveling with his mother, wife, and child. Activists said he was gunned down after he failed to stop and illegal checkpoint set up by criminal cartel members near Villanueva in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, while the group was on the way to buy a new stove for his mother.

Activists said Macias was not sure of the armed gunmen's intentions and feared for his family's safety, so he did not stop. He was then pursued, forced out of his vehicle, and killed in front of his family, activists said.

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