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Footage of El Americano-Hipólito Mora Attack

Posted: 17 Dec 2014 09:53 PM PST


"They're up there...fire at them"

Shootout in Zacatecas Signals Possible Increase in Violence

Posted: 17 Dec 2014 05:11 PM PST

On Monday, December 15 shootouts took place between opposing criminal groups aboard various vehicles in Fresnillo, Zacatecas.  It began around 9:00 PM in the colonia Industrial, next to the Unidad Deportiva and spread over several blocks before continuing on Varela Rico boulevard, which doubles as highway 23.  Around twenty minutes later, the shootouts ended near the crossroads of highway 23 to Jerez and highway 44 to Valparaíso, though La Jornada reports it to have lasted two hours.

Army and Marine forces, as well as state, municipal, and ministerial officers, responded to the scene in search of the involved parties, however all the participants of the shootout apparently managed to escape save for one individual who was killed.  A few yards away from the body was a black armored pickup truck which was damaged in the front (I assume crashed but the report does not specify) and shot numerous times.

 Zacatecas was once a stronghold of Los Zetas, but its war with the Gulf Cartel (CDG) has left its power in the state greatly diminished and the number of shootouts occurring has been greatly reduced.  It is worth that three weeks ago, the Attorney General of Zacatecas, Arturo Nahle García, warned that Los Zetas were regrouping and that reinforcements were being sent from other states to mount a campaign to reclaim lost territory.

Furthermore, at least one Spanish language blog over the weekend reported that the Gulf Cartel had left a message on a banner which was wrapped around the body of a young man on Friday.  Within the message, it said that they would not allow Los Zetas to disrupt the holiday season and wanted Mexicans living in the United States to be able to visit their families without fear.  However, this information has not been reported in any professional media sources.

"Alfredo Castillo is Responsible for Many Deaths" : Hippolito Mora

Posted: 17 Dec 2014 04:29 PM PST

Spike for Borderland Beat republished from Revoluciontrespuntocero.com
(December 17, 2014)-Failure to do something in time, the Government and Alfredo Castillo Cervantes will be solely responsible because they have done nothing to stop a confrontation, denounced Hipólito Mora, Commander of the Fuerza Rurales after reporting that in Michoacan, everything was a mess and it was worse than before the uprising of the AUC in 2013.

"If you don't respond in good time, prepare all the press, because there will be many deaths throughout Michoacan and solely responsible for that, are going to be people who are in the Government, and the fact they have done nothing to avoid a confrontation,"he said in an interview with enon December 9.


With Alfredo Castillo Cervantes trumpeting that in Michoacan everything is quiet and peaceful thanks to the security strategy that he leads, and that has been reflected in the concerts that have been made in the city of Morelia, where thousands of Michoacan have attended.

For his part, Jorge Vázquez, spokesman for the legitimate so-called (autodefensa) self-defence forces, also said that there would come a "most violent and bloodiest" armed confrontation which began on February 24, 2013.

And it is that, in recent months, inhabitants, self-defence groups and political and social characters as the Mayor of Tepalcatepec, Guillermo Valencia and father Gregorio López have reported that in Michoacan extortions, kidnappings and enforced disappearances continue, because  Alfredo Castillo Cervantes has given weapons to criminals.
After a confrontation between the people of Hipólito Mora and Luis Antonio Torres 'El Americano "tonight, Alfredo Castillo just reported that it was a gunfight between armed civilians and federal forces undertaking actions in the area, however Hipólito Mora already told the truth.

Michoacán 3.0 that the gendarmerie had already abandoned them in the shootout.


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