In Zapopan, in Jalisco, the fury of the drug gangs competing for power in the area. photo by Reuters
In a wave of attacks that swept several Mexican cities along the US border for three days, clashes between groups of drug traffickers from the Jalisco cartel in dispute over territories have led to several vandalism. with at least 14 dead deaths, about thirty prisoners, 28 public and private vehicles set on fire and some commercial activities.
The events took place on Thursday night. until this Sunday morning in the states of Jalisco and Guanajuato, with particular repercussions in the town of Ciudad Juárez, in Chihuahua, also on the border with the United States.
The cities of Tijuana, Mexicali, Rosarito, Tecate and Ensenada, in the state of Baja California, were the scene of violent events on Friday when unknown set fire to 28 private vehicles and public transport in the streets, according to a statement by the State Secretariat for Citizen Safety.
It was in Ciudad Juárez that lethal violence showed its most visible face. After a violent day with armed attacks on civilians and the burning of several businesses, clashes between drug traffickers left 11 dead.
In Zapopan, in the state of Jalisco, one of the vehicles burned down. AFP photo
The victims
Among those fatal victims is a childtwo inmates who participated in a fight in the local prison and four employees of a radio station who were working on a live promotion outside a pizzeria at the time of the shooting, according to reports from the state prosecutor of Chihuahua, Roberto Fierro, informed Duarte media.
The official added that 12 people sustained gunshot wounds and burns.
Meanwhile, during the clashes in Jalisco and Guanajuato, the army entered a place where the alleged leaders of two criminal groups were, which triggered clashes and fires of vehicles and businesses. After those events 16 people were arrested and three people were reported dead, including an alleged member of a criminal group.
Mexican soldiers are deployed in Tijuana, in the state of Baja California (Mexico). photo EFE
The streets of Tijuana They woke up with little presence of vehicles and passers-by, while dozens of police and military officers toured parts of the city where the attacks took place. The Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) sent a contingent of at least 2,000 troops to Tijuana on Saturday to strengthen security duties.
Baja California state governor Marina del Pilar Ávila said Saturday that it is coordinating with the transportation industry to gradually re-establish transfers and reactivate transportation throughout the entity, adding that highways, cabins and health centers are functioning normally. .
“We continue with the task of recovering peace in our state”Ávila expressed herself in a video she posted on her Twitter account and in which she appears accompanied by soldiers and civilians. For her part, the mayor of Tijuana, Montserrat Caballero, accused organized crime of violent acts and said that it was not right that the population “pay the consequences of those who paid the bills”.
Police officers stand guard in the area where a vehicle was set on fire in the city of Tijuana. photo EFE
desolation
After the violent events, the streets of Tijuana were desolate and public transport was suspended, a situation that affected some inhabitants of the border town who had to spend long hours looking for a way to get home.
“Let them grab each other and let us leave us here alone. There they can commit suicide, they can do what they want, but what is the citizen’s fault? ”Said Blanca Estela Fuentes complaining about the violent events in Tijuana and the difficulties she had to face to take public transport.
After the outbreak of the incidents, the United States Consulate in Tijuana hired its employees “Stay home until further notice” because of the violence.
Yesterday the government and public safety authorities of the state of Baja California assigned the events of the violent day that caused a total of 28 vehicles to burn in 5 of the 7 municipalities of the state to the Jalisco New Generation cartel.
The Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC) also immediately suspended classes and set up one of the gyms so that students who could no longer return home could stay on campus.
Various shops, bars in the tourist area and self-service, they have suspended their activities until further notice, due to the uncertainty generated by false news about an alleged curfew excluded by state authorities.
Source: EFE, AP and AFP
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