The border area of Michoacanwhich extends from Cotija to Coalcomán, in dispute over organized crime like United Cartels y Jalisco New Generation (CJNG)has become a minefield, which keeps its population hostage, as it is full of antipersonnel mines, denounced the local deputy, Guillermo Valencia Reyes.
He warned about the dangerous situation that the state is experiencing, because as it borders Colima, Jalisco y Guanajuato, It has become a “war zone,” where criminals terrorize residents with wells, shootings, and drones that drop explosives from the air.
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For example, he saidWalls of the Drowned “It is desolate, it is a town that was left empty, because it is the scene of the dispute of cartelsWhat there is is terror among the population. “The farmers no longer go out to their fields, the cattle are dying, because people are afraid of falling into a mine.”
He recalled that on December 16, in Cotija, Michoacan two military personnel died when an explosive device detonated and five others They were injured. Two days later, two other soldiers lost their lives when an alleged bomb exploded. narcomine Homemade in Paredes del Ahogado.
In The People’s Morning of December 17, the head of the Secretariat of National Defense (Defense), Ricardo Trevilla Trejoattributed the placement of the personal mine to the group United Cartelswhile the CJNG he separated himself.
THEY EXPOSE THE MILITARY
Valencia Reyes criticized that the federal government send soldiers to the region: “If they know that the area is mined, why don’t they send special teams to detect the mines?”
He indicated that since October denounced the dangerous which is to travel through those roads, since residents have sent him letters in which they express their concern.
If the same members of the Defense They are defenseless, “how will the citizens be,” he pointed out.
MORE DISPLACED
The deputy Valencia Reyes He recalled that one of the inhabitants of the region, “someone who saved his life because he was on horseback, today is displaced to Buenavista. The horse died and he was mutilated in one foot; Like him, there are surely several more cases that we do not know about, because people prefer to flee.”
He indicated that the graves clandestine activities are not necessarily organized crime, because the same inhabitants bury their dead who died due to the narcomines and “they escape from there, because it is an area where there is no law.”
He explained that the actions of the cartels should be considered “terrorism,” which is why he sued the federal government intervene to prevent more deaths from narcomines in the region, as he assured that many of them remain missing, because the victims were alone or they simply stepped into the trap and remained there.
In two years, Michoacan has recorded at least eight landmine detonations resulting in 12 deaths and 11 injuries. Which horillo to the creation of a police force fact that has given rise to the creation ofand anti-bomb police group.
#ELDATE These are the sweeping operations that the Army carries out in gaps and dirt roads in the municipalities of Michoacán to locate “narcomines.” pic.twitter.com/djCLX1chGX
— Manuel Espino Bucio (@manuelespinob1) December 21, 2024
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