Monster trucks and high-caliber eruptions: the terrible images of the turbulence of the CJNG in Michoacán

It did not turn out as the government would like MichoacanThe violence of criminal groups in the state is already unbearable. Shooting and running are the constant. The most recent attack killed three criminals and injured 10 more.

Local authorities recognize that violence rates increased with the presence of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), unleashing terror, especially in the municipality of Tepalcatepec —Located on the borders of the states of Michoacán and Jalisco.

Although the rise of this criminal organization has been kept to a minimum by the federal government, side effects have already been recorded in Michoacán.

The criminals are brought to trial via a video from a drone Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the “Mencho” They recorded their access to Tepalcatepec. According to the images, recently published on social networks, they did so on board at least 11 monster trucks from which the gunmen aimed at the inhabitants.

The recordings correspond to events that took place before noon last Saturday, when heavily armed nationals of the four-letter cartel they simultaneously attacked three points in Tepalcatepec: La Bocanda, Voladeros and La Estanzuela.

Municipal police and residents, assisted by elements of the National Guard, resisted the attack.

Armed command shot the guards stationed on the ground as well as the National Guard crew members traveling in a Black Hawk helicopter.

In the Jilotlán area (Jalisco), the GN confiscated weapons – 16 weapons, 14 high-powered rifles and two short squadrons – and clothing supposedly belonging to the criminal cell.

During the crash, authorities reported the deaths of three suspected criminals and another 10 injured.

That same weekend, as a challenge to the Mexican army, members of the Jalisco cartel conducted patrols outside the 65th Infantry Battalion in Coalcomán Municipality, in the southwestern region of Michoacán.

The border area between Michoacán and Jalisco – with a length of 563 kilometers – is characterized by the phenomenon of “ghost towns” as many of those born there leave the site due to the violence unleashed by the crime and the lack of opportunities for . young.

For several years now the dead, the beheaded, the dismembered bodies thrown into avenues or the ambushes of police officers. In this region is the battle between Cartels United and the mighty Jalisco New Generation Cartel it is fought with blood and fire, meter by meter.

Also known as “ground zero”, is what is known as the “death road”, which traverses the city Jilotlan (Jalisco), considered the CJNG headquarters in the west of the country.

A municipality of 9,000 inhabitants consisting of many farms spread over a small zócalo with tile houses. Along the way there is a tool shop and an impressive football field with newly built stands. On the rest of the route to Tepalcatepec (Michoacán) they are remnants of tires, hoods and trucks shot in the ditch and left behind.

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