narcoblocks and burning cars in southern Guanajuato

Security elements of the three government orders carried out operational in southern Guanajuato state, area dominated by the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, with a preliminary balance is of two elements of the prosecution injured and seven highway narcoblocks with burning cars.

The operation south of Guanajuato

It all started around 2 pm with a confrontation in the community of Torrecillas, who left two elements of the prosecution injured when they tried to stop several subjects traveling on board a van.

In response to the operation of the security forces, several groups of people set fire to vehicles and tires in:

• Kilometer 025 + 400 of the Querétaro-Irapuato Highway, Queretaro-Salamanca section, where the fire of a cargo truck on rails with direction to Salamanca was recorded.
• Kilometer 043 + 100, same road and section; the fire was quenched after finding burning tires on rails in the direction of Salamanca.
• Kilometer 046 + 000, same road and section, tires burned on rails in the direction of Querétaro, the fire died down.
• Kilometer 063 + 700, same road; Several flat tire rims were collected.
• Kilometer 055 + 000, same road and section; metal fragments were raised.
• Kilometer 035+ 000, a vehicle deviation point is installed for an alternate route of vehicles with direction Irapuato-León-Lagos.
• Kilometer 108 + 200 Celaya-Acámbaro Highway, Salvatierra-Celaya section; Burning cargo truck.

For its part, the Attorney General of the State of Guanajuato reported that “elements of the AIC tactical group of the entity, work in coordination with state and federal authorities in the Laja-Bajío area in operation against criminal groups.”

There were also clashes in the Rancho Seco, Mexico-Japan Avenue and San Juanico neighborhoods in Celaya, Guanajuato. According to information from the National Guard, no arrest was achieved in the operation deployed to the south of the state.

Torrecillas, Guanajuato

• On March 5, 2019, violence was triggered in the region to protect José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, aka the “Marro”, leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, mainly dedicated to the illegal extraction and sale of hydrocarbon.

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