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- Veracruz: 8 Year Old Killed In Crossfire
- Four Months of Extortions in Mexico City: A Family Ravaged By Threats
- Tigers, weapons, and cars seized from La Linea in Chihuahua
Veracruz: 8 Year Old Killed In Crossfire Posted: 22 Apr 2016 08:30 PM PDT  Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat A new infanticide occurred in the southern part of Veracruz after some gunmen shot an 8 year old this morning after witnessing the execution of a person, an alleged drug dealer who was fleeing from his murderers, who in the end, was caught and killed. Las Choapas, Veracruz— Another child has been killed in the southern part of Veracruz; the child had witnessed an execution due to the settling of scores moments before in the municipality of Las Choapas. The child, Jozmar Emmanuel Monroy Sánchez, was killed when he was only 8 years old. He wasn’t related to the alleged drug dealer that was executed before his eyes. This infanticide is the second to occur in less than a month in southern Veracruz; before, a 7 year old boy was killed in the town of Chinameca.  It all happened this Friday morning around 10:15 hours, when some gunmen were pursuing the alleged drug dealer, José Eduardo García Druallet, “El Panucho”, who was fleeing from the gunmen as they ran through NaranjosStreet in the municipality of Las Choapas. The victim went into a private residence, a small store, in order to escape from the gunmen but in the end, he was caught and shot to death. The child, who was inside the residence in the neighborhood Sabana, was a witness to this execution and was also murdered. The child’s mother identified the body of her son, who burst into tears when she saw the body of her child.
The drug dealer known as “El Panucho”, José Eduardo García Druallet, had already been detained by the municipal police of Las Choapas, just a couple of days ago when he was caught with marijuana packages. On April 10 of this year, Rafael Carmona, who is the cousin of the mayor of Chinameca, killed José Ricardito Mayo Coronado, a 7 year old who stood in the way of the murderer who was trying to kill his father in his own home. The murderer of this child in Chinameca, Rafael Carmona, remains at large and the Attorney General of the State of Veracruz is offering a reward of up to 250,000 pesos for his whereabouts since this crime has generated social irritation in this indigenous municipality, with protests and road closures in the region.  Source: Costa Veracruz  | ||
Four Months of Extortions in Mexico City: A Family Ravaged By Threats Posted: 22 Apr 2016 11:00 AM PDT
By: Maribel F., Animal Político Reader | Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat This is a wound that will never heal. My family was extorted for months (from July to October 2015). It’s a horrible feeling because you can’t go on with your life as before. My dad lived in fear for us, because armed people would come to charge us at our house and store. One day, my dad had the courage to go and denounce. Fortunately, we were treated well by the authorities and two days later, one of them was able to be detained. However, it was only one extortionist that was sent that day. The main ones remain free, they work in a pink and red taxi and intimidate more people. Finally, our store went bankrupt and my family separated for the good of us all. My parents fled far away, the house was left abandoned. The heritage of a lifetime was over. The hearings and statements of the arrested person have been the scariest book I’ve read in my life. You think about everything that you’ve lost, how some people change your life in days. The pain never heals, the trauma remains; fear of being alone persists. Habits changed, telephone numbers as well, we contact each other only when necessary. The farther we are, the better. Fear remains. We want the other people to be detained because you don’t know at what point that they’re going to kidnap you or kill you. I’ve wondered if mourning would solve the entrenched feelings during those horrible days, but the answer is no, because I forgot how to cry, because I have to learn to live with the pain. Source: Animal Político  | ||
Tigers, weapons, and cars seized from La Linea in Chihuahua Posted: 22 Apr 2016 08:02 PM PDT  Under the operation "For The Safety Of Casas Grandes" agents of the Attorney General seized powerful weapons such as rocket launchers, Barret rifles, over a thousand 300 cartridges, lots of tactical equipment, vehicles reported as stolen including modern sports cars, drugs and exotic animals, in addition to the arrest of six subjects, a cell belonging to organized crime. An investigation was carried out by elements of the State Police in order to provide security to the inhabitants of the area comprising the municipalities of Casas Grandes, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Ascension, Ignacio Zaragoza, Buenaventura and Janos.  The total number of items seized under this operation was: • 19 stolen vehicles. • 1 50-caliber Barret rifle, beige color, model M107A1, with serial number AE000334. • 1 guided missile launcher, green. • Automatic rifle 30 mm caliber black. • 5 exotic animas rescued • 4 military rifles Romanian 7.62 x 39 serial number 51-01999-99. And 7.62 x 39 mm • 5 pistols • 34 chargers • 2 ammo packs • One thousand 309 cartridges of different calibers. • 11 tactical vests. • 10 tactical military-style helmets • 3 pairs of military boots • 16 military uniforms of different colors. • 2 green military ammo carriers • 1 pair of knee pads • 25 clear plastic wrappers of cocaine. • 25 bundles of marijuana • 1 communication equipment • 1 pair of handcuffs • $ 498, 400 pesos • $ 1,475 dollars On Friday April 15, police elements responded to a violent event that occurred between km 222 and 224 on a section known as "Las Emes" on the San Buenaventura to Ignacio Zaragoza road, and located three trucks with three dead people and one injured, all wore camouflage clothing. The injured person said to belong to the criminal group known as "La Linea".   On the same afternoon, State Police officers, were investigating the presence of armed civilians and upon reaching the section known as "El Bordo de la Vía", which connects Casas Grandes to Ignacio Zaragoza were attacked by criminals. They repel the aggression and shot dead one men carrying an AK-47 assault rifle, plus a .50 caliber Barrett rifle and .308 caliber cartridges.   On Saturday April 16, police responded to a call about armed men outside some apartments "Posada" located in Jesus Urueta and Mata Ortiz streets in colonia Centro, they located a stolen Blue GMC Yukon XL 2005 model, it was reported stolen since January 23, 2016. On the back, a missile launcher was located, with hundreds of rounds of ammunition, body armor, tactical camouflage uniforms, helmets and automatic weapons.   On Monday April 18, State Police arrested members of a criminal group, they were identified as Victor Manuel Hernandez Fernandez, Manuel Omar Sandoval Ramirez and Jose Torres Duenas, carrying assault rifles, handguns, 715 rounds of ammunition of different calibers, 25 wrappers with cocaine, camouflage uniforms and a stolen vehicle, in addition to $ 498, 400 pesos and $ 1,745 dollars.     On Tuesday morning, officers on patrol duty in Nuevo Casas Grandes, realized that a man ran on Plan Alemán street when he notice the police presence and enter the house number 4610, a farm that according to witnesses was uninhabited. On the premises police found cages with five wild big cats (tigers, lion, and bobcat), totally abandoned. The exotic animals were seized and turn to the competent authority, since exotic animals require specialized care and handling.     On the same day, at 6:30 pm on Tecnológico and 05 de Febrero streets, of Casas Grandes, Caesar Irving Cortez Renova was arrested, driving a Chevrolet Avanlache, stolen in Ciudad Juarez on January 17, 2016, police seized a 9 mm pistol, with five live rounds of ammunition, tactical equipment, 75 grams of marijuana and two photographs of Cesar Irving dressed in military style clothing and carrying a rocket launcher, which was secured days earlier by authorities.    In these same operations, police located in the municipality Casas Grandes five abandoned luxury cars reported as stolen in the U.SA, while on different streets of the town of Ascension, police recovered six automotive of recent model, stolen in different parts of the country, achieving the arrest of Miguel Ángel García Bañuelos and Cesar Trujillo Casas, who were in the process of dismantling a Honda Civic 2006 on Trigo and Álamo streets, with theft report of September 24, 2014, in Ciudad Juarez.    This article was translated from La Opcion. |
