Two hour shoot out in Morelos between CJNG and Security Forces leaves 6 Dead

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Milenio article

Subject Matter: CJNG
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The Commissioner for Security of Morelos informed that the gun battle in which 6 persons died, one of them a minor, was between Police and alleged members of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion

Reporter: Milenio Digital
The Commissioner for Security of Morelos, Alberto Capella, informed that the gun battle of this morning in which 6 persons died, among them a minor, was between State Police and alleged members of a cell of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion.

In a press conference the Commissioner detailed that the confrontation was registered during a security operation and citizens denounced a series of criminal events in said location.

Around 03:00, State elements detained the son of a man identified as "El Crispin", who allegedly is the leader of a criminal cell of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion in Temixco.

"Said subject was detained in a vehicle type Mazda, as well as carrying a 9mm sidearm, he had bags with a green vegetal substance with the characteristics of marijuana", detailed the functionary.



After the detention, Police located, in Calle Venustiano Carranza of said town, which according to a citizens denunciation, was a safe house in which they found kidnapped persons.

"After arriving at the site, we saw some subject who, when noticing the arrival of the Police began to discharge firearms at the Police," said a local functionary, who added that six uniformed officers were obligated to return fire with their weapons.

In the cross fire, four women died, a minor and a man, alleged family members of the detained that were encountered inside the building, also two minors who were wounded were reported as stable.

"The alleged criminals were found with enough weapons and spare ammunition, to prolong the gun battle for more than two hours approximately. Time which, the Police elements repelled the aggression and secured the perimeter while asking for extra Police support units."

The Commissioner for Security said that later the State elements launched pepper gas canisters at the aggressors they encountered. At the location were detained: Gilberto N, Carlos Alberto N, Jose Antonio N, Jose N and Brenda Elena N.

The elements that participated in this event were put at the disposition of the Attorney General of the State who will determine the judicial situation, and for them, the State Commission for Public Security will give any information that may be required, as well as legal and moral support for their employees, he emphasized.

Otis: Proceso have a completely different take on the event.

Police of Morelos accused of massacre of four women a minor and a baby.

At the time that the Police elements of Graco Ramirez Unified Command confirmed the death of six people, four women, a teenage and a baby of months old, because of an alleged crossfire with criminals, the boyfriend of one of the victims denounced that soldiers acted with viciousness against the victims, who did not identify themselves and only arrived at the house to open fire on the inhabitants.

At a press conference, Luis Daniel Preciado Garcia told how, at 03:40 on Thursday he received a phone call from his girlfriend, Mario de Rosario Valdez Chapa, in which he reported that uniformed elements shot at his home, so he asked for the Mexican Army to attend, because if the aggressors were Police, he supposed only the military could stop them.

"I called emergencies at 911, there they told me that they were already in support, but then I found out that they were not letting anyone in, that they had a special operation. My girlfriend told me that they did not identify themselves, that they only arrived and started firing. My girlfriend called me and she never hung up the phone, I guess when they shot her, I kept listening to everything they said."

He then assured that he heard clearly when the Police entered the house and shouted at the terrified inhabitants that, if they did not come out with their hands up, they would kill them all, as they had done with the victims.

He also maintained that there are several videos of what happened, because the neighbours realized what happened during the early morning hours. He assured that nobody could enter or leave the place until "the Police officers finished off the killing."

Preciado Garcia reported that the people killed are Faustina Chapa Avila, a family mother; Camelia Rodriguez Vazquez, her daughter-in-law and mother of the dead baby; Leticia Valdez Rodriguez, Faustinas niece, and her girlfriend Maria del Rosario. He did not talk about the teenage boy who was also killed in the events.

He also explained that there are two children injured, one is year and half old and another three months old. Meanwhile after 12 hours had passed, the State Security Commissioner, Jesus Alberto Capella Ibarra, offered a press conference accompanied by other Police Commanders, in which he presented the official Police version of events.

The official said that prior to the events, they managed to capture the son of a dangerous criminal, who later pointed to the house located in the Ruben Jaramillo neighbourhood.

When arriving at the place, according to the Police chief, they were shot at by the criminals, and this was the reason the Police opened fire. For more than two hours the Police and alleged criminals exchanged gunfire.

Then, the Police ended up using pepper spray to force the aggressors to surrender, which they ended up doing.

During this, unfortunately there were lives lost of the relatives of the detainee who were in the interior and caught in the crossfire, four women, a minor and a man; In addition two minors were injured, of which, fortunately their heath is reported as stable, justified Capella Ibarra.

He also reported, that as the law indicates, the Police officers who participated in the these events were placed at the disposal of the State Attorney Generals Office, which will determine their legal status, and for this the State Public Security Commission will provide all the information that is required, as well as the moral and legal support to our companions.

In the afternoon, the Morelos Public Prosecutors Office issued and information card confirming that six people were murdered; a two month old baby, a 13 year old boy and four women aged 65,40,27 and 22 years old.

The independent Human Rights Commission of Morelos, through its spokesperson Jose Martinez Cruz, described the events as "barbaric", and said that "it is precedents such as that of Tlatlaya and other crimes against humanity", which is why it was demanded, that these events were investigated and the facts established and those responsible are punished".