La Vaca Alliance With The Northeast Cartel

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

Video translation is as follows:

José Bernabé Brizuela Meraz aka La Vaca, leader of the Colima Independent Cartel, made an alliance with the Northeast Cartel to combat his former allies, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. "My countrymen here in Colima we are the absolute mob of La Vaca, absolute mob of Colima, and allies of the Northeast Cartel" quotes one of the messages that have recently been placed in the state capital.

We are the absolute cartel of Colima, at one hundred with the Tropa del Infierno cited another of the messages that began to appear since August 9 of this year. "My countrymen here in Colima. We are the absolute mob of La Vaca. We are the absolute Colima Cartel and are allied with the Northeast Cartel. There is no more. Will they want more? Or should we boil them an egg? We fully support the Hell Troop. We send out our greetings to the commanders here in Colima. And we're all present here within Colima" quoted the message that mentions this alleged alliance which was located today outside a hardware store on Benito Juárez street in Villa de Álvarez.

Another similar message was also located today in the center of Colima. José Bernabé Brizuela Meraz aka La Vaca was in the past allied with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, to whom he declared a narco war due to internal differences that have unleashed violence in the state since the beginning of this year. Colima authorities identified that the fight that arose on January 25 of this year in the local Cereso prison surfaced from the rupture of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel against the faction known then as Los Mezcales led by La Vaca.

That day there were 12 murders linked to organized crime in the entity. 9 of which occurred in the prison center. Days later, the narco messages were displayed that declared the war led by the Independent Colima Cartel under the command of La Vaca. And the terror began in Colima, dismembered corpses, executions in broad daylight, at night or early in the morning, as well as shootings and closures of businesses and schools.

La Vaca identified his enemies as the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the brothers Aldrin Miguel Jarquín Jarquín aka El Chaparro or Chaparrito and José Jesús Jarquín Jarquín aka El R32. In the midst of constant battles between the two criminal organizations, more than 1,500 soldiers arrived. In addition to hundreds of Navy and National Guard agents that accumulated to 4,500 security personnel. But the narco war didn’t take place.

Well, the new criminal group promised to control the state and expel the subordinates of Julio Alberto Castilló Rodriguez, son in law of El Mencho. Now presumably this narco war has been joined by the Northeast Cartel with its armed wing La Tropa del Infierno according to the narco messages left in recent days. And while all this is happening, the violence hasn’t stop in the entity.

12 business chambers, private associations and employer unions published a statement to strongly demand that the federal, state and municipal authorities take measures and apply more effective strategies to contain the escalation of insecurity in the entity. They disapproved of the attack on a bar in Manzanillo just to cite the latest relevant case. But there have been many more similar events in past weeks.

They stated that situations of violence such as those that have occurred in Colima almost since the beginning of the year have a negative impact on the social and economic development of the entity. Given the acts of violence, the United States asked its citizens not to travel to 6 states of Mexico due to violence and crime. The United States ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar warned American citizens on Wednesday to avoid traveling to the states of Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas due to the security situations in those regions.

The official explained that the state department asks citizens not to visit these entities since their safety must be guaranteed. And assured that the United States will continue working with partners and friends of Mexico with the aim of building a peaceful future.

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