San Miguel Totolapan, Guerrero: Los Tequileros Kill Mayor Conrado Mendoza, 18 Dead After Attacks

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A cell of hitmen entered the house of the former municipal president and father of the mayor, Juan Mendoza Acosta, and killed him.

An armed criminal cell, allegedly linked to Los Tequileros, gunned down the municipal palace and homes in San Miguel Totolapan, Guerrero, killing the mayor, Conrado Mendoza Almeda, his father, former municipal president Juan Mendoza, and 16 other people, the state prosecutor confirmed.

The state prosecutor, Sandra Luz Valdovinos, said in an interview with Milenio Televisión, "Up to this moment we have the death of 18 people confirmed and two injured; all of them are adults".

The official said that even the Ministerial Investigation Police and the forensic services are gathering more data, she did not confirm that the group of Los Tequileros or any other, was responsible for the attacks.

"There were indeed blockades, which led to immediate access to the scene. However, these blockades were removed a few hours after the event," he said.

According to information confirmed by the state government, a large group of armed civilians attacked the San Miguel Totolapan town hall this afternoon.

In another aggression, a criminal cell entered the house of the former municipal president and father of the mayor, Juan Mendoza Acosta, and also killed him.

The authorities confirmed that there were several confrontations in the town of San Miguel Totolapan.

Both the mayor and the former mayor were members of the PRD.

The Coordination for the Construction of Peace in Guerrero indicated that security was reinforced in the municipality with elements of the State Police, the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena), the National Guard and the Navy, as well as the Ministerial Police from the State Attorney General's Office (FGE).

He also explained that an operation was deployed to locate and detain those responsible for the attack and that the FGE has opened an investigative folder.

As of 9:00 p.m., the prosecutor indicated that no one had been arrested for these attacks.

The alleged return of the criminal group

Shortly before the armed raid, alleged members of Los Tequileros released a video in which they announced that they were "back" in the municipality, which they would take under their control and challenged the authorities to take them out again.

The group was reactivated four years after being dismantled. In February 2018, its main leader, Raybel Jacobo de Almonte, was shot dead in a confrontation with members of the United Front of Community Police from the State of Guerrero (FUPCEG), in the mountains of Tlacotepec.

PRD demands justice for the victims of the attacks.

The state leader of the PRD, Alberto Catalán Bastida, confirmed the murder of the municipal president of San Miguel Totolapan, Conrado Mendoza Almeda and his father, Juan Mendoza Acosta, as well as a number of other people, and demanded that the case be investigated and those responsible be punished.

He said that the PRD had no reports of any kind of threat against the mayor and his predecessor in office, both members from the Sol Azteca party. 

However, he called on the State Attorney General's Office (FGE) to investigate the case, establish the facts and punish those responsible.

It is expected that during the course of the night of Wednesday, October 5, the state leadership from y he PRD will meet to analyze what happened and issue a statement in a timely manner.

For its part, the national leadership of the party condemned the attack and joined in the demand for justice from the Guerrero Attorney General's Office. "Stop the violence and impunity," he said on Twitter.

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Los Tequileros threatens La Familia Michoacana in Guerrero. Today they attacked San Miguel Totolapan leaving many dead. Unofficially one of the dead is the former mayor of Totolapan.

Video translation is as follows:

You sons of bitches didn’t think we’d return. But I’ve already killed the first targets. Those sons of bitches didn’t even bother defending themselves. Colima, you faggot I’m presently here. I thought you had so much bravery? 

I’m presently in position in San Miguel. Come through and take me out. I want to see how fucking brave you actually are.  We’re all here and we wont be leaving. Everyone one of you faggots on this list better be fucking ready. We are the absolute Tequileros. 

Sicarios scream in unison: We are the absolute Tequileros!!!

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