Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat
By: Rafael
Camacho
On December 16,
2014, an ambush carried out against a truck in which Semeí Verdía (Commander of
the Community Police of Santa María Ostula and General Coordinator of the Autodefensas on the coast of Michoacán)
was supposedly driving in left a total of five people injured, including a
minor. After these events, the community
carried out clearing work on Federal Highway 200 to prevent further attacks.
At least 700
villagers from different syndicates, accompanied by the Community Police,
cleared the highway section from Xayacalan to La Ticla, in an impressive
display of organization, mutual support, and community work.
“We don’t want them to continue harming
innocent people, we have been in this movement and we don’t fear death but it
does bother us, we still worry that innocent families keep getting hurt and
that is why we try to do the job, so that what happened before doesn’t happen
again”
— Semeí
It is worth
noting that minutes after the attack, Community Police arrested Jonathan
Aguilar Juan, alias “La Changa”, who confessed that the armed group was
composed of five people and directed by Luis N., alias “El Caracol”, who also
participated in the torture and murder of Trinidad de la Cruz, “Don Trino”, on
December 6, 2011, a crime that remains unpunished.
The arrested
assailant stated that his intention was to assassinate Semeí Verdía, but they
mistook the vehicle that he was traveling in and that the order was given by Federico
González, alias “Lico”, plaza chief of the Caballeros
Templarios in the municipality of Aquila, and Mario Álvarez, former mayor
of Aquila and former PRI deputy.
From that
moment, up to early February of 2014, the Community Police restructured itself
to oust the Caballeros Templarios
from the Nahua territory, the community organizational process was retaken, and
the community assemblies returned; the commissioner of community property was
restored, and little by little, community members who had been forced into
exile have returned to their homes. For
more than 10 months, this process has had its ups and downs with the struggle
for autonomy and for the defense of common lands, which have been stripped by
smallholders (linked to the Caballeros Templarios and PRI politicians, all
interested in the building of infrastructure to output iron that is mined in
the region, and in doing so, consolidating a secure business). However, the decision to reconstruct has been
stronger.
During busy and long
community meetings, the residents of Ostula have recently identified people who
are linked to organized crime and remain in the community. At these same meetings, detailed denunciations
were made and measures were taken to address these issues, that is why the
recent attack on Semeí Verdía could be considered a sort of response from those
who have been identified as members of the cartel or as collaborators.
Source: SubVersiones
These trouble makers are making el castillo de cagada look bad, he had it all under wraps until he ran out of iron ores to deliver to the chinese pagodas associates of el ratero robavacas miguel angel osorio chong waiting on the coast, the ct collect tax, they don't mine aything else, without thefarmers and the miners that DO WORK for their living, el castillo de cagada and all the mexican government are worthless pieces of shit, crime or no crime...
ReplyDelete'was el ratero robavacas miguel angel osorio chong waiting on the coast eating mangos and papayas by himself? or with the thugs of el migueladas, la changa, el caracol, el licon, mario alvares to do the ct collect tax' 'one farmer, one miner, one cabrito at a time crime or no crime'
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Castillo is saying the armed civilians in Apatzingán killed themselves last week. That's right, "Sherlock" Castillo has concluded that 8 of the "9" killed were the result of "friendly fire," and only 1 was killed by federal forces. Of course anyone who looked at the videos and fotos knows at least 10 were killed and it's impossible 7 or 8 were killed by their companions. Lyin' piece of sh*t, that Castillo.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great event !! Hope that attitude spreads throughout Mexico. Citizens taking control of their lives.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see this story posted as I missed the December 17, 2014 posting.
ReplyDeleteDespite the wounding of several people, this is an upbeat article. The people of these towns have banded together to take back their land, protect themselves from the cartels, and are committed to expelling families involved with the cartels! Such an amazing thing to see and hear! It’s going to take a lot more work, and the people must be extremely vigilant but these towns could set an example for the people of different areas ravaged by crime…May God’s protection be with these groups at all times…
It would be interesting to know, what do the autodefensas plan to do with the arrested cartel members? Keep us updated reporter Valor…
But they gotta have Aks to be at the same level with the thugs in fire power. Because those one bullet carriers wont do it for them
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