Guanajuato Burns: CJNG and Feds = 10 Dead

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Universal

The confrontation of the two groups caused blockades. They confirm that the dead are from the CJNG; among the injured is a federal and a paramedic.

Federal authorities reported that alleged members of the New Generation Jalisco Cartel (CJNG) were killed Friday in a confrontation that lasted about two hours, with elite elements of the Federal Police, in the municipality of Jerécuaro, Guanajuato.

Also, the State Government reported that the final balance of the confrontation was ten dead, presumably of this criminal group, and five more people were injured, including a federal policeman and a paramedic.

According to preliminary information from the security cabinet, the personnel of the Federal Forces Division advanced in official vehicles in the vicinity of the community of Purísima del Zapote, in Jerécuaro , when they observed a van with several individuals on board who when noticing the presence of the authority went into a breach while firing at the uniformed patrol.

The agents initiated a persecution and kilometers ahead they arrived at a point in the mountainous area that presumably was a meeting point of members of a criminal group.

According to authorities, at the point there were around 40 armed individuals, with vests and garments with the acronym CJNG , who were parapeted in several civilian trucks to shoot at the federal agents.

The elements, specialized in confrontations, set in motion an advance strategy and safety on foot, with a circle of security that forced the aggressors to retreat towards a ravine while continuing to fire.

The area is mountain, open field, weeds that reaches more than one meter in height, with some trees, a situation that extended the confrontation for almost two hours.

Along with these events, elements of the Military Police also had another confrontation.

According to the first reports, subsequently and as a response to these events, an assault was registered on a patrol of federal police elements without injuries and another one on a state unit.

The unidentified subjects subsequently burned two vehicles, a trailer and a truck on the free highway to Querétaro.

To the point of confrontation arrived the commissioner General of the Federal Police, Manelich Castilla Craviotto, along with ministerial elements to attest to what happened. 

After the armed clash, seven vans were secured, of which four have reports of theft along with seven long weapons, improvised explosive devices and a tube grenade launchers.