Madera Chihuahua: People Trust "El Jaguar" Not the Federal Police

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: El Heraldo

                              They run off Federal Police and cheer on the "Narco of Madera"

Thirty-five or more people  block the passage of eight vans of the Federal Police in an area dominated by "El Jaguar" who disputes the plaza with the Juarez Cartel.

Madera, Chih: At the cry of "We feel more secure with "El Jaguar" , the unusual demonstration, which included women and children who were used as a shield, expressed slogans of repudiation towards the uniformed authorities,  who chose to avoid confrontation. 

As a sign of damage to the social fabric in several communities in the mountainous area of Chihuahua, the atmosphere of narcos, lack of social actions of the authorities and the impunity with which acts organized crime, Sunday, residents of the Ejido El Largo Maderal , ran to agents of the Federal Police, and chanted praise and cheers to the drug lord of the area, known as "El Jaguar."

A convoy of 8 trucks of the Federal Police was blocked by residents of El Largo Maderal who with banners in hand demanded that the more than 35 agents leave the town , this because they argue that they feel more secure with the presence of Francisco Arvizu Márquez , "El Jaguar" of CDSinaloa.

Francisco Arvizu Márquez, "El Jaguar", is a criminal leader who operates in the northwest region of the state of Chihuahua;  maintains the dispute over the control of drug trafficking in the mountainous area and different communities, where he has been linked to a direct battle with César Daniel Manjarrez ,"H2 ", who is the criminal leader of the Juarez Cartel that seeks control of the same plaza.

The villagers preferred the presence of a criminal leader than federal security agents, assuring the authorities that they are more secure with the armed group than the official authorities. "El Jaguar" has supported them to be able to get ahead for several months, as read on their placards. 

Several of the agents did not  arrest a group of armed individuals at a gas station.

However, the agent confirmed the above and explained to a woman that they did not because there were many children and women around in convenience stores, in addition, some of the same people were carrying weapons. 

In a video circulating on social networks, the person holding the cellphone is heard telling the Federal Police " to go and patrol Las Varas and Gómez so they can have a good time", when suddenly several young people appear with their faces hooded with placards saying: "Out Federales , We want "El  Jaguar." 

 At that moment when one of the agents replied that he was going to arrest whomever; he has to do it and that is not why he should be lynched or killed. The agent tells him that the Federal Police do not bring their faces covered like criminals or young protesters wearing balaclavas asking for the presence of the criminal leader and the departure of the Federal Police. 

Seconds later the agents board their 8 vans and withdraw with several agents on the outside. They commented:  The federal agent who headed the operation spoke with each of the inhabitants and explained that their job is to provide peace and tranquility to all the people, ensuring that they do not commit crimes such as robbery or extortion and that they always work for the safety of the people , in Chihuahua and throughout Mexico. 

Several of the agents who decide on the units to engage in a dialogue with the protesters received complaints from the same ones who called them cowards for not having arrested a group of armed individuals at a gas station. However, the agent confirmed the above and explained to a woman that they did not because there were many children and women around in convenience stores, in addition to some of the weapons were living with the same people. 

The prosecutor of the western zone, Jesús Manuel Carrasco Chacón, reported that the four heads found inside coolers, on the road that leads from Las Varas to El Largo Maderal, carried a message of threat against the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in that region, Francisco Arvizu Márquez, alias "El Jaguar."

"If we did not do it, ie (" go after the bad guys") it was precisely to protect the children and women are the first ones who could be injured, if they were pure men we would grab them without any problem. 

As the federal policemen explain to the citizens for several minutes that they are there to do their job not to annoy the population, One of the women threatens the elements of the Federal Police with lynching in case they continue patrolling or stopping the criminals , it was at that moment when one of the agents answered that he is going to arrest who he has to do and that is  why he must be lynched or killed. 

"The heads they left in coolers was a message for the villagers, they threaten us, we are afraid, they want to blame a person, but that  is just a way for society to believe that it was a bad person, but it is the opposite because he is good and he helps us even to be able to eat, " the citizens commented.

The federal agent who headed the operation spoke with each of the inhabitants and explained that their job is to provide peace and tranquility to all the people, ensuring that they do not commit crimes such as robbery or extortion and that they always work for the safety of the people , in Chihuahua and throughout Mexico.