Veracruz: War declared by CJNG leaves 11 murdered

Translated by El Profe for Borderland Beat from La Silla Rota

         

          

In the north of the state, a pregnant woman died of a shot to the head
 

by Rodrigo Barranco Déctor

VERACRUZ, Veracruz - Attacks on the police, 11 deaths, blockades, and armed forces operations is the outcome over the weekend due to the wave of violence that has hit Veracruz since the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has lashed out against authorities of the Ministry of Public Security. 

After a violent Thursday and Friday, on Saturday morning, clashes continued, now in Jáltipan, in the south of the state, where an armed commando attacked a command of the Civil Force that at that time was empty. 

In the same region, there were reports of blockades by people who burned vehicles to block roads leading to the southeast of the country. 

In Tlalixcoyan, the SSP reported on the dismantling of an organized crime camp, in which no arrests were reported. 

In the municipality of Textitepec, in the Coatzacoalcos region, two men were found dead inside a truck with a message addressed to the forces of order. 

In Soteapan, also in the southern part of Veracruz, the mayor of that city, Crisanto Bautista, was attacked by two shots, injuries that left him hospitalized in a serious state of health. 

On Saturday night, police elements responded to a call for help to the city of Cosoleacaque, in the area conurbation with Minatitlán, where they found four people shot dead, one of them was 13 years old. 

In Poza Rica, north of Veracruz, a subject with a gun fired on the owner of a grocery store, depriving him of life.
 

In the municipality of Álamo Temapache, near Tamaulipas, a taxi was attacked by people with long arms, murdering a woman who was five months pregnant, making a total of 50 feminicides since December 1, 2018, when Cuitláhuac García Jiménez took power.
 

That same day, more narcomensajes appeared in different parts of the territory of Veracruz, all containing threats against rival criminal gangs. 

On Sunday the death of a cattle rancher in the municipality of Atzalán, by Martínez de la Torre, was announced. The rancher had been dead for a week.

In Las Choapas, on the border with Tabasco, another rancher was kidnapped and found dead by police authorities.
 

In Ixtaczoquitlán a young man was attacked with gunshots and died in a sports field in that locality.