Uruapan Mich: 20 Bodies Found Dismembered or Hanging from Bridges Thanks to CJNG

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Zeta y Aristgui

Michoacán Public Security Secretary Israel Patron reported that on early Thursday morning 20 murders were reported in Uruapan , some of them appeared hanging on bridges and others dismembered. These events follow last weekend's bloody tally of at least 9 murdered, most in the vicinity of Uruapan, Mich.

In an interview for #AristeguiEnVivo, he indicated that "we are aware of 3 different events in the municipality of Uruapan": the first for the location of a lifeless body by shooting; later, various bodies located on a bridge, hung from their extremities; and various bodies dismembered more to the center of Uruapan.

"In total there are 20 bodies," he said, but clarified that one of those murders is unrelated to the rest.

He said that "it is the rivalry that exists between criminal groups" because the CJNG, Jalisco Cartel disputes the square , ie Plaza, with another criminal cell known as Los Viagras.

This morning neighbors of the area gave the report to the authorities, after observing the bodies in the Magnolia Prolongation Street. The bodies presented traces of violence and bullet impacts.

Several bodies were hung from bridges and others dismembered; all, located along the Industrial Boulevard .

The section of the Industrial Boulevard where the first findings were recorded, went from the intersection with the Libramiento Oriente until the exit to the “Siglo XXI” highway, which connects with the cities of Pátzcuaro and Morelia.

Police sources, cited by the same local media, detailed that eleven of the bodies were in the area of ​​the overpass, and the other six at the height of the local Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) plant.

“In addition, in the La Mora neighborhood, three more bodies were thrown halfway down, bringing the total count of the criminal killing on Thursday to 20 in Uruapan. Of the  20 executed 4 are women and 16 men, ” said La Voz de Michoacán, which says the city is "paralyzed by violence". Sin Embargo calls it "All out War".

After the discovery of 20 bodies in the second most important city and the second most populous city of the entity, the authorities of the three levels government ordered/ deployed an operation in the area, with the promise of “not lowering their guard”, as he wrote In its Twitter social network account, the State Public Security Secretary.

The victims were left messages signed by a criminal group: “What is clear to you is that everyone who collaborates, helps the Chatarra, Ronal, Ratón, Moto, Mono Verde, Maniaco and Filos in some way. This is how they will end up. Pretty people follow your routines. Have patriotism and kill a Viagra C. J. N. G." read both mantas deployed and signed by the CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación )”.

“Lo que si es claro les dejamos es que todo el que colabore, ayude en algo a la Chatarra, Ronal, Ratón, Moto, Mono verde, Maniaco y Filos. Así van a quedar. Gente bonita siga con su rutina. Han patria y mata a un viagra”, se leyó en ambos desplegados firmados por el C. J. N. G. (Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación)”.

The Attorney General's Office opened several lines of investigation this Thursday. Among these, the struggle between the Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), Los Caballeros Templarios and La Nueva Familia Michoacana cartels stands out. This last criminal group operates through a group of hitmen known as Los Viagras.

The three drug trafficking organizations dispute the control of the production and trafficking of drugs, kidnappings, theft of vehicles and extortion of avocado-producing entrepreneurs.

Adrián López Solís, Attorney General of the State of Michoacán, confirmed this morning that the bodies of 20 people were found in three events linked to the disputes that the cartels maintain of the drug in Uruapan , Michoacán .

"The Attorney General of the State of Michoacán reports that it has begun the investigation of three events recorded this morning in the municipality of Uruapan, " he told a press conference.

Likewise, he explained that the multidisciplinary team of expert services of the regional Prosecutor's Office moved to the Libramiento Oriente neighborhood of that city, where it located nine lifeless bodies, which correspond to seven men and two women.

Israel Patrón requested a strengthening of the presence of the National Guard in the entity.