Meanwhile in Michoacan: 6 sicarios and a dead man, also: father and son ranchers executed

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat  source

6 Sicarios stopped after shootout with a dead body inside their vehicle

José Sixto Verduzco, Mich., Six alleged assassins were arrested after a bullet-ridden confrontation with National Guard soldiers, in this municipality. The detainees were detained and elements secured several weapons as well as a van where they carried the gun riddled body of a man.

According to consulted sources, the events were recorded when the National Guard personnel received several reports of gunshots, in the municipal seat of Pastor Ortiz.

GN soldiers moved to the site, so when patrolling on Avenida Lázaro Cárdenas, they spotted a group of armed civilians traveling on board a white Nissan truck, with Texas license plates.

When the subjects saw the approach of the official units, they began to fire on the uniformed officers,  the officers then repelled the aggression, registering a confrontation that ended with the surrender of the aggressors.

 The subjects were secured at the site, who identified themselves as Mario Armando G., 18 years old, Lino G., 19; Isidro R., 20; Diego C., 21; Fidel Abraham G., 22, and Edgar M., 28, who were secured with several long weapons as well as a short weapon, with their respective ammunition. 

When the SUV in which the now detainees were traveling was inspected,  a body of a deceased  man,  who showed signs of torture, was found in the rear seats of the vehicle, who remains unidentified.

The detainees and the insured were placed at the disposal of the corresponding authorities, while the body was transferred by personnel from the Regional Prosecutor's Office to the Forensic Medical Service.

This municipality is apx 2 hrs north of Morelia, the capital of Michoacán.

Father and Son Executed- PRI mayor tagged as involved

Churumuco, Mich-Father and son were taken from their home by an armed group, which riddled them with gunshots and abandoned their bodies on a property in that municipality.

Information circulating on social networks indicates that on Friday morning, Rogelio López Gaona and Anibar López Calderón, father and son, were deprived of liberty by an armed command that broke into their home in the La Palma de Huaro community.

Later they were shot, and their bodies found in Puerto del Ahuijote.

The publication indicates that they were engaged in livestock and agriculture, like many in that region.

The group of Gabino Barrera Estrada, head of the local organized crime plaza and brother of the current PRI mayor Rodimiro Barrera Estrada, linked to crime since 2007, is identified as responsible for the crime, according to federal reports.

Currently in that municipality there are four municipal police officers who have been missing since January.