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| Guadalupe y Calvo is a municipality in southern Chihuahua, located on the heart of the Sierra Madre mountain. It has a population close to 5,000, many of them indigenous Tarahumara people. |
Armed men killed four people during a rural assembly in Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua. The incident took place while people from Redondeados rural community were voting for their local commissioner.
Witnesses said that three gunmen wearing ski-marks stormed a building at around 2:00PM on Sunday, 27 June 2021, and shot at several attendees.
Three people were killed at the scene: the siblings Omar Cuauhtémoc and Luis Arnaldo Vargas Guzmán, aged 45 and 47, respectively; and Aurelia Valencia Primero, 52. A fourth victim, Javier Vidal Valencia, aged 56, died at the hospital hours later.
Residents said that the police were slow to arrive at the scene following multiple emergency calls. They also said that the police did not agree to set up a security measure for the 800 voters that day.
This massacre occurred a few days after a large shootout was reported in Guadalupe y Calvo between gunmen of La Linea and Gente Nueva. Sources spoke of "dozens" of dead, but no authority confirmed the death toll. Eye-witnesses told the police that cartel members took the bodies with them after the shootout.
Guadalupe y Calvo borders the state of Sinaloa and is believed to be a turf controlled by Gente Nueva. This municipality is part of Mexico's Golden Triangle and has large regions of opium poppy cultivation. In addition to drug production, illegal logging is also a profitable activity disputed by drug cartels in the area.
Officials from the State Investigatory Agency who were not authorized to speak with the press confirmed that the shootout broke out after La Linea, the former paramilitary group of the old Juarez Cartel, made an incursion to Guadalupe y Calvo in an effort to take control of Gente Nueva's turf.
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| Guadalupe y Calvo Municipality is considered part of the Lower Sierra region in Chihuahua. This region has historically been under the control of Sinaloa Cartel. |
Sources for recent cartel clash: Borderland Beat archives; El Diario de Chihuahua
I heard the death toll was up too 20 dead. Both sides took heavy loses
ReplyDeleteBoth sides ? Is that a confrontation ?
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@kathi what's your version of confrontation? A ambush?? Lmaoo
DeleteUrique. . bottom of Copper Canyon, after a hike. Tarahumara have lost their tribal ejidos, forced into poppy/pop growth. Ciudad Calvo half way between between Parral and Culican. Only accessible by dirt roads. Guadalupe y Calvo in major illegal logging area. For more info, read "God's Middle Finger", Richard Grant. You will understand Guadalup y Calvo much better and the remoteness of the place. Thank MX - Parro
ReplyDeleteThanks, Parro! I’ve never been to this part of Chihuahua. I was in Bocoyna a few months ago and in some towns near Copper Canyon. Beautiful place, got great weather too for hiking. The more you talk to locals the more you learn about what’s going on. Heard so many stories about the Tarahumaras and their struggles. Saludos!
DeleteLinea heating up the plaza
ReplyDeleteLinea going against rivals
DeleteIsnt this area controled by cds?
ReplyDeleteLa línea did it. Sinaloa does not mess with the locals. Looks like la Linea is trying to heat up the area and blame cds
Delete@7:59 read the article
Delete8:12 yea, and pigs FLY..
Delete@8:12 boy you know how wrong you are
Delete8:18 ok, another question dor you isnt this were a lot of innocent get kidnapped and forces to work in the poppy fields like slaves?
DeleteI guess cds is not so "respectfull" like some of the guys here claim, there was a post in here a while back were it talk about a bunch of guys who got rescued from the cds, they were forced to work 18 hour shift with out any dood just water and after that they were takin to a cave and were guarded by gunman for a couple of years
8:12 you must be new here to actually still believe that crap especially with all the grimey shit they’ve done in chihuahua.
Delete8:12 what do u mean those are exactly cds tactics
DeleteIt took the cops so long to respond cause the gunmen had to run back across town and put their police uniforms back on and pretend they were doing everything to cath these evil gunmen ! What ? Happens all the time on scooby doo . Same logic same circumstances same shit different ass holes !
ReplyDeleteSalguieros (cds) heating up la plaza to keep los H's (ncdj) from intruding
ReplyDeleteLos Hs from ncdj😂😂😂😂 you obviously are not from Chihuahua or know what’s going on in that region. Keep dreaming!!!!
DeleteBro you just played yourself 😂🤦🏻♂️
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