Villa Coronado, Chihuahua: Gente Nueva Versus La Línea, Two Beheaded

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

Video translation is as follows:

Edgar: An armed attack was recorded as the authorities say. Two rival organized crime groups clashed. There were deaths, there were bodies left on the road, vehicles as well. Go ahead with your report Everardo.

Everardo Cardona: Yes that's true Edgar. In a confrontation between members of Gente Nueva and La Línea, four people were killed on the highway from Villa Coronado to Valle de Allende. In the shootout where more than a thousand shell casings were seized including .50 caliber bullets, three grenades, and four vehicles. Two of the deceased were beheaded.

Three of the victims have already been identified as Luis Enrique Cebreros Herrera, 29, Miguel Ángel Morales Martínez, 44, and Ángel Román Márquez Yanes, 21. In the face of this shooting, the State Attorney General recognized that the assassins who were executed in Villa Coronado were members of a criminal group. Among the deceased is a subject nicknamed El Rayo who was the successor of the Sinaloa Cartel operator known as El 300, recently arrested in the state of Chiapas. The official statements are what follows. 

Female Reporter: Was El Rayo a successor to El 300?

Roberto Fierro Duarte. Yes, we confirm this.

Male Reporter: What was the reason behind this recent armed attack?

Roberto Fierro Duarte: We return again to the same lines of investigation. This is precisely an invasion of territory that is being generated. And well that was the reason behind this armed attack.

Female Reporter: Will this be similar to your previous operation in the city of Cuauhtémoc where there was a large seizure of things?

Roberto Fierro Duarte: Yes, we’re going to strengthen security in that area as we have to do.

Female Reporter: Did you guys lose that helicopter as well?

Roberto Fierro Duarte: No, no.

Female Reporter: Can you confirm if the Salgueiros group is trying to recover territories lost after the apprehensions…

Roberto Fierro Duarte: I can't hear you.

Female Reporter: I was asking you if the Salgueiros group is trying to recover terrains lost after all those apprehensions made?

Roberto Fierro Duarte: No, no, no, no. Let's not speculate here. This was nothing more than an armed attack. As it so happens many times when someone wants to invade a bit of territory or pass through the area. But we still can’t officially determine this. 

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