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Police Killed, Cocaine Captured, A Prison Escape - Criminal Violence in Mexico Roundup - September 5, 2023

By "El Huaso" For Borderland Beat

The contributors at Borderland Beat aim to cover newsworthy and relevant stories related to organized crime and security in Mexico. However, this means that we sometimes miss the many small footprints left by organized crime groups around the country. This article aims to cover more of these events which do not merit a full article.  

Guanajuato, Celaya - Manuel Pacheco López, an officer on the security detail of Celaya's Secretary of Citizen Security, Jesús Ignacio Rivera Peralta, was killed after an ambush while driving, reported El Universal. 53 police officers have been killed in Guanajuato state this year, the most violent state for police in Mexico, according to Causa en Comun. 17 of these deaths have occurred in the city of Celaya.

Guanajuato, Salamanca - The bodies of two men were found on a dirt road near Valle de Santiago, reported Periodico Correo.

Guanajuato, Valle de Santiago - A woman was killed by armed gunmen who burst into her home, shooting her, reported Periodico Correo. This attack is exemplary of violence between criminal groups in Guanajuato, as it was perpetrated by hitmen on motorbikes, lasted just a few seconds from arrival to exit, and occurred at the victims home or business in broad daylight. 

For a more in-depth look at what cartel violence looks like in Guanajuato, read this article.

Michoacán, La Piedad - Three men escaped from a prison, reported Dominio Publico.


Guerrero, Acapulco - 922 kilos of cocaine were seized by the Mexican navy from two smuggling speedboats, reported Quadratin Guerrero.

Baja California, Tijuana - On September 1, a police officer named Francisco Miguel López Llanos was killed by gunmen while with his daughter at a Tijuana beach. Yesterday, the Mayor of Tijuana announced that he was under investigation for alleged ties to a criminal group, reported El Sol de Tijuana.


Tamaulipas, Reynosa - The government of Tamaulipas reported that they destroyed 25 homemade armored vehicles captured in recent weeks from criminal groups. The letters "C.D.N.", referring to Cartel del Noroeste, can be seen on one truck. These armored vehicle destruction press releases occur every couple weeks, a reminder that Tamaulipas state leads the nation in the use of homemade armored vehicles.

Tamaulipas, Matamoros - Four men were killed in a shootout with the Army. One civilian was wounded, reported Mexico Codigo Rojo. Infobae reported that the shootout caused the US Consulate in Matamoros to issue a "shelter in place" warning.

Veracruz - In response to rising violence along the Veracruz-Puebla highway, the National Guard (GN) will begin using drones to monitor the area from the skies, reported GN commander David Córdova Campos.

Nationwide there are 264,061 soldiers of Mexico's armed forces deployed, according to the most recent security cabinet report from August 22, 2023. 171,310 of these are directly focused on public security duties, although many thousands more are focused on related duties, such as eradicating drug plantations. The rest are assigned to various tasks including fighting illegal fishing, to aiding with natural disaster response.

14 comments:

  1. La kena 19 was injured in a shootout with the Marines . Metros/Reynosa have some sectors of the Marines bought while Matamoros has gopes (state ) paid off

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    1. 7:27 - What are you talking about ? State police literally killed 3 members of Matamoros earlier this week. Also, there’s no proof that La Kena 19 was injured. The only thing found was his armored vehicle with bullet impacts, but none of the bullets appeared to have pierced through the bulletproof windows.

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    2. 7:27 - If you don’t mind me asking, where did you hear that Metros bought off the Marines and Matamoros bought off gopes? What’s your proof?

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    3. 7:27 - Wait, weren’t GOPEs dissolved ? They don’t exist anymore, right ?

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    4. POW! No derogatory rebuttals, just counter insight and requests for additional back up based on these conflicting views. No Pom poms. No disrespect. Just respect. Everyone should give it a try and elevate the comment sections to a standard that’s on par with the reporting we’re provided by the BB contributirs/ publishers. All together now: “I’d like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony….”.

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    5. There are rumors that the mexican armed forces are hunting la kena to kill him. They killed one of his top guys. Some said the metros made a deal with the marines as the escorpiones have the state police in their pocket others say it was oziel cardenas that gave the green light because he wants his nephew out. Others say la kena wants to be the boss. Some of the monstruos that they destroyed were captured in san fernando that belonged to old school zetas

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    6. Gopes dont exist but state police does. Rumors on the street that make it online on tamaulipas news online

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  2. State police going after metros in Reynosa they killed a few . Marines hitting Matamoros hard . 3 commanders close to la kena either captured or killed . Tamaulipas FB pages reporting of an alliance of CJNG Reynosa ZVE allegedly both off a some Marines. Meanwhile cdg Matamoros has the state (gopes)

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    1. Are GOPEs still around ? I thought they were gone.

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    2. There were rumors on reynosa codigo rojo that the state police killed 2 metros comandantes last week also. So both sides are getting hit.

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  3. https://x.com/all_source_news/status/1699474750139957333?s=46&t=QqMqR1uHY7Wck9fPOerM-Q

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  4. Kena might have to reach out to CDS or cdn or both to hold off the Reynosa CJNG alliance

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    1. 5:16 - Kena is doing just fine against the Reynosa CJNG alliance.

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  5. Thank you El Huaso for putting this together.
    I know how tough it is to monitor and analyze every incident that takes place in Mexico from a 2nd hand perspective.
    I tried to curate my own feeds years ago and even though I felt like many news stories were coming across my screen I knew there were still plenty more that slipped through the cracks due to the fact that much of the violence is documented by citizens who are Not officially "journalists" but who in essense have the power to become journalists by filming and narrating these events. This firsthand information is often funneled through local private chat groups which are difficult to track down let alone join.

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