After Multiple Murders In Tlaquepaque, 400 Additional Military Elements Arrive To Reinforce Security: Jalisco

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This article was translated and reposted from INFORMADOR.MX

WRITTEN BY: Rubí Bobadilla

February 5, 2024

Once again, 400 new members of the Mexican Army arrived in the city to reinforce security in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, as part of the National Public Security Strategy and the federal government's Zero Impunity policy.

The Secretary of National Defense, through the V Military Region and the 15 Military Zone, informed that the deployment of these troops was carried out due to the criminal acts that occurred yesterday, February 4, in the municipality of Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, after the discovery of six bodies in different events.

The officers, said the Sedena in a press release, "will be in constant coordination with the National Guard and other authorities of the three levels of government to reduce crime rates and homicides linked to organized crime in the state".

The main mission of these personnel, he added, is to strengthen the rule of law and collaborate with local authorities, acting at all times with full respect for human rights, attending to the permanent commitment to the civilian population and maintaining an atmosphere of tranquility so that the people of Jalisco can carry out their daily activities normally.

Just last November 29, it was announced that 2,500 troops would be deployed in the state, only eight days after almost 1,100 federal agents arrived in Teocaltiche, following the murder of three soldiers in that municipality.

SOURCE: INFORMADOR.MX