Guzmar González: The Civil Guard Is Under Attack

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

Every week the police corporation suffers up to four attacks, says Guzmar Ángel González Castillo.

Per week, elements of the State Civil Guard (GCE) are attacked between three and four times during operational activities, reported Guzmar Ángel González Castillo, head of the state Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC).

Despite the attacks, mainly armed, the interviewee assured that there have been no cases of elements attacked when they’re on the way to work or home.

In recent days, Juan Diego Guadarrama, a 28-year-old state civil guard, who was commissioned in the Directorate of Investigation Methods, assigned to the municipality of Moctezuma, was shot aboard his car in the Benito Juárez neighborhood of Soledad de Graciano Sánchez.

The state official explained that attacks usually occur when the police are located in an area or region where some information will be exploited, or there are indications of the commission of criminal acts, for example, related to drug dealing or kidnapping.

"Yes, there have been attacks. We can have three or four attacks per week, which fortunately, because with the training that the elements have received, the results are favorable; we do not have injured people. Fortunately we have not had any events such as attacks against personnel on the way to work or to their homes."

Although three state guards died just over a week ago, in the case of Juan Diego this occurred through a direct armed attack, the other two died in the recent riot at the La Pila prison.

State Police Juan Diego Guadarrama shot dead in his car in the Benito Juarez neighborhood. 

Scolded de Graciano, San Luis Potosí 

Benito Juárez neighborhood 

Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, San Luis Potosí 

Guzmar Ángel González Castillo, head of the state Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC)

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