Tired of paying protection money to narcos, a group of farmers and residents of Texcaltitlan, a village in central Mexico, decided to confront some members of the clan with rifles and machetes. The conflict caused 14 deaths, according to initial estimates; 11 of them must be affiliated with the Familia Michoacana, a clan that controls local drug trafficking.
It all started when some narcos arrived at a sports field in the village, perhaps where a public event was taking place, and demanded payment of “surface rights”, which we know as protection money, from the residents, mostly farmers in the area. . . At this point, nearly fifty people came face to face with the narcos. Rifle volleys were fired and some farmers attacked mob members with machetes. The images spread by local media are horrific, as seen in the video published by journalist Carlos Jimenez.
“The deaths of 14 people have been reported, 11 of whom appear to belong to a criminal organization and 3 of whom live in the area,” Mexico’s foreign ministry said in a statement. Since the military’s controversial crackdown on drugs was launched in 2006, the country’s murder rate has tripled to 25 per 100,000 people.
AGARRORON AT A SECURITY FORUM
Enter secretary @AAndradeTellez Was at a forum in Naucalpan #TexcaltitlanPeople organized themselves and confronted the criminals who were blackmailing them.
Balance: ocho delincuentes muertos… tres civilis tb cayeron. pic.twitter.com/iohIy46Pec— Carlos Jiménez (@c4jimenez) December 9, 2023
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