A series of targeted attacks led to the deaths of at least 19 people. The attacks came as part of an ongoing cartel dispute in and around the capital of the Western state of Michoacán. The state officials report 1,650 murders so far this year — locals claim the actual number is much higher.
A yearlong investigation by U.S. authorities in Kansas led to the arrest of a methamphetamine distribution cell tied to Mexico’s Los Viagras faction of the Familia Michoacana Cartel. The cartel cell is considered to be part of the violent cartel’s drug distribution operation which also has cells in Washington State and Georgia.
Gunmen from rival cartels battled for hours in the rural communities of Western Michoacán before authorities arrived. Initial reports point to 9 dead and 11 injured. Unofficial accounts point to as a much higher death toll.
Uno de los principales líderes de un cártel de México ha hecho pública la afirmación de que el gobernador del estado de Michoacán le pagó grandes sumas de dinero para conseguir que fuera elegido y que recientemente le ofreció dinero para lograr la paz en el estado. El líder del cártel afirma que dado que rechazó la última oferta y sabe demasiado, se ha convertido en un objetivo.
One of Mexico’s top cartel leaders made the public claim that the sitting governor of Michoacan paid him a large sum of money for votes and recently offered more cash for peace. The cartel leader claims that since he turned down the second offer, he is now a target for execution.
The mayor of a rural community in the Mexican coastal state of Michoacan led a protest calling for the pulling back of military and police forces in the area. The demonstration came immediately after forces arrested a top cartel enforcer that was featured in a Breitbart Texas exposé revealing his interactions with the Mexican Army.
MORELIA, Michoacán – Sicarios del cártel desplegaron a cientos de sus miembros en todo el estado mexicano de Michoacán en un intento de obligar a las autoridades del gobierno a liberar a un líder recientemente capturado. Las autoridades mexicanas arrestaron al líder del cártel después de que Breitbart Texas publicara una serie de fotografías que lo mostraban amigable con miembros del Ejército de México.
MORELIA, Michoacán — Cartel gunmen were deployed in the hundreds throughout Michoacán to force the release of a recently captured leader who was arrested following a Breitbart Texas exposé revealing photographic evidence of the Mexican army’s friendly relationship with the drug cartel boss.
Embarrassed Mexican authorities arrested one of the top cartel figures in the state of Michoacán, just days after Breitbart Texas’s Cartel Chronicles Project published a series of exclusive photographs showing the cartel leader being cozy and hanging out with members of the Mexican Army.
El alcalde de una comunidad rural en este estado sureño ha sido señalado como aliado de uno de los cárteles más violentos de México. El político fue señalado por un sicario del cártel que fue torturado y asesinado por sus rivales.
A group of cartel gunmen fighting for control of a Mexican coastal state cut out the heart of one of their living victims while another was beheaded. The violence took place not far from the beach resort cities of Acapulco and Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Guerrero.
MORELIA, Michoacan — Pese a las constantes declaraciones del gobierno de este estado sobre las mejoras en materia de seguridad, la región ha recibido el 2018 con mas de 45 ejecutados incluyendo 15 descuartizados.
MORELIA, Michoacan — Despite constant statements from officials about improving public safety, 2018 already yields more than 45 executions–with 15 of those victims being dismembered.
