MORELIA, Michoacán – La alcaldesa de la pequeña comunidad rural de Turicato fue arrestada por cargos de asesinato después de que su esposo y jefe de guardaespaldas matara a un sospechoso miembro del cártel que resultó ser el hijo de un político rival.
MORELIA, Michoacan — The mayor of the small rural community of Turicato was arrested on murder charges after her husband and chief bodyguard killed a suspected cartel member who happened to be the son of a rival politician.
Mientras cárteles rivales han asesinado y desmembrado a más de 32 víctimas en una violenta guerra de poder, autoridades del gobierno en este estado siguen tratando de pintar una realidad alterna, sin violencia de cárteles.
As rival cartels murdered and dismembered more than 32 victims in a raging war for control, government officials in this state continue to paint an alternate reality — one without cartel violence.
MORELIA, Michoacan — El terror se ha esparcido en la zona rural de este estado conocida como “Tierra Caliente” ya que en menos de tres días se han encontrado 19 cuerpos, 14 de los cuales fueron decapitados y descuartizados. Autoridades del Estado de Michoacan han tratado de disminuir los hechos tratando de decir que son hechos aislados.
A medida que las condiciones de seguridad en México continúan fuera de control, el país ha visto el surgimiento de grupos de agricultores y ciudadanos tomando las armas contra los cárteles de la droga mexicanos que son responsables de la mayor parte de la violencia en el país.
As security conditions in Mexico continue to spiral out of control, the country has seen the rise of average citizens taking arms against the drug cartels that are responsible for most of the violence in the country.
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities identified the charred remains of an investigative journalist from Michoacán kidnapped a month ago. This is the seventh case of a reporter who covered the government or drug cartels being murdered.
Knights Templar cartel gunmen shot down a police helicopter in the Mexican State of Michoacán. Authorities have seized multiple RPGs, rockets and other ground-to-air weapons.
Pope Francis I celebrated Mass on the Mexican side of the Texas-Mexican border, made the sign of the cross, and blessed the people gathered there in Ciudad Juarez. He then called for governments and others to have “open hearts” to the “tragedy that is forced migration.”
A Vatican Radio message on the fourth day of Pope Francis’ trip to Mexico, acknowledges the “escalating number of ‘desparacidos’” in the country but does not mention their manner of death, and the network of ovens operated in the state of Coahuila.
Pope Francis will be in Morelia, the capital of the state of Michoacan today speaking to citizens and young people who have lived in a country hit hard by drugs, drug smuggling, and trafficking by violent drug cartels. He begins his fourth day of his Apostolic Journey to Mexico.
As brutal drug violence in the Mexican states of Michoacán and Guerrero continues, a Mexican prosecutor is claiming that vigilante groups supposedly battling drug cartels alongside the government have been extensively infiltrated by criminals.
In one of the most turbulent areas affected by Mexico’s drug war, more violence is expected after two rival militia leaders were exonerated by a judge for acting in self-defense.
The March 10 ruling resulted in the release from prison of Hipólito Mora, founder of one of the first so-called autodefensa groups in the town of La Ruana, Michoacan, along with 26 of his men, according to a Vice News report. Luis Antonio “El Americano” Torres, leader of the rival Buenavista group, was expected to be released very soon.
