Hell came to the Mexican state of Zacatecas after the arrest of 13 members of the Sinaloa Cartelhis fellow hitmen carried out several violent acts that turned into a day of terror that left several people dead, shootings, burned vehicles, blockades and seizures.
The horror unleashed by the fury of criminals spread through several regions of the entity after the authorities’ operations to combat the violence that has plagued Zacatecas for several years; Some of the detainees are considered to be the generators of this situation in the state.
It all began with clashes between criminals and law enforcement in the municipalities of Fresnillo and Saín Alto, which led to operations to find those responsible whom the Zacatecan authorities said belonged to the Pacific Cartel (another name under which knows the Sinaloa Cartel).
This is how the arrests began, First there were six men who fell before the authorities in the municipality of Fresnillo, according to the weekly Proceso. In these actions, seven firearms, magazines, cartridges, tactical equipment and vehicles were seized.
Hours later, an ambush by criminals against elements of the State Police, National Guard and Mexican Army was recorded, which was repelled by the agents, who neutralized one of the aggressors and detained two more, one of them a minor under 15 years of age. .
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Seizure of vehicles used in crimes
After the ambush, three long firearms and a Chevrolet Silverado truck were confiscated, which would have participated in the commission of a crime during the events that began the wave of violence.
The Plenitude community was the scene of another operation in which the arrest of two other men was achieved, from whom two long firearms, six magazines, 120 useful cartridges, a bucket with tire punctures, a uniform and a pair of Tactical Boots.
In addition, a Toyota Rav4 truck that was used in the armed attack was seized from them. murder of the director of the municipal police of Fresnillo, Antonio Soledad Pérezwhich occurred in November 2023.
Another operation was carried out in the Emiliano Zapata community, in the Saín Alto municipality, where three people were detained and two long firearms, two vehicles and two ballistic vests were seized.
Sinaloa Cartel Response
At the same time that the operations were carried out, Several vehicles were stolen and set on fireroad blockades were also carried out on at least five roads in different municipalities, which connect Zacatecas with neighboring states such as Aguascalientes, Jalisco and San Luis Potosí.
Although the authorities deployed anti-blockade protocols, the hitmen stole people’s vehicles and set them on fire, preventing motorists and transporters from passing through. Several trailers were stolen from drivers, one of them was murdered. Armed clashes broke out in the municipality of Luis Moya.
Body findings
The dawn did not bring tranquility, because at the entrance to the municipal seat of Valparaíso the bodies of two men were foundThey were hanging by their necks from trees.
But the violence continued where it began, in Fresnillo, authorities found nine bodies in two different events, according to the N+ site. Afterwards, an armed attack was recorded at the Preventive Police facilities.
In the municipality of Trancoso, criminals threw punctured tires, set vehicles on fire and carried out drug blockades with burned units.
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