Authorities attribute the deaths to the Jalisco Nueva Generación and Sinaloa cartels
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Monday, September 23
Zacatecas: at least 18 dead in a clash between cartels in northern Mexico
A confrontation between drug cartels in the state of Zacatecas, in northern Mexico, left at least 18 dead, reported this Friday the Secretary of Public Security (SSP) of the state.
In a statement, the SSP reported that the confrontation in a remote area was carried out by members of the C to
According to the report, the shooting began on Thursday afternoon and after almost 06 hours of confrontation, the fire ceased around 5: 00 am this Friday.
The Community citizens notified the security forces, but due to the distance and the complexity of the terrain, agents of the Mexican Army, National Guard and the Zacatecas Attorney General’s Office did not arrive at the scene until this Friday at noon.
After the first investigations, the Local Coordination Group (GCL) confirmed that “the lifeless bodies of 18 people, all male, who would have participated in this fray. ”
The state of Zacatecas is a strategic point for the c to Mexican cartels that control the entity by region.
On Wednesday the SSP reported the murder of two state police officers and the execution of seven people.
Last Monday, the Ministry of Security and Protection Citizen (SSPC) of Mexico reported 2, 963 homicides in May , the most violent month so far in 2021 and one of the ten bloodiest since the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador came to power December 1, 2018.
Mexico has recorded the two most violent years in its history in the first section of the López Obrador government: 18, 682 murder victims in 2019 Y 34, 554 on 2020.
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