Videos: Summit against Mencho and his CJNG; more than 400 armed men attended
Photo: Video capture El Diario Narco / Courtesy
A meeting of the armed group that calls itself “Pueblos Unidos” held a meeting in the municipality of Ziracuaretiro in the state of Michoacán , in which more than would have participated men armed with heavy-caliber pistols and high-powered rifles, in order to stop the advance of the drug dealer Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes alias El Mencho, and his people from the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) .
It transpired that the summit was attended by representatives of: Los Viagras de los Sierra Santana, Cartel del Chaparrito de los Reyes , the Tepalcatepec Cartel of Abuelo Farias , the Trojan Cartel heads by a subject known as Boto y La Familia Michoacana (LFM) of the Correa Brothers .
According to the reports, to the bullring of San Andrés arrived aboard some 50 armored vans , where they supposedly had a meeting with representatives of the various social sectors of Michoacán.
About roads from the municipality of Arios de Rosales to Ziracuaretiro , where they stated their intentions to support the security of the region with protection strategies against criminals that operate in the area.
“Until everything organized crime is controlled, quotas end, everything organized crime ends “, commented a member of the armed group for the journalist Miguel García Tinoco.
Municipalities such as Ario de Rosales, Taretan, Nuevo Urecho, Salvador Escalante , Pátzcuaro and, now in Ziracuaretiro, is where the self-described “United Nations” have a presence and they mobilized to the place after the increase in reports of extortion by criminals to producers mainly avocado, mango, guava and some cane fields.
According to local media, Pueblos Unidos emerged on 05 of August 2020 and, since then, has committed itself to ending kidnapping and extortion in the areas where it has a presence.
“We still have to continue taking care of our territories. The moment Michoacán is pacified, at that moment we will begin to put away the weapons ”, said another member of the armed group.
Although they did not mention the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, it is a clear message to el Mencho that has been gaining ground despite the resistance put up by other self-defense groups that said cartel has accused of being also criminals, such is the case of those who They are part of the United Cartels (CU).