Apatzingán, Mexico
The town of Aguililla, situated deep in one the Mexico’s most lawless regions, made news this month when eight headless bodies were dumped there.
Three weeks later, it is at war. Hardly anybody enters or leaves at least not without the permission of rival gangs that have blocked the roads.
In telephone interviews and in social media postings, trapped residents described a community living in terror of armed thugs who stroll the streets and shoot at one another. Some shops remain open, residents said, but the food supply is dwindling and there is no access to hospitals.
Mexican State Cops Injured in Cartel Drone Bombing
21 Apr 2021
Cartel gunmen used explosive drones to carry out an attack on Mexican policemen trying to clear blockades in the western state of Michoacan.
The case took place near the town of Aguililla this week after Michoacan Police officers worked to remove blockades along regional highways. Gunmen set the roadblocks approximately three months ago to keep rivals out of the area,
El Financiero reported.
The roadblocks consisted of barricades, heavy machinery, and other large items, as well as ditches dug into the highway. Authorities were able to remove seven, however, gunmen flew drones carrying IEDs to launch an airstrike in the town of El Aguaje. According to the Michoacan Public Security Secretariat, two police officers sustained injuries.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration s latest report on illicit drugs and drug trafficking details what the agency says is cartel influence in the US.
Security experts and cartel operatives in Mexico dispute the DEA s depiction, however, arguing the links are more tenuous than the DEA describes them.
Ciudad Juarez, MEXICO The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently released its annual National Drug Threat Assessment, in which it maps out the states where Mexican drug cartels have gained influence.
Asked about that depiction of cartel presence in the US, security experts and cartel sources told Insider it s bullshit.
The DEA s report says Mexican transnational criminal organizations, or TCOs, maintain great influence in most US states, with the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion showing the biggest signs of expansion.