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43 killed in Cartel/Federales Mexico shootout
#21717009 - 05/24/15 10:09 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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43 killed in Mexico shootout
CNN, by Ariano Castillo
A three-hour shootout between Mexican security forces and unidentified gunmen Friday left 42 of the gunmen dead, as well as one federal police officer, officials said.
Three gunmen were arrested.
The lengthy firefight erupted in the town of Tanhuato, Michoacan state, when a joint force of federal and state security forces encountered the gunmen in the course of an investigation, Mexican National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido said at a news conference.
The gunmen belonged to a criminal organization operating in the neighboring state of Jalisco, Rubido said, though he didn't name the group.
The commissioner's description of the gunmen contradicts earlier reports that described them as "armed civilians." At least two news agencies, Reuters and AFP, reported that the confrontation was between security forces and civilians. They cited unnamed Mexican officials.
The governor or Michoacan, Salvador Jara, said in television interview that it is "very likely" that the shootout involved the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel.
Rubido told reporters that the confrontation was the result of an investigation that began the previous day. The investigation began Thursday after a property located in Tanhuato was taken over by a group of armed men.
On Friday, Rubido said, as the joint security forces drove toward the property in question, they came across a vehicle with armed men who started firing when they saw the officers.
A chase ensued where the security forces followed the gunmen into the property that had allegedly been invaded the day before, Rubido said.
According to the commissioner, at the property -- which he described as a 275-acre stretch of land with a main residence, a warehouse, and agricultural buildings -- additional gunmen entered the fray with "intensity."
Backup to aid the security officers arrived, including a federal police helicopter, at which point the gunmen spread throughout the property, Rubido said.
The confrontation stretched for hours because of the size of the property, Rubido said. There were at least three standoffs in different parts of the property, he said.
This was a slightly different version than what the mayor of Tanhuato said in an earlier interview. According to the mayor, there were two different shootouts in different locations.
The death toll was 42 gunmen and one federal police officer, who was shot while providing aid to an injured colleague, Rubido said.
The three gunmen who were arrested have been turned over to state prosecutors, he said.
In addition, the security forces seized eight vehicles, six were inside the warehouse and were burned when the structure caught on fire, the commissioner said.
A photo of the burned-out vehicles had been shared earlier on Twitter by a group of citizens who monitor violence in Michoacan.
Authorities also seized 36 long arms, two small arms, one grenade launcher and an undetermined number of ammunition, Rubido said.
 Twitter: @ValorMichoacan
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chopstick
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Re: 43 killed in Cartel/Federales Mexico shootout [Re: Cognitive_Shift] 1
#21717117 - 05/24/15 11:01 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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America's drug war has claimed the lives of tens of thousands in Mexico in what is literally a War, where rival drug gangs and Mexican federal police regularly engage in gun battles.
The price of our drug war is clear. Many have paid with blood.
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durian_2008
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Re: 43 killed in Cartel/Federales Mexico shootout [Re: chopstick]
#21717446 - 05/24/15 01:02 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Respectfully, cartels do not limit themselves to any particular cash crop and reportedly even cornered avocado growers.
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Cognitive_Shift
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Re: 43 killed in Cartel/Federales Mexico shootout [Re: durian_2008] 1
#21717502 - 05/24/15 01:25 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Like any organized criminal group they're into anything they can make a buck on. Lately the've been into stealing oil from PEMEX.
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Re: 43 killed in Cartel/Federales Mexico shootout [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
#21717698 - 05/24/15 02:28 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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In all fairness, though, every one of these commodities is subject to some form of market control.
If it were up to the law of supply and demand, noone would pay more than they wanted, for drugs, avocados, or oil.
The price has to be fixed, at some point, in order for some form of piracy to undercut that price.
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Re: 43 killed in Cartel/Federales Mexico shootout [Re: durian_2008] 1
#21717732 - 05/24/15 02:38 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Just like prohibition made the mafia into what it was, so has the drug war done with the cartels. Humanity really shit the bed on this one.
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Re: 43 killed in Cartel/Federales Mexico shootout [Re: Dark_Star]
#21717751 - 05/24/15 02:44 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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I read about one family undercutting the price of artichokes, or selling untaxed petrol.
Noone built extravagant, medical fantasies around those commodities or said they funded terrorism.
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Re: 43 killed in Cartel/Federales Mexico shootout [Re: durian_2008]
#21718807 - 05/24/15 08:42 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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MAGIC!
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Re: 43 killed in Cartel/Federales Mexico shootout [Re: Konyap]
#21720467 - 05/25/15 11:11 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Did the fire start at the warehouse filled with cars because the cartel set it on fire? The federales set it on fire? Or was it that grenade launcher they found?
Or was it some meth lab that exploded in the fire fight?
All I know is with all the bullets I've shot I never started any fires.
This cartel loses all credibility as bad asses now. 42/45 cartel members killed and only one cop died. And the remaining 3 gunmen got caught. Not only that but they were obviously defending that spot to the death for a reason, now they lost it.
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Re: 43 killed in Cartel/Federales Mexico shootout [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
#21727014 - 05/26/15 11:36 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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fuck it, they weren't people, nobody cares
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Re: 43 killed in Cartel/Federales Mexico shootout [Re: zZZz]
#21727525 - 05/27/15 06:16 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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43 gunman killed vs 1 police officer. They shouldve backed out the fight while they were ahead
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