“Enojon” For Borderland Beat
On June 19th, 2023, eight Mexican Military personnel
were injured by a makeshift mine in Apatzingán, Michoacan. The soldiers were conducting patrols in La Bateas
community when their vehicle entered a clandestine minefield and a buried mine
detonated; they were later transported to the medical facilities of the 43rd
Military Zone where four were labeled as “out of danger,”
but, due to the severe extent of their injuries, three soldiers were
transported by helicopter to a military hospital in Irapuato, Guanajuato.
In response, state and federal security
forces launched a land and aerial security operation to provide security for
the injured soldiers and to patrol the area, as the region suffers from a
territorial dispute between various criminal organizations. Footage circulated on social media of the damaged military
vehicle with the unit number designation 0830312 being transported away from
the scene.
However, this detonation and its
resulting injuries are not a completely isolated incident: on January 31st, 2022, as a
military convoy patrolled the area between Tepalcatepec and Aguililla,
Michoacan, an armored vehicle known as a “Sandcat” drove over and activated a
landmine, injuring four military personnel and totaling the vehicle. Days
after, a similar landmine killed a local and injured his son in El Aguaje of Aguililla, Michoacan. Later, on February 12th,
2022, members of the
Emergency Response Group and of the Paratroopers Rifle Brigade disabled 250 mines that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel placed on various roads in the
Tierra Caliente region of Michoacan.
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