“Char” for Borderland Beat
This article was translated and reposted from INFORMADOR.MX
WRITTEN BY; RUBÍ BOBADILLA
16 NOVEMBER OF 2023
The Secretariat of Security reported that “a group of subjects opened fire against the official units, so the attack was immediately repelled”.
It was while conducting a joint patrol, as part of the deployment of an inter-institutional operation being carried out in the Ciénega region, when officers of the State Security Secretariat (SSE) and the National Guard repelled an aggression in the municipality of Ocotlán.
This was reported on Thursday by the Secretariat of Security, who added that the events took place when the inter-institutional convoy was traveling on Miguel Hidalgo Avenue and almost simultaneously, “a group of subjects opened fire on the official units, so the attack was immediately repelled”.
The agency confirmed that a National Guard officer was injured and was taken by the State Police to a nearby hospital where she is already receiving specialized medical attention; the State Security Secretariat reported no injuries, only damage to the official unit, according to the SSE.
“The aggression to the official personnel caused a strong mobilization of the security forces of the three levels of government, so that armed subjects tried to block the passage of support, thus registering four points, which were already released, so that the circulation was already restored,” said the Secretariat.
Finally, the agency made “an attentive call to the citizens” to be informed through the official media and not to share or believe what is being expressed in audios that are being disseminated through social networks, with which, it warned, “only seeks to encourage fear”.
The following videos were published by different X accounts of the armed confrontation this morning in Ocotlán, Jalisco, on November 16, 2023.
ALERTA GDL ON X , “Videos of this morning’s confrontation in Ocotlán, Jalisco.
Narco-blockades were also reported on the Santa Rosa-La Barca highway.
At the moment the situation is reported to be under control.”
@lopezdoriga
@CarlosLoret
Mexico is already a #narco-state.”
OCOTLÁN-LA BARCA, JALISCO
****UPDATED****
On JALISCO ROJO on X, “In Ocotlán Jalisco a tense calm is reported with empty streets, closed businesses, with the presence of National Guard elements in main avenues and some state police, while municipal police are not seen in the streets, apparently, they are guarded.”