“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
The day of violence in the municipality would be the responsibility of the Sinaloa Cartel, in accordance with the authorities.
It was three in the morning and 11 minutes when a group of subjects dumped five bodies in the vicinity of the Fresnillo Supply Central, in Zacatecas, according to records from surveillance cameras placed in the area.
The first investigations by the state Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) indicate that this act, as well as the abandonment of four other bodies a few kilometers away, could be attributed to the Sinaloa Cartel.
The recording that showed the first of these events was shared by reporter Ángel Martínez through his social networks.
At the aforementioned time, a white pick-up truck stops on Jesús Varela Rico Boulevard, a few meters from the municipal market.
Two men in black clothing traveling in a truck, with difficulty, throw the bodies they were carrying in the bed onto the asphalt. After a few seconds, the unit’s co-pilot goes to the rear to help them pull the bodies.
Security cameras captured how the bodies were stacked one on top of the other in front of a water and solar heaters business, while the individuals rushed to get into the truck. In less than a minute they abandoned their victims and fled.
According to the report from the General Secretariat of the State Government, along with the deceased people – whose identities have not been corroborated – threatening messages “directed at an antagonistic group” were also posted.
These episodes of violence are considered a reaction by the Sinaloa Cartel to the operations that, since the afternoon of May 5, have resulted in the capture of 26 of its members.
Another display of their ability to commit crimes in the area was the carrying out of narco blockades in the Regional Security Units (UNIRSE) of Trancoso and Pánfilo Natera.
The attack at the Trancoso police base was also captured on video by the surveillance circuit. The images show the moment in which one of the alleged members of the cartel parks the vehicle with the intention of occupying the entirety of one of the lanes, while his companions block the rest of the road with cars.
Seconds later, another subject approaches the cargo unit to set it on fire and flee without any authority stopping him.
