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This article was translated and reposted from EL OCCIDENTAL
They ask President Andrés Manuel López Obrador not to withdraw federal forces.
Elizabeth Ibal | El Occidental
“We need your support,” was the phrase stressed by residents of Ocotlán on a dozen banners that dawned hanging in that municipality in the Ciénega region.
“Peace and justice for all the people of Ocotlán. Sedena (Secretary of National Defense) and GN (National Guard). Don’t leave, protect us”.
The tarpaulins also ask the President of the Republic, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, not to withdraw the federal forces.
“We ask for your help, the people of Ocotlán, begging you not to withdraw the Mexican Army. We need your support.”
One of the tarpaulins was hung on Industrias Street, Nuevo Progreso neighborhood; 20 de Noviembre, El Nuevo Fuerte neighborhood; Avenida del Oso, in El Porvenir; others on Camino Real, San Vicente, and in the Center of Ocotlán.
In total there were 13 tarpaulins that the Armed Forces detected in different streets of the municipal capital.
These appeared after last Friday, for the second time in eight days, several demonstrations were held calling for the immediate departure of the National Guard, following the crash of a young man who was being chased by the elements and who crashed into a parked vehicle.
The first march was on January 12, at which time the complainants also took over the toll booth on the highway and left free passage, in addition to burning tires and blockades with vehicles blocked at the entrances and exits to the municipality.