“Char” for Borderland Beat
This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE
Author : José Almaguer
Date | October 25, 2024 Time | 10:43 am
Following the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán López, the leaders of criminal groups in Sinaloa have increased their security with hitmen who would be willing to give their lives for them and this has generated greater violence, assured the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena), Ricardo Trevilla Trejo.
During President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference, the head of the Sedena stated that the violence plaguing Sinaloa is a product of the arrest of Ismael el Mayo Zambada by US authorities.
However, violence has increased because crime leaders have increased their security with very violent hitmen willing to give the lives of their protégés, following the arrest of Guzmán López, said Trevilla Trejo.
“That triggered a lot of violence and has made the criminal groups more violent, more armed and more careful of their leaders. After Ovidio’s capture, especially in Sinaloa, the criminals increased their escorts a lot, very violent hitmen willing to give the lives of their protégés, of their escorts, more armed, much more violence,” said the general.
Regarding the case of the 19 presumably armed dead killed in the arrest of Edwin Rubio Lopez “El Max” or “El Oso”, in El Doce, east of Culiacan, last Monday, he mentioned that the Attorney General’s Office and the Military Justice Department will be in charge of investigating the case and will decide if any military crime was committed.