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This article was translated and reposted from EL OCCIDENTAL
The arrival of a significant number of Army personnel will not be enough to face the conflict, said Governor Alfaro.
Víctor Ramírez | El Occidental
The multiple homicides and others that have occurred between Tlaquepaque and Tlajomulco are the result of a fight for territory between two or more crime groups for the sale of drugs, which is why the reinforcement of federal and state forces, said Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramirez.
“There has been an issue for a few days, a couple of weeks that has been seen at the security table and that precisely from this week has been a matter of a reinforcement in the presence, particularly of the Army in the southern area of Tlaquepaque and in a part of the Valle de Tlajomulco area a dispute between organized crime groups and that has generated some homicides that we are attending to,” he mentioned.
He reiterated that the results of last January’s crime incidence are positive but “this issue was identified more or less 15 days ago and that is why we are fine-tuning the strategy and presence in this area, which I insist is a space where there is a dispute between two groups or several groups on the issue of drug sales”.
He mentioned that a significant number of army personnel arrived, but they will not be sufficient in the face of the conflict in this zone of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area. Over the weekend there were six homicides in less than two hours.
After the series of homicides, the Tlaquepaque Police Department activated a special operation in the neighborhoods where multiple homicides have been registered to detect people with weapons, stolen cars, or carrying drugs and thus make citizens feel safer and more confident.
