Mexican army sends 100 soldiers to Nuevo León after discovery of 12 mutilated bodies

More than 100 soldiers from Army Mexican They arrived this Wednesday at New lionborder state with U.Safter Tuesday’s violent day, when organized crime left 12 mutilated bodies in different parts of the Monterreythe second most populous city in the country.

Twelve people dismembered and scattered in Nuevo León; seven young people remain missing in Zacatecas; In Chiapas, criminal groups circulate and people march in Siltepec in the absence of the government; crime kidnaps and releases the mayor of Cotija; in Zamora, drug dealer… pic.twitter.com/6qram30O2H

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O Seventh Military Zone informed in a statement that the elements arrived at the entity as part of the National Public Security Strategy and the Federal Government’s Zero Impunity Policy.

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The letter specified that the objective is to inhibit the activities of the organized crime and resolve the security problem in the municipality of Monterrey and its metropolitan region.

“The main mission of Joint Task Force Mexico is to carry out planning and intelligence work that strengthens the rule of law in the entity and carry out ground reconnaissance and deterrents“, detailed the military authorities.

They stated that among the characteristics of these units, their “great mobility” and deployment capability, and the weapons, materials, equipment and training specialized services they have for different types of activities.

This, they argued, reinforces interinstitutional operations in coordination with the Secretariat of Security and Citizen ProtectionAttorney General’s Office and state and municipal authorities.

New lionborder state with TexasThis Tuesday, he experienced one of his most violent days in recent years.

In addition to the 12 mutilated bodies that appeared inside plastic bags and refrigerators in six different locations in the metropolitan region of Monterreyat night there was an armed attack on a bar San Pedro Garza Garcíathe richest municipality in Mexicowhere one man died and four were injured.

“Yesterday was a very difficult day in terms of violence, especially in New lion12 homicides, we are looking into it“, acknowledged the president, Andrés Manuel López Obradorat his press conference this Wednesday.

In recent months, the level of violence by organized crime groups has worsened by New lionwhich ranks tenth in absolute homicides in the country, when registering 842 in the first eight months of 2023, when Mexico overall it reported over 20,000.

Source: Elcomercio

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