Borderland Beat also posted on BB Forum by Itzli
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The following is a transcription of the interview conducted by Luis Cardenas of MVS Radio :
LC: How was La Ruana before you arrived with the self-defense groups? What did the Knights Templar did to you?
HM: The charged taxes on everything, they forced people to close their businesses anytime they wanted because they were going to sell in the only garden we have, they came to sell beer, wine and everything. They had the lemon controlled, the owners of the packing factories had to pay them a tax as they call it, the owners of the packing factories could not choose who they hired or from who they bought lemon, they were the ones taking the decisions.
The worst is they told them who to buy from, someone from them arrived with three thousand boxes and they bought it right away, some poor farmer arrived with twenty and they had to tell them they were full, they had no space for them but at the same moment they were buying two thousand boxes from them (Knights Templar) and they had us fucked.
LC: How much did they tax those who could even pay?
HM: About 1.5 pesos for kilo to all those who could even deliver lemon, besides that every truck had to pay 500 pesos to them; it was a lot of things they did to us. That´s the problem “El Tio” has with me.
EL Tío was found hiding in the closet-a 16 year old child was with him
Executive secretary of the National Public Security System, Monte Alejandro Rubido, confirmed the arrest of Dionisio Loya Plancarte....
Dionisio Loya Plancarte was captured at a safe house in Morelia by the Army and the PGR , Federal Government officials have confirmed He was found hiding in a closet and was taken without a single shot being fired.
Dionisio Loya Plancarte, alias “El Tío”, is one of the premier leaders of Caballeros Templarios.
Loya Plancarte, for whom the PGR offered a reward of 30 million pesos, was arrested at dawn, federal government officials confirmed.
The detainee was taken to the premises of the Deputy Attorney Specialized Investigation of Organized Crime in Guerrero awaiting transfer to Mexico City..
Dionisio Loya Plancarte, is considered the second in command of the cartel, and is accused, along with Servando Gómez Martínez, La Tuta , for the execution of 12 officers of the Federal Police in July 2009.
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El Tío, was thought dead, until last May when he reappeared in a video challenging autodefensa leader, Hipolito Mora, to a death match.
After the challenge, Mora responded by saying, "I find El Tio funny".
The situation in Michoacán is really dangerous, it´s a situation where violence is very real, it´s a situation where organized crime has arrived at different places in Michoacán and simply taken absolute control, they don´t allow the entrance to food trucks, they don´t allow social workers, they don´t allow the vaccination programs, they have isolated the population, they don´t let them in or out or do anything. Some days ago a video emerged in YouTube, in that video “El Tio” from the Knights Templars threatened Hipolito Mora, leader of the Communitarian Police in La Ruana, in the video “El Tio” tells Hipolito “We either have a dialogue or we have a death match”
I want to thank Hipolito Mora, leader of the self-defense group in La Ruana for answering this call.
LC: Mr. Hipolito, good evening, how are you?
HM: Fine Sir, how are you?
LC: Fine, tell us, have you seen the video? Have you heard what “El Tio” from Knights Templar told you?
HM: Yes I have
LC: What do you think about it?
HM: Well, I have no problems with him! Ha hasn´t offended me, he has not hurt me, I have no anger towards him. I think I don´t have to dialogue with him because I don´t know him and I have never done business with him. I don´t have to duel with him because I have no problems with him. If he´s got problems with me, well I don´t know.
LC: It appears El Tio has problems with you…
I want to thank Hipolito Mora, leader of the self-defense group in La Ruana for answering this call.
LC: Mr. Hipolito, good evening, how are you?
HM: Fine Sir, how are you?
LC: Fine, tell us, have you seen the video? Have you heard what “El Tio” from Knights Templar told you?
HM: Yes I have
LC: What do you think about it?
HM: Well, I have no problems with him! Ha hasn´t offended me, he has not hurt me, I have no anger towards him. I think I don´t have to dialogue with him because I don´t know him and I have never done business with him. I don´t have to duel with him because I have no problems with him. If he´s got problems with me, well I don´t know.
LC: It appears El Tio has problems with you…
HM: Well, yes he does but I don´t. If he wants to have a shootout with me, then maybe he has his reasons, but I don´t, that´s why I announce publicly I´m not going to accept his invitation because I don´t have problems with him.
I only set free my town and my people from them, they had them scared, they killed people whenever they wanted, they arrived at midnight scaring people without caring for the wives and children suffering, they just took them and killed them and we never knew about them anymore.
I only set free my town and my people from them, they had them scared, they killed people whenever they wanted, they arrived at midnight scaring people without caring for the wives and children suffering, they just took them and killed them and we never knew about them anymore.
LC: How was La Ruana before you arrived with the self-defense groups? What did the Knights Templar did to you?
HM: The charged taxes on everything, they forced people to close their businesses anytime they wanted because they were going to sell in the only garden we have, they came to sell beer, wine and everything. They had the lemon controlled, the owners of the packing factories had to pay them a tax as they call it, the owners of the packing factories could not choose who they hired or from who they bought lemon, they were the ones taking the decisions.
The worst is they told them who to buy from, someone from them arrived with three thousand boxes and they bought it right away, some poor farmer arrived with twenty and they had to tell them they were full, they had no space for them but at the same moment they were buying two thousand boxes from them (Knights Templar) and they had us fucked.
LC: How much did they tax those who could even pay?
HM: About 1.5 pesos for kilo to all those who could even deliver lemon, besides that every truck had to pay 500 pesos to them; it was a lot of things they did to us. That´s the problem “El Tio” has with me.
To read the full interview posted by Tijuano, please use the blue hyperlink above.
According to the federal government the organizational structure of Caballeros Templarios is:
Primer tier: Servando Gómez Martínez, alias "La Tuta" o "El Profe"; Dionisio Loya Plancarte, "El Tío", and Enrique Plancarte Solís, "La Chiva" o "Kike".
Second tier: Ignacio Rentería Andrade, "El Nacho" o "El Cenizo"; Samer José Servín Juárez, and Pablo Magaña Serrato, "La Morsa".
Note: The government officially deems El Chayo..Nazario Moreno Gonzalez as deceased.
According to the federal government the organizational structure of Caballeros Templarios is:
Primer tier: Servando Gómez Martínez, alias "La Tuta" o "El Profe"; Dionisio Loya Plancarte, "El Tío", and Enrique Plancarte Solís, "La Chiva" o "Kike".
Second tier: Ignacio Rentería Andrade, "El Nacho" o "El Cenizo"; Samer José Servín Juárez, and Pablo Magaña Serrato, "La Morsa".
source: Milenio, proceso and la voz michoacan