Borderland Beat, Pepe and Chivis
Guanajuato and Guerrero border Michoacán, where CJNG has been making a power move in.
GUANAJUATO
León: There's been almost no coverage of the execution of four retailers just outside León Guanajuato early Thursday morning.
Four Leon merchants were executed and their bodies abandoned in an area of the community Mesa de la Virgin of the León-San Felipe road. They were apparently killed with the coup de grace. Caps found near the bodies indicate the victims were murdered at the scene. Their hands tied with shoelaces, behind the back, tee shirts were used for hoods, and they were gagged.
All four were males, two were brothers, and all four of the men were merchants of auto parts and salvaged vehicles
Celaya: Meanwhile, in Celaya, five people were executed in various places.
Thursday night two bodies were found near the road to San José de Guanajuato, near colonia Gran Hacienda, which allegedly were executed with bullets and were not identified.
Also, in the colonias Arboledas and Rancho Seco two deceased men, killed by gunshot were discovered.
in the colonia Independencia the body of a young women was found, also with gunshot wounds. Authorities, reported she was killed by a group of armed men.
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Salamanca: Another other killing was in Salamanca, an armed group attacked two people in the colonia Cuatro de Altamira , one of them is identified as Pedro Herrera Lopez, who was a mechanic, died at the scene, while his assistant is in serious condition.
A person came to the workshop of Herrera Lopez and asked him to inspect a disabled car when he did he was captured by an armed commando.
The mechanic was accompanied by an assistant; both were tied up, blindfolded and shot at close range.
GUERRERO
In Guerrero, eight bodies have been found since Wednesday in separate incidents.
Ajuchitlán on Thursday five bodies were found in Ajuchitlán, Guerrero, after an apparent shootout between civilians the night before. Ajuchitlán is in LFM territory in N.W. Guerrero (not too far from the recent Army massacre of 22 in Edomex).
The five were found at a basketball court and had signs of torture. The confrontation was near the area the bodies were found. Reports also indicated that there were injuries in the clash but the injured persons fled. The deceased were young men in their 20s.
Ajuchitlán is also very close to where the body of a Catholic priest was found, with signs of torture, a couple of days ago. All signs point to extortion from LFM.
Altamirano The body of the priest of San Miguel Totolapan, was found murdered, floating inel río Balsas, after days of being missing. The diocese confirmed it was the body of Ascension Acuña Osorio, priest of the Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano.He had been severally tortured.
Zihuatanejo: Thursday night two were killed when a commando opened fire on a group of people in a street near the center of town.
Iguala Friday: There are reports of shootouts in several points of Iguala, leaving at least 8 dead, 20 injured and 25 arrests.
Clashed between armed groups, lasting several hours, rendered the city a virtual ghost town.