Borderland Beat by DD republished from Mexico News Daily
DD: The original source for this story was Mexico News Daily, but also includes material from further research from OEM, Cambio de Michoacan, and Quadratrin.
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| Rurale with head injury |
Yesterday morning (Tue. June 16), at about 1:AM two members of the Forces Rurales and 5 civilians were killed in an ambush near Apatzingan. Five members of the Rurales were injured in the attack, one in an injury to the head and according to unofficial reports had brain matter showing but was still alive after being transported along with the other injured to hospitals in Apatzingan, about 30 minutes from the site of the attack.
The reports from different media give some conflicting details, but the above seems to be a brief consensus of the basic facts of the attack. Some report there were 6 killed. Some report that there is a missing policeman, some say there are 2 missing.
OEO reported that a call for assistance from the survivors was not made until about 8:AM even though the attack started about 1AM, because the area was so remote that there was no telephone signal available.
"It is noteworthy that after the police realized they were exceeded in number by criminals, many hid in the bush and weeds, until dawn when they could go to a place where communication was possible because the a good signal does not exist in the place of the attack."
The Rurales had been tasked with escorting some trucks that were "decommissioning"or dismantling the Fortaleza de Anunaki which was the home, playground and meeting place of Caballeros leader Nazario “El Chayo” Moreno González and boasted rodeo grounds with capacity for 1,000 people, a casino and cockfighting ring.
As the trucks left the Anunaki, the small caravan of trucks carrying scrap metal from the dismantling of facilities at the ranch, and the two police vehicle escorts were attacked about 1 kilometer from the entrance to the ranch.
Two of the civilians killed were drivers of the big trucks carrying the scrap metal. Two other civilians were killed who most reports indicate were in a Nissan "cleated" truck that was just passing by on the highway when the ambush took place. Their bodies were found in their truck which also had been incinerated.
As soon as they received the call for help to the area elements of the Federal Police as well as the Mexican Army moved to the area, and "combed" the area for the attackers, but needless to say that since it was 8 hours after the ambush, they found nothing. It is thought that some of the attackers may have been wounded and were "hospitalized" in the rugged surrounding mountains.
Information has been slow coming out of the area due to its remoteness, but at this time there were no updates on the condition of the injured police. There is speculation that the attackers were remnants of the Knights Templar.
The Mayor of Apatzingan said there had been no violence in the city resulting from the attack (maybe because there is a heavy presence of federal police and military already there). But the Governor last night ordered increased patrols in the rural areas around Apatzingan.
the Fortaleza de Anunaki, former stronghold and meeting place of the Caballeros Templarios crime gang, located about half an hour from Apatzingán. - See more at: http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/7-dead-in-apatzingan-after-police-ambushed/?utm_source=Mexico+News+Daily&utm_campaign=e4ed53d864-June+16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1536a3787-e4ed53d864-349444589#sthash.2pb4Cwdv.dpuf
the Fortaleza de Anunaki, former stronghold and meeting place of the Caballeros Templarios crime gang, located about half an hour from Apatzingán. - See more at: http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/7-dead-in-apatzingan-after-police-ambushed/?utm_source=Mexico+News+Daily&utm_campaign=e4ed53d864-June+16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1536a3787-e4ed53d864-349444589#sthash.2pb4Cwdv.dpuf
the Fortaleza de Anunaki, former stronghold and meeting place of the Caballeros Templarios crime gang, located about half an hour from Apatzingán. - See more at: http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/7-dead-in-apatzingan-after-police-ambushed/?utm_source=Mexico+News+Daily&utm_campaign=e4ed53d864-June+16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1536a3787-e4ed53d864-349444589#sthash.2pb4Cwdv.dpuf
the Fortaleza de Anunaki, former stronghold and meeting place of the Caballeros Templarios crime gang, located about half an hour from Apatzingán. - See more at: http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/7-dead-in-apatzingan-after-police-ambushed/?utm_source=Mexico+News+Daily&utm_campaign=e4ed53d864-June+16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1536a3787-e4ed53d864-349444589#sthash.2pb4Cwdv.dpuf
the Fortaleza de Anunaki, former stronghold and meeting place of the Caballeros Templarios crime gang, located about half an hour from Apatzingán. - See more at: http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/7-dead-in-apatzingan-after-police-ambushed/?utm_source=Mexico+News+Daily&utm_campaign=e4ed53d864-June+16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1536a3787-e4ed53d864-349444589#sthash.2pb4Cwdv.dpuf