by Lucio R. Borderland Beat
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Autodefensas crushed; Violence and insecurity has returned to Michoacán
Yolanda Chávez Contreras, a young Tepalcatepec, Michoacán business woman was executed as she left her home on la Avenida Misión around 11am. Her throat was slashed and decapitated, in broad daylight, across from a busy hotel.
Her killing was reported by the Rural Force command.
Yolanda Contreras Chavez was about 33, was a widow and had several businesses in the area, including Alonso, a water purifying company.
Quadratín is reporting the attorney general of Michoacán may have ties to Cartel Jalisco New Generation. (CJNG)
Quadratín is reporting the attorney general of Michoacán may have ties to Cartel Jalisco New Generation. (CJNG)
Violence has returned to Michoacán to its pre-autodefensa level.
In February 24, 2013 the Michoacán Autodefensa Union was established, comprised of civil defense groups that drove members organized crime from cities including Tepalcatepec, home of Dr. Manuel Mireles. The autodefensa groups were responsible for monitoring the cities with checkpoints and patrols, until they were disintegrated by the then commissioner for security in Michoacán, Alfredo Castillo, and in May 2014 he established the controversial Rural Force.
El Mencho and his Jalisco Cartel, was the big winner in the outcome of the 2013-2015 “cleanup” by Castillo and the EPN government.
The autodefensas were conducting a successful operation of searching and locating key pockets of cartel activity and leaders, however when the EPN government forces stepped in after ignoring Michoacán for 9 years, they worked against autodefensas and not in tandem with the group.
La Tuta and his Caballeros Templarios was severally weakened, but without government stabilizing measures of security, Mencho, long keen for Michoacán territory, stepped in and was able to gain control of Michoacán.
People have once again become terrorized as the return of crime, murder, kidnappings, and extortion, have once again flooded the region. “Anxiety, terror, and uncertainty has returned”, says one former commander of the autodefensas.
Castillo shut down the movement, imprisoned hundreds of autodefensas, including the Coastal Autodefensas Leader Dr. Mireles, clearing the pathway for criminality to return to business as usual.
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written with material from Proceso and Reforma