Posted by DD from material at Mexico News Daily and Daily Mail
Residents of a town in Guerrero declared themselves in self-defense mode on Sunday Dec. 11th. A sign at a rally In Valle de Luz contained a message addressed to the governor and President Enrique Peña Nieto advising that the town was tired of the executions, kidnappings and extortion carried out by Los Tequileros.
“. . . today we have decided to defend our families and our lives and our property with our own hands.”
“. . . today we have decided to defend our families and our lives and our property with our own hands.”
By the following day on Monday the newly formed self defense group had rounded up about 20 people in the communitywho were alleged to have been collaborating with the drug gang that had been terrorizing the residents. Included in that group was the mother of the alleged leader of the criminal gang, Raybel Jacobo de Almonte, also known as El Tequilero.
Raybel Jacobo de Almonte,
Raybel Jacobo de Almonte,
Raybel Jacobo de Almonte,
Los Tequileros.
Los Tequileros.
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| We have your mother here, Mr Tequilero,' she said. 'I propose an exchange: I'll give you your mother if you give me my husband, but I want him safe and sound.' |
“We’ve got his mom,” said the wife of an engineer who was kidnapped late Sunday afternoon in Valle de Luz, where citizens promptly rallied in response and declared they would mount an armed defense against the Tequileros gang. .
The wife of Isauro de Paz Duque told a press conference that the gang had threatened to kill her husband, but “we have his mother here, the mother of the man called El Tequilero.”
She offered to exchange Raybel Jacobo de Almonte’s mother for her husband before tearfully accusing Guerrero Governor Héctor Astudillo of turning a blind eye to crime in the municipality and declaring him responsible.
The wife of Isauro de Paz Duque told a press conference that the gang had threatened to kill her husband, but “we have his mother here, the mother of the man called El Tequilero.”
She offered to exchange Raybel Jacobo de Almonte’s mother for her husband before tearfully accusing Guerrero Governor Héctor Astudillo of turning a blind eye to crime in the municipality and declaring him responsible.
Things got really bizarre today when self defense group released a video of El Tequilero's mother asking him to release the kidnapped engineer de Paz Duque. The newsmagazine Zeta Tijuana described this week’s developments as one of the strangest chapters in Mexico’s drug war
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“Please let him go, son,” was the message sent today in a 18 second video in which María Félix de Almonte made the request to her son, Raybel Jacobo de Almonte,
“My son, if you have the engineer hand him over, please . . . if you have him I’ll trust that you will deliver him . . . do it, please,” the woman told her son, who is also known as El Tequilero.
Yesterday, the wife of the kidnapped architect and contractor, Isauro de Paz Duque, told a press conference in the town of Valle de Luz that the drug gang leader’s mother would be released in exchange for freeing her husband.
The Guerrero Coordination Group, which consists of representatives of federal and state police and the Army, has sent in 220 agents to search for the kidnapping victim.
Last month the state government said it believed that El Tequilero had been wounded and was hiding in the mountains with his kidnapping victims. But Army troops and helicopters called in to search for the cartel boss were unsuccessful.
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El Tequilero' has lived up to his nickname, which translates roughly as 'The Tequila Drinker.'
In his only known public appearance, he was captured on video drinking with the town's mayor-elect.(in white hat) He mumbles inaudibly and has to be held up in a sitting position by one of his henchmen.
In his only known public appearance, he was captured on video drinking with the town's mayor-elect.(in white hat) He mumbles inaudibly and has to be held up in a sitting position by one of his henchmen.
reported that El Tequilero has practically been in control of the municipality for years. Yesterday, the sister of the kidnapped businessman told Milenio Televisión that residents are at the mercy of the gang because there is no authority policing and protecting the area.
Citizens of the region have been harassed by criminals for seven years, she said.
The region produces much of Mexico’s opium poppy crop.
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Citizens of the region have been harassed by criminals for seven years, she said.
The region produces much of Mexico’s opium poppy crop.
- See more at: http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/please-let-go-son-gang-leaders-mom/#sthash.V7AVduVU.dpuf
The newsmagazine Zeta TijuanaThe newsmagazine Zeta Tijuana reported that El Tequilero has practically been in control of the municipality for years.
Yesterday, the sister of the kidnapped businessman told Milenio Televisión that residents are at the mercy of the gang because there is no authority policing and protecting the area.
Citizens of the region have been harassed by criminals for seven years, she said.
The region produces much of Mexico’s opium poppy crop.
Citizens of the region have been harassed by criminals for seven years, she said.
The region produces much of Mexico’s opium poppy crop.
The newsmagazine Zeta Tijuana, which described this week’s developments as one of the strangest chapters in Mexico’s drug war, - See more at: http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/please-let-go-son-gang-leaders-mom/#sthash.V7AVduVU.dpuf
De Almonte has been wanted by authorities since a mass kidnapping took place three weeks ago in Ajuchitlán del Progreso.
The gang, which split from the Beltrán Leyva cartel, is relatively new, but its leader is a suspect in the 2014 assassination of a San Miguel Totolapan councilor.
Source: Milenio (sp), Reforma (sp)
A sign at the rally contained a message addressed to the governor and President Enrique Peña Nieto advising that the town was tired of the executions, kidnappings and extortion carried out by Los Tequileros.
“. . . today we have decided to defend our families and our lives and our property with our own hands.”
Source: Milenio (sp), Reforma (sp)
- See more at: http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/gang-leaders-mother-held-by-angry-citizens/#sthash.FUoE4Uk9.dpuf
“. . . today we have decided to defend our families and our lives and our property with our own hands.”
Source: Milenio (sp), Reforma (sp)
- See more at: http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/gang-leaders-mother-held-by-angry-citizens/#sthash.FUoE4Uk9.dpuf