Brietbart.com reports that
authorities in Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico, have found five
headless bodies on a bridge’s traffic circle in a suburb of Morelia, the state’s
capital. An hour later, two more were found in a Morelia public square, with
the heads on the sidewalk a little further away.
A
letter signed with the initials of the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel were
found with all the bodies. The bodies
are believed to be members of the Knights Templar cartel, which had, until
recently, had de facto control of the state.
The
Jalisco New Generation drug cartel is from the next state over. Loyal readers may recall our posts on the ongoing
war for the soul of Michoacán state. The
Knights Templar had effective control of Michoacán, wresting it back from the
Mexican government. The Knights Templar
were the remnants of the former cartel La Familia Michoacán, which was the
first target of former Mexican president Vincente Fox’s drug war. The population of Michoacán has been fighting back, forming civil defense groups, their own jails and courts, since the state
seemingly wouldn’t do anything.
The
federal government took note and took back the port after it was found that the
Knights Templar had taken over the country’s second biggest port and were
making money exporting natural resources, as well as drugs.
The
constant state and citizen pressure on the Knights Templar seems to have
created a power vacuum in the drug trade, which now may be being exploited by a
new gang. Hopefully the Citizens Defense
Groups and state will stamp the Jalisco New Generation before they can get a
foothold.
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