The violent response of Sinaloa Cartel in Zacatecason May 5, was due to the death of ‘Gordo’, head of the plaza in Fresnillo.
The Undersecretary of Security, Óscar Alberto Aparicio Avendaño, explained that last Saturday, in a confrontation in the San José de la Barranca community, in Fresnillo, it was the criminal of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Aparicio Avendaño added that In that operation, a minor from Durango and another person, identified as Jesús Yahir, originally from Sinaloa, were arrested.
This fact, the official reported, It is the trigger for the series of blockades that have been recorded in the last three days in Zacatecas territory.
Last weekend on Highway 49 that leads to San Luis Potosí, the burning of units was recorded. The same thing happened in the municipalities of Pánfilo Natera and Trancoso; In addition, a truck at the toll booth towards Calera was set on fire.
For Tuesday, May 7, Armed civilians burned six trailers that were traveling on the same road. The first blockade was recorded in the vicinity of UNIRSE located in the municipality of Trancoso.
Other units were located in another blockade carried out near the municipality of Pánfilo Natera. Besides, 9 bodies were abandoned on roads in the municipality of Fresnillo.
The governor David Monreal Avila He asserted that the events recorded in the last few hours are “part of the cost of establishing order.”.
Prior to the start of the State Peacebuilding Roundtable in Fresnillo, Monreal Ávila announced the arrival of 1,058 new elements of the Mexican Army and the National Guard (GN), additional to those already operating throughout the state; 50 percent of them will be deployed in Fresnillo and the other 50 percent in the rest of the state territory.
