Mexican law enforcement rescues part of a town from cartel control.
A group of criminals wreaked terror on a small town in Mexico, leaving several dead in their wake. Residents cowered in fear inside their homes for days. Finally, heavily armed police intervened, evacuating half the town. The source of the chaos? A longstanding feud between two powerful drug cartels.
In a heroic rescue operation, Mexican law enforcement saved over 4100 terrified individuals trapped inside their homes due to the fear of armed encounters between rival gangs. Government officials reported that these frightened people were taken to temporary shelters in the southern state of Chiapas. Six suspects were apprehended during the investigation, the local legal office stated.
In total, more than 4187 people were evacuated from the city of Tila, according to official reports. Buildings, including homes and businesses, were left charred and destroyed. Additionally, two lifeless bodies were discovered, one of them a minor.
Reports suggest that several heavily-armed men stormed into Tila, blazing their guns and setting buildings, both residential and commercial, on fire. They even deliberately summoned the youth of the region, encouraging them to join their criminal endeavors, claimed a leading Mexican newspaper.
The violence in Chiapas has been on the rise recently. At the heart of this unrest, local experts claim, is a power struggle between Mexico's two most powerful criminal outfits: the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel. The primary goal: control over strategic border cities and the resulting drug and weapon trade. The newly-elected Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has pledged to tackle the growing violence more firmly.
