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Sunday, March 18, 2012

The Knights Templars Cartel is Calling a Short Truce

by Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat

Guanajuato
Several cities around the state woke up yesterday with narcomantas attributed to Knights Templars.

The Knights Templars drugs cartel is calling a short truce - but only to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico.

"They did put up signs announcing this," a Guanajuato state government source told AFP privately on Sunday.

“The Knights Templars are holding off on all violent action, we are not killers, welcome to the Pope," the official said paraphrasing one of the signs put up in the town of Irapuato, Guanajuato state.

The signs were seen in at least seven towns statewide.   The messages were placed on pedestrian bridges in Leon, Irapuato, Salamanca, San Miguel de Allende, Yuriria, Moroleón and Uriangato, according to local police reports.

Police sources reported that City of Irapuato notices appeared simultaneously around 7:00 am on Saturday. Se trata de tres mantas, una de ellas fue puesta en la zona del paso vehicular del trébol de la salida hacia Abasolo, a la altura de la colonia Purísima del Jardín; una más en el puente vehicular de la colonia Las Américas, frente al CBTIS 65, a la salida a León, y otra en el Puente Bicentenario ubicado sobre el bulevar Mariano J. All the messages were essentially the same in content.

Excelsior published Thursday that a similar action was developed by New Generation Jalisco cartel in the city of Leon.

For some municipalities of Guanajuato, the appearance of narco mantas is already a constant phenomenon, namely that in locations such as Celaya, Moroleón, Uriangato, Jerécuaro, Coroneo Acámbaro and  at daybreak a preventive police unit picks up messages that are placed.  At either vehicular or pedestrian bridges, mantas (banners) are displayed announcing actions that criminal organizations seek to undertake, and are placed at dawn to avoid being detected by police patrols.

On January 23, 2012 the Archbishop of Leon called for a truce during the papal visit.  "If my word reaches them, tell them to take into account the time that we live, is one of peace and grace that can work even allowing all these people coming to an act which is totally respectable, not do anything that may lead to an experience of grief, "he said.

The government secretary, Hector German  Lopez Santillana, announced that the state government will spend 35 million pesos in regard to the security police operation and emergency in relation to civil protection.

The Pope arrives March 23 in Leon.  The Knights Templar were founded  in the neighbouring state of Michoacan,  and are an offshoot of La Familia Michoacan Cartel.

Sources used for this post:  Excelsior and Los Grillos

Havana has a post on Borderland Beat Forum that has an abundance of information on this subject, including a lot of backstory info see her post here

21 comments:

  1. Gracias por darnos las ciudades donde se encuentra tu gente, "prosri-TUTA"
    Ni el PAPA te perdonara por la sangre inocente que corre por Michoacan
    Michoacan mi tierra - El Toro

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  2. Leon is in guanajuato not michoacan. The last paragraph implies leon is in mich

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  3. hilarious mexicans

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  4. Hello amigos, do u really believe all this crap!!give me a breaaaaak, plllllease!!
    Never , never believe a fucking addict!! These asholes could give a rats ass who's in town!!
    What a bunch of shit that comes from the mouth of Miorales and Guzman and all the rest of these sorry ass no good SOBs!!!The only good gangster is a dead one!!! Kill them all!!! Yea!! Pinche cullerros!!!

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  5. I know where Leon is dumb ass.
    "La-prosti-TUTA" left a lot of blood in Michoacan and he will pay for it!!!! He thinks that the pope will forgive what he has ordered... Too late for that. I have a little present for him since he has chosen to give the location of his locations... And yes 'Anonymous Mar 18, 2012 07:53 PM'
    "Hilarious mexicans" - aqui te tengo to cobija...
    Michoacan mi tierra
    -El Toro

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    1. Ay! Que perra! Michoacula me das miedooooooooo!!!!!

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  6. Somebody doesn't want to go to el infierno.

    They will just store the heads and body parts in freezers til the pope is gone, then scatter them around like they normally do.

    "Welcome to Mexico, Mr Pope. We will stop the murder and mayhem for a day or so because we don't do that stuff"

    I am sure the pope is impressed and they are all forgiven their sins....

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  7. Learn to read it says he will arrive in Leon a neighboring state to michoacan.

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  8. PENDEJOS. I DONT THINK ROMAN CATHOLIC IS NEEDED IN MEX. LAZCANO IS THE NEW LAW. AINT NO GOVERMENT GOING TO STOP THIS TYRANNY. SO IF CHAPO IS STILL ACTIVE THAT MEANZ DRUGZ ARE NEVER GONA STOP. MEXICO IS GOING TO WAR WITH ITZELF DURING WORLD WORLD 3.

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  9. Puro caballeros templarios..... Show them foolz who they messin with.....

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  10. @ 8:26..

    You are right it was awkward I translated too literally, the map clearly depicts where Leon is..But I changed it and it reads with greater clarity....thanks!
    Paz, Chivis

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  11. Wait a minute it doesn't make sense why do they welcome the pope even though they are doing all the bad things god teaches them not to do? They steal ,kill, etc. might as well keep doing the bad stuff cause they never did anything good in the first place.

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    1. The vatican also kills and steal... they also rape young boyz .. this truce is just to show respect to the masters... the true masters of everything evil..

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  12. How's the security situation in Leon then? I'd heard Leon was a boring city and pretty safe?!!

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  13. Where are all those dumb mf's talking that shit that cjng has left guanajuato. Cjng is only expanding and they got their eyes on all of centro mexican states that has a presence of zetas.

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  14. Many of the battles are not with bullets. They are with words as well. The CT apparently believes they can score some public relations points this way. This is the purpose of many of these messages to some extent. The lesser of two evils like when you go to vote.

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  15. "LA prosti-TUTA" doesn't call the shots just because he wants to cleanse his soul. The damage was done and he will pay the ultimate price...
    Aqui tengo su cobija.
    -El Toro

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  16. Knights Templars??? Isn't CT the correct way to call them.

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  17. Are u serious?this cts are living in a delusional world,where killers wear spartan helmets and robes made in china! This guys are obviously retarted enuff too think other cartels really care!! When u kill like they have killed and all for greed da only place ur goin is hell and no da pope aint gonna forgive u and definetly not god,hell is ur destination along with all other cartels and killers alike!!!

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  18. The situation has no control and Mexico is just getting worse and worse alot of corrupt government and police force but hey como dicen con dinero baila el perro y i jus want u.s.a army go to Mexico and kick ass aver si con ellos pueden

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