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Monday, July 29, 2013

Vice Admiral Killed in Michoacan Ambushed by Knights of Templar


Vice Admiral Carlos Miguel Salazar Ramonet was Commander of the Eighth Naval District based in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. He was in a military vehicle with his wife, two military bodyguards and a driver, traveling the Mexico-Morelia highway. A protest forced him to take an alternate route, where he was ambushed and killed. The victim was the Second Section Chief of the Secretary of the Navy of Mexico and also head of Naval Intelligence.

In 2011 Miguel Salazar was appointed to Vice Admiral. On January 16, 2012 he began work in the eighth Naval Zone. Previously he was naval attache in Panama. 

Salazar Ramonet is the first person of high-ranking stature to die in Enrique Pena Nieto's administration in the context of the anti-crime fight. Along with the Admiral, a naval bodyguard died and two others were injured. Ministerial authorities revealed that the navy arrested three suspects, who were transferred last night to the Deputy Attorney Specialized Investigation of Organized Crime (SEIDO), in Mexico City. They are said to be members of the Knights of Templar according to the States Prosecutor, Jesús Murillo Karam.

In this way, the crew of the Suburban were intercepted by gunmen in two trucks, who blocked their way and demanded identification of the Vice Admiral and his companions.
It was noted that the commander of the Eighth Naval District was traveling as a civilian.
In the attack, Salazar Ramonet protected his his wife, who was injured along with the driver, while the commander's assistant also killed.

Murillo Karam explained that the three detainees confessed to being members of the Knights Templar, and they charged 7,500 pesos for various crimes of extortion, robbery and other criminal acts on behalf of that group.
Eduardo Sanchez, spokesman for the Office of Security of the federal government, said that the detainees were identified as Timothy Vargas Infante, José Trinidad Arroyo Regalado and Ramiro Barajas Alvarado.

The suspects were arrested in possession of four guns and a short, all exclusively use of the Armed Forces.

The PGR opened an investigation on charges of homicide, assault and violation of the Federal Law of Firearms and Explosives. 

In the past six years the drug cartels have killed soldiers, Marines and federal, state, and ministerial police,. However, the greatest impact crimes were committed against 3military personnel, including Mauro Enrique Tello Quinones,  Brigadier General, in Cancun on February 3, 2009.


Mauro Enrique Tello Quinones was killed along with a lieutenant and a soldier, their bodies dumped in the free highway Cancun-Merida. The General became the first senior military victim of organized crime in the past six years. 

Vice Admiral Ramonet Salazar  traveling in an official vehicle on Mexico-Morelia highway and was accompanied by his wife, two bodyguards and driver.
At a toll before Ecuandureo they were warned blockages on the Atlacomulco-Guadalajara Highway because a group was protesting.  They decided to take another road, where they were attacked.
The Navy issued a statement in which it reported that the attack occurred at noon on a road located between the towns La Noria and Las Cruces, in Churitzio.

"Elements of the Navy of Mexico, on the Mexico-Morelia highway, diverted to a alternative road, about 1.5 kilometers southwest of La Noria, Michoacán, where they faced people with guns who opened fire on the official vehicle.

"As a result of this unfortunate incident two members of the were killed, including Vice Admiral, Carlos Miguel Salazar Ramonet, Commander of the Eighth Naval District based in Puerto Vallarta," said representative of the military institutio.

Federal authorities said that the death of naval officer was circumstantial, he was heading to Puerto Vallarta to resume work.They made it clear that this was not part of the groups of soldiers, sailors and federal police officers mobilized Michoacan last week to restore order.

A few days ago the Federal Police was the victim of seven ambushes, which left at least 24 people, including four policemen and other criminals.

The authorities stressed that Mexican Army personnel and the Marines moved to the area where the admiral was killed  for the whereabouts of the criminals.
Secretary of the Navy expressed his condolences to the families of the two Marines who "dedicate their service to our nation."

Senior Military
In the past six years assassinations have been committed against other senior senior military officers. In February 2011 the secretary of Public Safety Protection of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Manuel Farfán Stroller, Brigadier General retired, and two others were killed.
On November 4, 2009, Juan Arturo Esparza Garcia, a retired Brigadier General, was killed while serving as Secretary of Public Security, Vialidad en Garcia, Nuevo Leon.

With his death totaling three generals killed in that six-year period by the cartel Los Zetas.

Meanwhile, more than 3000 police and military have died between September 1, 2006 and September 20, 2011, according to records of the PGR.The deaths include state police, municipal, ministerial, federal and military, who fell in battles, ambushes or attacks by organized crime, according to the National Center for Planning, Analysis and Information to Combat Crime of the federal agency.

Condolences from Peña Nieto
President Enrique Peña Nieto sent his condolences to the families of the slain who were killed Sunday in Michoacan. Through his Twitter account, the chief executive wrote: "I send My heartfelt condolences to the families of Vice Admiral Salazar Ramonet and the element of marines who was killed this afternoon (yesterday) in Michoacan.

Vice Admiral Salazar Ramonet died in an attack on a road located between the towns of La Noria and Las Cruces, Michoacán. The command was headed to Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, to return to work in the eighth Naval Zone.

64 comments:

  1. This is rather a big deal. Poor wife, family, friends. Wgat a mess Michoacan is. Don't grt diverted off the main roads in Michoacan.

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  2. Knights Templar turning into the medellin cartel

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    1. Se pasan' de Vergota de Cavallo.

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  3. Los reventaron alos marinos lol thats what happens wen your a high ranking officer without a bullet proof car

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  4. The Knights Templar Cartel is the strangest group, what with their pseudo-religious themes.

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  5. how the hell did this happen so easily,just glad the sicario's didnt kill the wife..poor lady now a widow.

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  6. Looks like templarios really messed up on this one. I think that they are going to regret the ambush. You will see them (templarios) run like scared roaches because they can't fight face to face. A Los templarios Le faltan huevos.

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    1. Stupid government cheerleader see if the army or even navy go in to the michoacan mountains to look for them

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    2. Hey 1:21pm well join the military and go look for them face to face. Para que te la partan Tambien! Hahaha...

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    3. Hey 1:21 pm well join the military and go find them and confront them face to face. Para que te la partan Tambien a ti... hahahaha

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    4. Hey 1:21pm well join the military and go look for them face to face. Para que te la partan Tambien! Hahaha...

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  7. EPN KILLED HIS WIFE AND YOU THINK HE IS GOING TO HAVE A "HEARTFELT" MONENT FOR THE LOSS OF VICE ADMIRAL SALAZAR RAMONET OR BETTER YET ONE HIS STAFF?
    THAT PRESIDENT IS A JOKE.

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    1. Just remember when EPN was interviewed he said he didn't remember how his wife died.

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    2. Como dice Andres Manuel Lopez obrador (amlo) CHINGA TU MADRE PEÑA NIETO. Mexico has a fool as president

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    3. No mate. A president for fools. Cowards won't fight. Putos cobardes en mexico.

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  8. Those fucking Knights just haul off and kill an Admiral? And my friend says , "Don't believe what you read, Mich is safe- it sounds worse than it is. When you're there it is so tranquilo!" Could have fooled me! Seems pretty bad especially this last week.

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  9. This happened in my town and no bullshit there was way more deaths than said it was a blood bath, ambulances from zamora and la piedad and other towns around were going in and out, the shootout in la noria lasted about 4 hours

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  10. Michoacán is getting like in 2006 really violent and personal.

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  11. Wtf With all the violence going in Michoacan, why would anyone dare venture into the state. There are reports that the vice admiral was returning to his home from a vacation in Michoacan. I bet the SeMar marines are pissed off. The marines' boots are about the walk all over the CT. They will turn Michoacan into Full Metal Jacket!!!

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  12. Ohhhhh damn!!!! CT messed with the wrong dude...now the Mexican authorities are going to be all over that region.. la Tuta is not going to be happy when he hears the next person knocking on his door..

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    1. Yea the mexican navy gonna be like bloodhounds looking for them bastards now!!! You know they mad as hell over this one!!

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  13. K lastima. Mala situacion. Caballeros inutiles

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  14. I hope the Marina counter attack and eliminate la puta, y mean Tuta and the Templarios once and for all!It's time to put things back in order in Michoacan.

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  15. The begining of the end of those templarios fucking animals they just became mexicos 1b los zetas are 1A of most hated sons of bitches

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  16. A country where Naval Flag Officers are pulled over, asked for identification, and then smoked??

    That being said, this smells like the Sinaloa Cartel. Chapó knows that its the Navy he has to worry about these days... I know, before all the nut hugging comments begin, please read the article where it states that this Admiral was also the head of Naval Intelligence.
    Its a small part of the article, but that's what sticks out to me.

    ~Spectator

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    1. Sinaloa cartel does not operate in puerto Vallarta and there were three men arrested who admitted to being in the KT. With all the biolence in michoacan, the Templars are next so, this can give la tuta some time to hide.

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  17. Kill all the cartel members there no good for our towns in michoacan. They just fell to be rude because of the weapons they use. But with out them there scare and worthless. They should hand them in a tree from there balls and make the scavengers eat them. All they always lie to the people there protecting but they just get bloody money. Get a real job and be mans no lazy ass bitches get them all and make a pile and burn them alive thats what they deserve.

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    1. Agree with you Death To All The Narco Scumbag Gangbanger Bastards. CT you all are finished and Tuta will feature in his last video as a dead rotten body riddled with bullets. CJNG bastards hope you rot in hell.

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  18. Revenge for 40s capture? Chapo framing KT? I find it hard to believe la tuta would be that dumb? These sicarios were well prepared for this hit, this came from someone big obviosly just wonder who??

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  19. Ever wonder when the tipping point will come? Could this be it? If the Mexicans are semper fi like the US are then Michoacán will be taken apart. Roach motel. Hotel California. no salida...

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  20. He was killed because he was on the CJNG's payroll .it was not no random killing , like it was reported. I know because I have family from that part of mexico .

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    1. Tu familia esta bien pendeja,no saben nada,idiota!

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    2. @ 11:29PM Oh yeah! All the honest people that you CT bastards extort, rape, kidnap, torture & murder were/are on some other narco cartel's payrolls!! You lowlife parasite CT meth head ganbanger stop telling lies as nobody believes you bastards.

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    3. You know they do all that cause they done it to you? Are you from that area that know's whats going on? So if you read about obama being a terrorist, your beliving that? I dnt run my mouth about sombody unless i know for a fact or proof, i bet your a meth addict

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    4. How do u know they do all that stuff? There doing it to u? Or done it before or some one u know? I am not on anybodys side, just saying that not all of them are bad cause i meet la tuta twice and he is a nice man, say's a lot of bad words when talking but he helps out the poor ranchers and buys all the toys from town and tells the kids to line up and gives one to each kid, and if he runs out, takes out cash for the rest, i know cause i seen it with my eyes, so i lost it, dont post somthing i've read and run my mouth like u

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    5. Don't trip man I also have heard it. But people on here are fucking idiots. They just talk without knowing I'm a bb fanatic and am on and reading watching all and any info. Posted on this page. And yes lot of the military is on cjng payroll. Even Rita said it on that video where he's in front of a tree. I believe that's why he got killed.

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    6. @10:07AM Only a lowlife garbage meth head will praise CT & Tuta. All other normal hardworking honest Mexican people want to get rid of Narco gangbangers and narcotics..Viva Mexico and death to all you parasite wortless gangbangers.

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    7. La tuta and the ct are an off branch of the zetas what else can u expect. back in the days when valencias ran michoacan this didn't happend. mencho is an old Valencia cartel member, that's why a lot of people support support him

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  21. Like some BB readers said, this was an inside job!! Initial reports had 2 people dead and 2 people injured after the ambush. No mention of a 5th person. Now they are coming out with a 5th person in the vehicle. CJNG could be behind this. They want to get a hold of the important port of Lazaro Cardenas.

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    1. cjng have a bigger presence in colima which has a bigger port, manzanillo
      ...chuy

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  22. I thought the Templar Knights don't do extortions ...
    Only the bad Zetas do it.

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  23. pena nieto has blood in his hands,how can he keep a straight face standing next to the admirals casket,epn is a heartless hypocrite...

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  24. Well from my thinking but i may just not be smart but could a person who is highly decorated navy not riding in a bullet proof car maybe just maybe pulled over at that toll and made a call.... Because i personally have traveled those roads from gdl to acapulco and its something like 12 hours depending on traffic.... Anyway hes HEAD of intelligence so he knows MI is hot as hell lately so maybe just maybe he has enough brass to call in a escort of marina?? But then again i dont give a fuck if your on vacation or not why no bullet proof car wtf i guess same reason why he felt he wouldnt get an escort so he didnt call at all.. Mexico you are the biggest failure to the soldiers who protect you.. Wasnt the toyota suv a couple months back with cia guys enough reason to get the head of intel a blindada, obviously not!

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  25. But second part of my comment who cares if theres protestors why have .. A driver body guard a, body guard b, then wife and head of intel highly decorated soldier be diverted off highway man when i get off gdl autopista at the purepero exit know i got a hour an half traveling thru towns til i get to UPN i shudder those muni cops are a fucking joke nothing more than cartel members in uniform looking to tax every nice car or truck passin thru on some bs claim .. An you cant fight it you just try to pay cheap as poss and go .. But i smell inside job cause who the hell would divert off that highway if they are military and not riding bullet proof cars.. Something aint rite im sure he could have assembled a few federal trucks with 6 dudes masked up holding bad ass rifles like 3 in back 3 in front to clear a protest christ i have friends in jalisco guerrero michoacan so i used to travel from guadalajara to acapulco an short cut is thru urupan but your goin thru no mans land or take a three hour longer trip on morelia to gdl autopista...im no intel head of navy an just from bb i know stay away from michoacan period... Wow...all those years hmmm no intelligence after all huh head of intel dude

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  26. Michoacan and jalisco
    ALL ABOUT THAT METH PRODUCTION
    No paying to get coke smuggled from south thre central then thru cartel owned states... Just want that port to get that psuedo phedidrine and cost only in the making an supplys which is dirty cheap lazaro card is very important port for those two states tryin to control the crystal or aka cocaine of the future why take chances of bricks being lost paying smugglers to bring coke to usa when they cansend to east to africa for its first stop make 3x the value of kilo in say chicago an just force all the coke heads to turn to tweakers in usa cuz coke not avail or to pricey , not quality.. I know a guy who tried the meth in chicago that was made in mexico its fuckin top notch over coke an soon to beflooding or already is that was 3 yrs ago every city in usa ..LA,houston, atlanta, chicago and from there every smaller town until you hit last major city NY

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    1. Only a loser would do meth or coke.i see all the tweakers in my neighborhood and its totally disgusting.just looking at them freakin idiots is enough to make me NEVER EVER want to fuck with that shit!!!

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    2. They aren't doing coke lol

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  27. Is it presidential condolences only for the high-ranking people.? If you have a high rank, does that somehow make your life worth more? What about presidential condolences for the so-called "little people", the ordinary folk?

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  28. CJNG is behind all this, to put more heat on CT, he wad stationed in puerto vallarta and thats CJNG turf, and all this fucking democrats talking shit on CT are just fckn internet addicts that just read bout a article and start running there mouths without a fact on the issue, i visit
    my fam area where they grew up and i seen them and even there main leader and they dnt mess with ppl who dnt have nothing to do with OC, they help poor ppl from las rancherias, i rather have them in our state then the Z or CJNG, so talk smack when you know smothing for a fact not just words u read in the blog

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    1. They also helped the lime pickers by taxing them. who the Fuck do they think they are, with their stupid bible and imposing taxes. The templarios and fm are what the Zetas shitted in michoacan

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  29. Ambush aside, anyone else feel like the KT are just behind Los Zetas as far as being the worst plague?

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  30. July 29, 2013 at 2:36 PM
    "This happened in my town and no bullshit there was way more deaths than said it was a blood bath"
    Senore,why are Templarios attacking these people?What do you think about what they say,,that the police is allowing CJNG in?Do you think CT are on the outs with everybody,what are your thoughts on all this?
    Why are they attacking authorities like this?Thats never a good idea?

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  31. July 30, 2013 at 5:09 AM
    "see if the army or even navy go in to the michoacan mountains to look for them"
    They went hunting the craziest one and killed many LFM on the ground.They were killed sitting in cars and shot to pieces from helicopters from above ?

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  32. Good reading here. Thank you

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  33. Sounds like pay back against the Mexican Marines, I believe the Mexican marines fall under the Mexican navy. Its getting crazy down in Old Mexico....

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    1. You're correct about marine elements being part of naval corporation in Mexico.Or under the naval big umbella so to speak. it is hard to differentiate sometimes in stories cause there are big differences. In WW2 marines worked hand and hand with both naval officers and marine officers trained especially for battle on all the big aircraft carriers in the South Pacific

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  34. Raise a toast honor and memory to lost komrades and innocent forgotten people who lost their lives,family and or are missing in Mexico.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO0lUXnAs-U

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  35. Guerrilla fighting....guys it been done before by Americans

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  36. Out of control, no one is safe, everyone is scared to complain, as they can't trust law enforcement, as they take orders from the cartels. I don't have the answer, but if u s a was a good neighbor they would help. Clean up our (usa) drug usage, then, use armed drones, bring our soldiers home and they can man the border. I don' . Know how to keep the honest, good mexican safe. But our marines would have a plan, I'm sure.

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  37. They made it clear that this was not part of the groups of soldiers, sailors and federal police officers mobilized Michoacan last week to restore order.

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  38. spokesman for the Office of Security of the federal government, said that the detainees were identified as Timothy Vargas Infante, José Trinidad Arroyo Regalado and Ramiro Barajas Alvarado.

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  39. Through his Twitter account, the chief executive wrote: "I send My heartfelt condolences to the families of Vice Admiral Salazar

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