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Monday, August 15, 2022

167 Pueblos Unidos Autodefensa Members Arrested at Blockades, 25 GN Soldiers Kidnapped & Released in Michoacán

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

Pueblos Unidos members were captured during a large convoy of narco blockades which resulted in the kidnapping of soldiers to demand their release.

In what could be a historic operation, reports indicate the arrest of 167 people who maintained blockades on the Siglo 21 highway and the free highway through Tiamba, in Michoacán, by the National Guard and the State Police.

The detainees would be part of a group of self-defense groups known as "Pueblos Unidos", who, accompanied by weapons and posters, would have carried out the blockade to demand the release of some of their colleagues previously apprehended. Apparently, the group also wanted to control Uruapan and Parangaricutiro.


The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), through its Delegation in Michoacán, initiated an investigation file against 167 people including three adolescents and two Pueblo Unidos leaders for their alleged responsibility for the crime of carrying firearms for the exclusive use of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

Two regional leaders of Pueblos Unidos were among those arrested during the massive operation, Raymundo "La Maseca" Gallegos and Gabino Cornejo.

Raymundo "La Maseca" Gallegos is allegedly a member of the criminal group known as the Caballeros Templarios, which emerged in 2011 after the decline of La Familia Michoacana. He is an active member of a said criminal organization operating under the command of Juan Mondragón Pacheco, alias La Gorda. Gallegos is noted for serving as lieutenant of the municipalities of Ario de Rosales, Nuevo Urecho, Salvador Escalante, as well as Pátzcuaro.

Gabino Cornejo is singled out for also being the operator of Ario de Rosales, mainly in the towns of Las Puentes and El Moral. In this way, both are targeted for being people of Alfonso González Magallón, alias Poncho La Quiringa, leader of Cárteles Unidos in Los Reyes, Michoacán.

Authorities seized around 233 weapons, and 24 vehicles, one being armored.

Derived from the Homologated Police Report (IPH), elements of the Secretary of National Defense (SEDENA) and SSP, went to Tiamba municipality of Uruapan, Michoacán, due to the C5i alert, about the presence of a convoy with armed people; so when they went to the place they observed on a dirt site in the aforementioned community, those now detained carrying 182 firearms of various calibers, two grenades, two grenade launchers and 24 vehicles (one armored).


Pueblos Unidos acts under the facade of self-defense groups.

Pueblos Unidos

The group known as Pueblos Unidos emerged in 2021 as an organization of peasants from the avocado region of Ario de Rosales, Salvador Escalante, Nuevo Urecho, and Teretan in order to defend the producers of “green gold” against collections by the cartels. Pueblos Unidos has been accused of being led by members of the small Knights Templar. Federal authorities have indicated that this criminal faction was formed to dispute territory with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

The top leader of Pueblos Unidos was José Artemio Maldonado Mejía, El Michoacano and/or El Rabias, who extended his criminal operations into fuel theft in the state of Hidalgo. He was arrested four months after his escape from the Tula prison, Hidalgo, with eight more from his criminal group, on December 1, 2021. Federal and Mexico City agents arrested him on April 18 in the Doctores neighborhood of the Cuauhtémoc mayor's office.


Blockades & Demands

Prior to the operation, the Pátzcuaro-Lázaro Cárdenas highway was blocked on the Pátzcuaro-Uruapan stretch, in addition to the fire and attack on a gas station in Zitácuaro during the early hours of Saturday, where a vehicle was set on fire as well.

“As a result of the detention of people, six highway blockades were registered, in Las Cruces towards Tiamba, “Ajuno” collection plaza, “Zirahuén” collection plaza, San Rafael neighborhood, Teretan and Zumpimito, which were removed without affecting the routine activities of the civilian population,” Sedena reported.

About 300 federal officers and 200 elements of the Michoacán Police were involved in arresting the main instigators of the blockade. They then proceeded in the same way with the rest of the group, who would have agreed to it on their own according to National Guard sources.


25 GN soldiers were detained by supporters of Pueblos Unidos, who demanded the release of their members. After pressure from authorities, the soldiers were released.

25 National Guard Soldiers Kidnapped

Although after the successful seizure, community members who are at the service of Pueblos Unidos detained some officers. Security sources said there would be no room for negotiation with those who broke the law and they set up a new operation, this time to rescue the National Guard soldiers who were being held.

“The Government is demanding the release of the 164 peasants who are members of Pueblos Unidos and we hand over their members of the National Guard,” says a publication on the supposed Facebook page of the group.

According to data from the aforementioned media, 25 soldiers who had been kidnapped for a few hours to demand the release of the 167 members of Pueblos Unidos, were released and no confrontations, injuries, or arrests were reported.

57 comments:

  1. Well when they appear out of no where with heavy weapons. It’s clear they weren’t your regular civilians and more on the criminal side.

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    1. That Green one is mine it only shoots water And why are armed people automaticly criminal ?

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    2. Cause how tf you think, they get guns for 167 people and bullet, you think min wage in mexico can afford all that?

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  2. These individuales form a part of Carteles Unidos. La Gorda was also allegedly arrested but hasn't been presented and online chatter suggest he may have

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    1. He? Why would a male be nicknamed “Gorda” in the feminine form?

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    2. 9:40 why not? La Barby was called La Barby and he also was a dude

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    3. I know a guy here in Texas known as La Chula. Very weird name for him to have considering he's hideously ugly. But that's just how some names play out sometimes.

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    4. 12:34 puro sarcasmo, like when they call a 6'4" guy chikilin, mexicans love playing the sarcasm game

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  3. If you think this is the mex military just doing the right thing, then I have some news for you. Someone didn’t pay or the four letters paid more .

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    1. 5:59 exactly 💯
      CU fake autodefenzas are known to pay local cops and marina/NAVY and sedena

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    2. Don't expect any less from Michoachangos 🦧🦧🦧

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    3. 8:20 hi TROLL, I was wondering what happened to you. Your mom probably took your laptop and you were unable to post..
      A michoacango worse enemy..... ext ext..
      I'm surprised you didn't copy and paste that like you always do

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    4. 8:20 VIVA Michoacan!

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    5. 8:20
      Michoacan Troll
      I am going to tell your mom, your trolling a mature site. You need to be watching the Disney channel.

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    6. Dude everyone knows that the Marina are elite and loyal to the Gobierno y do not take bribes.

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    7. 6:32 well said

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    8. 6:32 that was a joke right?

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  4. Other cartels getting hit. All the while CJNG has a free pass, to start taking over another state.

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    1. Cjng has been trying hard in michoacan but can't get past the fake autodefenzas

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    2. At 6:41 CJNG always getting blamed for everything. Amlo is Pro Sinaloa & against CJNG. The sinaloas can’t do shit to the Jaliscos even with the help of the government lol. This fake autodefensa have bought most of the government in Michoacán. They have the military & guardia national fight their battles.

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    3. 5:48 another one with his head in the sand, Obrador is in bed with CJNG, it used to be Sinaloa. So smarty-pants 38 labs of the Sinaloa cartel get busted in July, but none for cjng, wake up fool.

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    4. 7:50 Your opinion matters

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  5. All those weapons are for the exclusive use of armed forces and they just let them go. Mexico has the weakest government I’ve ever seen. Police sign a “ no hostage “ agreement before they work or they don’t work. Meaning, if they get taken hostage from criminals trying to get demands met they’ll be sacrificed cause government won’t negotiate with criminals on terms like that.

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    1. You did not read well, those werent released. They setup an op to free the 25hostages and when word got out about it,CU released all 25 soldiers.
      So its just you and you limited understanding….you must be an american, right?

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    2. Yes I’m American and I read correctly they released the 25 NG as the 167 were released. Weak ass government like I said

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    3. 7:21 American weapons that a weak Biden allows to flow to Mexico... a weak govbernment that allows tons of drugs from Mexico to be distributed in american soil.... a weak government that cant stop an endless flow of cash through their frontiers... A weak government that cant control drug abuse and random public shootings... not sure whos the weak

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    4. Biden is not at the border to enter Mexico to check if weapons come in to Mexico. You got criminals that take the guns to Mexico, it is the responsibility of Mexico to check what comes into Mexico. You got a bozo mentality.
      Mexico sovereign country is the weak country Mijo.

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    5. Your should try to be president since you live your country so much.

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    6. @11:28 your reading comprehension is lacking. There is a misplacement of the word government so that maybe why you're confused

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    7. 1:24 Nothing but weak opinions comes from a weak sourced person. :(

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    8. 3:35 weak ass fool. You put no fuken blame at the lazy grampa president of Mexico. Oh it's Biden s job, to watch what comes into Mexico OMG, your a joke.

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    9. 7:47 We all know you dont like AMLO. Something better than your bias opinion?

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    10. Mexicans blame everything and everyone except themselves for the state of mexico,fuck em,but they still flee their mexico

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  6. Cartels aren’t taking over our cities like they do down south period. The drugs and money may flow but it’s very much under cover. Google what happened in Waco Texas with David karesh if you really want to know what happens when someone thinks they can really take on the government. And the Mexican government has only looked like this since ELMO took office. It started in Culican when he order Chapito to be released.

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    1. They released Ovidio, since he threaten to kill population (there are pics/videos/lots of info about that). That tells you that the ones that got him refused any bribe.

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    2. Plata o plomo they received their plata later that day

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    3. It just tells you that Chapos family is fucked up in the head and a bunch of junkies.

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    4. Just matter of time to see chapitos dissolve into smaller groups and eventually disappear.

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    5. @1:24 US gangs have taken over large swaths of y patrolled cities throughout the US. Chicago has the worlds highest murder rate - who is this the Boy Scouts? Baltimore, Philadelphia, St Luis and several other cities have no police presence and the entire west coast has pretty much stopped enforcing serious crimes - especially when (like Mexico does) they claim it’s bad guy against bad guy. But I do like your reference to President ELMO😂

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    6. Here we go with the my country your country shit,fuckin emos

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  7. Period point blank the current administration in Mexico is the weakest softest let’s pacify the organized criminals I’ve ever seen in Mexico. At least with PRI they had a handle on that shit. Drugs are gonna flow north. There is no stopping that. But since 2000 Mexico has been a mess. Bring back PRI.

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    1. PRI handling something? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
      ok AMLO hater, got your point

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    2. 3:55 es una bestia, come pasojos de burro y caca de vaca para ser un buey PRIISTA.

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    3. 3:55🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣 El pri? Esos putos fueron los que empezaron y dejaron crecer este perro mounstro llamado narco, pinche pirata de mierda!

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    4. 12:26 Odian tanto a AMLO que hasta el PRI consideran mejor... Pero andan tan mal como partido que la mayoria de sus oficinas en Mexico estan en el abandono (y es noticia, no comentario u opinion).

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    5. 12:41 no as escuchado todas las grabaciones que an filtrado de su presudente (del PRI) Alito moreno? Ese vato es de lo mas corrupto, y todavia ahi pendejos como este baboso del 3:55 que piensa que el PRI es lo mejor 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Maltidas Perras Drogas!!!!!!

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  8. Its obvious Mexican president taking money from Mencho, the president is only attacking small fishes.

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    1. 4:19 How do you know?, whats your source?, i want to know that info too.

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    2. 8:30 do you have to question everyone that squeaks a word about the Mexican president? It's all accumulating that he does get money from the cartels especially CJNG, why to think, he is letting them be all over Mexico.
      While he is president, they have free pass to do whatever. Then you have another in here, that says he bought his lazy son, a million dollars home in the weathy part of Texas paid in full, no mortgage. Now we all know, the president does not make that type of money yearly. Now stop defending a Grampa

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    3. 4:19 bless your fight on behalf of the small fishes...
      Are you bigger than a pinche charal or Nemo?

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    4. 7:43 GOTS to be the Obrador nutthugger Lawyer.
      Thank God we have freedom of speech.
      In Nicaragua, Ortega wants to be president forever, anyone that try to run in elections, he had them jailed.

      Anyone that wants to protest, they get arrested.
      Freedom #1

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    5. 9:18 Ok AMLO hater

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    6. You must be new 4:19

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    7. 9:18 Comandante Daniel Ortega earned his presidency in the 70s beating somoza, the Contras, Comandante Zero, and their drug trafficking US sponsors...

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    8. Put the feesh back or i keel you

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  9. All government, cartels, autodefensas,maña are the same shit they're no better and worse then the other tbh they all have their good and their bad, they all take bribes, torture, kidnap, extortion, ask for fees, the all help the people they want to help, it's why I said from the start of that autodefensas shit yeah at the beginning they might be for the people but eventually with that power them leaders where going to turn the other way and start building their sht like the cartels and not like the government cuz it is built out of old sicarios as wellas long their money to be made the dirty way that shit is never going to stop

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    1. Autodefensas come in clean until they get curupted by outsiders.
      Mireles was great, but the government , after request from cartel to disarmed them, since bribes we're coming in.
      Mireles was arrested on gun charges, brainwashed in prison for 2 years. When he was out did not protest anything.

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