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Thursday, September 29, 2022

Armed Men Execute Six Police Officers During Morning Exercise in Calera, Zacatecas

"HEARST" for Borderland Beat 


In Calera, Zacatecas, a group of armed men ambushed police officers during their morning workout at a municipal training facility and shot six officers to death, with three more seriously injured.


Warning: Some graphic images below this point. 




The Attack 


On the morning of Wednesday, September 28, 2022, multiple municipal police officers arrived at a training area in  Barrio de San Judas within the municipality of Calera, Zacatecas, and began working out. 




Calera is located about 17 miles (or 27 km) outside of the capital city of the state. It, much like the capital, is contested between multiple cartel groups. 



At approximately 9:30, a group of armed men entered the training area, carrying firearms and opened fire on the officers. At least five officers in the training area bled to death from the gunshot wounds they sustained. 




According to NTR Zacatecas, Rafael Gonzalez, the police director, and the deputy director approached the area of the gym in a vehicle just minutes after the shooting at the training area concluded. Their vehicle was approached by the same group of armed men and they were both shot multiple times. 





Residents of the area uploaded videos of the sound of gunfire they heard that morning to social media. The videos below contain no graphic content and depict only the sound of gunshots.  

Video Source: Ecodiario Zacatecas


Video Source: Acceso Zac


When emergency personnel arrived on scene, the director, deputy, and multiple other officers were found to still have vital signs  and they were rushed to the nearest hospital. 



The police director, however, died from his gunshot injuries while he was being transported, leaving the number of dead at six, according to the latest article on the incident from El Sol de Zacatecas. Three more are in the hospital with serious injuries.



The Governor of Zacatecas, David Monreal Avila publicly expressed his condolences to the families of the policemen and instructed the various law enforcement and military agencies on the Security Roundtable to find the attacks. 


"Those who are at the forefront of the strategy to provide peace to the people of Zacatecas have the full support of the government I lead. In this, as in all cases of violence that threaten their integrity, we will do what is necessary so that justice prevails," he wrote.




This isn’t the first time that the Calera municipal police have been hit. Last year, at around this time of year, the previous deputy, Ricardo Lamas Campos, was killed.





Previous Threats & Narco Messages in Calera


So, had the Calera municipal police department ever been threatened by cartel groups before? Yes, at various points in its history it had.


In November 2018, a Gulf Cartel (Cartel del Golfo, CDG) banner with threats against the same police director who died, Rafael González, was hung in Calera. It read, in part: 


Cattle Ranchers, merchants, laborers, working people, 

We ask that you stop supporting Zetas and CDN. 

[...] 

We are going after those left behind by “Del Jafe” and the main person responsible, the director of Municipal Police Rafael Gonzalez, who protects the bitch people of the homo Jafe. Stop damaging our society. 

[...] 

Our respect to the government, but not to the corrupt polie. We want peace for the people of Zacatecas. 


We are Cartel del Golfo Special Forces


Even with these previous accusations of the police director being in league with “Zetas and CDN”, we must remember that the cartel landscape of Zacatecas has changed a lot since 2018. 


Nowadays, many of the CDG and Zeta splinter groups left in the state are working under either the Cartel Jalisco Nueva GeneraciĂłn (CJNG) or El Mayo side of the Cartel de SInaloa (CDS), the two major powers at war for the region. 


In March 2019, another banner with threats against Rafael González and his family was left in Calera. It read in part “We are holding up our end of our contract with Zacatecas: Alejandro Tello” 


Strangely, there are no photos of the banner. 


And even more strangely an article by Noticiero El Circo writes that “police officers went to the site and confirmed the presence of the narco-banner, which was signed by a man and not by a criminal group.” So he appears to have been threatened by a single individual however the spanish word “narco-manta”, was still used which may imply the person who signed it was a known cartel member. 


Now, in terms of the most recent instances of threats occurring in Calera in general, a narco message sign was hung on a road sign that leads to Rancho Blanco, within Calera, in February 2022. Frustratingly, the only images that are believed to have been taken of the sign are blurred. THe only excerpt of the message printed by the same source, Noticiero El Circo, is:


“We are coming for you and your whole gang of scumbags, from Toribio de Calera and Santiaguillo. 


Fucking dogs. It's your time now, you fucking kidnappers, extortionists, thieves, rapists,"


Who the sign is addressing and who authored the sign is unclear at this time. 


 



The Attack Sources: Reforma, Zacatecas Online, NTR Zacatecas, Lopez Doriga, Heraldo de Mexico, El Comentario, Animal Politico, El Universal, El Sol de Zacatecas


Previous Threats Sources: Noticiero El Circo Article 1, Article 2, Article 3

31 comments:

  1. Anybody heard which cartel controls Calera right now?

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    1. From what I’ve heard it’s Cjng

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    2. Ok ok.

      I'm reading through old articles and we can at least place a CDG/CJNG alliance group in the municipality right next to Calera too. A group that was led by La Mosca.

      https://bit.ly/3SG9Vts

      http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2022/06/government-recognizes-alliance-between.html

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    3. @Hearts Los mayos opertivo dorado en eperativa San Ramon tienen el control desde calera morelos parte de Guadalupe trancoso asta pinos es de los mayos los jaliscos están más para malpaso villa nueva y hacia jerez.

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    4. @2:10 pm

      Muchisimos gracias por los datos.

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  2. Municipales are in the cjng payroll

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    1. What do you think would happen if they refuse the bribe?

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    2. 11:11 they gonna get got by contras either way but they got what they deserve cause municipales be picking up peeps which eventually they will turn in to the the cartel

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    3. 11:11
      That's a simple answer...
      Plata o Plumo.

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    4. 1:48 You clearly dont understand.... If you dont get the bribe, they may go after your family. At that point, theres no need to bribe.

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    5. 4:13 There are worst things than being killed... specially when you have a family.

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  3. Worse than Ukraine

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    1. not even close, clown.

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    2. Your ignorance is worse than Ukraine.

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  4. Them CJNG and Sinaloa are the most dangerous and powerful syndicates in the world!

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  5. Damn that’s fucking brutal whichever cartel did it. That’s exactly why the US government is so scared and wanting to label them as terroristas. CAN YOU BLAME THEM ????🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

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    1. US jurisdiction ends with the Grande river, just on the border. US label anyone as terrorist, no surprise here...

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    2. 11:00 Mexican jurisdiction also ends at the river yet people cross illegally and invade the us all the time.

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    3. Yes, they are absolutely terrorists and should be labeled as such. However, unless there is an attack like this on US soil, a series of repeated attacks on Americans with 100% confidence of who is responsible, or the Mexican government asks for help (they won't), US should stay out of it. AMLO is responsible for this explosion of violence, and the quicker he is gone the better. Mexico is slowly but surely turning into a lawless country much to the dismay of 99% of its citizens. Not sure it can be stopped at this point. The Mexican government needs to act much more decisively and aggressively towards all cartel activity.

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    4. We don’t care what happens in mexico

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    5. 12:04 and you keep getting raped by the invasionistas right and left...

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    6. 3:58 You dont care what happens in Mexico and here you are reading news of a site related to what happens in Mexico and even writing comments... Looks like you do care. Have a great day, rac*st friend.

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    7. 1:11 You have no idea on how things works in Mexico.... and based on your comment, you clearly dont understand your own country... Focus your efforts on your side of the border. United States is becoming a lawless country and you blame the others from your own problems. ☺

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    8. 12:04 No, if illegals cross the border is because you are hiring them on the spot. Dont want illegals?, copy Canadians policies... rac*st!, you are causing your own problems.

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  6. Mexico won’t do shit about it and people are slaughtered. Even if they were corrupt doesn’t mean they ALL deserve to die. That’s what we Americans call the rule of law. Let the courts sort it out.

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    1. Mexico is doing a lot, dont give point about stuff you clearly dont understand.

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  7. Anda con todo la mayiza

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    1. mayos = chapizza, o son dos cosas distintas?

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  8. Good to see that another corrupt offical got what he deserved. Now go after his family that enjoyed bloody money so much. Same for the police. Do your fucking job or take the money and die.

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    1. Officials in some areas dont have the option of refusing anything, since police chief is on the payroll. Police officers get nothing, just follow orders.

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  9. Good article Hearst thanks for your work

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