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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Criminal Group La Maña Threatens Police with Narco Messages and Severed Pig Heads in Guanajuato

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat

A criminal group left four ice chests with severed pig heads and threatening messages directed at local police officers in the neighboring municipalities of Pueblo Nuevo and Irapuato, in Guanajuato state. Leaving pig heads next to a narco message is a common element of cartel messaging against security forces.

The message translates as follows:

This is for FSPS (Fuerzas de Seguridad Pública del Estado) who go around blowing the Jalisco Cartel, since you keep on going after our families we are going to hit your families, we know where they are, want to find out? Keep on with your bull shit. We remind you the fight is with La Maña, we reiterate, we respect the Army, National Guard, and AIC (Agencia de Investigación Criminal) Gery's group, we respect you.

Signed, La Maña

Severed pig heads are commonly left next to narco messages directed at police officers and government officials in Mexico, Guanajuato security expert David Saucedo told InSight Crime. 

Each year, around two dozen are left around the country next to narco messages directed at security forces and the government.


La Maña is a generic term used by many criminal groups, in a similar manner to "La Mera Verga". It is unclear who this criminal group is.

An interesting element of this message is the violent threat against the FSPE, followed by La Maña reiterating their respect and wish for peace with the Army, National Guard, and AIC. This highlights the complex web of alliances and vendettas between criminal actors and different levels of security forces in Mexico. 

The AIC in particular have been targeted in the past by the CJNG, who  attempted to use a remoted detonated IED in an attack in Irapuato last year, as reported by Borderland Beat. The CSRL are suspected of using an IED to attack Municipal Police, but ended up injuring ten National Guard soldiers instead, as reported by Borderland Beat.

Graphic by HEARST

These threats will be taken especially seriously in Guanajuato, which is the most dangerous state for police officers in Mexico. So far this year, Causa en Común’s database on police killings in Mexico reveals that 47 police killing have occurred this year in the state. Nationwide, 235 police officers have been killed.

According to the most recent government data from June this year, there have been 1,674 homicides in the state of Guanajuato, the most violent state in Mexico by homicide count every year since 2018. This means that almost a quarter (23.1%) of homicides in all of Mexico happen in Guanajuato. Most of this violence is related to the CJNG's conflict with several local groups for control.

Sources: InSight Crime, Periodico CorreoInforme de seguridad, 11 de julioBorderland Beat Archives IED - 2022, Borderland Beat Archives - IED 2023, Causa en Común

31 comments:

  1. This will have the jaliscos trembling in fear? 🤣

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  2. The remnants of the remaining cdrsl

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  3. Is La Mana part of CSRDL?

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  4. La Maña just means criminals, they dont want to say their name so they just say La maña

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    1. It actually means cunning or savviness, only in slang it means criminality.

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    2. 6:16 you can actually use the word in many other ways, it all depends on the sentence and how you use it, look here buddy dont want to get to much into it but theres a reason why i said maña means criminals, because the way they used it in this narco message, im a straigh up mexican that knows what im talking about 👍 you are welcome

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    3. 7:35 I actually don't mind getting into it but since you do, I'll leave it alone.

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    4. @7:35 you are correct. Maña also means getting the hang of something that has its own way of doing it

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    5. 9:07
      That's what cunning and savviness means, getting the hang of it: maña.

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    6. 1:59 just drop it girl, so you are saying that this criminals are savvy and cunning? You can be a mañoso meaning a perv, you can have a maña kinda like a certain way of walking and you not notice it and a ton more things you do with out you noticing it, you can be in the maña meaning in the criminal underground, like i said before it depends how you use it when you are talking to someone, it does not neceserally means cunning or savvy, ok? You got it? Now go run along with the no savo kids 👍

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  5. Isn't La Mana Cartel Del Golfo.. when I was younger and lived close to Reynosa that's what they would call it. La Mana or La Compania

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    1. Used to be, but this is one of those generic names, like "Mera Verga". It's likely CSRL or another smaller local group

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    2. You might have a point4:20. There is CDG escorpiones helping out CSRDL down there. Maybe it was them.

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  6. La maña is more like a general term used by criminals not one specific group.

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    1. Exactly, most of the corridos singers mention it, they arriba la maña, arriba la mafia, arriba la delincuencia and shit like that, in the narco message even says it, (we remind you the fight is against La Maña) Att: La maña
      Pretty much saying the fight is Criminals vs Criminals

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    2. But this general term may be used for a SPECIFIC group. It's not against the law.

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    3. There was a specific group called "La Maña" back in 2008.

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  7. 47 cops killed in one state so far?!! Wow!
    Where in the fuck is the security forces decimating every scumbag in the area??!! Nope, nothing!!! Just accepted and let’s move on!! Talk shit all you want about the greatest country in the world but if that shit happened in USA the fucking sky would be falling literally on every single scumbags head for everything. But not in Mexico, nothing to see here just move on. Pathetic!!!

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    1. Because anyone who has Integrity is quickly killed off. Any politician, it should have been learned since Colosseo was murdered it is impossible to be a clean politician in this country, you and you family will suffer. You will quite simply,cease to exist.

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    2. Truly agree!!! The world is fucked!!!

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  8. La maña is nowhere near loke la mera verga. La maña is closer to mob/mafia/cartel.

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  9. Mejor denles una calentadita y sin tener que mandar mensajes.
    Calladitos se ven mas bonitos

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  10. La maña, Puro Matamoros Tamaulipas ALV

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  11. Na immerhin Schweineköpfe😪

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  12. Pinché gente corriente nomás extorsionando a gente trabajadora que chingan su madre

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