Unstoppable Violence in Guerrero: 8 Decapitated, 10 Executed During the Weekend

By: Ezequiel Flores Contreras | Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat

The bodies of eight men were found decapitated and tortured in the municipality of Tixtla, Guerrero, located in the center region of the state.

Meanwhile in the port of Acapulco, 10 people were found executed in different events, among them two members of the Mexican Navy (SEMAR).

Official reports indicate that the bodies of the eight men were found at around 11:00 pm yesterday, along a freeway that connects the town of Tixtla with the municipality of Chilapa.

The victims were decapitated, had visible signs of torture, and the sicarios left an extensive message which the authorities decided to hide the content.

On the case of the two members of the Mexican Navy executed in the port of Acapulco, the authorities reported that yesterday afternoon, the honest soldiers were shot up in the adjacent area next to the main tourist destination of the state.

The events occurred in the strip considered to be the most violent in the resort.  The navy personnel were identified as José Luis and Casimiro, both 27 years old and assigned to the 8^th Naval Region, located in the neighborhood Icacos on the port of Acapulco.

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Acapulco: Human Remains Left As An Order of Tacos

By: Uriel Sánchez | Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat

Acapulco, Guerrero, September 12, 2016— The mutilated hands of a person were found on a disposable plate on 4^th Street and Mexico Avenue in the neighborhood of Bellavista.

A phone call to the emergency number 066 warned of the finding as police rushed to the scene to verify the information.

Upon arriving at the location, a disposable plate was found with a lid, and under the lid was a pair of hands with radishes, onions, and cilantro, as if it were an order of tacos.

The police cordoned off the area while staff from the Attorney General’s Office of Guerrero conducted the relevant proceedings, to then order the transfer of the human remains to the medical forensic service.

Source: Quadratin 

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Acapulco: Three men gunned down in front of hundreds of tourists

Lucio R. Borderland Beat -thank you Chava for the heads up

The security crisis continues in Acapulco, as three men were killed on Saturday in broad daylight and in front of hundreds of tourists.

According to reports, several armed men arrived at Playa Icacos (beach) at about 1:30 pm and began shooting  a few meters from “ The Golden Zone” of Costera Miguel Alemán in Acapulco port.  The men who were killed in the attack were described as tourist guides.

One was killed at the entrance of the Oceanic 2000 hotel, another near laying on a concrete bench and the third in a sandbar area, by jet ski rentals.

The attack comes on the heels of multiple murders in tourist areas in the past months and 20 days after the pursuit and shootout on the same beach,between federal police and  suspected members of organized crime that caused the closing of the beach for two days.

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Guerrero Journalist Assassinated

By: Ezequiel Flores Contreras | Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat

Journalist Francisco Pacheco Beltrán was assassinated Monday morning in the city of Taxco, in the northern part of the state of Guerrero.

The violent incident occurred around 06:30 hours on Monday, when Pacheco Beltrán left his home, located on Tlalchichilpa Street in the neighborhood 20 de Noviembre, and was attacked by gunmen, according to an official report.

The 55 year old journalist and brother of Eric Pacheco, a correspondent for Proceso in Querétaro, died by the severity of his injuries while being treated by emergency workers in the place where the attack occurred.

Francisco Pacheco was a longtime journalist and had a legacy in the state, he was currently the editor for the newspaper El foro de Taxco and worked as a correspondent for a newspaper that is published in Acapulco as well as a radio station in the capital.

During the early hours of Monday, he was very active in social networks documenting and disseminating the violent events that occurred this weekend in the port of Acapulco, as part of his journalistic work.

The crime of the Taxco journalist registers in a context of extreme violence in the state that has been minimized by the authorities, among them PRI governor Héctor Astudillo Flores, who recently asked reporters to take a pact of silence and not spread news about the reality that Guerrero is suffering through.

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Panic in Acapulco: Two Hours of Shootouts

Mexican soldiers secure a tourist area after gunmen attacked a hotel where federal police stay in Acapulco on April 24, 2016

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By: Ezequiel Flores Contreras | Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat

At least two armed attacks were reported on Sunday night in a similar manner against a hotel where federal agents stay and towards the offices of the federal police (PF).  They unleashed a wave of shootouts in different parts of the port of Acapulco that caused panic and terror amongst citizens.

The shootouts lasted for more than two hours along the main tourist route, along Avenida Costera Miguel Alemán (Coastal Avenue Miguel Alemán), where dozens of people were trapped in shopping centers, stores, and restaurants.

However, the federal police, through its official Twitter account, downplayed the events when they informed at 23:10 hours: “In #Acapulco an incident left an alleged suspect dead.  Situation under control and without danger to citizens”.

Nevertheless, official reports indicate that around 21:53 hours, an armed attack occurred against Hotel Alba Suites, located in the division Las Playas in the traditional area of the port where the federal police is staying.

Then, the uniformed repelled the attack, taking down an alleged suspect and beginning a chase that lasted throughout several streets.

In a similar manner, another armed group attacked the offices of the federal police base located in a building marked with the numbers 125 along the coastal avenue in the golden area of Acapulco.

In both attacks, only one agent was reported with minor injuries and one alleged suspect dead, official reports indicate.

 The shootouts generated by the persecution against the gunmen were reported along the coast which closed traffic at various points, in neighborhoods such as Bocamar, La Laja and Progreso, all located in the heart of the urban area of Acapulco.

The attacks against the federal police and the shootouts registered last night, occur after the arrest of the alleged leader of a faction of the Cártel Independiente de Acapulco (CIDA) (Independent Cartel of Acapulco), Fredy Del Valle Berdel, aka “El Burro”, who was captured Saturday in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur.

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Governor of Guerrero Calls for a “Silent Agreement” To Attract Tourists

Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat

Hector Astudillo Flores, governor of Guerrero, called for “strengthening the response in regards to insecurity” that exists in the state, but the help of “each and every one” is needed, he said, it should “enter a stage where we talk less everyday” to encourage tourism and employment.

Astudillo Flores said that it is necessary to make a “silent agreement”, to speak well of Acapulco, as is what had happened in Zihuatanejo.

“We want them to help us, for people to talk less about the unfortunate circumstances that the state of Guerrero lives through.  I was struck by what someone said the other day in Zihuatanejo: that they were well aware of what they live through, but that they were interested in having tourism and places of employment, and therefore every day in Zihuatanejo, everyone made an agreement of silence to the effect that tourism filled to 100%.  I think that the media play an important role, especially the local ones,” he said.

In the end, he sarcastically commented: “Thanks to all who are dedicated in bringing bad promotion to Acapulco.  Thanks.”

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"El Negro" third in command of BLO, is captured

by Lucio R. Borderland Beat

Diego Armando Añorve Martínez, the chief of assassins for the Beltran Leyva Cartel, has been captured.  He is described by the Federal Police spokesman, Manelich Castilla, said that investigation intelligence revealed that the suspect is  third in command of the cartel.

Añorve Martínez, also known as “El Negro” or “El Chango”, is hailed by the commission of national security (CNS) as an important capture. Arrested along with Añorve Martínez, was Julio César Gallardo Pineda, “El Piporro” ,  and Luis Ángel Hernández Vázquez, alias “El Chamucho”.

Añorve Martínez, was arrested by agents of the Federal Police and the gendarmerie in the port of Acapulco.

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