Operation Bastión Launched Against La Familia Michoacana In The State of Mexico

"Enojon", "Char", "Pernicious Propaganda", "Halipon", "Hearst", "Itzli"  for Borderland Beat

Photograph By: The State of Mexico Attorney General’s Office (Compilation of properties seized during Operación Bastión)

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Kidnapped Man Escapes Before Captors Could Kill Him and Leave Narco Message in Nicolás Romero, State of Mexico

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat

Authors note: Graphic photo of a body a the end of this article.

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A man managed to escape his captors after being kidnapped on July 28th in Nicolás Romero, State of Mexico. Inside his vehicle, which was abandoned by the gangsters, was a narco message to be left next to his corpse after they planned on killing him. 

The same group, La Nueva Alianza, formed by an alliance between the Unión Tepito and the CJNG is responsible for many killings and kidnappings in the region.

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