Mexican cartel threatens death of President López Obrador

The cartel of Santa Rosa de Lima has threatened to attack the house of the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, by means of a banner placed in the city of Celaya, in the state of Guanajuato, because of the actions of the government against organized crime committed in this city. State of the center of the country.

The threats are related to the operations launched by the Mexican government against fuel theft organizations (huachicol) in the country.

"You continue to convict more innocent police officers the next time the gift that I sent to the refinery will go to Cuitláhuac # 90 at Colonia Toriello Guerra in Tlalpan," said the banner signed by "Mr. Marro" and broadcast by the media Reforma and El Universal newspapers. The address coincides with that of the president, his wife Beatriz Gutiérrez and his youngest son.

"You saw that I was involved in the Northern delegation, with your bading police and if you make me fall from my people, I'll blow you up twice and for every person you bad, two d & # 39; 39, between you will pay for that, "referring to the outbreak on Thursday in the northern command of the Celaya municipal police to try to rescue a detainee identified as Armando Soto" El Triste ".

A 911 call alerted the municipal police about the appearance of the message, located on Adolfo López Mateos Boulevard and Manuel Hidalgo Avenue, in Celaya. Police removed the poster and handed it to the prosecutor's office, according to the newspaper El Universal.

According to the municipal authorities, the agreement ordered by José Antonio Yépez "El Marro" also warns that violence in the state will continue in the presence of soldiers and sailors.

Last Thursday, this municipality experienced a day of violence after an armed group placed a command in search of an inmate and murdered a judge instead.

The result of this shooting and the persecution that followed was the death of four people.

This is not the first time that the criminal organization sends an intimidating message to the president. On 31 January, on a bridge near the Mazda car factory, on the Salamanca-Irapuato highway, a cover was discovered in which the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel threatened the president with death.

Since March 4, the Navy and the Federal Police have launched Operation Golpe de Timón in Santa Rosa de Lima against the cartel related to fuel theft in this city.

This criminal organization, explain the authorities, is the reason why homicides have multiplied in Guanajuato during the last months. And although authorities have badured that they were about to catch "El Marro", the truth is that he is still free and that he is the author of this new threat against López Obrador.