Bloc group self-defense groups to demand the vigilance of the army

Chilpancingo.- For nearly 24 hours, the self-defense groups of the municipalities of Teloloapan, Cuetzala and Apaxtla, in the northern region of Guerrero, blocked the federal highway Iguala-Tierra Caliente to require that the army take security before the increase of kidnappings in the region.

Saturday at six o'clock in the afternoon, Teloloapan 's self – defense forces and the municipality of Apaxtla blocked all vehicles, with the obligation for the. army to install seals in this area. through municipalities and at the entrance of municipalities to prevent the presence of organized crime.

In recent days, armed civilians have reported several kidnappings and killings in Teloloapan, Apaxtla and Cuetzala. criminal gang The Familia Michoacana at the origin of the increase of violence in the region.

Yesterday morning, a state commission and federal officials arrived at the c He went to talk with the protesters and, initially, they managed to make the blockade intermittent: an hour of closure and about 15 hours of opening. It was until five o'clock in the afternoon when self-defense groups and officials reached an agreement to clear the road.

The spokesman of the Guerrero Coordination Group (GCG), Roberto Álvarez Heredia, explained that it had been agreed to enhance security, in addition to conducting operations to stop the criminal gang that's been in charge. they accuse of being responsible for the violence in the region, and the reactivation of the revision filters at Pachivia, Pochote and Ixcapuzalco of San Martín

"The entry of mixed operations bases (BOM ) of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) was determined to operate with information and intelligence against specific targets in the municipalities of Teloloapan, Ixcapuzalco, Apaxtla and Acapetlahuaya. "

The municipalities of Teloloapan and Apaxtla are located in the northern region and Tierra Caliente, where, according to reports of the authorities, they are present criminal gangs such as La Familia Michoacana, Guerreros Unidos and Los Tequileros.