Tepalcatepec, Michoacán. – Again there are reports of drone strikes on the border of Tepalcatepec and Coalcomán, in the community of Pinolapa, allegedly the attack would be coming from the criminal group known as the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.Although the events were recorded during the morning of this Tuesday, according to the information provided by Vigilante Neighbors Uruapan, it was from the night of this Monday that in different groups of reports , informed the population to stay in their homes, because there was alert to possible attacks.
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“To the inhabitants of Tepalcatepec, we ask to shelter in their homes, as there is maximum alert to a possible armed attack. God protect all the brave people who defend our people,” the City Participation Council of Tepalcatepec shared in a post.Read more: Man gets intoxicated with agrochemicals, dies in the emergency room of the hospital in Escuinapa In one of the videos circulating on the Internet, you can see how the person who records is in a mountainous area, where shots are heard , in addition to noting that drone strikes have been reported and naming the population in which they are located.
“Pinolapa, here it is in Pinolapa […] Here we are in Pinolapa, a drone match,” says the person who is recording the moment when shots are heard in the distance. According to local media, villagers in the Hot Land area reported that unmanned artifacts were loaded with explosives known as C4 and fragmentation grenades. According to the accounts of the villagers, the armed group attempted to enter the community around 10:00 in the morning, in the border area between Tepalcatepec and Coalcomán, also point out that the convoy would have mobilized in the mountainous part, however, the inhabitants would have repelled the aggression.
Warn about alleged attacks in Telpacatepec
The balance of this new attack is unknown, but locals said they have already given the security authorities part to support them. On April 19, another criminal cell used the same method to assault Michoacán Police personnel in the municipality of Aguililla, where two officers were injured by the attack. Although this was not the only such attack that has been recorded in the entity, at a briefing by the holder of the Michoacán Public Security Secretariat (SSP), Israel Patrón Reyes reported that these attacks could be considered terrorism, due to the type of weapons used to generate them.
VIDEO: New CJNG attack reported with drones lined up on Tepalcatepec and Coalcomán boundaries
