Goods to stock store shelves and medical care frequently dont arrive for fear of cartel roadblocks. Everyone ran from beach and swimming pools. Patrns death comes after increased violence in Nayarit that has seen several killings in the area. By 2010, Tepic had a murder rate of 229 for every 100,000 inhabitants, and was ranked the thirteenth most dangerous city in the world. Residents said he had been helping them get electricity back after an armed group cut the power to some ranches. Ultimately, Veytias incomplete attempt to deliver the state directly into the hands of the CJNG unleashed a new wave of local violence. The dramatic shooting attack sent tourists scrambling for cover at the resort of Puerto Morelos, just south of Cancun. Jose Garcia works at the taxi stand out front, hailing cabs and helping people with their shopping bags. In August 2019, just a month before Veytias final sentencing, an indictment was filed in the same Court of the, Cienfuegos surprise detention, and even more unexpected release, is emblematic of the deeply. This was the shooting in Tepic, Nayarit, which left people dead and Known to many in Nayarit as El Diablo or La Bestia, Veytia was described by witnesses to his abuses as the military arm of Sandovals governorship, using the Polica Nayaritthe black-uniformed, balaclava-clad paramilitary police he set up as the states main anti-cartel forceas his own personal army. In June, two men were shot to death on the beach in Tulum and a third was wounded. hide caption. Durazo did not initially specify whether authorities arrested Guzmn or let him go. "With the goal of safeguarding the well-being and tranquility of Culiacn society, officials in the security Cabinet decided to suspend the actions," he said. "About 15 people arrived on the beach to assassinate two men who had showed up saying they were the new dealers in the area," the head prosecutor of Quintana Roo state, Oscar Montes de Oca, told the Radio Formula station. Valparasos mayor could not confirm or deny figures given by some residents that were double that. But this fall, the arrest of Mexicos former secretary of defense, General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, dragged this small and unassuming state into the spotlight. During the two years that attorney general Herrera Valle spent as the security chief, an estimated 1,500 killings were linked to the states new drug war, as well as close to another 1,400 disappearances. Toronto Star articles, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com, Conversations are opinions of our readers and are subject to the, The Toronto Star and thestar.com, each property of Toronto Star This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. In less than eight years, he went from self-proclaimed rags to being one of Nayarits richest men, or, to use a measure more in keeping with his cowboy image, from having two horses, [to], State attorney general Veytia was the man who made good on Sandovals promises to halt the killing in Nayarit: the sheriff to the governors cowboy. And he said to give up in the drug war would be to abandon Mexico and leave it in the hands of organized criminals. Montes de Oca said one of the men targeted in the attack fled into one of the hotels before dying. There was panic, said a 21-year-old man, the oldest of five siblings. He was the very image of a Mexican lawman, with a round, jowly face and thick mustache, a pistol shoved into his belt. Comments are moderated, refer to policy for more information.Enva fotos, vdeos, notas, enlaces o informacin Todo 100% Annimo;borderlandbeat@gmail.com. That Edgar Veytia was eventually arrested, tried and convicted for his part in this story, and that an arrest warrant has since been issued for Roberto Sandoval, is somewhat heartening. After a two-year trial, Judge Carol Amon found him guilty on these charges on 26 September 2019 and sentenced him to 20 years prison. He says everyone dropped to the floor for cover, and eventually the staff herded all the customers into the kitchen. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. MEXICO CITY A commando of drug gang gunmen on Thursday stormed ashore at a beach on Mexico's resort-studded Caribbean coast in front of luxury hotels and executed two drug dealers from a rival gang. If someone doesnt stop, they open fire. Cartel del Golfo The Gulf Cartel and Cartel del Noreste known as Los Zetas by many people, Jones told Fox. If this was the case, we can only imagine what Veytia who thanked Sandoval for his intercession with a gift of Spanish horses worth a million dollars and 300 hectares of recently-seized peasant lands gave to the Secretary of Defense in exchange for his support. The lack of control that the country is Videos posted to social media show multiple gunmen shooting down major thoroughfares. There have been signs that the situation in Quintana Roo state, where all the resorts are located, was out of control months ago. The public safety department in Zacatecas state said the policemens bodies were found Wednesday morning in the state capital, also known as Zacatecas. Further inland is Tepic, the states slightly gritty capital of 330,000, located in an altiplano zone of cane fields and coffee orchards towered over by huge volcanoes. The gun battle went on for at least 20 minutes. We can imagine that if Cienfuegos may well have backed Sandoval, making his pleas that much more persuasive. Smoke from burning cars rises in Culiacn, Mexico, on Thursday, after an intense gunfight between security forces and gunmen linked to the Sinaloa drug cartel. Mexico Beltrn-Leyva Organization - Wikipedia In these times, These kind of filth will will only end when EL PUEBLO (THE PEOPLE) stand up. There were children," Ramirez says. From the US Fentanyl Boom to the Mexican. Bernandino Hernandez/AP The installed checkpoint stops vehicles at random and performs preventive checks on their occupants at the Boca de Tomates bridge crossing. presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution While some of the victims of Veytia and Sandovals reign of terror have recently been able to come forward with their stories of kidnappings, disappearances, and torture, such truth telling is cold comfort to those who have been affected by the even deadlier violence that has wracked Nayarit in the years since Veytias detention in the United States. According to the national newspaper El Universal, 96 people were killed on Monday alone, the highest daily death toll since Calderon declared war on the cartels in December 2006. The other was killed on the beach. Goodness me, why people killed each other in world. The operation was a joint effort between Veytias police forces and the Navy, a surprising partnership given previous events. Armed kids shine light on Mexico's drug cartel violence 06:40. Drug-related violence is happening all across Mexico. The shootout left eight presumed drug cartel members and one policeman dead. If Sinaloans dominated the higher echelons of the Nayarits drug trade, from the 1980s growing numbers of Nayarit natives also began to move from drug production into the more profitable business of trafficking. WebThe killings in Zacatecas came one day after prosecutors in Mexicos most violent state, Guanajuato, reported seven men were shot to death at a mechanics shop. Zacatecas had it then too as cartels battled for control, but it was overshadowed. This illicit trade was dominated by Sinaloans, although in many cases they operated from Guadalajara, the state capital of Jalisco. Mexico's security secretary, Alfonso Durazo, said the fighting began when about 30 National Guard and army troops patrolling the city were fired on from a house occupied by Ovidio Guzmn Lpez, who is wanted in the U.S. on drug trafficking charges. From having the second-lowest crime rate in Mexico during the first two months of 2017, Nayarit was soon the setting for public shoot-outs between Beltrn Leyva remnants and the invading CJNG, the latter now backed by Veytias successor as state attorney general, Javier Herrera Valle. "The governor is making sure that none of the bullets hit any of the students," Perez says, by basically sending children on summer vacation three weeks early. Finally, Mexicos largest mountain range, the Sierra Madre Occidental, completely dominates the western third of the state. Theres no cellular coverage and just two phone booths, isolation that adds to the uncertainty. Mexican marines run down a street after a gun battle erupted Wednesday in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico. Now Zacatecans, including in the state capital of the same name, have awoken on several occasions to corpses dangling from overpasses. An employee who answered the phone at the hotel said the shooting occurred on the beach near the facility. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Gov. Sam Quinones. Zacatecas 746 murders in the first half of the year, compared to 1,065 for all of 2020, give it the highest murder rate per 100,000 residents in the country through June, according to the Mexican government. All of these activities were overseen by his chief ally and enforcer, Edgar Veytia: the same man charged with the local prosecution of the Mexican states war on the drug cartels., State attorney general Veytia was the man who made good on Sandovals promises to halt the killing in Nayarit: the sheriff to the governors cowboy. WebOn April 22, 2010, cartel lieutenant Gerardo Alvarez-Vazquez was captured on the outskirts of Mexico City; the U.S. had been offering a $2 million U.S. bounty for his arrest. pic.twitter.com/sLXtMeUTHk. It was this indictment that led to the Cienfuegos arrest in the United States and revealed his place in the Nayarit corruption story. Two paramedics carrying a woman in an ambulance from neighboring Jalisco state to a hospital were killed a few days before passing through Valparaso. Nayarit and the Making of a Narco State - Mexico Violence In the third mass homicide to jolt Mexico in less than one week at least 15 people were killed in In recent months, the Jalisco cartel kidnapped several members of an elite state police force, tortured them to obtain names and addresses of fellow officers and began hunting down and killing police at their homes, on their days off, in front of their families. The strategies that the Mexican government has implemented over the last 15 years have not worked, he said. Country Summary: Violent crime such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery is widespread and common in Mexico. Puerto Vallarta and Nayarit on alert after army kills cartel leader For the first time in years, the drug trade in Nayarit received global media attention. Up until May 2019, 130 of the latter had been found buried in 29 mass graves.