One day after the tragedy that occurred in the town of San Miguel Totolapan, Guerrero, where armed group killed 20 people, including the mayor of the communitythe atmosphere in the region has completely changed.
Currently the streets look empty, businesses are closed, and residents’ fear is in the airwho witnessed a brutal attack in which militants from the Los Tequilleros criminal group laid siege to the city to shoot their victims.
In the vicinity you can see only elements of the federal and military forces that arrived in the village to ensure security, guards who were absent a few hours ago when the massacre took place.
The only reason the neighbors left their homes was to bury a few people who had died. Even the COVID-19 vaccination campaign planned for these days has been suspended.
Bye, The educational authorities of the region decided to suspend classes in all schools in the municipalityin addition to the cancellation of the employers’ fair, which was held in the city’s main square in honor of San Miguel Arcángel and was due to end in five days.
Although it was known from the first reports that among the victims was the mayor of Totolapan, Conrado Mendoza Almeda, as well as his father, the former president of the municipality, Juan Mendoza Acosta, little by little information about other dead people is spreading.
One of them was a 15-year-old high school student named Eric, who was hit by bullets as he passed City Hall on a scooter.
Martin Cresano, a popsicle vendor, was another victim.. He belonged to the self-defense groups of the San Miguel Totolapan Peace Movement, and this Thursday he was buried in the middle of a caravan made up of his relatives and the state police.
For their part, the population is still scared, and few residents want to talk to the media. “They even left us without authority,” one neighbor commented to El Sol de México newspaper, while another woman assured that nothing like this had ever been seen in the municipality.
Source: La Opinion
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