This Thursday morning, families from the municipality of Frontera Comalapa fled their homes due to clashes between members of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), who are fighting for control of this border between Mexico and Guatemala.
Since the close of Wednesday, attacks have been concentrated between organized crime groups and according to the testimonies of people who managed to escape, armed men have entered houses to make young people participate in their exercises, under the threat that if they do not. they will be killed.
Faced with the attacks of local residents, the residents of the municipal seat of Frontera Comalapa tried to demonstrate in a place that “la pen”, which it shares with the municipality, to ask the authorities of the federal government to come to the place. an attack on the civilian population.
But they were forced to withdraw. All businesses are closed. Residents of Lajerio, Candelaria, 24 de Febrero, Nueva Libertad communities, among others, asked for help by telephone after Wednesday, because members of organized crime entered some houses to arrest young people.
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This Thursday morning, clashes and abductions of people continued, because of which some families decided to escape. The way he could take them out of the area was blocked because he was also trained in the zone.
Members of these groups leave behind stories on some fences and walls, distinguishing themselves from the CJNJ, and consider menacing men from the Sinaloa Cartel.
The battle also extended to the borders between Chiapas and Veracruz, where at kilometer 150 of the road to Las Choapas they burned six and then fought. The collision extended to 188 kilometers, so this Thursday the road was closed for five hours, according to Caminos y Puentes Federales (CAPUFE) through its arch accounts.
Residents of the municipalities of Mazapa de Madero and Amatenango de la Frontera also reported that crime groups burned trucks to block the road, and posted banners with threatening messages.
The dispute between organized crime groups over the border control of the region and other regions of Chiapas grew after mid-2021. In the period between 2022 and only in 2023, at least 57 people have disappeared from the municipal borders, some of them will be arrested. authorities who announced the presence and impact of cartels in the area.
