Chaos in Mexico: the National Guard intervenes for the explosion of cartel violence
From the border town of Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas, the presence of National Guard troops in the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur has increased following the outbreak of cartel violence over the weekend.
At least 350 National Guard troops were urgently deployed to the region on Saturday as cartels hijacked and burned vehicles and left the border town of Tijuana in utter chaos.
Tijuana Mexico people told to shelter in place due to violence on the street and burning of vehicles pic.twitter.com/XbikzxaLae
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Late Friday evening, the US Consulate in Tijuana advised all US government employees to take refuge in their homes and not leave until further notice due to escalating violence. At one point during the weekend, the busiest border crossing in the United States was blocked by burning vehicles.
Fox News reported that the Jalisco Nueva Generation cartel threatened anyone in Baja California with violence over the weekend:
“ You are warned. From Friday at 22.00 until Sunday at 3.00 we will create mass chaos so that the government liberates our people. We are the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, we do not want to harm good people but it is better that they do not go out, we will attack anyone we see on the street in these days ”.
Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero immediately responded to the cartel's message and said:
“ We will not allow a single citizen of Tijuana to pay the consequences of those who have not paid for their sins . We ask you to make those in debt pay, not families and working citizens “.
The mayor said "the problem is serious" and that some 3,000 federal troops have tried to keep the peace in the northern state. He added that no one was seriously injured as the cartels tried to create as much chaos as possible.
The question remains whether Baja California is back to normal after a weekend of cartel violence or whether it will continue throughout the week. The northern part of Mexico has long been in chaos due to the overwhelming power of the drug cartels.
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