Blockades and burning of cars are reported in Celaya, Guanajuato; firefighter was killed

Blockades and burning of vehicles in the Celaya-Juventino Rosas highway in Guanajuato They caused the mobilization of the authorities because armed men and clashes were reported in the area during the afternoon of January 7.

Preliminary reports indicate that it was a firefighter attacked in the area and after said attack he died. Members of the National Guard went to the area and in photographs shared on social networks you can see at least one car on fire.

While in other recordings, apparently recorded by drivers passing by the site, it is possible to see a Cargo vehicle also catching fire.

Regarding the murdered firefighter, reporter Avelina Guevara of the media Millennium He explained that the man received at least three bullet holes in the chest when he responded to the report of a fire. After the attack, the man received medical attention but died in the hospital.

Apparently the blockades were recorded in seven points of Guanajuatoleaving several vehicles on fire in different parts of the entity.

For their part, local media reports indicated that the violent actions in the entity would be a consequence of the detention of an alleged criminal leader in the area and who would operate in the Laja-Bajío region, as detailed The mail. However, on the social networks of the Guanajuato Public Security Secretariat the most recent report is from January 6 about the arrest of 10 subjects with drugs and vehicles.

“The Tactical Operational Group (#GTO) of the @FSPE_Gto, detained 10 people in possession of more than 600 doses of glass and marijuanaas well as the seizure of four vehicles,” the authorities wrote yesterday afternoon.

Unconfirmed reports indicated that the subject who was captured could be a leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, a criminal organization that operates in the entity. However, these data have not been corroborated.

Given this situation, the journalist specialized in security issues, Óscar Balderas, pointed out that the blockades carried out could point to the way the aforementioned cartel operates.

Although the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel is a criminal structure with a presence in Guanajuato, at the beginning of the year a badge attributed to the Scorpion Group of Gulf Cartel. This faction allegedly announced its operations in Celaya, Guanajuato. “Win or die”, appears on the badge along with the image of a scorpion.

It should be remembered that the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel would be responsible for the massacre of several people who were in an inn in Salvatierra last December. The report from the authorities did not indicate a specific group but did assure that it operates in the region.

In total they were murdered 11 people young people in the ex-hacienda of San José del Carmen, a site that hill its doors after the crime.

“At the scene of the events, various ballistic elements were collected that correspond to seven firearmswhich have been proven to have been used to commit other facts criminals events that occurred in the region,” detailed regional prosecutor Navigio Agustín Gallardo on Tuesday, December 19.

In addition, at least until 2022 military reports identified that various criminal groups such as the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), the aforementioned Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, the Sinaloa Cartel and later the Gulf Cartel.