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Caribbean-Latin America
At Least 60 Mexican Marines Deploy to Durango -- UPDATED
2011-05-19
For a map, click here. For a map of Durango state click here. ilenio is reporting that local social media says at least 200 marine effectives are in the area.

By Chris Covert

As many as 200 Mexican Naval Infantry have been sent to the northern Mexican state of Durango, according to Mexican news accounts.

The fresh marine unit has already set up checkpoints in the state in the Nombre de Dios, Vicente Guerrero and Poanas municipalities, all of which are astride the main road between Zacatecas state to the east and Durango city.

More than 1,000 security forces arrived in the La Laguna region of western Coahuila and eastern Durango last week representing a major buildup of forces on the highway network in that region. The La Laguna region includes the twin cities of Torreon, Coahuila and Gomez Palacio, Durango.
To see the Rantburg report on the Torreon-Gomez Palacio security forces deployment, click here.
The newly arrived forces were deployed following talks last week between Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa and Durango governor Jorge Herrera Caldera. In that meeting Calderon pledged federal assistance in solving the mass murder of 218 individuals exhumed over the last several weeks in Durango city.
To see the last Rantburg report on the Durango, Durango mass graves, click here
According to published reports, exhumations in Durango city are still going on, although no more bodies have been exhumed since last week. Reports also say that some arrests have been made in connection with the murders, but no more information was released.

The Durango mass murders, unlike the recent San Fernando, Tamaulipas massacres, took place over as many as four years, and may have been the result of ongoing normal Mexican organized crime operations in the city, such as kidnapping and extortion.
To see the last Rantburg report on the San Fernando, Tamaulipas mass graves, click here. To read an in depth report on security issues springing from the San Fernando massacres, click here
In related news, a total of 13 individuals were found murdered in Durango city.
  • Nine unidentified men were found murdered in a bullring in Durango city last Sunday morning. The victims were stacked near the entrance booth of the Alexandra bullring on calle Lorenzo Garzain the San Ignacio colony. All nine victims were nude and appeared to have been strangled.

  • Four unidentified men were found dead in a garbage dump in southern Durango city early Tuesday morning. The victims were blindfolded and bound by the foot, and dumped near on Prolongacion Primo de Verdad. No cause of death was reported.

  • A Mexican Army unit had a brief exchange of gunfire with armed suspects in Durango city early Tuesday morning. The army unit attempted to stop a Volkswagen sedan on calle Río Lerma in the Valle del Sur colony when they were fired on by the vehicle's occupants. José Luis Cassio Valles, 38, had been shot to death, while Pedro Mancinas Corral, 34, was wounded and taken into custody. It is unclear in reports if the suspects were shot by army return fire.
Posted by:badanov

#1  Not a word from the "International Community" about "Crimes against humanity" and all that other crap.

It's hard for cops in Mexico - good for them.
Posted by: newc   2011-05-19 00:49  

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