Arrests in western Mexico set off destruction in 2 states

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MEXICO CITY -- Drug cartel gunmen burned over two dozen stores and blocked streets with blazing vehicles in western Mexico in a response to a series of arrests of drug cartel figures, authorities said Wednesday. 

Images circulated on social media showed men commandeering cars and buses and setting them on fire late Tuesday in the middle of roadways. Others showed burned out convenience stores.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/arrests-western-mexico-set-off-destruction-states-88199768

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drug-cartel-bosses-arrested-jalisco-mexico-vehicles-businesses-destroyed/

 

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Updates on this.. This time it's coming from across the country and on the border. 

Mexico Flies Troops to Busiest US Border City After Gang Attacks: 

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Hundreds of Mexican military troops were flown into Tijuana on Saturday to beef up street patrols after armed gangs hijacked and burned at least a dozen vehicles in the border city, the latest in a wave of attacks hitting civilians across the country. 

US consulate staff were ordered to shelter in place Friday evening but no one was reported injured in the Tijuana hijackings that snarled traffic across the city and temporarily blocked access to one of the world’s busiest border crossings. Some 350 national guard troops were flown in on Saturday to reinforce thousands of federal troops already in the state of Baja California, daily Reforma reportedon its website. 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-13/mexico-gang-hijackings-rattle-home-of-busiest-us-border-crossing

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Mexican troops sent to border city of Juarez after deadly cartel clash: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/rival-cartels-clash-mexican-border-city-juarez-killing-11-2022-08-12/

 

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