The inhabitants saw their land burn, turned into a real fear zone, as Aguililla is in dispute between criminal groups of "Tierra Caliente".
By Pamela Cruz
The residents of Aguililla, Michoacan, saw their land burn today. Their town has become a real fear zone, because despite the fact that state and local authorities are aware that it is one of the most important areas of dispute between criminal groups in the so-called "Tierra Caliente," its residents have been abandoned to their fate.
According to a reliable and verified source, who has already denounced this situation on Peninsula 360 Press, This Tuesday, the highway that connects the town with the municipality of Apatzingán is literally cut by metal instruments that puncture the tires of the light and heavy vehicles that pass through it. Untenable for them, the residents have expressed their indignation and fear ?because they are not part of the war between cartels?
Just three days ago, they denounced, some land in front of Aguililla burned very close to the Tres Cerritos chapel, an act that was provoked by these groups that seek to dominate the area.
"Today I left Aguililla on my way to Apatzingán and at 8:40 in the morning I found state police officers warning everyone that there were stars with flat tires on the highway, but we don't know why they didn't remove them, which makes me curious if they know they are there," the source said. P360P, who decided to protect his identity in the face of death threats.
During a conversation, he told us that in this stretch of the road there is no authority to support and protect passersby, and that it is the villagers themselves who often risk their lives to remove the tire puncturing devices.
As if that were not enough, our source said that meters ahead of where the metal artifacts were found, state police were removing a trailer that was crossing the road itself.
"Further ahead, past the bridge and the 'terrero', the state police were removing a trailer that the criminal groups had crossed, because that is the daily occurrence. The state police arrive around 8:00 in the morning, and they remove it so they can get through. And they leave around 5:30 or 6:00 in the afternoon," he said.
However, he explained that opposing gangs, presumably those known as "Los Viagras," commit these crimes on the highway at night.
"It's a pity. Nobody does anything. This is what we are going through every day," he concluded.
The inhabitants of this once peaceful area feel totally abandoned by the authorities, who out of fear or perhaps because of collusion do not do their duty. Thus the so-called "Tierra Caliente" of Michoacán, which has Aguililla in dispute between criminal groups.
