Cartel gunmen ambushed and killed one of the founding members of a self-defense group made up of villagers who took up arms to fight cartel oppression.
— Guillermo Valencia Mora gained fame after convincing locals to take up arms in 2013 against the Knights Templar and La Familia Michoacana due to the government’s inability to protect the public. Since then, several of the self-defense group leaders started their own criminal organizations and established alliances with either faction of the Sinaloa Cartel or Cartel Jalisco New Generation.
Law enforcement sources consulted by Breitbart Texas revealed that Mora’s murder came after he fell out with leaders of the Los Viagras cartel over a drug production lab that military forces raided last year. Since then, Mora fled La Ruana and survived prior assassination attempts. Mora’s murder comes at a time when Michoacan remains one of the most deadly states in Mexico as various criminal organizations fight for control of drug production and drug trafficking routes into Mexico. In the ongoing fight to control those areas, cartel members used explosives, weaponized drones, and armored vehicles with complete impunity.
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on
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