MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's government sent over 1,500 security officials including National Guard, army and police to the south of the country on ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSMEXICO CITY - Mexico's government sent over 1,500 security officials including National Guard, army and police to the south of the country on Monday in a bid to shore up security in an area under increasing pressure from organized crime.
It comes after a video on social media went viral over the weekend purportedly showing a convoy of armed drug cartel members in Frontera Comalapa being applauded by local residents as they drove to"liberate" the town from a rival cartel.Some local reporters said residents were forced to applaud. "Support bases may exist in some parts of the country... but it's not a general issue," he said."It's a matter very limited to a region and the National Guard is already being deployed."
Nevertheless, official data show that in the first eight months of 2023, murders in the state bordering Guatemala rose by 16% to 348 from 300 in the same period a year earlier.
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