New battle between Military and CJNG leaves 5 dead

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article

[ Subject Matter: Cartel Jalisco Neuva Generacion
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Reporter: Felipe Cobian
Guadalajara: In an alleged confrontation between the Military and civilians occurred this morning in the town of Ameca, less than 90 kilometers from the Jalisco Capital City, it left five dead members of the CJNG, according to primary reports.

An operation carried out at 7am today in the Village of San Antonio Matute, killed”El duende” whose true name is Juan Carlos Marquez Perez, alleged Plaza Boss in the Valles region, operating out of Ameca.

San Antonio Matute is a small village located approximately 75 kilometers from Guadalajara, alongside the highway, where the Secretary of National Defence received various requests of support for Infantry and armored vehicles, according to the primary reports.

On this same route, but between San Sebastian del Oeste and Puerto Vallarta, was the place where 15 State Police were ambushed and killed and 5 more injured on 6th of April this year.

Less than a month after, in Villa Purificacion, on the States South coast, the same Cartel attacked helicopters of Mexican Air Force when elements of the Special forces were trying to capture the capo Nemesio Oseguera “El Mencho”.

In that attack, the alleged narco traffickers brought down a Cougar Helicopter with members of a special assault team inside. More than a dozen elements of the Federal Police and the Army were killed. Unofficial tallies put the total number of dead at 43 people.

(Otis: Zetatijuana are also running this story with the same information though they do say that his other nickname is “El Tecolote”, and that he has been identified by SEIDO as a trusted man of “El Mencho”, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.

Original article in Spanish at Proceso