Five years ago, the CJNG ambushed the national police in one of the boldest attacks seen in Mexico
Note: This post includes excerpts from the Wikipedia page of the 2015 Ocotlán ambush, which was published by “MX” in November 2017. It includes over 140 sources gathered by “MX” in both Spanish and English.
The five police officers killed in the ambush |
According to police reports, as the PF convoy pulled up next to a parked vehicle, gunmen shot at them from the vehicle and from rooftops. The police attempted to shield themselves using their patrol cars, but reinforcements from the CJNG arrived at the scene and overwhelmed them. The shootout lasted between thirty minutes to two hours before the CJNG fled the scene. It was later confirmed that multiple officers from the Ocotlán Municipal Police force participated in the ambush alongside CJNG members.
The attack was one of the deadliest incidents against security forces during the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto, and the first and deadliest against the National Gendarmerie, at that time the newest police force in Mexico, in the ongoing Mexican Drug War. The motives behind the ambush remain unclear, but many have been proposed, including one that suggests that the gunmen ambushed the police to protect their leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (alias “El Mencho”), who was reportedly in the vicinity.
National Gendarmerie logo |
Since late November 2014, around 300 National Gendarmerie officials had been stationed in Ocotlán to safeguard the borders of Jalisco–Michoacán and Jalisco–Guanajuato, and prevent the incursion of the Knights Templar Cartel, a Michoacán-based criminal group and a rival gang to the CJNG. They conducted patrols after there were reports of cargo theft in the region.
Weeks prior to the ambush, law enforcement officers carried out several covert operations in Ocotlán and the entire Ciénega area. According to intelligence reports, they had information that the suspected CJNG leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (alias “El Mencho”), was in the area. On the day of the attack, the police reportedly had information that El Mencho was in a meeting in Oxnard street, in the neighborhood where the attack occurred.
Ambush and shootout
Blood stains in the street where the ambush took place |
In total around 40 CJNG gunmen participated in the attack. The shootout lasted between thirty minutes and two hours. It extended to nearby streets as the gunmen continued to fire their weapons while attempting the flee the scene.
Policemen guarding the scene after the ambush |
Eleven people were killed in the attack: five of them were officers from the National Gendarmerie; four were from the CJNG; and two were civilian bystanders who were killed in the crossfire. Five officers were wounded, though only one of them was reportedly in a serious condition; all of them were hospitalized.
Reactions and crackdowns
The Mexican Army patrolling the neighborhood after the ambush |
Ocotlan (in green) within Jalisco state |
Two years after the ambush, Ocotlán mayor Hernández Zague stated Ocotlán was still working to recover from the attack. “We are undertaking corrective and preventative measures to change what we once saw in Ocotlán”, the mayor said. “But this change does not happen overnight. It is a long process.”
Source: http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2020/03/five-years-ago-cjng-ambushed-national.html
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