Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat
Dozens of citizens and
neighbors of the municipality of Nochistlán de Mejía, located at 224 kilometers
south of the capital of Zacatecas reported on a violent shootout through
various social networks that lasted for several hours during the early hours of
Wednesday without the authorities having so far issued an official
communication in regards to the incident.
Various videos and
messages of the citizenship recorded the events where strong machinegun bursts can
be heard throughout various parts of the area where the presence of armed
groups in the area has been denounced.
The “magical town” of Nochistlán
has been a disputed area of alleged members of organized crime who are fighting
for the drug trafficking corridor bordering both the north and northwest with
the municipality of Jalapa, south with Yahualica in Jalisco, to the east with Apulco,
to the west of the municipalities of Juchipila and Apozol, to the north and
northeast with Teocaltiche in Jalisco and finally to the south bordering with
the municipality of Mezticacán, also located in Jalisco.
Neighbors of the area
alerted on the presence of trucks with armed men on board moving throughout
highways and roads as well as in the urban area of Nochistlán.
Source: ZHN
“Video 2: Shootout some
moments ago in Nochistlán, the
following video shows the northern outskirts of the municipality as the two
convoys of armed subjects attacked each other.”
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