Translated by Chuck B Alamada for Borderland Beat from a
ZETA article
Written by Isaí Lara Bermudez (ZETA) Friday, 16 September, 2016
TECATE, BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE-Last Friday evening, someone left a human head on the privately
owned vehicle of a security member of Tecate’s Police Chief, Bartolome Lam
Canto. Along the human head, the perpetrators also left behind a cardboard with
a narco message directed at the Chief of Police. Several Investigative agencies
secured the crime scene while detectives collected evidence.
The human head was left on a brown sedan vehicle which
belongs to one of Chief Bartolome Lam Canto’s security staff members along with
the cardboard which contained threats directed towards all those working with
members of the Sinaloa Cartel. The vehicle was parked in front of the police station at the
time of the incident.
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The green cardboard contained the following message:
“THIS WILL HAPPEN TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE WITH THE
AKILES SISTERS OR RANA HERE THE SKY IS
PEARL.
THE DICK IS HERE, SIT ON IT. CJNG AND CTNG
From what is visible, the message left for Chief Bartolome
Lam Canto and his agency is signed by Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG)
and the Cartel Arrelano Felix, under the acronym of CTNG which stands for
Cartel de Tijuana Nueva Generacion.
Municipal agents have admitted to ZETA that Chief Lam Canto only
has three or four patrol vehicle patrolling the entire city and assigns only a
handful of officers to fixed location.
Just a few weeks ago and a few blocks away from the Chiefs
home, the home of one of his commanders was shot up.With this latest human head found, there have been 38
murders so far this year in the
Magical
Town (Pueblo Magico) and countless
people injured as a result of gunfire.
UPDATE: Saturday, 17 September, 2016
A day after the discovery of a human head left on a vehicle
belonging to one of the security members of Tecate’s Police Chief, Bartolme Lam
Canto, the body to that head was located. The remains were found in a dirt road
southeast of the city. The victim was wearing a blue shirt, jeans, and black
boots. Additionally, the victim had obvious burn marks about his back,
buttocks, and legs which according to investigators, were caused by the perpetrators.
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An investigator told ZETA: “They tried burning the body but
it didn’t catch on fire.”
Unlike the human head where the perpetrators left a
cardboard with a message, authorities did not
find a message with the rest of
the body. Authorities have identified the victim only as Alejandro and
are currently investigating any possible ties with organized crime or links
with the municipal police including any connection with the Chief of Police
since the head was left outside the police station.
The body was found in an isolated location close to the
tunnel in the Valle Verde neighborhood of Tecate.
Quick Fact: Tecate has around 40 square miles and a
population of about 65,000