Gunmen attack family in Tamaulipas, grandfather and grandson killed
“MX” for Borderland Beat
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| Mexican Army personnel arrive at the scene in Miguel Aleman Municipality |
The narco-war in La Frontera Chica, a border region in Tamaulipas, left two people dead on Tuesday evening. In the rural community of Los Guerra in Miguel Aleman Municipality, gunmen attacked a family that was driving through a road.
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| Paramedics arrive at the scene to attend the wounded |
The mayor condemned the attack and asked Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to help bring peace to the area. He also condemned the organized crime groups that operate in La Frontera Chica. Since Monday evening, Miguel Aleman Municipality and the other towns in La Frontera Chica had multiple shootouts between rival drug cartels, as reported by several Twitter users in the area.
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| The municipalities of Guerrero, Mier, Miguel Aleman, Camargo and Diaz Ordaz make up “La Frontera Chica” |
The CDG commander in the area is Cesar Morfin Morfin (“El Primito”). There are rumors that El Primito has changed several plaza bosses in the area in efforts to push the CDN out of La Frontera Chica. A lot of the info about Miguel Aleman can be found in the Facebook group named “Los Bloqueados de Miguel Aleman 2”, where users often post the latest updates in the area and rumors about the CDG/CDN.
In early June, Borderland Beat reported that at least 25 gunmen were killed in a rival cartel shootout in La Frontera Chica. A week later, five people (including two minors) were abducted from their homes during the night by unknown assailants.