Tabasco, Mexico.- Violence was reactivated this Thursday in Tabasco with the burning of several businesses and vehicles, in addition to a series of shootings in different parts of Villahermosa, state sources reported.
Tabasco authorities admitted the facts and asked to make it known that the outbreaks of violence respond to government actions.
“State and federal forces carry out coordinated operations by land and air, with the @SSPCTabasco helicopter, to preserve order in the face of acts of violence recorded in Villahermosa, which respond to recent acts of authority carried out. “The population is asked to preserve calm and report anonymously to 089 any indication that contributes to finding those responsible for these crimes,” reported Fernando Vázquez, spokesperson for the Government of the State of Tabasco.
Even a State Police patrol was attacked with gunfire, leaving two officers injured.
“The population is informed that a unit of the State Police was attacked with bullet wounds while guarding a secured property in the vicinity of Villa Parrilla, Center; two elements suffered minor injuries. An immediate operation was mounted in the area and The actions of authority continue to give peace and security to the population,” admitted Vázquez. Separately, emergency services reported at least three fires in establishments, in addition to three vehicles on fire, fire personnel told Grupo Reforma. Most of the attacks were carried out with the use of gasoline bottles. The attacks and the general fear of new attacks also caused the closure of stores. “There is everything, stores, groceries, shops, those that sell wholesale, restaurants, they all lowered their curtains,” said a Vulcan. Medical services also report people with nervous breakdowns after the shootings reported in the central area of the state capital. According to reports, at least two vehicles were set on fire on the La Sierra Bridge, on the borders of Villahermosa and Jalapa. In addition, another was burned on the Villahermosa-Nacajuca highway, between the El Dorado subdivision and Saloya. Regarding the burned businesses, a grocery store was reported in the Colonia Gaviotas Norte and another in Gaviotas Sur. Also the parking lot of a commercial establishment in Ruiz Cortines, in Casa Blanca. In Nacajuca, police found several handmade ponchallantas on the road to avoid the passage of authorities. So far no injuries have been reported. On October 3, at least two convenience stores were attacked and several cars set on fire in Villahermosa. Among the first events recorded is the attack on the “Súper Sánchez” grocery store, located in the San José Sector, in the Gaviotas Sur Colony, where two men entered with gasoline bottles and started a fire when there were still workers and customers in the place. , according to the first reports. “Given the accident that occurred in a grocery store in the Gaviotas Sur Colony of Villahermosa, elements of the SSPC Tabasco maintain police mobilization to normalize activities in the area,” said the general coordinator of Social Communication and Spokesperson for the Government of Tabasco, Fernando, on social networks. Vazquez. “Activities in the rest of the city are proceeding without incident,” he added. However, another store of the same chain, located in the Colonia Atasta de Serra, at the intersection of Melchor Ocampo and Simón Sarlat streets, was also doused with gasoline by alleged criminals, but in this case the workers managed to put out the fire. Likewise, Civil Protection reported on the burning of two vehicles in the Tierra Colorada and Gaviotas Norte neighborhoods. Later, the state government spokesperson confirmed that what happened also “responded to recent acts of authority,” in reference to the arrest of two people in the Gaviotas Norte Colony, as local reports noted. The violence broke out in Tabasco a few days after Javier May took the reins of the entity as governor, and after on September 18 Villahermosa was hit by a wave of simultaneous assaults on businesses and theft from account holders, in addition to fires and vehicle theft. Due to what happened that day, schools and businesses suspended work, while residents took shelter in their homes.
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