Morelia, Michoacán.- As if it were Iraq, a bomb squad arrives in Michoacán to deactivate explosive mines in the municipalities of Aguililla and Tepalcatepec, after the entry of the armed forces to Tierra Caliente, a territory that had been kidnapped by the Jalisco Cartel New generation.
The Governor of Michoacán, Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla acknowledged in an interview for Reforma that military personnel inspect the roads in these communities, after the explosion of these devices in Tepalcatepec, where military personnel were injured, and in Aguililla, where a man died and his son was injured.
“There are already detachments in the area, special groups of the Armed Forces, specialists in this type of device, it is personnel from the 43rd Military Zone, which is stationed in Apatzingán, who have these special groups, especially for explosives,” said the leader.
“The first to have contact with one of these artifacts was the Army itself when they traveled through a community from Tepalcatepec to Aguililla, precisely opening the way to communication,” he explained.
Soldiers check inch by inch the lands of the displaced families of Tierra Caliente so that they can return to their homes and plots as safely as possible.
One of the tasks of the military personnel is to locate the removed or disturbed land to, later, notify the army’s anti-bomb unit that has been deployed in Michoacán and, in this way, the population can be put to safety.
To this day, there is no public estimate of the number of mines placed by the CJNG in Tierra Caliente, but it is known that, in the towns of El Naranjo de Chila, El Bejuco, Plaza Vieja, El Cansague and Carapuato they are fields mined.
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The elements that form part of the anti-bomb unit wear a suit that allows them to have the necessary flexibility and freedom of movement in their movements, during search operations and deactivation of explosive devices.
This suit is made up of the following components: jacket with universal and back protection, pants with leg extensions, integrated groin protector, carrying bag, “EOD-9” helmet, cooling system and communication system.
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