Zacatecas.- One person displaced by drug violence in JerezZacatecas, narrated that during the return he made to his community to collect his things, accompanied by the army, he was able to see the houses looted, vandalized and even shot.
elements of the Secretary of National Defensebetter known as members of the Mexican Army, accompanied dozens of displaced people to the communities of Cieneguitas de Fernández and Guadalupe Victorialocated in the municipality of Jerez, Zacatecasso they could take their things.
The soldiers accompanied the displaced to their homes, escorted by a helicopter. The residents had a few hours to collect their belongings, which were transferred in trucks and trailers.
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“The inhabitants of Cieneguitas and Guadalupe Victoria also had to be accompanied by the Army, even a helicopter it had to be necessary, since they are ranches that are very close to the mountains, it is easier for criminals to hide there, we entered the ranch with a lot of fear, even that we can say that we returned safely,” said one of the displaced went to pick up your stuff in rural Zacatecas.
“You appreciate how the houses completely looted, vandalizedin another thing it is seen very clearly shotso these communities are like that,” added the displaced person.
He announced that for next Monday the accompaniment of the Army to two other communities is scheduled.
“It is the only help that the authorities offer us, nothing more. If we return to our homes, for now, we do not see any close date, rather it will take more time than one can imagine, I can see, rather all this year, so that we can return to our normal life within what is possible”, reproached the displaced inhabitant in Zacatecas.
On February 20, the first exodus was recorded due to the drug violence that plagues Zacatecas, an entity governed by David Monreal.
Then, the Army escorted residents of the community of Las Palmas Altas, in Jerez, to recover their belongings. “The support they gave was stupid, it was to go get belongings, they gave us six hours to pack a life,” claimed one of the inhabitants on that occasion.
Two days later, the forced displacement of the livestock community of the Municipality of Valparaíso was reported, due to the constant acts of violence reported in the region.
Just on March 4, Moreno Governor David Monreal said that not even Barack Obama had the answer as to when the displaced will return to their homes,
Federal authorities report that in Zacatecas there is a dispute between the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation Cartels.
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