They placed banners against La Familia Michoacana in the municipalities of Guerrero

On the morning of this Saturday, April 15, several banners appeared against the criminal group known as The Michoacan family in at least seven municipalities in the state of Guerrero.

“All united against The Michoacan family“, can we read in the texts of the banners that have been placed in the municipalities of Chilpancingo, Tlapa, Iguala, Juan R. Escudero, Atoyac, San Jerónimo and Tecpan de Galeana. In another part of the message, he states that he is “fed up with kidnappings, extortion and charges for an apartment. Att. Guerrero Federation.

The Michoacan family strengthened its presence in Guerrero months, forcing some residents to leave their communities. The Guerrero Federation banners were removed by authorities soon after they appeared.

At the beginning of April this year, it was announced that due to constant threats from this criminal group, about 34 families in the city of San Antonio de las Tejas in the municipality of Catalan coyucain the mountains of Guerrerothey left their place of residence to safeguard their integrity.

The threats began in early March, when a commando armed with The Michoacan family He arrived in the city and started threatening its inhabitants.

According to reports of these threats, they were approximately 200 people of all ages —between older adults and minors— who left their homes in trucks and mountain bikes to go to the municipal headquarters of Tecpan de Galeana.

The intention of the inhabitants was to shelter temporarily from the threats of hired killers, while in San Antonio de las Tejas only four families remained.

Jovany Cortéz, municipal commissioner of Catalan coyuca sent a letter on March 23 to the local authorities to demand security in the demarcation, as well as the installation of a military base.

In the text it is stated that the inhabitants have no connection with a criminal group and are peasants who are dedicated to agriculture and livestock, in addition to having social programs such as “Sowing Life”for which they grow avocados, apples and peach trees.

“On March 7, 2023, there was an attack on our city by unknown people and they also asked us to leave the place in three days. Since then, we have received constant threats and drone surveillance (…) We believe that what they intend to do to us, by depriving us of our heritage, is an injustice,” the document reads.

The threats were allegedly made by alleged members of The Michoacan family. Residents claimed to have “documented evidence of requests made to the institutions responsible for providing security with little or no positive response”.

Because of these events and in the face of threats, dozens of families have decided to leave their homes. to land, crops there animals to protect his life.

These threats could stem from the death of Orbelín Hernández Peñaloza, alias The bigoccurred on March 20, subject identified as suspected square pattern of The Michoacan family In Catalan coyuca and in Ciudad Altamirano, who was killed in a clash with members of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) in Guerrero.

The facts happened after members of the Mexican military were attacked by potential members of La Familia Michoacana, resulting in the two soldiers dead and five suspected assassins killed, two of the dead were children of Orbelin Hernandez.

After the confrontation, the elements of the sedena They found four guns for the exclusive use of type authorities R-15a sidearm, various magazines, cartridges, two frag grenadesof the Vehicles individuals and two vans double cabin.