Mexico news: 2 Police Officers Killed in Guanajuato, Most Dangerous State for Cops With 40 Dead This Year

 By El Huaso 6/27/2023 03:00:00 PM  22 comments

"El Huaso" for Borderland Beat

This afternoon, three Celaya police officers were attacked in two separate events, leaving two dead and the third wounded. 41 police officers have been killed in Guanajuato this year, the most dangerous state for police officers in Mexico.

First killing at the Centro de Integración Juvenil de Celaya

In the first event, paramedics and municipal police responded to reports of gunshots in the Rosa Linda neighborhood of Celaya just before noon. They found a female Auxiliary Municipal Police officer slain by gunfire at a juvenile rehab center in the city of Celaya, Guanajuato. The police officer, identified as Maria Soledad “N”, dead with gunshot wounds on the floor of the security checkpoint of Centro de Integración Juvenil de Celaya, a youth criminal rehabilitation center.

Later that evening around 7:00 p.m., gunmen opened fire on a several Municipal police officers and civilians eating at a taco stand in Los Olivos neighborhood. Witnesses say the attackers drove around the area in several vehicles before attacking. Two police officers were hit, one fatally, along with three civilians. All the wounded were taken to a hospital and are in grave condition, according to AM Noticias.

Mexico -14 Employee's kidnapped by criminal group

 Yesterday afternoon, 14 government public security employees were kidnapped by an armed group in Chiapas. Later, a video was released online showing the kidnapped held in a room, asking the governor of the state to accept the criminal groups' demands.

The kidnapped workers are administrative employees of the Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana (SSPC). The kidnapping occurred yesterday afternoon around 4:00 p.m., when the SSPC workers were traveling on the Ocozocoautla-Tuxtla Gutiérrez highway towards Tuxtla Gutierrez after the work day.

According to Proceso around 40 employees were traveling on a SSPC bus when a convoy of white vehicles stopped them. After blocking the SSPC bus in, armed man forced them all the SSPC employees off the vehicle, taking 14 male employees with them. Chiapas Paralelo reported that the armed men only took the men and ordered the women to stay where they were.

Later the night of the kidnapping, video was released online which shows the 14 employees being held in a room. The video shows that they do not appear to be beaten or injured.

One of the captured men speaks likely from a script. He claims that they are safe and unharmed and tells the family members of the captured not to be worried . He then asks the governor of the state of Chiapas to intervene on their behalf. He presents the demands of the criminal group who demand the resignation of several high-ranking state security officials.

According to veteran Chiapas journalist Isain Mandujano, since June 2021, Chiapas has been the battle ground for a conflict between the authorities and to criminal groups, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel  Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).

2 Singaporean tourists die after canoes capsize in South African river

 

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SINGAPORE — Two tourists from Singapore died after a canoeing accident at Crocodile River in South Africa on Sunday (June 18).

They were part of 20 Singapore tourists and six river guides from South Africa on the canoeing trip.

SINGAPORE -News

 SINGAPORE — Angry over the slow Wi-Fi speed as he played his mobile game after drinking about six cans of beer, Li Xin confronted his landlord. In the escalating disagreement, he pulled a knife on the 61-year-old woman, threatened to kill her entire family and then tried to strangle her.

The 30-year-old China national pleaded guilty on Wednesday (June 21) to one charge of criminal intimidation with the intent to cause death and one charge of causing hurt by choking his landlord's neck.😐😐😐