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Related: About this forum'We are trapped here': A Mexican town isolated by cartel terror
APATZINGÁN, Mexico The town of Aguililla, situated deep in one the Mexicos most lawless regions, made news this month when eight headless bodies were dumped there.
Three weeks later, it is at war. Hardly anybody enters or leaves at least not without the permission of rival gangs that have blocked the roads.
In telephone interviews and in social media postings, trapped residents described a community living in terror of armed thugs who stroll the streets and shoot at one another. Some shops remain open, residents said, but the food supply is dwindling and there is no access to hospitals.
If the groups want to keep fighting among themselves, thats their problem, said Father Gilberto Vergara, the parish priest. But this situation is suffocating us.
Read more: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/We-are-trapped-here-A-Mexican-town-16127145.php
mucifer
(23,624 posts)been going on for decades. I have heard from my patients similar stories about even children's bodies being found. It is not to the extent in the article. But, it has been going on for a long time. People come to the USA for more than jobs. Cartels cause so much terror.