Criminals burn vehicles in Apatzingán, Michoacán

As an apparent reaction to this morning’s clashes in Apatzingan, Michoacán, Criminals set two vehicles on fire at different points on Corregidora Avenue and another on 22 de Octubre Avenue within the municipal seat.

It was around 12:30 this Tuesday when unknown individuals stripped the crew of a “Barcel” delivery van and set it on fire a few blocks from the monument to Lázaro Cárdenas.

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Just minutes later, the burning of a torton truck on the same road was also reported, but in the vicinity of the Municipal Pantheon, a “Bimbo” delivery van was later set on fire on 22 de Octubre Avenue. There are no reports of injured people.

Local firefighters and paramedics, as well as Public Security personnel, were mobilized to deal with the three cases, in what is presumed to be a reaction to the clashes between criminal cells that occurred this morning in the area of ​​Las Bateas, Los Charcos, Vicente Guerrero and El Razo.

They arrest two allegedly involved in Apatzingán burnings

The Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) reported that, given the blockades and burning of units, through the operation implemented by the Interinstitutional Operations Bases (BOI) in the area, Two alleged suspects, ages 18 and 16, were arrested. respectively, who will be made available to the competent authority.

Likewise, the Apatzingán – Presa del Rosario highway was freed, where the Civil Guard removed a commercial truck that was previously set on fire, supposedly by those indicated, as well as a Torton-type truck and another commercial truck that were damaged in the Cuatro Caminos-Apatzingán section. , a fact in which work was already done to put out the fire by fire personnel.

Agents from the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), National Guard (GN) and Civil Guard (GC) also work to supervise the municipality of Buenavista in order to inhibit criminal acts and restore public order in the area.

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