The head of the state’s SSPC highlighted that the criminals aim to create confusion for the authorities.
In the state of Tabasco, a criminal organization known as La Barredora operates, which has been linked in various reports to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), the latter being one of the criminal groups with a presence in much of the country. In a press conference, authorities indicated that there was a split that led to criminal alliances.
During the press conference on Monday, October 14, attended by the head of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) of Tabasco, Víctor Hugo Chávez Martínez, he was questioned about the presence of criminal organizations in the state governed by Javier May Rodríguez.
“We know it is the criminal organization known as La Barredora, which fractured in December. Several leaders emerged, and all of them, in order to gain more power or dominate the territory, affiliated or allied themselves with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and from there comes all this publicity they are doing for that four-letter criminal organization.”
It is worth noting that violent actions were reported in Tabasco on October 10, including roadblocks, arson of businesses, and an attack on the police. Days earlier, a video circulated on social media of armed individuals identifying themselves as members of the Tabasco New Generation Cartel.
Name Change, a Strategy of Criminals: SSPC
Chávez Martínez spoke about the Tabasco New Generation Cartel and highlighted that it is an organization with the same people who belong to local criminal groups.
“There are banners and posters in which they change their names, but they are practically the same people, and they do it to create confusion so that we cannot fully identify them,” added the head of the SSPC of Tabasco.
Víctor Hugo Chávez pointed out that criminals change names and stories to make it more difficult for authorities to identify them.
Last April, the Secretary of Security of Tabasco himself was interviewed by Manuel Sibilla Oropesa. The official mentioned internal disputes within La Barredora, in addition to the fact that this organization operates in at least three municipalities: Cárdenas, Comalcalco, and Paraíso.
Meanwhile, in the map published by the State Human Rights Commission (CEDH) of Michoacán on criminal groups in the country, it can be seen that activities of the CJNG and the Northeast Cartel have been recorded in the state. However, to complicate the case, last February, alleged members of the CJNG distanced themselves from La Barredora in a video.
Source: Infobae
