Santa Rosa de Lima cartel declares war on Mexican state

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War is declared between the Mexican authorities and the head of the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel nicknamed "El Marro". On Saturday June 20, in Celaya, in the state of Guanajuato, the police proceeded to arrest at least 26 members of this cartel, as well as relatives of this criminal group.

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José Antonio Yepez, alias "El Marro", promised to take revenge after the arrest of his mother, his sister and his girlfriend Saturday, June 20, in Celaya, a locality located in the state of Guanajuato.

The leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, specializing in theft and smuggling of fuel, did not hesitate to personally attack the Secretary of National Defense, who he said was responsible for the operation that led to the arrest of at least 26 people and the seizure of a kilo of methamphetamines and two million pesos.

Gas stations and shops burnt down

"  I will be like a pebble in your shoes,  " he said in a video posted on social networks this Sunday. A message of more than two minutes which contains only insults and threats.

It did not take long to see the first consequences of these arrests. A few hours after the operation of the local and federal police, commercial premises, petrol stations were set on fire in Celaya and road axes blocked.

If for the moment the federal authorities have not yet reacted to these threats, at the local level, there is already feared a new wave of violence. 

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