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Drug gang responsible for protest, says Mexico
July 13, 2023
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican security officials claimed on Tuesday that a demonstration that blocked the main highway to the resort of Acapulco and led to the abduction of government officials was organized by a drug gang. They also said that a National Guard officer had been killed by a car bomb set by a cartel in an earlier attack elsewhere.
The violence suggested that Mexico’s crime problem continues to be dire, despite President Andrés Manuel López Obrador exaggerating how much he has reduced the number of homicides since taking office in December 2018.
Rodríguez acknowledged that a demonstration on Monday by hundreds of people in the southern city of Chilpancingo was organised by the Los Ardillos drug gang.
She said the protest was aimed at forcing the government to release two detained gang leaders who have been charged with drug and weapons possession.
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