Mexican Mayor Exposes Cartel Training Camp with Colombian Terrorists
A mayor in Mexico sparked a wave of controversy after publicly claiming that there are cartel training camps near his city where Colombian terrorists and Venezuelan mercenaries are training and working with local…
A mayor in Mexico sparked a wave of controversy after publicly claiming that there are cartel training camps near his city where Colombian terrorists and Venezuelan mercenaries are training and working with local criminal organizations. He then published a video to back up his claims.
This week, Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodriguez went public on social media and in various news publications, claiming that there were cartel training camps near his municipality. The politician leaked a series of videos recorded by one of the captured cartel gunmen that showed some of the training methods used by Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) – one of the six Mexican cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the U.S. government.
In one of the videos shared by Manzo, the gunmen can be seen making their recruits run through drills and positions with their rifles.
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The politician claimed that the videos were from a series of training camps that had been raided, but that more continue to be present in the area.
The comments by Manzo Rodriguez sparked controversy in Mexico, where the country continues to downplay the raging cartel violence. By Friday morning, the Michoacan Secretary of State, Carlos Torres Pina, called out the Uruapan mayor, claiming in local news outlets that he was just seeking media attention and that if he had real evidence of cartel training camps, he should provide it to authorities for investigation. Breitbart Texas exclusively reported that Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla, the governor of Michoacan and Torres’ boss, is related by blood to two leaders with Carteles Unidos who are serving time in a U.S. prison on drug trafficking charges.
The issue of the cartel training camps comes at a time when, as Breitbart Texas reported, several members of Mexico’s military have been killed by the indiscriminate use of landmines and makeshift explosives by both Carteles Unidos and CJNG as both sides wage a fierce turf war.