The state of Guanajuato woke up in flames after multiple burning vehicles were registered in various parts of the state, such as in Juventino Rosas, Villagrán, and Celaya, which generated alert among citizens, and some educational establishments have suspended classes for this Wednesday, November 9.
Local reports indicated that almost a dozen transport units were on fire. In Villagrán it was learned that a passenger bus was set on fire in the community of San José, as well as an Oxxo at the exit to Juventino Rosas.
Other points where riots were reported were the Comonfort-Empalme Escobedo highway; Juventino Rosas-Celaya road, near the town of Tavera; in the Real Villagran subdivision, and the Celaya-Salamanca highway.
“The M-7 unit attends the vehicle fire report on the old road to Celaya, La Luz neighborhood,” reported the Juventino Rosas Fire Department, where two burning units were also located on Boulevard Lázaro Cárdenas. So far there are no reports of injured people or fatalities, although there are no people detained for these events.
Given the insecurity, the Industrial and Services Technological Baccalaureate Center (CBETIS) number 238, located in Juventino Rosas, Lázaro Cárdenas neighborhood, suspended classes this November 9 for the morning shift, and they indicated that in the next few hours it will be determined if there will be activities for the evening.
“Due to disturbances in Juventino Rosas and Villagrán, classes are suspended for the morning shift today, November 9. The paramount thing is the safety of our students,” the educational establishment announced through its social networks.
Although the reason for these disturbances is unknown, it was unofficially indicated that these actions were in response to the arrest of Juan Rodolfo Yépez Ortiz, alias El Rudy, brother of José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, alias El Marro, the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel (CSRL), with a strong presence in Guanajuato.
El Rodo, as the 39-year-old capo is also known, was apprehended by the Baja California authorities along with three other people last Tuesday, November 8, after they searched the vehicle in which he was traveling and found $60 thousand dollars and $40,500 pesos, of which they could not prove their legal origin.
Juan Rodolfo Yépez is originally from Santa Cruz Juventino de Rosas, a town where the burned vehicles were registered and where the CSRL operates. After El Marro’s arrest in August 2020, it is presumed that his brother was the one who took command of the criminal organization.
To confront the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), the CSRL allied itself with the Unión de León, Los Viagras, and the Sinaloa Cartel, which operates in Guanajuato through its armed wing known as “Gente Nueva de los Salazar”, according to the security analyst, David Saucedo.
These events are added to the attack on the San Fermín Clinic that occurred the day before, located in the Las Flores neighborhood, in Celaya, where armed men opened fire on the building and set it on fire. It is presumed that the attack came from the CJNG.
The state of Guanajuato woke up in flames after multiple burning vehicles were registered in various parts of the state, such as in Juventino . . .
