Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Cartels in Guerrero force tortilla shops to lower their price or face the consequences

The price of tortillas in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, was reduced on the instructions of alleged members of the criminal group 'Cartel de la Sierra' or 'Los Tlacos', otherwise "they will face the consequences."

The price of the tortilla ranged between 33 and 29 pesos per kilo in municipalities of the Tierra Caliente region and the Costa Grande de Guerrero, respectively, until the criminal group forced the owners of tortilla shops to lower the price to 21 pesos per kilo 'as of this August 15 and in support of the Igualteca families' and market it . . .

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