Guerrero Villagers Allege Cartel Drone Attacks; Hundreds Flee Homes
Residents say cartel drone bombs and gunfire forced 100 people to hide as authorities denied the attacks and sent security forces to verify the area.
- Drone attacks struck the community of Guajes de Ayala in central Mexico on Wednesday at 6 a.m., initiating a violent siege that residents had feared for weeks.
- Concentrating 100,000 security forces in major World Cup hubs like Mexico City and Monterrey, authorities left other regions unprotected as Nueva Familia Michoacana encroached on Guerrero.
- Marilu Solorio, 24, hid in an abandoned clinic alongside 70 other villagers as the vigilante group engaged in gunfire with the cartel to resist the siege.
- Despite resident footage showing smoke and gunfire, the Security Cabinet denied the attacks, stating that "events described in news articles have been ruled out."
- Amid ongoing regional violence, President Donald Trump has threatened military action against cartels as clashes in Sinaloa and Chiapas left 10 suspected gang members dead.
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The bombs began to fall from the cartel drones at six o’clock on Wednesday morning, just as the sun was rising over the mountains of central Mexico. The group of rural communities known as Guajes de Ayala, now besieged, had been warning the authorities of the state of Guerrero about the growing threats of the La Nueva Familia Michoacana cartel, which was advancing towards the area. But their calls for help were ignored as the World Cup celebrati…
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Guerrero villagers allege cartel drone bombing as Mexico guards World Cup cities
Residents in Guerrero said cartel drones dropped bombs as fighters clashed with a vigilante group on Wednesday. The attack deepened fears that security redeployments for World Cup host cities left rural communities exposed.
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A Mexican village warned of a cartel offensive during the World Cup. Then the drone attacks began
Residents of the rural community of Guajes de Ayala in Mexico have faced a violent attack by the La Nueva Familia Michoacana cartel.
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