24 vehicles were burned across the region including 15 in Tijuana; 17 arrests made in connection with mayhem
Thousands of National Guard soldiers patrolled the streets of Tijuana Saturday after armed and hooded criminals effectivelythe city the night before by forcing passengers off public transportation across the state and setting taxis ablaze.
The fiery demonstrations in Baja California mirrored similar bouts of violence and mayhem in Jalisco and Guanajuato earlier this week, stunning residents across the country and crystalizing the ability of criminal organizations in Mexico to unleash violence, shatter normalcy and shut down cities without hesitation.The Avenida Revolucion closed to traffic, pedestrians walk along the streets in Zona Centro on Saturday following cartel threats.
“I am simply called to tell the population that, in Tijuana, we are prepared,” Caballero Ramírez said outside the military base in central Tijuana. “We are prepared to protect And also to protect them in a calm way, not in a chaotic way.” Hundreds of military troops and special forces were called in to assist, arriving at Tijuana’s airport Saturday afternoon to re-enforce security across the state. An additional 300 Army troops and another 50 members of the National Guard came off a plane armed and in uniform. Those troops were in addition to 3,000 members of the National Guard and 2,000 members of Tijuana police already patrolling the city, according to Caballero Ramírez.
A group of tourists from Guadalajara take advantage of the empty streets for some photos. Claudia Reynoso 31, holding the cellphone and Maribel Perez 27, said they see violence like this back home and are not shocked by what is happening in Tijuana. “We’ll just take our precautions, but in Guadalajara there’s been years of this type of violence happening and what we see here is not as dramatic,” one of the tourists said.
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