The explosion of a vehicle in front of the municipal police facilities CoahuayanaMichoacán, registered this Saturday, December 6, would be part of the dispute between Cartels which the municipality maintains due to its strategic location in the state.
In an interview with Infobae MexicoDavid Saucedo, public safety and organized crime expert, explained this stroke The reason for this is the constant conflict between criminal groups that dominate the community because this allows them to gain control of the city coastal zone from Michoacan.
Saucedo explained that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) – led by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka “El Mencho“ – and the cells of the group United Cartels They dispute control of the municipality because it lies on the border between Colima and Michoacán.
Coahuayana also has access to Federal Highway 200, an important route as it connects all the municipalities of the coastal area of Michoacán, which is beneficial to this CJNG to control and secure the region Extension from the state.
According to the expert, this municipality is an important location to allow entry into the Michoacán regions CJNG is interested in formalizing his total domination of the state.
And according to a crime map from Victor Manuel Sanchez ValdesResearcher at the Autonomous University of Coahuila and public security expert, also called Four Letter Cartel has Companies in 110 communities of the 113 that make up the state.
However, Saucedo explained that this community is a “Wall”implemented by United Cartels to prevent the CJNG from controlling it.
“Coahuayana is the gateway to the coastal area and the Sierra Madre del Sur of the state of Michoacán. One of the factors that kept Michoacán from falling into the power of the troops.”El Mencho“It is precisely the case that the supply of weapons, ammunition, supplies and the arrival of reinforcement troops is hindered by the “funnel” and containment United Cartels carry out Coahuayana. “The community has become a wall stopping the advance of CJNG troops in the area,” he explained.
Saucedo commented that Cárteles Unidos would influence this Electoral processes of the community, causing the authorities to act on their behalf to prevent the intrusion of the CJNG.
In response, the cartel led by “El Mencho” carried out attacks on community police and forced civilians to leave the community for safety reasons.
“The people of Jalisco have responded by attacking community police, planting landmines and rocket launchers Drone attacksby planting car bombs (as happened today in the first square of the municipal headquarters) and using tactics Narcoterrorismwhich led to the displacement of the civilian population,” he explained.
A similar event occurred on August 24, 2024, when an armed confrontation occurred between suspected members of the CJNG and the Coahuayana Community Police, who were leaving the country Death of 8 uniformed men.
In addition, on February 22, 2025, the burst of a vehicle on a dirt road in the community, which was destroyed and the shock wave caused material damage to a building and a plantation.
The expert also noted that the self-defense groups present in the community may have ties to organized crime, which would be an advantage for them Blockade of CJNG.
Since 2014, participation as self-defense leader of Héctor Zepeda Navarrete, known as “Commander Teto“, with the aim of confronting the Knights Templar in the community.
It was reported that Zepeda would lead a security force starting in 2023 to combat the CJNG and prevent its incursions into Coahuayana.
“Although in the area the existence of ‘groups of Self-defense “The claim of protecting the population from drug trafficking groups is very likely that they are actually cells of hitmen from the local Michoacán mafia who are trying to prevent the advance of the CJNG,” he explained.
In addition, he noted that federal government intelligence indicates that the main leader of the Carteles Unidos in the region is Héctor Zepeda Navarrete: “Commander Teto“; while the main leader of the CJNG Luis Gabriel Cabrera Jiménez, alias “The humble one“.
The car bomb explosion this Saturday left three people dead and six injured at the time of publication.