Mexican soldiers arrest 25 in commando group

"We are on your side" and "We have authorization to work in this town," Could this be a new Vigilante group ? The CCJ has so far not surfaced , this group though not in Jaurez , sounds like they are taking things into their own hands !

el paso times
The Mexican army caught 25 members of a paramilitary-style group allegedly setting fire to houses near the town of Madera, Chihuahua, the federal attorney general's office said Sunday.

The arrests took place at a ranch after soldiers with the 35th Infantry Battalion, based in Nuevo Casas Grandes, responded to an anonymous report about 3 a.m. Thursday, Joint Operation Chihuahua officials said. Madera is located in mountains about 340 miles southwest of Juárez.

The men had green camouflage uniforms, ski masks and were equipped with 17 AK-47s and other weapons that were seized by the army along with three pickups and two sport utility vehicles, authorities said.

"We are on your side" and "We have authorization to work in this town," group members told soldiers who stopped their vehicles, military officials said. There were no reported injuries.

Those arrested include Jose Garcia Garcia, 38, who calls himself "El General," authorities said.

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Juárez vigilante group voices support for army

As per Kyros post about the Jaurez mayor living in El Paso Last week the Very same mayor was talking up his troops !
"During a gathering in honor of Mexico's Army Day on Thursday, Juárez Mayor José Reyes Ferriz told soldiers that the military was vital "against the charges of the cornered beast that is narco-trafficking."
But I guess the "Pressure" of having your family threatened is just to much for him ! But it is O.K. for the military to stay and have their families threatened ,Or to get Killed ! That will pump them up a little ! Here's an update to the CCJ !

El Paso Times
JUAREZ -- A so-called narco offensive last week left Juárez police leaderless and under fire with a wave of killings that also targeted for death elected officials in the outlying village of Guadalupe.

The Juárez Citizens Command vigilante group on Saturday issued a manifesto, in which the group supported the Mexican army and condemned the crimes against police officers last week.

According to Juárez news media, the manifesto of the Comando Ciudadano por Juárez, or CCJ, alerted the community against a group of kidnappers and extortionists that travels the city in a white Grand Cherokee with tinted windows and Texas plates and a white pickup also with tinted windows but no plates.

The manifesto states the CCJ will act soon and asked residents to report the criminals to three phone numbers in Juárez. It was signed by a group leader identified as Comandante Abraham.

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This is the third manifesto since the organization made its first threat Jan. 15 to kill one criminal a day if order is not restored in the city. The command set a deadline of July 5 to carry out its threat.

As violence continued, at least five people, including a woman, were killed Saturday in the Mexican border area.

Just after midnight Saturday, José Alberto García Reyes, 28, was shot to death in the middle a street near Caseta, across the
Rio Grande from Fabens, Chihuahua state police said. In addition, a woman in her mid-20s was found killed around 8 a.m. in the backyard of a house in El Barrial neighborhood in Juárez.

Gerardo Martínez Leyva, 46, Jesús Armando Acosta Núñez, 30, and an unidentified man were gunned down within less than two hours Saturday afternoon in two incidents, Chihuahua state police said.
The few successes against the powerful drug cartels have come mainly from the Mexican military, which has deployed about 45,000 soldiers around the country. Soldiers have regularly seized multi-ton marijuana shipments. Such seizures were mostly unheard of years ago.

Mexico has lost 78 soldiers in the fight against cartels in the past two years, officials said.

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