Los Ardillos, the criminal group that displaced hundreds of Guerrero families through bombings
The aggressions began on May 6, when armed men used drones with explosives and high caliber weapons to attack the population
The wave of violence in the mountain area of Guerrero caused the forced displacement of between 800 and thousand indigenous families from communities located in the municipality of Ch ilapa de Álvarez, after a series of attacks attributed to the criminal group “Los Ardillos”, according to indigenous organizations and human rights defenders.
According to the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) and the Indigenous and Popular Council of Guerrero-Emiliano Zapata (CIPOG-EZ), the aggressions began on May 6 in the communities of Tula, Xicotlán and Acahuetán, where armed men used drones with explosives and high caliber weapons to attack the civilian population.
The organizations noted that the inhabitants fled from their communities to take refuge in other localities in the region, while the confrontations continue. os and drone overflights. According to the testimonies disseminated by the CNI, women, children and older adults left their homes due to the fear of new attacks.
The agrarian lawyer Carlos González García, member of the National Commission for Coordination and Monitoring of the CNI, accused municipal, state and federal authorities of omitting actions to stop the violence.
In an interview with La Jornada, he stated that the mayor of Chilapa, Mercedes Carballo, maintains alleged family ties with Celso Ortega, identified as the leader of Los Ardillos.
Likewise, the CNI representative maintained that the criminal group seeks to subdue the indigenous communities to force them to plant pomapo the in the region, what would have originated part of the conflict with the Nahua peoples who refuse to collaborate with the criminal organization.
The CIPOG-EZ also held the federal government and the Guerrero government responsible for the lack of protection to the communities attacked. In a statement recently, reported that elements of the Army and the National Guard did not go to the area despite the requests for help made by the residents.
Likewise, they claimed that members of “Los Ardillos” operate near military installations and accused security corporations of only maintaining a surveillance presence without stopping the reported aggressions.