The Frailesca region of Chiapas awoke this Friday under renewed tension following the appearance of multiple threatening messages signed by the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS).
Furthermore, a video circulating on social media shows CDS members hanging from a banner and executing a member of the Chiapas and Guatemala Cartel in Tacaná, San Marcos, Guatemala.
The banners, placed at strategic points in the municipality of Villaflores and near the “El Amate” prison, represent a direct challenge to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and its armed wing, the Chiapas and Guatemala Cartel (CCyG).
This episode marks a new chapter in the bloody territorial dispute that has kept Mexico’s southern border in a state of constant alert for the past four years.
During the early morning hours, armed groups hung banners with threatening messages in highly visible locations, causing alarm among residents and prompting a response from federal forces:
Jesús María Garza Community: In the central park of this rural area, a banner proclaimed that “Villaflores has an owner,” directly challenging the subordinates of Juan Manuel Valdovinos Mendoza, alias “The Lord of the Horses.”
“El Amate” Prison: Near the State Social Reintegration Center for Sentenced Individuals No. 14, another similar message was found in which the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS) warned of its intention to take control of the prison and “hunt down” its rivals, whom they labeled “cooperators.”
At dawn, members of the 7th Military Region, the National Guard, and the State Police removed the banners and reinforced patrols in the area. No arrests related to these incidents have been reported so far.
The placement of these banners is not an isolated incident, but rather a continuation of an offensive that has already crossed the southern border. According to intelligence reports:
Incursion into Huehuetenango: On December 8, alleged CDS hitmen entered Guatemalan territory to attack hideouts of members of the Chiapas and Guatemala Cartel.
Clashes with the Army: This operation resulted in the deaths of three people and direct confrontations with soldiers from Guatemala’s 19th Military Zone, as well as the burning of vehicles and bullet-riddled houses in the border area.
