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The alert had been given a few hours earlier by a message on the radio, to allow the 89,000 inhabitants of Caborca to escape.
Few had the time to do so.
On February 15, at 6 p.m., a convoy of twenty 4x4s burst into this town in the state of Sonora, in northern Mexico.
On board the vehicles, heavily armed men quickly create a climate of terror.
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Cloistered in their homes, the Caboquenses heard machine gun fire all night long breaking the silence.
A scene of war where, according to witnesses who spoke later, everyone prayed that the militiamen would not enter the houses and shoot the occupants.
Two people were killed, and five others kidnapped and then released during this murderous and, above all, terrifying expedition for the local residents.
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The criminals broadcast part of their operation on social networks, they could be seen putting stolen fuel in their vehicles in complete freedom.
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