The Baja California Prosecutor's Office has reported that the armed attack registered this Saturday in Ensenada, against participants of a rally, was due to the struggle between criminal groups. In the attack, at least ten people were killed and seven others injured. In videos released on social networks, a group of armed men are seen getting out of a black vehicle and shooting at one of the ATVs, known in the guild as razers. Other videos show bodies lying on the ground next to vehicles.
The narrative proposed by the State Prosecutor's Office abounds in the one usually handled by the authorities in situations of this type, whether or not they have to do with reality. Since the beginning of military operations against organized crime at the end of 2006, during the government of Felipe Calderón (2006-2012), massacres of this type are codified, within a few hours, in bulletins and statements by officials, always based on similar explanations.
Over the years, reality prevails. Beyond the specific motive for the massacre, the fact is that it has happened again. That will surely happen again. According to the count of atrocities in Mexico made by the organization Causa en Común, Mexico registered 161 massacres from January to April. That is, murders of three or more people.
Returning to the specifics of the Ensenada case, the Prosecutor's Office maintains the theory of confrontation because it found bullet holes in the truck from which the attackers seen in the videos left, an Infinity Qx60. There are a total of three impacts. "With these new findings, we can determine that this incident is due to a confrontation between alleged criminals who were confronted with gunfire in the event," said the prosecutor, Ricardo Iván Caspio.
The news that the confrontation would have occurred during the race is surprising. "The first analyses establish that the aggression was repelled by those who were initially attacked," that is, one or more rally drivers and their companions. "The investigations will be aimed at establishing the origin and motive of the confrontation between alleged organized crime groups," the bulletin continues.
Local newspapers have indicated that the target of the Infnity assailants was Alonso Arámbula, alias El Trébol, an alleged criminal linked to a criminal group in Tijuana. Some media have even reported that the authorities found weapons aboard one of the ATVs, an instance that has not been confirmed by the Baja California Prosecutor's Office.
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