“Don’t mess with our children” Outrage in Culiacan over the murder of two children

A sad week for Culiacán.

In the early hours of January 19, three minors, accompanied by their 41-year-old father, were heading to the Imala municipality on Boulevard California, aboard a Toyota Yaris compact car, when a group of hitmen chased them and opened fire to steal their car.

The father, Antonio de Jesús, died on the spot.

His sons, Alexander, 9 years old, and Gael, 12, died minutes later in the hospital. Their cousin, Adolfo, 17 years old, is in critical condition, still fighting for his life in a hospital bed.

La Mayiza, the faction led by Mayito Flaco, blames Los Chapitos.

Los Chapitos blame La Mayiza.

Whoever it was, these attacks against the civilian population are inconceivable, but in Sinaloa, it seems that the authorities are not in charge, the federal, state, or municipal governments are totally useless in the eyes of society. Apparently, the members of the cartels are in control.

Days later, on Thursday, January 23, hundreds of citizens took to the streets of Culiacán to demand justice for Alexander and Gael. “Not with the children,” they shouted with a mixture of fury and helplessness.

The city cannot stand any more violence; the people of Culiacán marched to the Government Palace to demand the resignation of Governor Rubén Rocha Moya, who has a hard time hiding his ties to organized crime and, with a sickening cynicism, acts as if everything is going well in Sinaloa.

A school teacher was the one who called on citizens to march through the streets of Culiacán in protest against the murder of two of his students.

Source: N+

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