The United States has designated Mexico’s Juarez Cartel and Los Alegres group as foreign terrorist organizations, marking a major escalation in Washington’s fight against drug cartels. The US State Department said the groups were involved in attacks affecting American citizens and interests, including a 2019 attack that killed nine members of the Mormon community in Mexico.

US designates Mexican cartels as terror groups in major drug war escalation

Residents of Southern Mexican town San Miguel Totolapan detailed several people, including the mother of Los Tequileros (The Tequila Drinkers) gang leader, demanding the release of an engineer kidnapped by the group.

The residents detained some people for allegedly colluding with the gang and held the mother of Raybel Jacobo de Almonte, known as El Tequilero (The Tequila Drinker).

&quot;We have your mother here, mister known as El Tequilero. I request an exchange. In return for my husband&#39;s life, I will deliver your mother. ... I want him safe and sound,&quot; Yadira Guillermo Garcia, wife of the abducted engineer said in a television broadcast.&nbsp;

At least 220 soldiers and police were deployed to &quot;avoid a confrontation,&quot; Guerrero state governor Arturo Astudillo said.&nbsp;

The government mediated between the two sides and said that an agreement was reached between the two groups to carry out the exchange.&nbsp;

A video uploaded on YouTube showed the townspeople carrying weapons and why they stood up against Los Tequileros.

&quot;They have humiliated us, they have killed our families and we won&#39;t let it happen again,&quot; one of the vigilantes says.

According to local media 24 people were held of which five were released.&nbsp;

The gang is accused of kidnapping 12 people from the village of San Jeronimo last month. Five were later released.&nbsp;

(WION with inputs from AFP)

Residents of San Miguel Totolapan detained several people for colluding with the gang as well as the mother of its leader El Tequilero

Residents of Southern Mexican town San Miguel Totolapan detailed several people, including the mother of Los Tequileros (The Tequila Drinkers) gang leader, demanding the release of an engineer kidnapped by the group. The residents detained some people for allegedly colluding with the gang and held the mother of Raybel Jacobo de Almonte, known as El Tequilero (The Tequila Drinker). "We have your mother here, mister known as El Tequilero. I request an exchange. In return for my husband's life, I will deliver your mother. ... I want him safe and sound," Yadira Guillermo Garcia, wife of the abducted engineer said in a television broadcast. At least 220 soldiers and police were deployed to "avoid a confrontation," Guerrero state governor Arturo Astudillo said. The government mediated between the two sides and said that an agreement was reached between the two groups to carry out the exchange. A video uploaded on YouTube showed the townspeople carrying weapons and why they stood up against Los Tequileros. "They have humiliated us, they have killed our families and we won't let it happen again," one of the vigilantes says. According to local media 24 people were held of which five were released. The gang is accused of kidnapping 12 people from the village of San Jeronimo last month. Five were later released. (WION with inputs from AFP)

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US designates Mexican cartels as terror groups in major drug war escalation

US designates Mexican cartels as terror groups in major drug war escalation

Mexican townspeople abduct gang leader's mother