He organized crime increasingly expands its power in Mexico and the charges for floor rights or extortions affect different businesses, now they report that two pesos for every liter of gasoline is paid to organized crime.
And just like the avocado trees, lemon trees, transporters and polleros, now gas station businessmen reveal that they are forced to pay two pesos for each liter they sell: one to The Viagras and another to The Templars at 19 gas stations MichoacanMexico, victims of extortion in this municipality of Tierra Caliente.
The 19 gas stations that operate in the municipal seat of Apatzingan and its surroundings are forced to pay criminals two pesos for every liter they shipeven though they have cut their sales hours to the public due to the violence that is getting worse in the region, said businessmen in the sector consulted on this issue.
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An anonymous source told Latinus that the criminals “arrived in person at some seasons; So, in short, to tell them that they came to collect floor right. If they didn’t (access), they were going to ‘throw’ some dispatcher.”
These are people from the Michoacán Gas Station Union (Ugami), who asked not to reveal his identity so as not to expose his integrity or that of his family, but the visit of the hitmen occurred approximately ten days ago to various service stations to announce the collection of the “tax criminal”.
Two pesos for every liter of gasoline is paid to organized crime in Mexico
“We pay a peso to the Templars y another weight to Los Viagras (for each liter of gasoline sold). Otherwise, we already know the consequences.”
Anonymous source for The universal
Another source also made a statement to The universal and also requested anonymity because he fears putting his life at risk.
“All the people here, in Apatzingán, know that, like all the twists and turns, we pay a fee that comes out of our pockets and that we have to give it week after week, month after month, to their accountants,” he said.
They reduce hours due to violence
The extortion of gas station companies is on display one year after the granting of the collection of fees, by criminal groups, to the entire productive chain and commercial of the lemon, already six months to know the extortions to cargo transportation and telephone and internet service.
The anonymous source said that, added to that criminal taxgas station employees have been vulnerable and at risk due to the resurgence of violence in Apatzingán.
He argued that in order not to risk the workers or the companies themselves, the gas stations that They operated 24 hours a day and decided to close at 10:00 p.m. hours at 06:00 in the morning.
Last weekend, apocryphal messages circulated on social networks announcing a closure of service stations in response to criminal actions, a version that was discarded by gas stations.
Citizens and businessmen know that they are alone
Citizens and businessmen feel helpless due to the lack of frontal combat against offenders, because although a version of closing their businesses was circulated, they denied it.
“Us We know we can’t rebel with those people.why they know us to everyone and then, then they are going to come for us and for our families“, he explained.
What is the price of gasoline in Apatzingán, Michoacán?
Until Tuesday, April 30, in Apatzingán the price per liter of Magna/Extra gasoline was 25.38 pesos; the liter of Premium, 26.68 pesos, and the liter of diesel, 26.53.
The businessmen did not give details of their sales amounts or what they pay for extortions each month, but they confirmed that For fear of reprisals they do not report.
An average gas station has three fuel tanks: one Magna, 80 thousand liters; one Premium, 60 thousand, and another diesel, 60 thousand.
For those tanks alone the “quota” would be 200 thousand pesos for each criminal group, a total of 400 thousand pesos in extortion.
panic buying
As a result of false reports about an indefinite closure of gas stations, last Saturday many motorists made panic purchases and crowded service stations over the weekend.
And the Civil Guard, the National Guard and the Mexican Army were deployed to guard the service stations.
For his part, the governor of Michoacán, Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, mentioned that there are no reasons for alarm and that gas stations operate normally.
The presence of state and federal forces was also deployed at the highway accesses of the municipal seat, and the elements carry out tours.
Violence prevails
However, on Tuesday, April 30, it was reported that members of The Viagras set fire to two vehicles at different points drivers of the area, in response to Civil Guard operations.
The events were recorded on the section that connects the municipal seat with the town of La Presa de El Rosario, where the units were burned.
Federal security areas They blamed César Sepúlveda Arellano, El Botox, for the burning of vehicles. lieutenant of the Los Viagras cartel.
The authorities They identify Botox as responsible for collecting extortions for him use of internet and telephone services.
They also accuse him of charging Los Viagras for extortion from businesses, the productive sector and cargo transportation.
Risk area, like other areas of Mexico
A little over a year ago, Apatzingán became battlefield between antagonistic groups of organized crime, just like other areas of Mexico like Chiapas o Tabasco.
The clashes are due to breakup of the criminal bloc of United Cartelsin which The Viagras They allied themselves with other criminal cells and They declared war on the Knights Templar.
The attacks began in the rural towns of the municipality and, recently, also extended to the municipal seat.
Dailyneighbors report shooting confrontations, attacks with drones loaded with explosives, as well as people murdered in the streets of Apatzingán, a city located 210 kilometers from the state capital.
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2024-05-06 13:17:48