Montserrat Caballero said Tuesday that she believes the many threats stem from ongoing crackdowns on organized crime in the city.
The mayor of Tijuana will take refuge in a military base indefinitely after receiving threats from criminal groups, agreeing to the move after it was first proposed by the Mexican National Guard, she explained Tuesday.
Major drug cartels — the Sinaloa cartel, Jalisco New Generation Cartel and factions still loyal to the Arellano Felix Organization — have been waging an increasingly violent turf battle in the city The announcement that she would move into the military base on Monday coincided with the discovery of seven bodies found in a pickup truck in Tijuana. Two people have been arrested.
López Obrador said that Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila and Sen. Jaime Bonilla had also received threats from “criminal groups.” “We are not afraid of them, we will continue to work, because what we are looking for is peace and tranquility, that is what the families of our state deserve,” she added.
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