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Viewing cable 08MEXICO3779, SOLDIER KILLINGS PROMPT NEW DEPLOYMENTS IN GUERRERO

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08MEXICO3779 2008-12-24 13:42 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Mexico
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MEXICO 003779 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PINR PREL SNAR MX
SUBJECT: SOLDIER KILLINGS PROMPT NEW DEPLOYMENTS IN GUERRERO 
 
MEXICO 00003779  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
C O R R E C T E D  C O P Y - CAPTION ADDED 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY:  The Mexican military has deployed over 300 
members of elite units as part of its efforts to track down 
the perpetrators of the killings and beheadings of eight 
military soldiers, seven whose bodies were discovered early 
December 21 in Guerrero and another on December 9.  The 
assassinations of the seven soldiers reportedly were 
connected to a firefight two days before in which three 
individuals were killed and after which the army detained 
seven civilians.  The Office of the Attorney General is 
conducting an investigation.  President Calderon and the 
Mexican Congress condemned the killings of soldiers and 
called for a firm response.  Some analysts anticipate that 
the Mexican military will step up operations nationwide 
targeting organized crime as a result of these and other 
brutal killings of its own personnel, but opine it will need 
better intelligence amongst other capabilities for long-term 
success. END SUMMARY. 
 
2. (U) According to a Secretariat of National Defense 
(SEDENA) press release, seven members of the Mexican military 
and an ex-Director of the State Police were found killed and 
decapitated in Chilpancingo, State of Guerrero early in the 
morning of December 21.  The heads of the victims were left 
in a bag found next to a Sam's Club supermarket in 
Chilpancingo with an unsigned message, "For every one that 
you kill, we will kill ten."  The bodies, which showed signs 
of torture, were found in two places off the highway between 
Acapulco and Cuernavaca.  Another body of a soldier was found 
on December 9.  Reports indicate that the seven soldiers were 
intercepted the evening of December 20, one by one, as they 
were leaving the military installations of the 41st infantry 
batallion in Chilpancingo.  The crime was reportedly 
connected to a firefight the day before in the town of 
Teololapan, Guerrero (located some 60 miles northwest of 
Chilpancingo) which resulted in the deaths of three gunmen 
and the military's detention of seven individuals.  The 
Office of the Mexican Attorney General (PGR) is conducting an 
investigation into these killings as well as the seven 
civilians who were detained in the firefight. 
 
3. (U)  The Mexican Government has responded quickly and 
forcefully to these killings.  President Felipe Calderon 
insisted violence would not "intimidate the armed forces" and 
that his government would firmly take the fight to the 
cartels, which represent a threat to Mexican society.  The 
Permanent Commission of the Mexican Congress -- the caretaker 
group managing Congress' agenda while the Congress is in 
recess -- condemned the killings, called for a quick 
investigation, and insisted the government should not stand 
down in the face of this violence.  The Commander of the 
Ninth Military Region Enrique Alonso Garrido described the 
attack on the soldiers as a "grave error" on the part of 
Mexico's criminal elements and declared "open war" on crime. 
 
4. (U)  As of December 23, the army had established 
checkpoints around Chilpancingo; four helicopters and an 
airplane also reportedly were flying over the city on a 
regular basis.  Separately, the military brought in over 300 
members of its Special Forces Airmobile Group (GAFE) and 
deployed troops to nine municipalities in Guerrero to conduct 
searches in areas of the state out of which hired killers of 
the cartels are thought to operate.  SEDENA and Mexico's 
Ministry of Interior speculate the Zetas were responsible for 
the killings based on the message that accompanied the 
bodies. 
 
5. (SBU) COMMENT:  The gruesome killing of these seven 
soldiers represents the cartels' most brazen attack on the 
military since Calderon came into office in 2006 and declared 
war on organized crime.  Just two months ago, in October, 13 
soldiers were killed -- five of whom were beheaded -- in 
Nuevo Leon.  However, those killings occurred over the span 
of a week in several separate events and it still isn't clear 
whether those soldiers were killed in retaliation for an 
earlier drug bust or because they were involved in 
narcotrafficking.  In this latest instance, however, the 
killers' own message indicates they chillingly targeted the 
soldiers in revenge for some prior assault on the region's 
criminal network.  Some analysts believe these latest 
killings could prove a tipping point in prompting the Mexican 
military to take on a significantly more aggressive approach 
in going after the narcotraffickers.  Of course, these same 
experts also point out that to be successful -- in addition 
to more manpower and equipment -- the army and Mexico's 
security forces in general need more intelligence about where 
 
MEXICO 00003779  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
the cartels are and how they operate.  END COMMENT. 
 
Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity and the North American 
Partnership Blog at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap / 
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