Laguna Seca is one of Mexico’s forsaken places. Deep in the scrub and
tree covered hills of Guerrero, it lies at the end of a rutted, dirt
track. The village was once home to eighty families. They lived
peacefully, albeit in poverty and rural isolation. Then early this year
members of a violent drug gang came to town. Soon, the killing started.
We arrived in Laguna Seca on a bright Monday morning, after a long drive from the nearest paved highway. An elderly woman who runs the village store is one of few people who remain there. She agreed to talk to us, on condition we did not use her name or publish her picture.
“On January 15th, a group arrived and they threatened us,” she said. “They told us to go to a meeting or we would be killed. Everyone went to the meeting, and they threatened us. They killed a young man right then and there. Then they killed someone that was just passing by. Next, they asked someone to provide food, and when he refused, they killed him, too.”
We arrived in Laguna Seca on a bright Monday morning, after a long drive from the nearest paved highway. An elderly woman who runs the village store is one of few people who remain there. She agreed to talk to us, on condition we did not use her name or publish her picture.
“On January 15th, a group arrived and they threatened us,” she said. “They told us to go to a meeting or we would be killed. Everyone went to the meeting, and they threatened us. They killed a young man right then and there. Then they killed someone that was just passing by. Next, they asked someone to provide food, and when he refused, they killed him, too.”
No comments:
Post a Comment