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after CU used dismembered bodies to lure the soldiers to where the landmine was set. · and assert their dominance to facilitate their activities. In September 2020 · and attacks against local law enforcement to destabilize the area · and avocado and lime producers. The CU furthers its goals by destabilizing their region of operation. It does so through the use of violence · as well as keeping control of drug trafficking routes and its share in local illicit economies including drug production and the extortion of ranchers · CU operatives drove military tanks through the town of Bonifacio Moreno in Aguililla and recorded themselves heavily armed · destruction of public infrastructure · extortion · Factions include: Cartel del Abuelo (also known as Cartel Tepalcatepec) · hostage taking · inflicting terror onto the local population · in order to gain and maintain control. Since the start of their conflict with CJNG in 2019 · intimidate the public · La Familia) · La Familia Michoacana (also known as The Michoacán Family · La Nueva Familia Michoacana (also known as The New Michoacán Family · LNFM) · Los Blanco De Troya (White Trojans). Cárteles Unidos (CU) is an alliance between a number of Mexican criminal groups to combat Jalisco New Generation Cártel (CJNG)’s entrance into the Michoacán state. The current incarnation of the CU consists of Cartel del Abuelo (a.k.a. Cartel Tepalcatepec) · Los Caballeros Templarios and Los Blanco de Troya. The strategic goals of the entity include protecting its influence over the Michoacán state · Los Caballeros Templarios (Knights Templar) · Los Viagras · seizing land · showing off how they rode in a war tank through the streets · the entity has used various displays of military might · there were reports that the entity used drones to drop gunpower bombs over the region · two soldiers were killed and five others were injured from a landmine explosion · violence · warning CJNG that this territory belonged to them. In 2021 · wounding two members of the Michoacán state police force. In December 2024
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