Drug War Hero

Today on Blog del Narco they are honoring the memory of a rancher who resisted the drug traffickers unto death (approximate translation):

The story of Don Alejo Garza Tamez, who declined to give his ranch in Tamaulipas to drug traffickers and defended it to the death, has touched and outraged people not only in Nuevo Leon, but throughout the country.

The man, aged 77, died early Sunday, November 14 after fighting to the end to defend his property against a large group of gunmen, who had given an ultimatum to hand over the property.

Don Alejo not only said no, but decided to face them alone.

On the night of November 13, he placed several guns in the windows and doors of his house, and when his tormentors arrived, they were received dead. The final toll: four gunmen dead.

The others fled the scene, not seizing the ranch, because they thought they would soon be reported to the military and chose to flee.

Learn the history of the rancher who imposed his dignity over fear.

In a telephone interview, Sandra Garza, daughter of Mr. Alejo, explained that "when my father was alive, he taught us values and principles." Her father had received threats from members of organized crime to leave the ranch or face eviction, but he never reported them to the Tamaulipas authorities for not trusting them or in others.