2020 La'Mariposa attacks
| 2020 La'Mariposa Attacks | |
|---|---|
| Location | La'Mariposa, San Pedro |
| Date | July 25, 2020 |
| Target | Civilians, soldiers |
Attack type | Shooting |
| Deaths | 65 |
| Injured | 101 |
| Perpetrators | Mara Salvatrucha |
| Motive | AUC attacks on MS strongholds |
The 2020 La'Mariposa Attacks (Creeperian: Ataques de La'Mariposa de 2020) was a terrorist attack committed by Mara Salvatrucha in the city of La'Mariposa on July 25, 2020.
Context
Attack
On July 25, 2020, a group of 30 Mara Salvatrucha gang members stormed the city of La'Mariposa and began shooting aimlessly. Civilians and soldiers alike were targeted. Buildings were set on fire and people were burned alive inside. The United Self-Defense Forces of Creeperopolis responded with a counterforce of 40 soldiers. After a firefight, Mara Salvatrucha retreated. The AUC reported 5 dead and 8 wounded and claimed that Mara Salvatrucha lost 12 members and had 4 captured who were later beheaded. The AUC lists that 44 civilians were dead, 93 were wounded, and that 11 buildings were burned to the ground. The attack was one of the first committed by Mara Salvatrucha against the AUC and not against the FARSP or the Creeperian government in San Pedro.[1]
Reponses
AUC
AUC leader Carlos Mancuso Gómez broadcasted a message to Mara Salvatrucha following the attack.
You have attacked the city of La'Mariposa for no reason. You killed innocent civilians for no reason. You have declared war on the United Self-Defense Forces of Creeperopolis and the civilians of La'Mariposa. We will not forget this day. You will regret ever being born.
FARSP
Iván Márquez Arango, the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of San Pedro, also released a statement on the attack.
We, the FARSP, oppose the terroristic AUC in all ways, but Mara Salvatrucha attacking civilians and non-combatants is non-negotiable; it will not be tolerated. We will not spare any mercy to those from Mara Salvatrucha who we arrest. The FARSP exists to protect the people of San Pedro, and you [Mara Salvatrucha] are a threat to San Pedro. You will pay for your crimes.
MS
Heriberto Lazcano Zapata, the leader of Mara Salvatrucha in San Pedro, attacked both the FARSP and AUC.
Señor Gómez, you only seek to expand your influence over traitors to the Fatherland, expand your drug empire, and kill innocent civilians. You will suffer. Señor Arango, you only seek to illegally leave the Fatherland, ruin the lives of the people of San Pedro, and kill innocent civilians. Mara Salvatrucha did not kill a single civilian or burn a single non-combatant alive. The 11 buildings we burned were all military buildings and those "civilians" who died or were injured were military operatives in disguise. You have 0 evidence they were civilians, but we have all the evidence to prove they were military soldiers. Señor Gómez and Señor Arango, we give you this one and only chance to surrender and escape a painful death. AUC: leave San Pedro. FARSP: disarm and submit. Dictator Gutiérrez, leave our San Pedro alone and die.
See Also
References
- ↑ "Attacks in La'Mariposa". Gaceta Creeperiano. July 25, 2020.
