Overview

• Cuartel 27 houses three companies totaling roughly 600 National Guard personnel focused on boosting security in Apatzingán and the wider Tierra Caliente region.
• The deployment supplements 33 interinstitutional bases and contributes to a 429-member force that includes state Guardia Civil units, the Army, the Navy and the state Fiscalía.
• Authorities highlight specialized capabilities such as helicopter support, drones with anti-drone defenses and explosives-ordnance teams to enhance surveillance and rapid response.
• Official tallies show that security forces destroyed 87 criminal camps and deactivated 2,601 improvised explosive devices from October 2024 through August 2025.
• High-impact seizures in Apatzingán include 408 confiscated slot machines and the removal of 19 covert surveillance cameras used by organized-crime groups.