By Adry Torres For Dailymail.com
Published: 17:47 GMT, 22 March 2019 | Updated: 17:47 GMT, 22 March 2019
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This is the shocking moment cartel gangsters led a parade down a street in Mexico.
A viral video shows how members of the notorious Jalisco New Generation Cartel [JNGC] drove a convoy down an avenue in Tlalixcoyan, a city in the state of Veracruz, on the evening of March 14.
Cops noticed 28 SUVs and pickup trucks with an army of armed men carrying military assault rifles while residents were out enjoying the festive scene at 9pm local time.
Police officers responded by assuring the safety of the carnival attendees.
'Taking into account that they outnumbered us by a lot in personnel and weaponry, we gave ourselves the task of protecting and monitoring the people that were enjoying the outing,' law enforcement officials said in a statement.
SUVs and trucks carrying cartel men paraded through a street in Tlalixcoyan. A couple of hours later, the cartel unleashed a wave of attacks against police forces in the region
Still image from a video recorded the evening of March 14 show the moment cartel members drive their SUV and trucks down an avenue in the Mexican state of Veracruz
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel was on its way to unleash a series of attacks against police forces in the Mexican state off the Gulf of