Mekelle፡Telaviv, Nairobi, Pretoria, London, (Tigray Herald).
INTELLIGENCE ALERT & EMERGENCY WARNING
Homegrown Fascism Unleashed:
The TPLF Above-the-Core Military Invasion & the Assassination of Desta Gebrezighi in Wejerat
EXECUTIVE INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY:
The cold-blooded and premeditated assassination of Desta Gebrezighi, Deputy Speaker of Bahri Tsaba in 20 Adi, Wejerat District (Southeastern Tigray), represents a dangerous escalation by the TPLF Above-the-Core faction into full-scale internal militarized repression.
Desta a veteran resistance figure and community defender during the genocidal war on Tigray was executed on his home soil. Intelligence confirms he was targeted under direct orders from General Yohannes Gebregiorgis (alias “John Medidi”), a known enforcer of Above-the-Core warlordism on Tigray’s southern frontier.
This act was not isolated. It forms part of a systematic, clandestine military invasion of the Wejerat, Raya, and broader Southeastern Tigray zones coordinated under a covert, treasonous alliance known as “ጽምዶ”: a fusion of TPLF’s authoritarian remnants and Eritrea’s intelligence services.
VERIFIED INTELLIGENCE FINDINGS:
Desta Gebrezighi’s assassination was orchestrated by General Yohannes under the Above-the-Core command chain, with operational support from Eritrean intelligence embedded inside Tigray’s security infrastructure.
The incursion into Southeastern Tigray is not a rogue mission. It is part of an organized fascist-style military subjugation strategy aimed at silencing reformist local governments and intimidating populations who reject the return of TPLF-style authoritarianism.
The so-called “ጽምዶ” network includes Eritrean-trained units operating under forged TDF identities and local command covers effectively creating death squads hunting reformist voices, elected civil officials, and Tigrayan patriots opposing tyranny.
Sources confirm Eritrean operatives are now:
Stationed in local Tigrayan security organs
Wearing TDF uniforms with forged identification
Executing civilians while disguising their actions as internal disputes
THE ጽምዶ ALLIANCE: FASCISM IN DISGUISE
What began as a political alliance has now morphed into a shadow regime, echoing the darkest chapters of fascist military rule in global history. The “ጽምዶ” axis mirrors authoritarian systems that utilize:
Paramilitary forces
Extrajudicial executions
Propaganda warfare
Foreign intelligence collaborators
Psychological terror against civilians
General Yohannes “John Medidi” Gebregiorgis now functions as the central military enforcer of this order using violence, fear, and betrayal to destabilize Tigray’s post-genocide democratic transition.
The alliance with Isaias Afwerki’s Eritrean regime Tigray’s historical enemesis marks the most egregious act of treason by any TPLF-linked faction in history.
URGENT WARNING TO ALL TIGRAYANS:
This is not merely a power struggle. This is an existential assault on the soul of Tigray, conducted by internal warlords in collaboration with foreign enemies.
Every Tigrayan must now recognize:
- Eritrean military-intelligence units are operating inside Tigray, actively embedded in internal structures.
- They are backed and shielded by the TPLF Above-the-Core network.
- They are targeting, intimidating, and killing Tigrayan reformers, local leaders, and administrative staff.
- They are camouflaging as TDF officers, while subverting legitimate institutions.
- They are executing a deliberate campaign of internal destabilization to destroy civilian trust in governance and derail the reformist roadmap.
- This is state betrayal at the highest level, and it requires a full societal awakening and collective resistance.
This is a military occupation from within.
STRATEGIC CALL TO ACTION: DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
- Immediate International Investigation
Demand an urgent fact-finding mission by the UN Human Rights Council, African Union Commission, and EU External Action Service into extrajudicial killings in Southeastern Tigray.
- Emergency Security Audit
Launch an independent security and institutional audit to identify and remove Eritrean operatives, ጽምዶ-aligned personnel, and rogue commanders from Tigray’s local and zonal administrations.
- Protection for Reformist Officials
The Tigray Interim Government (TIG) must deploy immediate protection units to safeguard reform-minded civil servants, administrators, and veteran resistance figures.
- Legal Accountability
Convene a public tribunal to investigate the assassination of Desta Gebrezighi and prosecute General Yohannes Gebregiorgis and other responsible warlords under international and transitional justice standards.
- Disband ጽምዶ Networks
All factions, militias, and paramilitary formations aligned with the ጽምዶ conspiracy must be declared illegal, dismantled, and disarmed with regional and international monitoring.
HONORING A MARTYR: DESTA GEBREZIGHI
Desta Gebrezighi did not die in vain. He fell as a defender of justice, a symbol of resistance, and a martyr of Tigray’s second liberation struggle this time from within.
His sacrifice must now galvanize a new generation of freedom fighters, diplomats, and justice-seekers who will not tolerate tyranny neither foreign nor homegrown.
His name must echo in every district, every school, and every resistance archive.
FINAL STATEMENT:
The TPLF Above-the-Core leadership has crossed every moral, legal, and historical red line. By aligning with Eritrea’s genocidal regime and unleashing internal military repression, it has declared war on the Tigrayan people.
This is not opposition politics it is internal occupation.
Tigray must now rise again not just against foreign domination but against the corrupt domestic warlords who wear the uniform of liberation while enforcing tyranny.
The choice is clear:
Silence is complicity. Action is survival.
END OF INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
Issued by: Tigray Media Watch – Digital Intelligence Monitoring Group
For: Regional & International Action | Public Awareness | Historical Accountability
