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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Cartel Kills 2 and Threatens Police in Mexico's Richest City

"MX" for Borderland Beat

This brazen double murder is an unusual occurence in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico's richest city. 

The gruesome discovery of two lifeless corpses inside a car in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico's richest city, caused commotion and a large reaction from authorities yesterday afternoon.

The Attorney General's Office reported that the two men were reported missing in Guadalupe municipality days prior. The victims were Antonio Peña Díaz, 50, and Rogelio Chavarría Martínez, 51. They disappeared in the same Jetta Volkswagen vehicle they were found dead in.

Inside the vehicle the assassins left a written message against the local police. Investigators confirmed that one of the victims was a former municipal police officer and that the threatening message made reference to a past kidnapping.

"Someone went out of their way to do this. That area where the vehicle was found is in the heart of San Pedro Garza Garcia's business center. This was done to make a statement", a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told Borderland Beat.

Our source said that the killing was not done by the controlling cartel and could have been done to calentar la plaza ("heat up the turf"). A few weeks ago, mayor Miguel Bernardo Treviño de Hoyos said that organized crime groups were looking to "destabilize" San Pedro Garza Garcia with a violent attack since elections are coming up in June.

Background

Last February, a businessman from San Pedro Garza Garcia was kidnapped in broad daylight by the local Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) faction headed by Jose Rodolfo Villarreal Hernandez ('El Gato'). The victim was Rolando Garcia Cantu, a suspected money launderer from an "old school" cartel based in the area. It is unclear if this kidnapping is tied to the one mentioned above.

The two victims found dead yesterday were reported missing on 13 March 2021.

El Gato is the plaza boss of San Pedro Garza Garcia. He is wanted in the US for the murder of former Gulf Cartel lawyer Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa, who was killed in the Dallas area in 2013. The BLO is mostly involved white collar crime (i.e. money laundering) throughout the Monterrey metropolitan area, but they also run drug trafficking operations to the US.

"El Gato's apparent role in trafficking drugs into the US and the evidence linking him to more than 10 murders in Mexico have made this case a top priority for both U.S. and Mexican authorities. He's a ruthless guy", the FBI Special Agent Gary Koenig explained.

Borderland Beat analysis

San Pedro Garza Garcia municipality is an affluent enclave of the Monterrey metropolitan area. Considered Mexico's wealthiest city, it has one of the highest per capita incomes in all of Latin America.

With close to 5 million inhabitants, the metropolitan area includes the municipalities of Monterrey (the state capital), Apodaca, Garcia, General Escobedo, Guadalupe, Juarez, San Nicolás de los Garza, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Santa Catarina, and Santiago. It is about two and a half hours from the U.S.-Mexico border crossings in Laredo and Roma, Texas, making it a lucrative smuggling route for narcotics.

But Monterrey's appeal extends beyond drugs.

The city is widely considered the most important financial and industrial center in northern Mexico. It is home to several foreign and national corporations, and has a stable and growing small-and-medium business ecosystem. A large amount of U.S. dollars flow in and out of Monterrey, making it an ideal place for money laundering.

Several drug cartels have been reported in the area, including various Gulf Cartel factions, the Northeast Cartel, and even remnants of the BLO.

Security experts say that the Monterrey area, specifically San Pedro Garza Garcia, has been considered a "neutral" ground or haven for large-scale drug traffickers – a place where they could send their families to be safe from the mayhem found elsewhere in Mexico. However, this pax mafiosa has not always been respected by all drug cartels.

Sources: Multimedios; El Porvenir; El Norte (1), (2), (3)(4)SDP Noticias; Heraldo de Mexico; ABC Noticias; Borderland Beat archives; Anonyous source

38 comments:

  1. San Pedro residents are flying to Texas to get the covid vaccine. What money can do lol been there, it’s a nice plaza. Valle Oriente and Plaza San Agustin

    https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-03-05/why-wealthy-mexicans-are-getting-vaccinated-against-covid-19-in-the-us.html

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    1. Yessir, all the wealthy family’s from Monterrey are going to McAllen or any major city in Texas for their covid19 vaccine.

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    2. 224 less idiots to deal with

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  2. El gato loosing grip? Or just a one case thing?

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  3. Wow there's not such a quick and ruthless crime groups like the mexican ones

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  4. El Gato not play games

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  5. Who runs this city?

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    1. Did you read the article? 🤦🏻‍♂️

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    2. Gato is the top dog in MTY. Tory is one of the main zetas guys there. Heard cuate Mtz from CDG ciclones also has a strong presence there.

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  6. I saw on the Reddit page “narcofootage” a twitter video of mochomos son driving Ivan’s lambo in this area of Monterrey. Was this recent cause isn’t he locked up? Also maybe he was with el gato they’re both BLO leaders

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    1. That video is from November 2020. That's all I know.

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    2. 4:15 Does that mean he's free?

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    3. Well that’s strange. Didn’t Mochomito lead a large armed attack on the property and house of Chapo’s mother?

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    4. 4:07
      You got a link to that reddit page?

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    5. Its not mochomos son its Joaquin alfredo Guzman. Chapos son

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    6. www.Reddit.com/r/NarcoFootage

      You may have to search for the video from there, but “mochomito Lamborghini” should help you find it.

      Also, you will have to unfortunately register a Reddit account in order to see it. Not sure why, but EVERY post in /r/NarcoFootage is censored for 18+ and requires you to login, even if there is nothing graphic or violent at all about the picture or video..

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  7. Great collection of sources “MX”. Very thorough and comprehensive. Always enjoy your reportajes. Saludos from Houston, Tx

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    1. MX is an incredibly remarkable and very hardworking individual. May we all learn a thing or two about work ethic from him!

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  8. There was a message along with the bodies , both got killed with a wireon their neck,
    The mesage was something related to someones nephew who got kidnapped
    Maybe the cdn cartel killed and dumped the bodies in san pedro...
    Also the message was written almost like if the person who wrote it was shaking...

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    1. Do you have the message’s text and a source where we can read more? I didn’t find any by the time we published this piece.

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    2. Cartel love to send messages

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    3. https://valortamaulipeco.blogspot.com/2021/03/nadie-los-ubico-encajuelados-con.html?m=1

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    4. The gato saga is about to get very interesting, the word on the street is that he is all paranoid even with his own people after the f.b i offered a million dollars leadung to his arrest...
      I heard that el.cdn and el.cdg wants that million and is going to heat the san pedro plaza , and thats why he doesnt go to ciudad de mexico anymore
      Because hes afraid of the bounty on his head

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  9. I
    Ve personally seen el cuate Martinez in San Peter.

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  10. El gato was chapo isidros Monterrey replacement ?

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    1. I don’t think Isidro was ever in charge of Monterrey, he was merely hiding out there IIRC..

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  11. Is there anyone in law enforcement Honest

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  12. Damn Sinaloas ARE hard headed 😆
    They BEEN at that PLAZA taking hits SINCE CHAPO was OUT.. THEY still HAVEN'T came close to TAKING that PLAZA..
    Now THAT CJNG is in CHIHUAHUA, there is no WAY CDS have a chance NOW.. Just SAYING

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    1. Think of it this way once cjng takes all of zacatecas and the durango cities along zacatecas, cds are only gonna have a piece of sinaloa, most of durango and a small piece of sonora, so yea they are gonna be cut off the rout to nuevo leo, its a sad say for the Rataloas

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    2. Cjng aint in Chihuahua. Eso no cuh

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    3. Wtf are u talking about man u gotta stop smoking the crystal your favorite cartel makes.

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    4. Pónganse a hacer algo productivo en vez de andar de narcoplaticantes no les da vergüenza con sus jefes que dejaron algún estado sureño de mexico para darle una vida mejor .

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    5. Lol@7:33 does cjng not make meth??

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  13. Ora si no llenan de andar aqui nomás de calientes

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