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Monday, November 1, 2021

25 Kidnapping Victims Freed, 3 Kidnappers Arrested in Matamoros, Tamps

"HEARST" for Borderland Beat 

Soldiers from the Army (SEDENA) arrested three alleged kidnappers who were holding 25 people hostage in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.

The 25 victims were being held at #57 Sierra Rocallosa Street, which is located in the Las Cumbres neighborhood on the eastside of Matamoros city. 


El Universal newspaper is currently reporting that the safehouse location, which was holding the kidnapping victims, was learned due to an anonymous call. Meanwhile Milenio newspaper is currently reporting that soldiers were on a routine patrol in the area when they spotted a suspected criminal who tried to flee, leading the soldiers directly to the safehouse where they heard people screaming for help.

2009 Google Street View of 57 Sierra Rocallosa Street

Regardless of how they arrived at the locatio, at 3:30am on October 31, 2021, the soldiers executed a successful raid of the property. 


Three armed men who were left to guard the hostages were disarmed and detained during the raid. Two 5.56 caliber firearms and one AK-47 style firearm were seized from their possession. Tactical vests, ammo and other equipment were also seized from the detainees. Another one of the captors managed to escape the area and remains at large. 


Inside the property the soldiers found 25 hostages. According to La Tarde, all the victims were bound at both the wrists and the ankles, as well as blindfolded. 21 were male (with 2 of the males being minors) and 4 were females (with 1 of the females being a minor). When interviewed, the victims reported they were either from Matamoros, in Tamaulipas or from locations in the state of Veracruz.


It is not uncommon for kidnapping operations to small time groups who simply pay a larger cartel a fee for permission to do business. 


Currently the blog Valor por Tamaulipeco is reporting that the captors belong to a group working under El Contador, a Gulf Cartel leader (Cartel del Golfo, CDG). However they do not provide any evidence for why they have made these allegations.



Left two are both M4 / AR15 style firearms, right is described as a "cuerno de chivo" (AK-47) in articles but appears to be either a AKMSU or a AK74U



Sources: El Universal, Excelsior, Milenio, Hoy Tamaulipas, El Mañana, La Tarde, Valor por Tamaulipeco

12 comments:

  1. 25 were being kidnapped, talk about greedy kidnappers, where is the guy in here, that says Mexica is safe?

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  2. Glad to hear that a tragic event was averted.
    Innocent people who probably have not much to give.

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  3. "Buh buh buh AMLO isn't doing nothing but giving the bad guys abrazos! Soldiers are just sitting on their asses playing cards and watching novelas"...

    Yet every week we see the army or the national guard fighting these criminals. Nomas se fijan en lo que les combiene.

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    1. You gone crazy talking to yourself again, what a crybaby.

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    2. Its always been like that in tamaulipas..
      Theres always shootouts, Kidanapings and soldiers shooting sicarios mainly the tropa del infierno.
      If anything they are clearing the way for los metros and mencho.
      Eres mas terco que una mula!

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    3. Armed crooks arrested and their kidnappers victims looks like a falso positivo created for show and tell...
      Meanwhile cabeza de cagadas de vacas remains governor in his mansion, that's fucked up.

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  4. The kidnapped dont look like they got a kilo of beans to their name, much less money.

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  5. Fucking matamoros cdg most be headed by some fucking retarded assholes. Keep up the bad work.

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  6. That ain’t cumbres. That’s colonia lauro villar
    I know cuz I’m from there my uncle used to live 2/3 houses down the street from that house

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    1. Check out the first and third linked sources, El Universal and Milenio. They both say it's in Las Cumbres.

      Now, they could be wrong but if the reputable sources are saying it falls within Las Cumbres, that's what I've got to go with unless you have more information

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    2. Well my Tia coca lives and it's Las Cumbres.

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