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Saturday, March 11, 2023

The Gulf Cartel Factions In Tamaulipas

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat  



Video translation is as follows:

Female Reporter: The Gulf Cartel is considered the main instigator of violence in Tamaulipas. Its five criminal cells cover the main municipalities of the state. And it maintains a territorial dispute with other criminal organizations such as the Northeast Cartel, Los Zetas Vieja Escuela, and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

The faction accused of murdering the 4 Americans kidnapped on Friday in Matamoros call themselves Los Escorpiones based in Matamoros. But their operation extends to Reynosa, Rio Bravo, Valle Hermoso, San Fernando, and Ciudad Victoria.

This faction of the Gulf Cartel, made up of former police and military officers, was formed between 2006 and 2007 when one of its two leaders, brothers Osiel and Antonio Esequiel Cardenas Guillen, had differences that sparked a quarrel. The Escorpiones were created to confront Los Zetas and acted as Antonio's security corps.

Oscar Balmen: The Escorpiones have their own poisonous, stealthy, nocturnal explanations. In fact one of the qualities that Tony Tormenta liked most about the name Escorpiones is that they are nocturnal animals that sleep during the day and operate at night. Which became a very strong modus operandi of their group.

Female Reporter: With his death in 2010 it was thought that the criminal group had been weakened. But in all actuality it was left under the command of the former police director of Madero, Tamaulipas Lazaro Martinez who was also killed in 2015. It was until 2021 that Los Escorpiones were thought to have disappeared. 

However, in June of that year, together with another faction of the cartel, Los Ciclones, organized and perpetrated several attacks against the civilian population in order to heat up the plaza. The result of that violent day was 15 innocent civilians murdered and 4 criminals killed.

Among the most recent exhibitions and warnings of Los Escorpiones is a video recorded just in February in a place in Matamoros where 4 civilians related to drugs are interrogated on their knees. Where members of the faction condemn the purchase and sale of crystal meth and fentanyl.

Sicario: The Scorpion Group doesn’t permit the sale of crystal meth or fentanyl here at the border. Do you regret your actions?

All captives answer: yes sir!

Sicario: There will be no forgiveness for anyone who is selling or consuming crystal meth. 

Yours truly, Grupo Escorpión, armed wing of the Cartel del Golfo


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  2. Los escorpiones were originally just enforces/body guards for Tormenta and not a drug trafficking cell of CDG. Maybe these new escorpiones are in name only and have no connection to the original group.

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    1. Los escorpiones fought against the Marina for over 10 hours. The original Escorpiones Operators were higly trained ex Special Forces and Police Swat .They were very armed & dangerous when El Sr Tony Tormenta was killed.

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    1. Lmao I swear, there’s some dumbasses here who have nothing better to do than troll you, Sol…

      “Full of inaccuracies” yet they can’t even mention one??

      For the record, there no inaccuracies that I see.. and I’ve been following this site for over 11 years now.

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    2. There are trollers in here, that just want to pull Sols chain. Like the no period dude.

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  4. The gulf cartel matamoros calls itself the gulf cartel. This grupo escorpiones has nothing to do with the original grupo escorpion except the name.

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  5. There are no jaliscas fighting withing tamaulipas. 0. There was an incident where some jaliscas came into tamaulipas and killed a cdg plaza boss in the south. Thats it. Theyre no incursions no battles. Now the boss of reyonosa is a jalisca but thats cus them pussies in reynosa sold the plaza. So they take orders from a jalisca thats not in tamaulipas even though they still claim gulf cartel. Theres a tampico faction and the grupo pantera faction as well as som zetas vieja escuela factions. And the cdn up in the north western corner.

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    1. 9:53 don't worry little buddy it will be ok

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    2. Agreed. From my understanding some ZVE are CDG. Some just say VE at times. Not sure if it's all ZVE or just some or what though.

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  6. Saludos para el jefe 19 🦂🦂

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  7. El primito rifa por todo Tamaulipas

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