Tampico: Two Additional Businesses Torched, and a Decapitation with Message

Chivís Martínez for Borderland Beat

In less than one week, four Tampico Tamaulipas businesses have been torched.  All four were CDG’s  Dragones de Sheyla controlled businesses.

Outbreaks of violence has been scattered throughout Tamaulipas, with Tampico being hit the hardest as the explosion of violence there shows no sign of being abated .

On Thursday two of the restaurant/bar businesses were incinerated this morning 24 hrs  apart.  First was the restaurant bar “El Chachalaco”, located in the Tampico beach community of Madero.  On Thursday at apx 6AM fire broke out, this came after a failed attempt at 11PM on Wednesday.  

24 hours later the Tampico “El Coco Beach Bar”, was torched.  In both arsons Molotov cocktail devices were used to ignite the buildings. The other two businesses incinerated were El Angus and El Muelle.

CoCo Beach Bar Chachalaco is directly below left

The Tampico conflict is between two CDG (Golfo Cartel) groups, Los Fresitas  vs Dragones de Sheyla, are fighting for control of the Tampico Plaza.   

Los Fresitas, literally meaning strawberry in Spanish, have exploited strawberry graphics on their Narco Messages, left behind at killings, and using fresh strawberries  to leave their mark at body drops.

Fresitas also has various Urban Dictionary meanings, preppy, false preppy, even metrosexual.   Male Fresitas, dress in expensive, preppy type clothing, drive nice cars, consider themselves a higher class than others, they can even speak differently.

On Wednesday, a decapitated body was left , also in Madero, accompanied by a a narco message signed by Los Fresitas .

Texto integro:

Hay esta tu pinche licenciado culero bueno para vergas, que quería sacar a los del penal así van a quedar todos aquellos  que apoyen a SHEYLA y para que sepan de una vez TODOS LOS LICENCIADOS que anden apoyando al pinche MESERO MUGROSO EXTORSIONADOR DE SHEYLA Y AL GRUPO DRAGÓN van a mamar ya los tenemos ubicados y mas les vale que se la corten a la verga pinches culeros y eso va para ti LIC RENO mierdero ya sabemos TODO pinche traicionero mal agradecido aquí la plaza se respeta, culeros aquí  no cabe gente de SHEYLA, aquí la plaza se respeta, y que les quede bien claro a TODA LA CIUDADANÍA NOSOTROS NO COBRAMOS CUOTA NI EXTORSIÓN DE LLAMADAS, NI SECUESTROS AQUÍ YA SE ACABO TODO, ESTO POR UN MEJOR TAMPICO ANIMO.

ATTE: PLAZA TAMPICO LOS FRESITAS

Narco Banner text translation by Texcoco:

Here is  your no good lawyer, who wanted to get your people out of jail. All those who support SHEYLA will end like this. You lawyers better take note and stop supporting the FILTHY waiter of SHEYLA and his group LOS DRAGONES. We already have you all located so you better get the fuck out of here. This goes for you too Lic. RENO. We already know everything you did, you fucking ungrateful traitor mother fucker. Here you will respect the plaza, here there is no room for SHEYLA's people, here the square is respected. A clear message to all the citizens, we do not charge fees, we do not do phone extortion, or kidnapping all that shit will end now, for a better TAMPICO.

Sincerely,  PLAZA TAMPICO LOS FRESITAS

Saying fiction a hundred times will not make it reality.  Above is a photo and duties of the leaders of the Fresitas, according to ValorXTamps:

Comandante “Chive”, “J2, or “Fresa Mayor” (upper left)

Responsibility: Oil Theft

To his right;

Comandante “Cui Cui”, “Super1” or “Fresa 3”

Responsibility:  Collection of Accounts

This is a guess, lower left;

Comandante “Negrito”, “Cobra 1” or “Fresa 4”

Responsibility:  Securing Tampico

And lastly;

“Comandante Visketin”, “K23” or “Fresa 2”

Responsibility: Kidnapping of Migrants

WARNING DECAPITATION IMAGE ON FOLLOWING PAGE