Zetas: Victoria Plaza Chief Captured in Guanajuato

Tamaulipas  secretary general, Herminio Garza Palacios, confirmed that Luis Jimenez Tovar, aka“Cabeza de Marrano”, was   arrested Friday in the city of Leon  Guanajuato, he was a Zetas leader in Victoria, Tamaulipas.

At a press conference in the hall of the Palace of Independence Government said the  detainee acted as a subordinate of one of the main leaders of a criminal group.

At the time of his arrest was travelling in a vehicle and carrying a long gun and a short exclusive use of the Armed Forces.

Addressing representatives of the Ministries of National Defense (Department of Defense), the Navy of Mexico (Semar), Attorney General's Office (PGR), Federal and State police announced that " information indicates that Jimenez Tovar was one of the principal sources of violence in Tamaulipas state. "

The suspect is identified as suspected of being  responsible for the crimes of kidnapping and murder, most recently,  his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a family in Victoria, for which a ransom was demanded of  five million pesos in exchange for their release.

May 5th

On May 5, 2014, he was in a violent clash with state police, but he was able to flee. Subsequently through third parties, Jimenez Tovar and another person spread information  on the internet of  their supposed deaths, from injuries sustained in the shootout,   to deceive  authorities and stop the search for him.

On June 20 in Ciudad Victoria, federal forces arrested five members of the same criminal group, including Juan Alberto Rodríguez Padilla, who was in possession of  more than six million pesos and $ 43,000 in cash.

Jimenez Tovar had retreated to the city of Leon, Guanajuato, as many key Zetas have done, due to the heavy presence of feds in the state implemented by the new security strategy for  Tamaulipas. The retreat is know as the "cockroach' effect.

Note (thanks Pepe)

Within one hour of the announcement of the arrest of Jiménez Tovar in Leon GTO Thursday night, there were two separate shootings in the city, resulting in the deaths of three. Later that night four were arrested for the attacks, three men and a woman.

Sources say the killings are associated with the arrest of Jiménez Tovar. In the first killing, two men drove up in pickup beside a Honda SUV with two men and several family members. The men in the pick-up fired on the Honda, killing the two men inside and wounding the others. In the second attack, one man was killed and another injured in a vehicle with Puebla plates, after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle.

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