Itzli Borderland Beat
On Friday April 17, a series of shootouts and blockades swept the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas.
Around 10:00 AM federal forces were attacked in the Zona Centro and Industrial colonia. The situation was calm for a while, but after 12:40 PM shootouts and blockades took place on Hidalgo boulevard in the Valle Alto colonia, where an unnamed cartel leader was arrested.
Thereafter violence exploded throughout the city, including the free highway Matamoros-Monterrey, Morelos boulevard, and Hidalgo boulevard, as armed individuals hijacked vehicles and set them on fire in an apparent attempt to aid in rescuing their captured comrade. Likewise, the offices of the Attorney General of the Republic (PGR) in the city was shot.
By 3:00 PM, federal forces began regaining control of the city, though at 4:30 PM shootouts continued in the colonias of Vista Hermosa, Caracoles, Villa Florida, and Las Cumbres, as well as Morelos boulevard near the commercial centers and Oriente freeway, near Parque Cultural.
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| El Gafe being transferred to DF-after his arrest hell broke out in SW Reynosa |
According to social media, the individual arrested was Sergio
Velázquez, alias "El Gafe", the current head of plaza in Reynosa and overall leader of the Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel. A native of the state of Veracruz, "El Gafe" was once a member of the military, though, despite his alias, he was not a member of GAFE.
His criminal career was first noted as a
bodyguard for Héctor David Delgado Santiago, alias "El Metro 4".
It appears that “El Gafe” became head of plaza in Reynosain the summer of 2014 and leader of Los Metros following
the October arrest of Juan Francisco Saénz Tamez, alias "El Panochitas".
As the war against the
Matamoros faction of the Gulf Cartel has progressed, it had been
rumored that "El Gafe" took refuge in Saltillo, Coahuila, leaving "El Toro" in charge and giving orders via radio.
Recent rumors
placed "El Gafe" in Jalisco, where it has been alleged he owns
ranches, though if his arrest proves true, this was obviously wrong or he recently returned to Reynosa. This picture has appeared online, allegedly showing him immediately after his arrest:
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Fotos from: TMX, Reforma, Meny Times, Michoacan 3.0
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As usual you are on top of it and on your toes. Good going man.
ReplyDeleteSon hechos aislados. Estamos en el camino correcto. Attn, EPN
ReplyDeleteFECHA DICE MARZO. Es Abril.
ReplyDeleteSee what shootouts get u cdg nothin but feds same here n the us
ReplyDeleteNo US cops no match . They shot kill you in the back or better yet ten kick punch one suspect AFRAID for my life . Thats why they don't confront minor drugs dealers
Deleteare the gringos already using the new law, lol...long live our Mexican army.
ReplyDeleteYes long live the Mexican army. The pot growers need them to fumigate their crops for insects. They also need to help the growers in transporting their crops to their destination points. If you do not know this is happening you do not know much if you are living in Mexico. They play an important part in getting the drugs to market.
Delete6:38 was just being sarcastic, the second part says "arriba de un burro flaco" which means " que chinguen a su puta madre" in this case, the mexican army...
Delete--The government is just fucking up their own friends for show and tell, we only want Dr Mireles released and his AD, AND the 43 disappeared returned alive like they took 'em, anything else is just a distraction...
This is why I gave a shout out to Otis B,don't slow yo roll Otis..
ReplyDeleteAnd the picture is dude El Gafe,location given up again,what now for 98,Toro,Guero Cleo,Boludo,who steps up now?
Metro 3 brother will step up with 98 carrizales
DeleteI am always shocked that criminals can just take over a city in Mexico for days/weeks at a time and The government does little to nothing to protect citizens ..almost like they are in on it (they are). Cartels are just armed branches of political parties (PRD,PRI,PAN)...so sad and frustrating that Tue elites in Mexico use the people to play chess.
ReplyDeleteU.S elites use the goverment and police...lol worst i guess
DeleteUSA elites get fucked if they abuse power and get cought
DeleteThe poltical parties wake up who is my favor Cartel today
DeleteNAMES, NAMES, NAMES!!!
DeleteEl Héctor beltran Leyva was arrested in San Miguel Allende, Guanajuato where he was living and dealing it up as a select preferred member sheep don borreguito to members of the Partido Verde Ecologista Mexicano PVEM, a branch of El PRI that helped peña nieto steal the election as did el chapo, and la puta tuta...
That is why the "narcos" can't retire, they support a lot of politicians...
It's all good if it's just the cartel but if they give Isis, russia ,china ,or any country like them a pass to cross then that will cause those who didn't care , don't want to care, and others who liked them to be against them. That will be their downfall. But if they don't let them through then they will probly have no problems staying in control of the border. I heard rumors they might have let them cowards Isis or other Muslim terrorists across. Once some of us have some proof of this we are going to fight back.
DeleteHow much time will this guy do? Or like always we just here about arrests and NO prosecution or prison time. Can we get a list on prosecutions n prison they gave all these cartel members n drug lords??
ReplyDeleteabout 6 months
DeleteYo crazy, 6 months for being a farmer?
DeleteIs this guy in anyway related to los Velazquez de Nuevo laredo ?
ReplyDeleteThey did catch him comandante gafe 64 , I have this page on facebook that is runned by the cdg sicarios/rappers that shows everything thats goin on
ReplyDeleteAnd life goes on. We must be proud of our Cartels real dumb asses
ReplyDeleteThis is beyond ridiculous. The ATF just released a report last week which documented an increase in the flow of weapons to Mexico from the U.S. In the report, ATF traced 11,061 weapons that were seized in Mexico in 2014. These weapons were either manufactured or sold by vendors in the U.S. This represents 71.9% of all the weapons traced. This is an INCREASE over prior years. The U.S. needs to do a much better job in limiting free market gun dealing. It is the citizens of Mexico who suffer not because of the U.S.'s voracious appetite for drugs but throws gasoline on the fire by exporting so many weapons and doing very little to intervene. K. Onda
ReplyDeleteOh shit not the old'its all the fault of the US bollocks'
DeleteDo us a favor,change the record. The B side is'cry me a river'In your case it's a fuckin tsunami..
Where do these people crawl from?
Delete7.46
DeleteAnd your beyond a whiner
And these weapons were either manufactured or sold by vendors in the U.S.and the voracious voracity the seems to fuel my addiction which in turn leads to my delusions can be squarely left at the hands of
Deletethe US and its iniquitous desire to conquer the world and free market,thus compelling me to say nay,no more weapons and doing very little
Manic Millie or an imitator?
DeleteNothing but mexicans/mex-americans aquiring weapons legally through the free weapons market of the USA. There isn't much the US can do to stop it, is the mexican govt responsabillity to stop those guns from getting into their country since they aren't allowed to carry rifles etc. The United States can't even stop all those drugs from getting in, much less when things are going the other way.
DeleteI low-crawl from Ft. Benning, et.al. We have a responsibility to husband our resources--most certainly those that lead to death and destruction. We have a moral responsibility to develop and protect the law abiding citizenry of Mexico. Drop the John Wayne B.S. and realize that Mexico are our neighbors and we need to do right by them. That does not mean we need to ignore their violence and the impunity of law.; K. Onda
DeleteI agree with you totally.
DeleteGive every Mexican citizen the right to bear arms and this would be over in 6 months. why do people not break into my house, because if they do, I will hurt them. I do not give punks a second chance. break into my house and u will hurt
DeleteJust like the idiots who blame the US for the drug trade because of our "addicts" I blame Mexicans for their greed for guns. The US has the supply and the Cartels have the demand. Tell your Mafiosos to stop wanting the guns and maybe the flow of guns will stop. If the Mexican government tried harder to stop the drugs coming into the US maybe just maybe the US will try harder to stop the flow the guns into Mexico. It's a two way street my friends. Oh crap I almost forgot there's a gun show in my city today. Thanks for reminding me I got to stock up on some ammo. Peace!!!
DeleteThis is millie, mil mascaras, it looks like we are more the nightmare of the brownie pointer lobby...
DeleteYou and your silly rants can not erase history, motherfucker:
--drugs, production, logistics, and money laundering is all owned by US Inc
--weapons, manufacture, selling, making it legal, propaganda, NRA, lords of war, all amerikkkans from the prissy assed US, arms dealers inc.
--offshored american jobs and technology, paid for with laundered money, done by amerikkkans from the US like prissy ass mitt romney...
--wars all over the world, caused by private amerikkkan military and "intelligence" to make money for their owners...
Your dementeded defense of your patroncitos is not working mil mascaras, you are full of shit, it is and has always been the US...
-- history, not hysteria menopausica pocahontas, wipe your browny nose
--The US could not even stop it's friends from frying the World Trade Center with thermolite and blaming it on its Arab friends, then attacking iraq, iran, Afghanistan that had nothing to do with it other than harboring the friends of the US acused of the dirty deed...
-- but the US can restrict access to the full records of 9/11 for 30 years...a ok...
The guns don't frivolously kill. Catching the Stupid does. Mexico is suffering with a major case of the stupid right now. & Stupid is as stupid does.
DeleteI'll also note a quantity of said weaponry was sent by various groups to the ADs or did everyone forget that?
Anyhow, YOU are simply a stupid POS if you go around slaughtering your own countrymen just because you have firearms.
If it was the Americans that were the reason for this problem then why is the cartel pulling the trigger? Wake up idiot anyone on here with that lame ass excuse is gettin his information from some idiot who hates America without knowing who is pulling the trigger.it isn't America's fault this is happening , it's the government's fault. The government in power now is not work in for the American people. There are traitors in the American government. Some other country has taken control as silently as they can. Unfortunately for them more then a few of real Americans who want real freedom are waking up. A little slow and almost a hair late. I don't care if the cartel supplys the weed shops or kill their own people. It's someone's own choice to smoke or not but the other stuff like if they bring in other then Mexicans or kill innocent people then Fuck them we will start using our to tools to sway their minds. One shred of evidence of some Muslim comin across the border, I mean solid evidence then it's time to start making contact to either make sure we cam come to some agreement or put the hammer of God down on the border.
DeleteMexicans can whine like a motherfucker
Deletenow Millie is calling everyone Millie?
That one is strange for real
Man,I'm getting blamed off mil for everything?
Delete8:10am
DeleteYou're completely illogical
Maybe so 11:10pm but to blame others for what Mexicans do in Mexico proves my point no matter how illogical I sound.
Delete12:58PM
DeleteYou may be right or wrong but the way you reasoned to your conclusion didn't follow. Easily fixable argument tho.
ITZLI is undoubtedly the main man concerning CDG and its internecine warfare.
ReplyDeleteGot a good little team here at BB..
Just supporting man
Today is April 17th. Heads up.
ReplyDeleteBy that I mean change the date in the first sentence of the story...
DeleteEl Gafe quiere llorar! Quiere lloraaar!
ReplyDeleteSergio Velázquez?
ReplyDeleteI know. What's the guy's real name? Many Mexican sources are calling him, "Jose Hugo Rodriguez Sanchez." ????
DeleteAnd the zetas STILL afraid to go in Reynosa, cheap written manta by "cjng" coming soon
ReplyDeleteZetas are in reynosa
DeleteNo digas tonterías! Los Z ni se paran en Rio Bravo o Miguel Aleman y tu crees que van a entrar a Reynosa jajajajajajaja los que estan en Reynosa son los Ciclones y ex Metros del Comandante Pakito.El Pakito y toda su gente se fueron con los Ciclones ellos conocen terreno en Reynosa!
DeleteZetas in Reynosa? May be but on the do or they get killed
DeleteMatamores shoots will start today April 18
DeleteZetas are too smart to start running into a blazing hot war zone. They have learned from the past confrontations that no one wins when you heat up a plaza the way the Metros and Ciclones have. They will wait until both sides are weaker then it's on. Or maybe even a truce with one side to cleanse the other faction. Who knows. Crazier things have happened in this drug war.
DeleteThe setas are too stupid, broke and headless, their leaders dumped their leaders that gave them an opportunity, failed to z1, to osiel and to themselves, the "Z" is history, they are setas now, a fungus...
DeleteComandante Gafe might be the man behind all the divisions within CDG and the violence between the Metros and Ciclones in his attempt to consolidate more power since he assumed the leadership of the Metros faction of the CDG. It is believe he was the man responsible for the murders of Metro 3 Metro 4; perhaps responsible for the elimination of Gringo, Puma, their cells, alongside side X-20, as they were blamed for the murders of M 3 and M 4. Probably responsible for snitching on X-20. He probably went on to snitch out Polimenso, Juan Perros, Mellado, and Juan Rodriguez once they helped eliminate Comandante Pakito's cell in 2014. For the most part, it is believed he was the main player trying to bring in Matamoros under his control during this recent surge in violence in la Ribereña, or border region of Tamaulipas. Gage's capture might bring some stability to the region as he was responsible for a lot of it. Then again it might not.
ReplyDeleteBring matamoros under control? What the fuck could he be thinking? matamoros runs shit. By the way didn't x20 actually told everyone he killed metro 3.or was that bullshit? Either way this gage is a piece of dog shit. Too bad he didn't get killed.
DeleteNo you're wrong, the citizens of reynosa warned them to stop having shootouts openly and to not ride around in convoys doing drugs and selling to the kids or else they would denounce their exact location to the soldiers because the locals knew where they all lived and who their family members were, metros responded by ambushing the soldiers but it never ended well for them. I think the last thing metros would do is betray each other and let their guard down because the Cardenas family aggressively wants reynosa back
DeleteWhen are we gonna hear in the media mexican politicians getting arrested??? All we hear is top cartel members getting arrested but no dirty politicians, obviously it's a chain of command this cartel heros gotta work for some DEA, ATF, mexican mayors, ecttttttt......
ReplyDeleteAre you telling me the DEA, CIA, ATF are not dirty?
DeleteThe DEA attended cartel funded parties.
DeleteThe ATF gave the cartel guns.
Delete12:49 watch America's book of secrets The Drug Wars.
DeleteThe CIA got Kiki Camarena kidnapped, tortured, executed and disappeared, the US government pardoned all the involved, all iran-contra conspirators, but oh, it's the US, kiss ass,
Delete--It wouldn't hurt so much if it wasn't all so true...
History, not hysteria.
-- mil mascaras, comerse las uñas time
Dont't forget the CIA they are dirty too.
DeleteCIA biggest drug dealers
DeleteCIA biggest drug trafficking murderers and money launderers, will betray their friends and kiss and.make out with their enemies, the CIA is a tool of the amerikkka right and of maricon Kenny kissinger and co.
DeleteIts Mexico allowing all this to happen . No one else's fault except that of the media for hushing & keeping incidents of terror like in Reynosa off the headlines . Everyone should know whats happening .
DeleteThere are rumors of a major battle between mexican special forces and la linea in villa almuda chihuahua.
ReplyDeletePos platica todo lo que paso compa
DeleteThey caught la lineas strongman el chuyin
DeleteCommandante comino of los zetas was killed today.
ReplyDeleteVato comadante comiño died like a year ago bro....LA Z lo quebro x andar de relaje con los guachos..atte nlZ
DeleteZ 12 El rex was released from prison ,Its like one is coming out and another is going in.
ReplyDeleteso funny after all these scumbags are arrested they look so defeated so done with. the lack of hope to get high or freely kill any more. fucking scum.
ReplyDeleteAnybody know about El Rex also know as Z-12 apparent release from prison? He was busted back when CDG and Z were still together. He was also one of the Z making a plan to bust Osiel out of prison
ReplyDeleteHe got out.
DeleteOne hell of a Fire Fight. I think the Cartel loves the action. It gives them power. Another wonderful day in Tamps. People get your guns and get ready for the action. I must admit that the people of Tamps. are pleased with the Action
ReplyDelete@4:51 Tamps & michoacan son los mas bravos pa los putasos digan lo k digan O CANTEN LO K CANTEN!!!
ReplyDeleteSon pocos sus cartels son puros traiconeros doble caras huevones k no sirven pa ser narcos y roban ala gente y asen desmadre k los chingan gacho el govierno por andar cagando el palo , vatos cabrones los de durango, chiuahua y zacatecas,
DeleteAver y k los have tan cabrones??? Aya obligan a la gente a cultivarles la mota wei sin Pago y sin nada. Son la misma mierda wei Zacatecas el del cdg y son lo mismo. de chihuahua mejor no hables. Ahora si vas a hablar de trabajo honrado gente de esa la hay eno todo el pais te estoy hablando de peloteras
DeleteSo what's the story Itzli? Is there any truth to it all beginning with an incursion by a Gulfo group based outside Reynosa? Or was it all Metros v. federal forces?
ReplyDeleteCDG se acabo ....Muy pronto sera territororio del CJNG.
ReplyDeleteNunca
Deletethats why they call it TAPTAPTAPTAPmalpais. adrenaline is one hell of a drug
ReplyDeleteTatatatamaulipas weee
DeleteAll over the news all kinds of sports B.S. But no mention of these incidents just south of the U.S. No one cares or gives a damn !!!! Thanks again BB. I am a humanitarian and yes , I do care .
ReplyDeleteIf we could learn to look instead of gawking,
We'd see the horror in the heart of farce,
If only we could act instead of talking,
We wouldnt always end up on our arse.
This was the thing that nearly has us mastered;
Dont rejoyce in his defeat, you men!
Although the world stood up and stopped the bastard,
The bitch that bore him is in heat again.
Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
70 years after the children of America saved the European ass, america gets paid by getting it's ass sold down the river to the europeans...
Delete-by Anglophile henry kissinger and co, helped by his zoo of nazi rat line escapees...
What happened 70years ago did I miss something ?
DeleteBueno, y ahora que agarraron al gafe, que pasa con 98 carrizales y el R1. Serán ellos los próximos jefes?
ReplyDeleteAnd somewhere in America,another cop kills an unarmed man........
ReplyDeleteOh naysayer why art thou world so cruel,cumbya my lord,and I say cumbya thrice nay doo wop bopaloo
Delete7:38 in your twisted world, you kiss all the cops in the ass for every one they kill, justified or not, your side is always totalitarian right, at the right of right, and worse, because you are prejudiced, and using your real gun as a tasser toy, because in spite of all your training, taxpayer paid for, nothing can get stupid asshole from your head...
Delete--You are a natural born pendejo, born in the US...