Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-Wheel
Fernando Vazquez Mendoza and his accomplices, presumed sicarios of Los Ciclones of Matamoros.
Elements of the Tamaulipas Forces captured ten presumed operators of a criminal organization, they are believed to be sicarios (hitmen) from Los Ciclones of the Cartel Del Golfo.
The Group for Coordination in Tamaulipas also confirmed the capture of five guns, nine vehicles, 50 magazines, 663 cartridges, two communication devices and 10 tire puncturing spikes.
The detained are: Fernando Vazquez Mendoza, who declared himself to be a commander of sicarios that has control of over a 100 delinquents. Julio Cesar Martinez Peirania, who has five safe houses where kidnapping victims are hidden, one of the detained is alleged to be a family member of "El Gafe", one of the heads of Los Metros.
