"Char" for Borderland Beat
August 10, 2024
The following broadcast depicts Grupo Bravo operating in San Luis Potisí - S.L.P. armed wing of the Gulf Cartel Matamoros faction, interrogating a high-ranking Los Alemanes Cartel member. The alleged Los Alemanes Cartel leader that Grupo Bravo captured is "Comandante 28". While we do not have any information about how Grupo Bravo captured Comandante 28, one could guess that local law enforcement authorities could have also handed him over to Grupo Bravo.
VIDEO TRANSLATION
BY: SOL PRENDIDO
Sicario: Good afternoon community of San Luis Potosi. We have some important information for you. This message is directed to the government of the state of San Luis Potosi.
What is your full name and what do they call you.
Captive: Erick Gilberto Mendoza Cuña aka Comandante 28.
Sicario: What were you doing for a living?
Captive: I was trafficking undocumented immigrants, engaged in drug trafficking, and the extortion of hydrocarbons in the San Luis Potosí capital.
Sicario: Which government contacts did you have in the states capital.
Captive: It was with Hector Edgar Mar del Ángel from the Quick Reaction Group. He operates in the Northern and Southern districts of the Huasteca region.
Sicario: How exactly was he giving you support?
Captive: He was in charge of handing over detainees who had been captured and tortured from the towns of La Pila and Soledad de Graciano Sánchez. He was also given a salary of 50 thousand pesos a week. In addition, I also paid him 80 thousand pesos for every independent captured, principal objectives of mine.
Sicario: How did you get the money to him?
Captive: It was given to one of the members from his Quick Reaction Group. Everything took place on a dirt road that lies behind the El Avión fuel station.
Sicario: We cordially invite every independent out there to form a part of this new capital city group. So that we’re all under the same umbrella. We’re giving independent cells the opportunity to benefit from the support and backing of our grand enterprise. So that there isn’t any harm to third parties or our families because of our different ways of thinking and working. This way we can have a peaceful capital for you and your families. We will extend our respect to anyone who meets us in person. But will eliminate every coward who hides from us. We would like to say to the citizens of San Luis Potosí. That we don’t extort, kidnap, we’re for the people, and your safety.
We are the Grupo Bravo, armed wing of the Gulf Cartel. We’re in the state of San Luis Potosí and we’re advancing forward.
