Showing posts with label nuevo leon. Show all posts
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Thursday, September 1, 2022
4,035 Pounds Marijuana Seized In Bust On Warehouse In Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon
By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat
After executing a search warrant on a warehouse, authorities seized just over two tons of marijuana in 192 packages in Ejido San Lorenzo of Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon state, according to a press release from Attorney Generals Office (FGR). The statement was posted on August 30, but did not specify when the seizure occurred.
In addition to the 4,035 pounds of marijuana, two vehicles were also seized. No arrests were made. The operation was carried out by the FGR, with assistance from investigative police (AIC), SEDENA, National Guard, and local municipal police.
Sources: FGR Press Release
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Mexican authorities find 3 dead in Nuevo Leon
A dispatch published in the online edition of Milenio news daily said that the three dead were found in a grave in Salinas Victoria municipality on the road that links Monterrey with Colombia.
Nuevo Leon Procuraduria General de Justicia del Estado (PGJE) or attorney general Adrian de la Garza Santos was quoted saying that the most recent victim was killed about a month ago, but failed to say how far back the murders went.
Mexican press have characterized the find as executed, so it is probable the three were shot to death and dumped at the location they were found. Press reports also hint that the location was a dumping ground for kidnap victims.
One man, identified as Carlos Perez Gonzalez, 28, was detained in connection with the find. He is said to be linked to Los Zetas drug cartel.
Reports also say that Nuevo Leon state security forces are still searching for more bodies in the area.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Counter-Offensive: Zetas In The Northeast
After losing several urban cells to the Gulf Cartel, the new leadership of Los Zetas rushed in to fill
the gaps in order to organize a counteroffensive around all of northeastern
México. They turned to hiring very young
hitmen, sending them from San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas to Nuevo León and
Coahuila as reinforcements.
Nevertheless, governors Rodrigo Medina and Rubén Moreira announced that
they have managed to reduce crime.
Reynosa, Tamaulipas.-
Los Zetas are distributing dozens of hitmen throughout plazas all over the
northeast, either to strengthen their control or to recover lost
territory. This is the case for some
municipalities in the metropolitan area of Monterrey seized by the Gulf Cartel.
“In recent days they
arrived in Nuevo León, coming from San Luis Potosí, around 40 trucks with armed
men. They traveled through dirt roads in
order to not be detected”, a federal agent who requested anonymity reported to
the magazine Proceso.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Newspaper in Monterrey under extortion threat
Employees of El Norte news daily in Nuevo Leon state were threatened with "consequences" if the newspaper failed to pay MEX $3,000 a month in protection money, according to Mexican news accounts.
A Thursday news article featured in AnimalPolitico.com said that a truck driven by a distributor carrying 800 copes of the newspaper was stopped Tuesday by armed suspects who apparently hit the driver, pointed weapons and left the message of the demand.
El Norte, as with many newspapers in northeastern Mexico, are under near constant threat of harm from organized crime, crime including threats of harm if information is published to extortion, a crime which is the most pervasive in Mexico.
Drug war news in Tamaulipas is at a premium due to threats from organized crime, especially in Nuevo Laredo, the home of Los Zetas drug cartel.
According to the AnimalPolico.com article, El Norte offices was attacked three times last July, two of them on July 10th including attacks using hand grenades in their La Silla and Linda Vista offices in Monterrey Almost three weeks later, the offices for the Sierra Madre edition was firebombed.
Newspapers are not the only victims of organized crime. Offices of Televisa and other television stations have been attacked in the past in Monterrey as well as in Tamaulipas' border cities.
The threat issued to El Norte specifically demanded payment of protection money to continue distributing newspapers in northern Monterrey.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburgcom and Borderlandbeat.com. His latest work of non-fiction, the Wounded Eagle, Volume 2, can be found at Smashwords and Amazon.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com
Friday, September 27, 2013
Officials Pleased with Downward trend in Crime in Nuevo Leon- "Yeah but"...........
Borderland Beat
Gunmen storm bar execute 4, seriously maim 3 at Chato's Grill near Monterrey
MONTERREY, NL - Four young people were killed and three others seriously injured during an attack by gunmen in a bar early Thursday morning in the metropolitan municipality of Santa Catarina.
The violent incident occurred early at 1:00 am in Chato's Grill, a cantina located on Movimiento Obrero Avenue in the neighborhood of Jardines de la Fama part of the metropolitan municipality of Santa Catrina. Witnesses said three men entered the establishment and opened fire on about 30 customers.
Two men died inside the bar and two died outside between parked cars. The injured were transported to local hospitals.
Sources close to the case said actually one of the mortally injured had died early this morning, although that version was not confirmed.
Of the four youths who died, authorities were able to generally identify three, but only as "Samu," Aaron, and Oscar, alias "El Loco," all between 17 and 20 years of age.
In the parking lot crime scene investigators seized several vehicles, among them, a car with a vehicle registration of 350z SRN2-4190 which had taken about 20 bullet holes, also a Mustang and a red pickup truck with 13 bullet holes.
The shooting caused panic among the attendees, many of whom went quickly through the emergency exit..
Inside Chato's Grill they treated men and women who were hysterical.
It is believed that the incident is related to organized crime.
At the time of the tragedy (the numbers in reports have varied) but between 30-50 men and women were on the premises , in addition to the manager and two bartenders, all who retired after the incident.
On Tuesday, a businessman was murdered outside his factory, in the neighborhood España, south of the city, a fact related to his refusal to pay the criminals' plaza fees.
Nuevo Leon's government has reiterated that between the murders this year none has been linked to criminal extortion, and in some cases there has been misrepresention by the media..
Governor Confirms kidnapping of the father of Nuevo Leon Mayor
MONTERREY, NL - Jorge Luis Martínez Martínez, the father of Jorge Luis Martínez Gutiérrez, mayor Zuazua, was abducted early Wednesday from his home in Zuazua, located 40 kilometers north of the capital of Monterrey confirmed today the governor Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz.
He explained that Jorge Luis Martinez Martinez, father of the mayor, was kidnapped at 2:00 pm yesterday from his home located in Zuazua and his whereabouts remain unknown.
Medina said: "We are working on the confirmed case, and unfortunately I can not give more information for obvious reasons, but it is confirmed and we are working."
The family of the victim presented the relevant factual allegation, authorities have refused to provide information to the media for the safety of those involved.
Despite the recent crimes, the security spokesman for the state, Jorge Domene, said that there is a downward trend in criminal activity in Nuevo Leon.
"What we see is that in the last three months, and this would be the fourth, the impact is we've had about one case per day. As of today we have 24 reported cases related to organized crime, this is a trend of consistency in that number, " he said.
He also noted that recent killings and kidnappings have been carried out by a specific group of organized crime.
Milenio says in an article on Sept. 28, 2013 that 53% of homicides in Mexico are linked to organized crime, down from 72% in January. In April, 2011 8 out of ten homicides were linked to narcos.
In August 2013, there were 777 killings related to organized crime, which represents the lowest average in two and a half years
(It may be better than the story below which was typical from a year ago but it's still too early to be boasting)
Gunmen storm bar execute 4, seriously maim 3 at Chato's Grill near Monterrey
The violent incident occurred early at 1:00 am in Chato's Grill, a cantina located on Movimiento Obrero Avenue in the neighborhood of Jardines de la Fama part of the metropolitan municipality of Santa Catrina. Witnesses said three men entered the establishment and opened fire on about 30 customers.Two men died inside the bar and two died outside between parked cars. The injured were transported to local hospitals.
Sources close to the case said actually one of the mortally injured had died early this morning, although that version was not confirmed.
Of the four youths who died, authorities were able to generally identify three, but only as "Samu," Aaron, and Oscar, alias "El Loco," all between 17 and 20 years of age.
The shooting caused panic among the attendees, many of whom went quickly through the emergency exit..Inside Chato's Grill they treated men and women who were hysterical.
It is believed that the incident is related to organized crime.
At the time of the tragedy (the numbers in reports have varied) but between 30-50 men and women were on the premises , in addition to the manager and two bartenders, all who retired after the incident.
On Tuesday, a businessman was murdered outside his factory, in the neighborhood España, south of the city, a fact related to his refusal to pay the criminals' plaza fees.
Governor Confirms kidnapping of the father of Nuevo Leon Mayor
Medina said: "We are working on the confirmed case, and unfortunately I can not give more information for obvious reasons, but it is confirmed and we are working."
The family of the victim presented the relevant factual allegation, authorities have refused to provide information to the media for the safety of those involved.
Despite the recent crimes, the security spokesman for the state, Jorge Domene, said that there is a downward trend in criminal activity in Nuevo Leon.
"What we see is that in the last three months, and this would be the fourth, the impact is we've had about one case per day. As of today we have 24 reported cases related to organized crime, this is a trend of consistency in that number, " he said.
He also noted that recent killings and kidnappings have been carried out by a specific group of organized crime.
Milenio says in an article on Sept. 28, 2013 that 53% of homicides in Mexico are linked to organized crime, down from 72% in January. In April, 2011 8 out of ten homicides were linked to narcos.
In August 2013, there were 777 killings related to organized crime, which represents the lowest average in two and a half years
(It may be better than the story below which was typical from a year ago but it's still too early to be boasting)
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Mayhem in Monterrey: 12 die
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
A total of 12 individuals have been killed in ongoing drug and gang related violence in or around Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, including a lynching in Monterrey, according to Mexican news reports.
Late Friday night four unidentified individuals were killed and a fifth was wounded in Juarez municipality, according to a news report which appeared on the website of Milenio news daily.
The shooting took place at around 2330 hrs at residence on Calle Flor de Belen in Valle de San Juan colony, where a lone armed suspect fired an AK-47 rifle into a gathering of five young men who had been drinking. The armed suspect exited a taxi and immediately started firing at the gathering
The dead were identified in a separate report as Alan Joseph Beltran Mora, AKA "El Popeye", 19, Edgar Gerardo Pedroza Cardona, 26, David Adrian Garza Vargas, 23, and José Roberto Perez Estevez, 18. The wounded was identified as Alan Ramiro López, 19.
After the shooting, the shooter remounted the taxi and fled the scene.
Earlier in the evening a fifth unidentified man was shot to death and two others were wounded in Independencia colony, according to the same Milenio report.
The shooting took place near Loma Larga near San Pedro Garza Garcia in an area called Camino a las Antenas.
Seven other individuals were killed in or around Monterrey since Friday.
- An unidentified police agent from Guadalupe municipality was killed and two others were hurt in a rollover accident in San Nicholas de la Garza municipality Saturday night, according to a Milenio news account. A police unit was in pursuit of a taxi cab on Avenida Romulo Garza when the driver lost control near the corner of Avenida Roberto Garza Sada.
- A woman was found shot to death near a bar in San Nicolas de los Garza municipality early Saturday morning. Angela Gabriela Rodriguez, 39, was found by a taxi driver at around 0400 hrs near a drinking establishment called La Taberna on Avenida Universidad, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The victim died a short time later while receiving medical attention.
- A mother and her son were found shot to death in southern Monterrey Saturday night. Ana Cecilia Hernandez Robledo, 50, and Claudio Simon Hernandez Arriaga 15, were found in their residence in Cerro de la Campana colony near the intersection of calles San Isidro and Raul Chapa Zarate. Reports are armed suspects with rifles burst into the residence then started firing as the victims slept.
- Two men were found aboard a taxi cab shot to death in Monterrey Friday night, according to a Milenio news account. The victims were identified as Victor Manuel Bonilla Piña, 30, and Fernando Gonzalez Piña, 44, who were found near the intersection of calles Mina and Juarez in Topo Chico colony. The report said that armed suspects had driven by where the taxi was, and fired into the vehicle killing the two passengers. The taxi driver was unharmed.
One unidentified individual died and two of his accomplices were beaten in a lynching in Independencia colony in Monterrey Friday night, according to a Milenio news report.
Three hooded suspects attempted a home invasion at a residence, but when the mask of one of the attackers was removed, somehow a call went out, and a total of 120 local residents fell upon the group, beating them.
Before units of the Policia Federal and Fuerza Civil could arrive, one of the alleged attackers was dead and two others were severely wounded. According to the report, the colony was where a number of kidnappings and extortion crimes had taken place.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Mayhem in Monterrey: 7 die
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A total of six individuals were killed in drug or gang related violence in and around Monterrey, Nuevo Leon since last Saturday, according to Mexican news reports.
According to a news account posted on the website of Milenio news daily, four members of a criminal cell were killed by Nuevo Leon state police agents Wednesday.
Several days ago, Mexican security authorities detained an undisclosed number of women in Marin municipality, who told police of the existence of a number of areas in and around Marin which were used by a local criminal gang as training areas.
A search was undertaken in the area, so when a group of Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones (AEI) agents went into an area with a number of abandoned residences on Nuevo Leon Highway 5, they came under small arms from an armed group which was holed up inside one of the residences.
Police returned fire initiating a firefight which lasted several minutes. Agents then found four armed suspects who died in the confrontations.
Among the dead was an man identified only as El Chino Marino, who was said in news reports to be a local leader of a gang affiliated with Los Zetas.
Three AEI agents were hit with shrapnel in the firefight but were not wounded seriously.
In the aftermath police secured one vehicle, four rifles, an undisclosed number of pistols, ammunition and drugs.
A separate Milenio report said that two of the four dead were identified as Cristopher Martinez Nava, 17, and Jesus Alberto Sandoval Rocha, 21.
Three other individuals were killed in three separate incidents, including two women.
- Three days ago, a failed home invasion robbery led to the death of one unidentified armed suspect in northern Monterrey. According to a news report posted on the online edition of Milenio, at around midnight, two suspects forced their way into a residence located near the intersection of calles Castillejo and Militronche in Barrio Chapultepec Norte. colony, but were met instead with an unidentified AEI agent with a 9mm semiautomatic pistol. One of the suspects managed to flee while the other was struck by gunfire and died at the scene. Apparently, the armed suspects entered the residence to extort the owner of an internet cafe, not realizing oneof the owners was a Nuevo Leon AEI agent.
- An unidentified woman was found buried secretly at a cemetery in Anahuac municipality in far northern Nuevo Leon state Wednesday. According to a news report posed on the website of Milenio, municipal police agents found the grave, which has only recently been dug at the site. The victim had been beaten to death. The news report did not speculate as to the victim's age, only that she was described as young.
- In San Nicolas de los Garza municipality, another young woman was found shot to death. Myriam Alejandra Lara Padilla, 24, was found in Pedregal de Santo Domingo colony struck by gunfire six times Wednesday. The report said she has been shot by armed suspects from aboard a vehicle.
The arrest took place on Avenida Lincoln in Fidel Velazquez colony where Hector José Ortega Perez, 63, was stopped as he was driving a Silverado pickup truck. The drugs had been hidden beneath a cargo of fruit. Ortega Perez was allegedly involved in the distribution of marijuana since eight months ago, according to the news account.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Mayhem in Monterrey: 4 die
Counternarcotics operations nets 700+ kilos of pot
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
A total of four unidentified individuals have been killed in ongoing drug and gang related violence and and around Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, according to Mexican news accounts.
According to separate news accounts on online editions of El Diario de Coahuila and Milenio news dailies, an anti-kidnapping unit of the Nuevo Leon state Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones (AEI) had been conducting searches since Sunday of the Cadereyta-Jimenez area immediately east of Monterrey based on complaints of kidnappings taking place and reports of armed suspects in the area.
According to the El Diario de Coahuila account, on Monday AEI agents encountered armed suspects travelling aboard a Cadillac Escalade SUV and a Chevrolet Suburban SUV in a break that leads to Los Herreras municipality, where gunfire was exchanged and two armed suspects were shot to death.
Three other armed suspects escaped that encounter with two more dying in a separate gunfight a few minutes later near a winery where four female kidnap victims were found and released.
Among the victims were two minors. AEI agents also seized an undisclosed number of weapons.
A separate counternarcotics operations took place along Mexico Federal Highway 40D in China municipality Monday where Policia Federal (PF) agents seized a quantity of marijuana, according to a news account on Milenio.
The PF unit had set up a checkpoint and stopped a Ford box van type truck. Police agents discovered a false bottom in the truck where 93 packages of marijuana were hidden. The total seizure was 735 kilograms.
The driver identified as David Aquino Rosas was detained at the scene. The truck was bound for Reynosa in Tamaulipas.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug war and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
9 found dead in Nuevo Leon
A total of nine unidentified individuals were found dead in a grave in northern Monterrey in Nuevo Leon state, according to Mexican news accounts.
According to a news account which appeared on the website of El Universal news daily, the victims were found in a grave on the banks on the Rio Silla between Nuevo Leon and Reforma colonies near the intersection of calles Villa de Santiago and Agualeguas in Guadalupe municipality, a suburb of Monterrey, the capital of Nuevo Leon state.
Initial reports by the Procuraduria General de Justicia del Estado (PGJE), or attorney general were that two bodies were found. Later it was reported that a total of nine were found.
The report of the medical examiner said that the victims died two days before and had been shot to death.
A separate news account which appeared more than two weeks ago on the website of El Porvenir news daily said that one unidentified man was found on the banks of the Rio Silla near the intersection of Avenida Paseo de las Américas and Calle Escritores Mexicanos in Contry La Silla colony.
The find was made at around 1115 hrs and the victim was not found in a grave. Reports were the victim may have died of natural causes.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com
According to a news account which appeared on the website of El Universal news daily, the victims were found in a grave on the banks on the Rio Silla between Nuevo Leon and Reforma colonies near the intersection of calles Villa de Santiago and Agualeguas in Guadalupe municipality, a suburb of Monterrey, the capital of Nuevo Leon state.
Initial reports by the Procuraduria General de Justicia del Estado (PGJE), or attorney general were that two bodies were found. Later it was reported that a total of nine were found.
The report of the medical examiner said that the victims died two days before and had been shot to death.
A separate news account which appeared more than two weeks ago on the website of El Porvenir news daily said that one unidentified man was found on the banks of the Rio Silla near the intersection of Avenida Paseo de las Américas and Calle Escritores Mexicanos in Contry La Silla colony.
The find was made at around 1115 hrs and the victim was not found in a grave. Reports were the victim may have died of natural causes.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Mexisniper gunned down by Mexicops
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
A man identified as the shooter of a high ranking police commander in Nuevo Leon state was shot to death by police agents in a Monterrey suburb Saturday, according to Mexican news accounts.
According to a news account posted on the website of Milenio news daily, Humberto Víctor Galindo AKA El Guacho and another unidentified man said to be an accomplice, were shot to death by Nuevo Leon state ministerial police agents at a farm in Santa Catarina municipality Saturday afternoon.
Nuevo Leon state commander of the Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones (AEI), Gustavo Gerardo Garza Saucedo AKA El Jerry, was shot to death, early on the morning of February 19th by a sniper using a .50 caliber Barrett brand rifle presumably a semi automatic rifle at a range of about 60 yards, a tiny fraction of the range of the weapon. The police commander was just arriving at his home in the Hacienda del Carmen colony of Apodaca, which is a suburb of Monterrey, the state capital of Nuevo Leon.
According to a separate press report posted on the website of El Diario de Coahuila news daily, Victor Galindo was a Mexican Army deserter from Veracruz state who left the army eight years ago, and was the Los Zetas turf commander for Santa Catarina municipality.
Santa Catarina is located due wast of Monterrey city.
The assassination took place after Victor Galindo and another accomplice, identified as Juan Jesús Silva Saenz, threatened security guards at the gated community where Garza Saucedo resided. News accounts say Silva Saenz allegedly acted as a lookout at a nearby convenience store while Victor Galindo shot his victim.
According to the news account, Silva Saenz allegedly arranged an armed robbery of the store as a diversion and then he watched at the location, then signalled the shooter.
Silva Saenz himself was detained aboard a Ford Aerostar van as he and two other individuals travelling March 14th at a security checkpoint on the Monterrey to Nuevo Laredo highway, where security elements found 34 rifles allegedly in his possession. Among the rifles seized were AR-15 and AK-47 rifles. According to another account which appeared on the Nota Roja Konecho blog, the stop led to a second vehicle with two more AK-47 rifles and 67 weapons magazines inside.
Nuevo Leon ministerial police agents began conducting a search of an area in Santa Catarina Saturday in the area where are five abandoned farms.
Victor Galindo and other accomplices were found at a farm called Eucalyptus, in the wooded area of Parque La Huasteca colony. According to the translation, Victor Galindo cycled his weapon's action to fire but was shot to death by police agents.
At the location police agents seized one AR-15 rifle and one AK-47 rifle. An unknown number of other suspects were also in the area with Victor Galindo, but had apparently escaped the police cordon.
According to the El Diario de Coahuila account, state police agents did not inform Santa Catarina police about the search operation until it was over.
Los Zetas, like their Sinaloa and Gulf cartel rivals like to maintain turf bosses in many municipalities in northern Mexico. Above the municipality level, Los Zetas maintain a regional boss as well.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com
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A man identified as the shooter of a high ranking police commander in Nuevo Leon state was shot to death by police agents in a Monterrey suburb Saturday, according to Mexican news accounts.
According to a news account posted on the website of Milenio news daily, Humberto Víctor Galindo AKA El Guacho and another unidentified man said to be an accomplice, were shot to death by Nuevo Leon state ministerial police agents at a farm in Santa Catarina municipality Saturday afternoon.
Nuevo Leon state commander of the Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones (AEI), Gustavo Gerardo Garza Saucedo AKA El Jerry, was shot to death, early on the morning of February 19th by a sniper using a .50 caliber Barrett brand rifle presumably a semi automatic rifle at a range of about 60 yards, a tiny fraction of the range of the weapon. The police commander was just arriving at his home in the Hacienda del Carmen colony of Apodaca, which is a suburb of Monterrey, the state capital of Nuevo Leon.
According to a separate press report posted on the website of El Diario de Coahuila news daily, Victor Galindo was a Mexican Army deserter from Veracruz state who left the army eight years ago, and was the Los Zetas turf commander for Santa Catarina municipality.
Santa Catarina is located due wast of Monterrey city.
The assassination took place after Victor Galindo and another accomplice, identified as Juan Jesús Silva Saenz, threatened security guards at the gated community where Garza Saucedo resided. News accounts say Silva Saenz allegedly acted as a lookout at a nearby convenience store while Victor Galindo shot his victim.
According to the news account, Silva Saenz allegedly arranged an armed robbery of the store as a diversion and then he watched at the location, then signalled the shooter.
Silva Saenz himself was detained aboard a Ford Aerostar van as he and two other individuals travelling March 14th at a security checkpoint on the Monterrey to Nuevo Laredo highway, where security elements found 34 rifles allegedly in his possession. Among the rifles seized were AR-15 and AK-47 rifles. According to another account which appeared on the Nota Roja Konecho blog, the stop led to a second vehicle with two more AK-47 rifles and 67 weapons magazines inside.
Nuevo Leon ministerial police agents began conducting a search of an area in Santa Catarina Saturday in the area where are five abandoned farms.
Victor Galindo and other accomplices were found at a farm called Eucalyptus, in the wooded area of Parque La Huasteca colony. According to the translation, Victor Galindo cycled his weapon's action to fire but was shot to death by police agents.
At the location police agents seized one AR-15 rifle and one AK-47 rifle. An unknown number of other suspects were also in the area with Victor Galindo, but had apparently escaped the police cordon.
According to the El Diario de Coahuila account, state police agents did not inform Santa Catarina police about the search operation until it was over.
Los Zetas, like their Sinaloa and Gulf cartel rivals like to maintain turf bosses in many municipalities in northern Mexico. Above the municipality level, Los Zetas maintain a regional boss as well.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Mayhem in Monterrey: 8 die
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
Six individuals were shot to death including four members of a family in an attack in northern Monterrey Wednesday afternoon, according to Mexican news accounts.
A story posted ion the website of Milenio news daily said that armed suspects dismounted from a Ford Explorer SUV entered a scrap metal dealer, near the intersection of Avenida Camino Real and Calle Fresno in Villa San Angel at around 1345 hrs and started shooting.
According to the report, the business was across the street from a farmers market where vendors heard about 20 shots fired.
Unofficially, the dead were identified in the news report as Alfredo Flores, 34, owner of the business, Juana Maria Villegas, 32, José Alfredo Flores Villegas, 15 and Osiris Michelle Flores Villegas, 8. Two other unidentified male victims were killed, and a seventh victim was wounded and taken for medical attention.
Two other individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related shootings in the Monterrey metropolitan area.
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Six individuals were shot to death including four members of a family in an attack in northern Monterrey Wednesday afternoon, according to Mexican news accounts.
A story posted ion the website of Milenio news daily said that armed suspects dismounted from a Ford Explorer SUV entered a scrap metal dealer, near the intersection of Avenida Camino Real and Calle Fresno in Villa San Angel at around 1345 hrs and started shooting.
According to the report, the business was across the street from a farmers market where vendors heard about 20 shots fired.
Unofficially, the dead were identified in the news report as Alfredo Flores, 34, owner of the business, Juana Maria Villegas, 32, José Alfredo Flores Villegas, 15 and Osiris Michelle Flores Villegas, 8. Two other unidentified male victims were killed, and a seventh victim was wounded and taken for medical attention.
Two other individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related shootings in the Monterrey metropolitan area.
- A top Nuevo Leon state police commander was shot to death near his home in Apodaca municipality in Nuevo Leon early Wednesday morning. Gustavo Gerardo Garza Saucedo, commander of Nuevo Leon's Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones (AEI), was shot from sixty meters away by a sniper using a Barrett 0.50 caliber rifle at around 0200 hrs near the intersection of calles Hacienda Santa Clara y Hacienda del Rosario in Hacienda del Carmen colony. The news item speculated that a sniper was used because Hacienda del Carmen is a gated community. Garza Saucedo had been under unspecified death threats in 2012.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Escobedo municipality Wednesday morning. The victim was found near the intersection of Calle Raul Salinas and El Libramiento. The news report said the victim was shot then dumped at the location.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Suspect Captured: Kombo Kolombia Timeline...Not All Bodies Recovered From Well
Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat
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| A devastated son |
Reports were coming in at a fast pace, each day the number
of bodies retrieved from the Hidalgo well became greater and closer towards the
19 presumed executed then thrown down into their deep dark watery tomb.
Their executioners clearly thought their
labor would remain their evil secret. The last report from the governors office stated "we have found all the bodies except those that can't. Most likely meaning not all bodies could be retrieved and the mission of recovery has ended.
The mass murder of 19 young men, 15 members of the musical
band Komba Kolombia, and 4 of their staff would have remained one of those
tragic mysteries that have become a part of life in Mexico.
Had it not been for the escape of a witness,
a man who unmistakably had nothing to lose, a man marked for death, who within minutes of his pending execution
made a fateful decision that saved his life. {below is a Borderland Beat video, a slide timeline tribute]
Because of his decision we do know exactly what happened that night
that begun with the band doing what they loved, singing, playing their
instruments and entertaining people. It
began that way, but ended in a unimaginable nightmare
The escapee had to witness a horrible scene, the execution of his
friends and colleagues. , it is difficult to imagine how anyone could live through a mass murder of ones friends, and ever be whole again.
The musician was able to run and escape from his kidnappers
before being killed, it was him who assisted authorities locating the place of
execution, and the well where the bodies
had been disposed.
According to a police source, the musician seized an opportunity as the killers were occupied discussing the disposal of bodies, he was able to escape
without being seen by the sicarios and managed in reach
the highway, which is the road to Monclova.
When reaching the road, by another stroke of luck, he was helped by a truck driver. Luck because in Mexico many are fearful of becoming involved, and one never knows who the “good guys” are......continues
When reaching the road, by another stroke of luck, he was helped by a truck driver. Luck because in Mexico many are fearful of becoming involved, and one never knows who the “good guys” are......continues
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Los Zetas crew in Nuevo Leon admits to 22 murders
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
Five armed suspects suspected in the deaths if 22 individuals were detained by Nuevo Leon state ministerial agents and a unit of the Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones (AEI), according to a Mexican news accounts.
The detainees were identified as Ezau Alejandro Saldaña Olvera, Carlos Arturo Bazaldua Escalante, Jesus Guadalupe Frías Mendoza o Hesus Alejandro Drias Lozano, Mario Vazquez Ramirez and Francisco Javier Sanchez Robles.
According to a news item posted on the website of Milenio news daily, the five suspects were operating as halcones, or lookouts for the Los Zetas drug cartel in Anahuac municipality in Nuevo Leon state.
Quoting the Nuevo Leon state Director de Comunicacion Social del Gobierno del Estado, Jorge Domene Zambrano, the five detainees had been operating in Anahuac municipality between April and August of 2012.
In total only four complaints had been filed against the crew. Three of the detainees were placed under arrest on a road leading to Monclova, Coahuila this month. Information developed from that arrest led to the other two members of the local gang.
In addition to the 22 allegedly killed, the crew also committed kidnappings and carjackings in the area, and were employed as hitmen. Among the victims were individuals who had denounced members of the crew, relatives of enemies and operatives of rival local gangs.
Among the cases allegedly involving the crew include:
Anahuac municipality is on Nuevo Leon Highway 1, about 40 kilometers southwest of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas and about 15 kilomters west of the Tamaulipas-Nuevo Leon state border.
Contraband seized in the investigation included five vehicles and communications equipment.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com
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Five armed suspects suspected in the deaths if 22 individuals were detained by Nuevo Leon state ministerial agents and a unit of the Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones (AEI), according to a Mexican news accounts.
The detainees were identified as Ezau Alejandro Saldaña Olvera, Carlos Arturo Bazaldua Escalante, Jesus Guadalupe Frías Mendoza o Hesus Alejandro Drias Lozano, Mario Vazquez Ramirez and Francisco Javier Sanchez Robles.
According to a news item posted on the website of Milenio news daily, the five suspects were operating as halcones, or lookouts for the Los Zetas drug cartel in Anahuac municipality in Nuevo Leon state.
Quoting the Nuevo Leon state Director de Comunicacion Social del Gobierno del Estado, Jorge Domene Zambrano, the five detainees had been operating in Anahuac municipality between April and August of 2012.
In total only four complaints had been filed against the crew. Three of the detainees were placed under arrest on a road leading to Monclova, Coahuila this month. Information developed from that arrest led to the other two members of the local gang.
In addition to the 22 allegedly killed, the crew also committed kidnappings and carjackings in the area, and were employed as hitmen. Among the victims were individuals who had denounced members of the crew, relatives of enemies and operatives of rival local gangs.
Among the cases allegedly involving the crew include:
- An April, 2012 cases of a hit on a woman and her daughter who had gone to the police about the crew.
- An April, 2012 case of hit on an unidentified female who was a relative of an individuals who had denounced one of the crew to the local police.
- A June, 2012 carjacking victim.
- A June, 2012 kill order against an unidentified individual.
- A June 2012 hit against a drug dealer and his son.
- A July, 2012 hit against a female acquaintance of one of the crew's leaders.
- A July 2012 hit against a mechanic accused of stealing money from the crew.
- A July 2012 hit on a female who was living in ejido Los Rodriguez.
- An August hit on a male member of a rival gang.
- Two men were killed because they had posted photos of escapees of the Apodaca prison break last February.
- Two men who were abducted from 20 de Noviembre colony.
- Six others who were identified as relatives of a former crew member known only as Z50.
Anahuac municipality is on Nuevo Leon Highway 1, about 40 kilometers southwest of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas and about 15 kilomters west of the Tamaulipas-Nuevo Leon state border.
Contraband seized in the investigation included five vehicles and communications equipment.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Zeta Teen Sicarios Killed CDG by Gasoline Fire
Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat
In Mexico there does not exist legal provision for teenagers that allow them to be charged as adults for any crime. They are charged and tried in juvenile court and cannot be held longer than the age of 18. In effect this murders, which they confess to seven,
Ponchis worked for the South Pacific Cartel since he was 11, according
army officials who apprehended him.
Jimenez was captured with his 16-year -old sister who told reporters they planned to cross the border to San Diego, California to see their mother.
(photo above is of sister Olivia now 18)
"I participated in four executions, but I did it drugged and under threat that if I didn't, they would kill me," the boy told reporters calmly when he was handed over to the federal prosecutor Friday morning, showing no remorse.
"El Ponchis" made grisly headlines in Mexico when reports of murders he allegedly committed surfaced.
Monterrey,
NL. Elements of the Road State Police captured three minors allegedly hit men
of the criminal group of the Zetas that operated in the rural zone of Nuevo
Leon.
Information
given by the Secretariat of Public Safety revealed that the three minors were armed,
with weapons and vehicles that appeared
on a stolen report list.
The arrest
occurred on a road called La Peñita of the municipality of Abasolo, after
police officers were patrolling in deserted areas and spotted the trio.
Hector “N” of
16 years old, Valentin”N” of 17 years old and Karen “N” of the same age,
had joined the zetas, months ago.
In the
information, it was revealed that that they confiscated 173 useful
cartridges7.62 x 39, four chargers, a fire arm 7.62, an AR-15, a bulletproof
vest and three cartridge belts.
Two pickups
which had three gasoline containers that were also confiscated by
the agent of the Public Ministry.
The teenagers
will be charged with committing multiple homicides and for the use of weapons of
exclusive use of the Mexican Army.
In their
confession, the minors confessed to have killed and burned at least seven
people, all members of the group Gulf Cartel.
Teen Justice:
They cannot
be held in baby prison for more than 3 years due to their ages.
Teen sicarios
are becoming more common place; however this story brings to mind the first
teen sciario that was widely publicized, known as “El Ponchis”, 14 years old
when apprehended. His story has many
twists and turns.
Ponchis’ real
name is Edgar Jimenez, and American citizen born in San Diego, California. Ponchis was born to a cocaine addict
resulting in his own addiction at birth.
Unwanted, he became a street kid
until his paternal grandmother intervened and took him to the slums of
Cuernavaca where he had a loving environment for the first time in his
life.
His grandmother died of
cancer when Ponchis was around 9 and once again he was left alone.
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| Ponchis's Grandparents (deseased) |
Jimenez was captured with his 16-year -old sister who told reporters they planned to cross the border to San Diego, California to see their mother.
(photo above is of sister Olivia now 18)
"I participated in four executions, but I did it drugged and under threat that if I didn't, they would kill me," the boy told reporters calmly when he was handed over to the federal prosecutor Friday morning, showing no remorse.
"El Ponchis" made grisly headlines in Mexico when reports of murders he allegedly committed surfaced.
Ponchis will soon be 18 at that time will be set free. He is an American citizen so there will be
nothing barring him from returning to his native country and no legal
restraints preventing him from living and traveling freely within the United
States or Mexico
BELOW ARE VIDEOS OF PONCHIS TORTURING AND KILLING
He can be heard singing and laughing while beting and killing the man
WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEOS
Sources used to compose this post: Vanguardia, Borderland Beat Achive Material of Smurf and Chivis
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Mayhem in Monterrey: 13 busted in shooting
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
A total of 13 unidentified individuals were detained by Mexican security forces in Monterrey Friday afternoon following a shooting, according to Mexican news accounts.
A news report which appeared in the web edition of El Diario de Coahuila news daily said that the shooting began when six plainclothes members of Nuevo Leon Fuerza Civil were on surveillance duty in their parked Nissan Versa near the Loz-Mar communication store near the intersection of avenida Federico Gomez and Revolucion in Buenos Aires colony.
About ten shots were fired at the vehicle, which prompted the vehicle's driver to flee, but who instead crashed the car into a Dodge Charger sedan parked nearby. When the officers tried to flee the scene, guards with the store detained them, brought them into the store and commenced beating them. In the meantime, officers had apparently called for backup, bringing Mexican Army, Fuerza Civil and Policia Estatal road patrols converging to the scene.
Detained in the incident were the four armed guards, eight store employees and one female.
A total of six individuals were killed in ongoing drug and gang related violence in and around Monterrey, according to several dispatches posted on the website of Milenio news daily.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com
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A total of 13 unidentified individuals were detained by Mexican security forces in Monterrey Friday afternoon following a shooting, according to Mexican news accounts.
A news report which appeared in the web edition of El Diario de Coahuila news daily said that the shooting began when six plainclothes members of Nuevo Leon Fuerza Civil were on surveillance duty in their parked Nissan Versa near the Loz-Mar communication store near the intersection of avenida Federico Gomez and Revolucion in Buenos Aires colony.
About ten shots were fired at the vehicle, which prompted the vehicle's driver to flee, but who instead crashed the car into a Dodge Charger sedan parked nearby. When the officers tried to flee the scene, guards with the store detained them, brought them into the store and commenced beating them. In the meantime, officers had apparently called for backup, bringing Mexican Army, Fuerza Civil and Policia Estatal road patrols converging to the scene.
Detained in the incident were the four armed guards, eight store employees and one female.
A total of six individuals were killed in ongoing drug and gang related violence in and around Monterrey, according to several dispatches posted on the website of Milenio news daily.
- An unidentified man in his 30s was found shot to death near Escobedo municipality early Saturday morning. The victim was found just after midnight near avenida Manuel L Barragan, shot nine times including one shot in the head. The vicitm had been bound by foot. A number of rifles were also found near the body.
- An unidentified man in his 30s was found shot to death in San Nicholas de los Garza municipality early Saturday morning. The victim was found near the intersection of calles Barranca and Vereda in the La Enramada colony, shot in the back three times with a 9mm weapon, as he tried to flee the attack.
- A man wanted by Mexican police for murder was found dead in Salinas Victoria municipality Friday. The victim was identified as Jesus Eduardo Reyes Garcia AKA El Gomaz, 21, who was wanted for a series of murders and kidnappings in south Monterrey and around Allende. Although the body was in an advance state of decomposition it had been determined he was shot with an AR-15 assault rifle. Reyes Garcia was associated with the criminal group allegedly involved in the murders of Carlos and Raul Fortino Sergio de la Garza last May near Allende.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death early Saturday morning in Apodaca municipality. The victim was found near the intersection of calles Tala and Estado de Jalisco in Noria norte colony. The victim had been decapitated. The head was found in a nearby pay phone booth. The victim has reportedly been kidnapped some time before.
- An unidentified individual was killed in a series of shootings and car crashes in San Nicholas de las Garza municipality early Saturday morning. At around 0100 hrs, police responded to calls of a series of shootings and car crashes in Estancia Minera colony, where an apparent intergang shootout was taking place. The report fails to identified how the victim died, or if the victim was even involved in the shootings. The report does note the victim was found on avenida Romulo Garza and then transported to a local hospital where the victim died.
- An unidentified man in his 30s was found by police shot to death early Saturday morning in Apodaca municipality. The victim was found near the intersection of calles de Garza Garcia and Iturbide near Zona Centro of the municipality, shot once in the head. The report said the victim had been mugged.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com
Saturday, September 15, 2012
September 15th Mayhem in Monterrey: 12 die
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
A total of 12 individuals were killed in ongoing drug and gang violence in and around Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, according to Mexican news accounts.
Included in the death toll were two gunfights including one between armed suspects and a local police detachment, according to a news item posted on the website of Milenio news daily.
Four armed suspects were killed in a gunfight with presumed rival gangs members in a Barrio Moderna in Ciudad Solidaridad, north of Monterrey Saturday. The encounter took place at around 1530 hrs near the intersection of avenidas Gonzalez Camarena and Zeppelin. The suspects were reportedly in their 20s.
The second encounter took place at about 1545 hrs in Apodaca municipality in Bugambilias de Huinala colony near the intersection of calles Rio Danubio and Rio Nazas. The suspects travelling aboard an Ecosport van had fired on a convoy of municipal police agents. Police return fire killed all three, among them a female.
Police seized two rifles radio equipment and an undisclosed quantity of drugs.
Three other individuals were killed and around Monterrey, according to news reports in Milenio news daily.
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A total of 12 individuals were killed in ongoing drug and gang violence in and around Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, according to Mexican news accounts.
Included in the death toll were two gunfights including one between armed suspects and a local police detachment, according to a news item posted on the website of Milenio news daily.
Four armed suspects were killed in a gunfight with presumed rival gangs members in a Barrio Moderna in Ciudad Solidaridad, north of Monterrey Saturday. The encounter took place at around 1530 hrs near the intersection of avenidas Gonzalez Camarena and Zeppelin. The suspects were reportedly in their 20s.
The second encounter took place at about 1545 hrs in Apodaca municipality in Bugambilias de Huinala colony near the intersection of calles Rio Danubio and Rio Nazas. The suspects travelling aboard an Ecosport van had fired on a convoy of municipal police agents. Police return fire killed all three, among them a female.
Police seized two rifles radio equipment and an undisclosed quantity of drugs.
Three other individuals were killed and around Monterrey, according to news reports in Milenio news daily.
- An inmate in Topo Chico Centro Readaptacion Social (CERESO) was beaten to death by three other inmates Saturday. The victim was identified as Noe David Gonzalez Martinez, 37. Gonzalez Martinez had been imprisoned since September 2009 for the crime of robbery with violence. He was attacked near the prison infirmary. The three inmates allegedly responsible for the crime were identified as Juan Manuel Mora Martinez, Juan Flores Aldape and José Cruz Gordiano Mascorro.
- A father and son were shot to death in their home in Apodaca municipality early Saturday morning. The shooting took place at a residence near the intersection of calle Pacto Trigarante and Grito de Dolores in Unidad Habitacional Independencia colony at around 0040 hrs. The Milenio report said the shooters were armed with assault rifles. The victims were identified as José Edgar Cerda Resendiz, 48 and Edgar Daniel Cerda Pompa, 21.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death Friday night in eastern Monterrey. The victims were both shot in the head by armed suspects who used AK-47 assault rifles. The attack took place on Revolucion Bridge on Avenida Revolucion at around 2130 hrs. According to witnesses, the shooters then fled in a sedan, which was later found and seized by agents with the Agencia Estatal Investigaciones (AEI).
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Mayhem in Monterrey: 17 die
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
A total of 17 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in and around Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, according to several news items posted on the website of Milenio news daily.
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A total of 17 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in and around Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, according to several news items posted on the website of Milenio news daily.
- Three young men were shot and wounded at a soccer field in Monterrey Tuesday evening. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Pino and Cedro where armed suspects travelling aboard a Jeep Cherokee SUV fired on the victims and seven others. The wounded were identified as Adam Ramirez Mendoza, 15, Victor Garcia Maldonado, 18 and Miguel Garcia Moreno, 21.
- Three young men were shot to death Monday evening in Guadalupe municipality. The victims were drinking beer at a residence near the intersection of Avenida Guadalupe Avenue and Calle Luis M. Farias in Provivienda La Esperanza colony. According to the news item, armed suspects travelling aboard a taxi stopped and fired on the victims, presumably using assault rifles. The victims were identified as Brayan Andrés Reyes García, 18, Gabriel Esteban Salazar, 23 and Diego Alejandro Dimas Rincón.
- Two men were found shot to death in Montemorelos municipality Wednesday evening. The victims were aboard a Jeep Liberty SUV when they were found just off the National Highway at Kilometer 193. A third unidentified female victim was also apparently wounded in the incident, but had fled the scene, later receiving medical attention. The victims were identified as Carlos Fabian de la Cruz Vazquez, 28, and Jorge Luis Morales Manrique, 38. Morales Manrique was formerly a police chief in Galeana municipality.
- An unidentified man was found mutilated in Pesquería municipality Wednesday morning. The victim was found near the intersection of calles Miguel Alemán and Francisco Javier Mina in Zacatequitas colony, which is between Apodaca and Pesquería municipal limits.
- One unidentified man was found shot to death and another wounded in Apodaca municipality Wednesday morning. The two victims had been reported kidnapped Tuesday night. The victim was found on Calle Rio Santiago in Pueblo Nuevo colony. The deceased was identified as Carlos Humberto Gonzalez Carranza, 21, while the other victim was identified as Eleazar Aguilar Vazquez, 29.
- Three 18 year old men were kidnapped and then shot to death in Santa Catarina municipality Wednesday. The victims were kidnapped by four armed suspects travelling aboard a sedan near the intersection of Calle Solidaridad and a private road in Las Palmas colony. Assault rifles were used in the shootings.
- Two unidentified men were found murdered in a van in Juarez municipality Tuesday night. The victims were aboard a Ford Aerostar minivan parked near the Apodaca-Juarez highway. Both victims had been tortured and shot to death. A message was left at the scene but its contents were not disclosed.
- The warden for the Topo Chico Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) was shot to death in Monterrey Wednesday. The victim was identified as Melani Azeneth Castro Barbosa, who was shot at her home on Avendia Joaquin A. Mora in Felipe Carrillo colony. Reports say two unidentified men shot the victim.
- Four unidentified individuals including one female were shot to death in Monterrey Wednesday afternoon. The victims were near the intersection of Avenida Rodrigo Gomez and Calle Rio Danubio in Alfonso Reyes colony when armed suspects shot them. The area is a known drug retail sale point in Monterrey.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Mayhem in Nuevo Leon: 7 die
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
A total of three armed suspects were shot and killed in a shootout with Nuevo Leon state police agents Saturday in Montemorelos municipality, according to Mexican news accounts.
According to a post on the website of Milenio news daily, the armed group were gunned down around 2020 hrs at a hotel near the village of Bugambilias. The suspects had been ordered to surrender, but instead opened fired on police agents with the Nuevo Leon Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones (AEI) as they attempted to detain them.
The AEI unit involved in the shootout was an anti-kidnapping unit which had been investigating abductions in the area for several weeks. AEI agents found that a local taxi driver was being used to transport the suspects and their victim.
The gang numbered ten total, and presumably the other seven were either not present during the shootout, or had escaped AEI agents.
Execution in San Nicolas de los Garza
In an unrelated shooting, four individuals were shot to death in an encounter with another armed group in San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon Friday night, according to a separate report posted on Milenio news daily.
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A total of three armed suspects were shot and killed in a shootout with Nuevo Leon state police agents Saturday in Montemorelos municipality, according to Mexican news accounts.
According to a post on the website of Milenio news daily, the armed group were gunned down around 2020 hrs at a hotel near the village of Bugambilias. The suspects had been ordered to surrender, but instead opened fired on police agents with the Nuevo Leon Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones (AEI) as they attempted to detain them.
The AEI unit involved in the shootout was an anti-kidnapping unit which had been investigating abductions in the area for several weeks. AEI agents found that a local taxi driver was being used to transport the suspects and their victim.
The gang numbered ten total, and presumably the other seven were either not present during the shootout, or had escaped AEI agents.
Execution in San Nicolas de los Garza
In an unrelated shooting, four individuals were shot to death in an encounter with another armed group in San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon Friday night, according to a separate report posted on Milenio news daily.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Mexican Army uncovers mass grave with 5 dead in Nuevo Leon state
Updated with information the dead found are not related to the Cadereyta massacre
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
A Mexican Army unit of the 7th Military Zone has discovered a mass grave site in eastern Nuevo Leon state Friday evening, according to Mexican news sources.
An article posted on the website of Milenio news daily reported five narcofosas, or deep pits containing full skeletons discovered at around noon Friday. At least five full sets of charred human remains have been exhumed and reports say more are expected. Organized crime groups in the area have used remote sites such as the one near China for years to discard their victims.
One report by Excelsior news daily speculated that some partial remains were also found at the site saying some of those remains could be those of the 49 butchered individuals found last Sunday in Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon.
However, an Agency France-Prese Spanish language wire story posted on the Internet at midnight Saturday quoted an unidentified source with the Nuevo Leon attorney general's office saying the remains found were at least a year and more old, and ruled out the possibility those remains were of some of the victims found last Sunday in Cadereyta. Those officials characterized the number of dead found as "indeterminate."
The find was about 10 kilometers along a road to Mendez, Tamaulipas, which is southeast of China. China itself is 40 kilometers east of Monterrey and 30 kilometers east of Cadereyta, where the 49 unidentified individuals were found last Sunday.
The day before the discovery of the China mass graves, a Mexican Army unit detained eight unidentified individuals said to be members of a local Gulf Cartel group operating in the area. News releases by the Secretaria de Defensa Nacional (SEDENA), the controlling agency for the Mexican Army, hinted the eight detainees may have had involvement in the 49 dead found in Cadereyta.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
A Mexican Army unit of the 7th Military Zone has discovered a mass grave site in eastern Nuevo Leon state Friday evening, according to Mexican news sources.
An article posted on the website of Milenio news daily reported five narcofosas, or deep pits containing full skeletons discovered at around noon Friday. At least five full sets of charred human remains have been exhumed and reports say more are expected. Organized crime groups in the area have used remote sites such as the one near China for years to discard their victims.
One report by Excelsior news daily speculated that some partial remains were also found at the site saying some of those remains could be those of the 49 butchered individuals found last Sunday in Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon.
However, an Agency France-Prese Spanish language wire story posted on the Internet at midnight Saturday quoted an unidentified source with the Nuevo Leon attorney general's office saying the remains found were at least a year and more old, and ruled out the possibility those remains were of some of the victims found last Sunday in Cadereyta. Those officials characterized the number of dead found as "indeterminate."
The find was about 10 kilometers along a road to Mendez, Tamaulipas, which is southeast of China. China itself is 40 kilometers east of Monterrey and 30 kilometers east of Cadereyta, where the 49 unidentified individuals were found last Sunday.
The day before the discovery of the China mass graves, a Mexican Army unit detained eight unidentified individuals said to be members of a local Gulf Cartel group operating in the area. News releases by the Secretaria de Defensa Nacional (SEDENA), the controlling agency for the Mexican Army, hinted the eight detainees may have had involvement in the 49 dead found in Cadereyta.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com
