Reports on social media indicated the capture of an assumption leader of the Gulf cartelAccording to preliminary information, it would be an individual identified as Juan de Dios “N”, alias The Knight.
Apparently, said subject was insured along with seven other people, alleged hitmen, in the town of Allende. The captured individuals would have been found high powered weaponry and a truck.
The events were reported during the afternoon of Wednesday, April 12 through social networks by the journalist Carlos Domínguez, who explained that the events occurred in the Jimenez municipality in Tamaulipas and that a type vehicle was also insured pick up.
It should be noted that in leaked documents, supposedly belonging to the US Drug Control Agency (DEA by its name in English), on the high command of the Gulf Cartel in Matamoros, The Knight he appeared as a manager of operations in the Rio Grande area.
According to the first reports, all the detainees were made available to the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) in Ciudad Victoria and members of the state guard Of the entity.
However, until 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12, neither the Secretary of Public Security (SSP) from Tamaulipas nor the prosecution of the entity had communicated arrests or informed about the capture of the individuals.
Another of the alleged leaders of the Gulf cartel nicknamed the kena is an individual wanted by the authorities because he is identified as suspected regional chief of the criminal group. Since April 2022, the Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office (FGJ) offers a reward of MXN 2 and a half million to those who offer information for their location and arrest.
It is also known by the nickname cyclone 19 and it would be the second in command of the criminal organization.
In other actions, alleged hitmen of the Gulf Cartel would be responsible for the kidnapping of four American citizens in Matamoros, two of whom were found dead after the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) offered a reward for information on their whereabouts.
The deaths were confirmed during the morning conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on March 7. Two days later they were found five people with their hands tied in the center of Matamoros and with a drug message in which the Scorpion Groupone of the cells of the Gulf Cartel, offered “apologies.”
“The Gulf Cartel, Grupo Escorpiones, strongly condemns the events of Friday, March 3, where unfortunately an innocent working mother died and 4 American citizens were kidnapped, of which 2 died, for this reason we have decided hand over to those directly involved and responsible for the eventswho at all times acted under their own determination and indiscipline”
The men were secured by the authorities and were initially treated as victims due to the way in which they were found but later and after the first interviews they were informed of their possible involvement in the kidnapping of US citizens.
In other actions, on April 10 were linked to process two alleged members of the Gulf Cartel, Julio “L” and Gerardo “H” They were placed in pretrial detention and a period of two months was set for the investigations.
These people were arrested after searches in five homes in reynosaTamaulipas and along with them were found more than 10 kilograms of marijuanaa firearm with an eight-round magazine, six vehicles, 394.9 grams of methamphetamine, a CPU, and a USB flash drive.
