New Laredo, Mexico
The capture of Martín Rodríguez Barbosa, alias “the Cadet“And a member of the Northeast Cartel (CDN), he unleashed a series of persecutions, confrontations i shootings, Who threw a balance of 13 downed and the confiscation of an arsenal by members of the Army.
In the fight against military troops, The self-proclaimed armed group “Tropa de l’Infern” or “La 35” was decimated when Rodríguez Barbosa was arrested in the La Síndria Colony.
“El Cadet” was the personal security chief of the leader of the Northeast Cartel (CDN), Juan Gerardo Treviño Chávez, alias “The Egg”, for whom the Attorney General’s Office of Tamaulipas offers 2 million pesos for information leading to his capture.
the confrontations, Which began on Monday night, were untied by the arrival of a special group of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO), the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), according to authorities of Public Security.
At least two were initially reported shootings, With a balance of 11 shot dead, but there were other persecutions and shootings by various sectors of this city during Tuesday morning.
In the shootings there would be at least two shootings and charges of extrajudicial executions by the Army.
After the arrest of “the Cadet“The mobilization of the so-called”Troop of Hell“It simply came to our notice then drug blocks on avenues and roads, the launching of poncha-llantes, the burning of vehicles and attacks on patrols.
During Tuesday morning the violence spread to various sectors, but until dawn the aid, expert and ministerial bodies were mobilized to raise bodies and evidence.
According to preliminary reports, the military secured two vans, 16 long guns, 3 .50 caliber hat rifles, Several magazines and cartridges, but there was no official report of the number of shootings.
Another violent act, also on Tuesday morning, allegedly left two gunmen executed at the crossroads of Colorado River and Zihuatanejo streets in La Síndria Colony, an action videotaped by neighbors, who reported the action to the media.
A woman, identified as “Fabiola”, claimed to have recorded this scene, but did not provide the video, allegedly due to the intervention of a human rights organization.
the confrontations between army and the CDN occur in the midst of the narco battle for control of Nou Laredo customs, drug trafficking and the increasingly profitable business for the cartels of trafficking and extortion to migrants.