One of the leaders of a Drug Cartel has been detained by the Mexican Marines. Allegedly, he was involved in the kidnapping of four Americans. Two of the kidnapped Americans were killed. The suspect was arrested in the state of Nuevo Leon. He has been identified as ‘La Kena’. Jose Alberto Garćia Vilano was listed on the Wanted List in 2022. He has been arrested on Thursday. “One of the key leaders of one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Tamaulipas,” said Mexico’s Navy Department.
San Pedro Garza Garía’s Mayor, Miguel Treviño has confirmed that Vilano was taken into custody from a local shopping mall he was at. He said “Thanks to good intelligence, coordination and police monitoring, today an alleged criminal leader was arrested without a single shot,”. Garćia Vilano has used several alias in the past. He was identified by the Tamaulipas State Prosecutor’s as ‘Cyclone 19’ in 2022. $150,000 were offered for his arrest. The Gang Cylones is one of the most powerful faction of the divided Gulf Cartel. Another Gang named ‘The Scorpions’ has been allegedly involved with the kidnapping and killing of the Americans.
The victims of the incident have been identified as Zindell Brown, Shaeed Woodard, Eric Williams and Latavia McGee. The four individuals crossed into the city of Matamoros in March as one of them wanted to get a cosmetic surgery done. Unfortunately they were shot at and taken away in a pickup truck. Zindell and Shaeed were the two Americans that died. A Mexican Women, 33-Year Old Pablo Servando was killed as well.
Five men were turned themselves over to the police’s custody. Allegedly, The Scorpions Faction was ashamed of the doings and did not support this brutal act of violence thus they surrendered members of their gang involved in the case. This information was sent by a party claiming to be ‘The Scorpions’. The letter revealed “We have decided to turn over those who were directly involved and responsible in the events, who at all times acted under their own decision-making and lack of discipline,”.
Over the last few months the police have successfully arrested Hugo Salinas Cortinas, also referred to as ‘La Cabra’ which means ‘The Goat’ and Miguel Villarreal, Gringo Mike. Drugs have destroyed lives of several individuals yet it is a growing and expanding business. It has been so since several decades. Although, strict rules have been implemented, it has been impossible to completely abolish and destroy the circulation of drugs among people. Drug Mafias have gained a lot of control and influence over several countries. Some of the countries are Honduras, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, Syria and Myanmar.
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