This page was last edited on 13 March 2023, at 17:56. [292] The Gulf Cartel operates in a similar way, and often extorts businesses for protection money in the areas where it operates, pledging to kill those who do not agree to pay the fee. With the arrest of one of Garca brego's traffickers, Juan Antonio Ortiz, it became known the cartel would ship tons of cocaine in the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) buses between the years of 1986 to 1990. The creation of Los Zetas brought a new era of drug trafficking in Mexico, and little did Crdenas know that he was creating the most violent drug cartel in the country. Instead, the four friends were attacked shortly after arriving in the city. [57] After this, Osiel Crdenas Guilln took control of the cartel in July 1999 after assassinating Salvador Gmez Herrera alias El Chava, co-leader of the Gulf Cartel and close friend of him, earning his name as the Mata Amigos (Friend Killer). As El Universal writes, SESNSP data shows that "from January 1 to June 24 of 2020, about 9.9 homicides occur each day, or a murder every 2.4 hours, an unprecedented statistic for [Guanajuato]." In 2019, Guanajuato registered the highest number of organized crime related homicides with 2,673 cases, according to Reforma. By constructing a tunnel, the cartel can get their product across the tight border security with the possibility of no detection. [95], The arrest and extradition of Crdenas, however, caused for several top lieutenants from both the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas to fight over important drug corridors to the United States, especially the cities of Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, and Tampicoall situated in the state of Tamaulipas. MATAMOROS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO Oct 23 (Reuters) - A car chase and shootout between gang members and law enforcement near Mexico's northern border, left three members of the powerful Gulf Cartel dead along with one bystander, officials said on Saturday, October 23rd. [89] According to government archives, this six-month military operation was planned and carried out in secret; the only people informed were the President Vicente Fox, the Secretary of Defense in Mexico, Ricardo Clemente Vega Garca, and Mexico's Attorney General, Rafael Macedo de la Concha. The cartel believed responsible for the armed kidnapping last week that killed two American tourists and a Mexican woman in Matamoros, Mexico, issued an apology letter and handed over five of . [115] According to narco-banners left by the Gulf Cartel in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Reynosa, Tamaulipas, the reason for their rupture was that Los Zetas had expanded their operations to include extortion, kidnapping, assassinations, theft, and other actions with which it disagreed. A videoposted on Twitteron Friday appears to show the moment the Americans were kidnapped, CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini reports. Observations indicate that the Gulf Cartel controls territories and imposes its own rulesoften violent and bloodyover the population. "[290] It is generally seen as a way where criminals change the legal face of security and provide their own form of "insurance". Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. "[256] They also reported that in Aguascalientes, a state where violence levels are much lower, policemen are paid five times more than in Tamaulipas. [345] The products sold can be clothing, TVs, video games, music, computer programs, and movies. They began to organize kidnappings;[74] impose taxes, collect debts, and operate protection rackets;[75] control the extortion business;[76] securing cocaine supply and trafficking routes known as plazas (zones) and executing its foes, often with grotesque savagery. [146] A news video from Televisa, also on YouTube, shows images from the confrontations of that day. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images) The recent armed attack on four U.S. citizens in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, illustrated well-documented security risks in Mexico's many crime hotspots, where gang and cartel violence disrupts daily life and hinders business operations. [337][338][339] Nonetheless, there are indeed circles within the Gulf Cartel that coordinate the arms trafficking routes inside Mexico. [251] Consequently, the federal government did not hesitate to assign the Mexican Army and the Federal Police to vigilate the prisons until further notice; they were also left in charge of searching for the fugitives. [21] Around 1994, it was estimated that the Gulf Cartel handled as much as "one-third of all cocaine shipments" into the United States from the Cali Cartel suppliers. Two such sectors are the Rio Grande Valley and West Texas, near the El PasoJurez metropolitan area. [87], The former leader of the Gulf Cartel, Osiel Crdenas Guilln, was captured in the city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on 14 March 2003, in a shootout between the Mexican military and Gulf Cartel gunmen. officials. [352] Due to its multifaceted transportation networks and proximity to major production areas right across the border in Mexico, Texas is a major hub for drug trafficking. [341], Jess Enrique Rejn Aguilar, a top-tier Los Zetas boss, was caught on 3 July 2011, and claimed in an interview that was aired on national television that the Gulf Cartel, unlike Los Zetas, has an "easier and quicker access to arms in the United States", and probably works "with some people in the government" to traffic weapons south of the U.S. [36] His prosecutors, however, tried Garca brego as a U.S. citizen because he also had an American birth certificate, although Mexican authorities claimed the certificate was "fraudulent. [264] El Universal released an article which said that the National Public Security System (SNSP) has condemned the cops' salaries, and demanded the state and municipal authorities to create better paying programs for the policemen so they can have a "just wage" for themselves and their families. [205] In the midsts of violence and panic, local authorities and the media tried to minimize the situation and claim that "nothing was occurring", but the facts were impossible to cover up. 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[64] They were enticed with salaries much higher than those of the Mexican Army. MEXICO CITY (AP) When four Americans were kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros, authorities rescued the survivors within days, but thousands of Mexicans remain missing in a state long associated with cartel violence some in cases dating back more than a decade. Tras el secuestro de cuatro estadounidenses en Matamoros, Tamaulipas, las agencias de inteligencia de Estados Unidos interceptaron las comunicaciones de integrantes del Crtel del Golfo, indica informacin clasificada revelada por el diario The Washington Post.. Los documentos clasificados del Pentgono fueron filtrados a travs de la plataforma Discord, la mayora conteniendo . Woodard and Brown were both killed.. 1:57. The rupture from Los Zetas left Jorge Eduardo Costilla Snchez and Antonio Crdenas Guilln in full control of the Gulf Cartel. [81] Los Zetas began to grow independently from the Gulf Cartel, and eventually a rupture occurred between them in early 2010. [49] He did not have the leadership skills nor the support of the Colombian drug-provisioners. El Cacho survived by throwing himself from the bed. [302][303][304] Investigators believe that more unreported kidnappings have occurred in nearby locations. [97] Lieutenants that were once loyal to Crdenas began following the commands of Lazcano, who tried to reorganize the cartel by appointing several lieutenants to control specific territories.Morales Trevio was appointed to look over Nuevo Len;[98] Jorge Eduardo Costilla Snchez in Matamoros;[99] Hctor Manuel Sauceda Gamboa, nicknamed El Karis, took control of Nuevo Laredo;[100] Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, known as El Goyo, along with his brother Arturo, took control of the Reynosa plaza;[101] Arturo Basurto Pea, alias El Grande, and Ivn Velzquez-Caballero alias El Talibn took control of Quintana Roo and Guerrero;[102] Alberto Snchez Hinojosa, alias Comandante Castillo, took over Tabasco. [171] According to reports by the Mexican government, Los Escorpiones was created by Antonio Crdenas Guillen and is composed of over 60 civilians, former police officers, and ex-military officials. By Ken Dilanian and Minyvonne Burke. [86] The FBI and the DEA mounted numerous charges against him and issued a US$2million bounty for his arrest. Meaning of Matamoros. [324] Much of the money stays in the area, which has caused several officialsboth federal and stateto succumb to the "easy money aspect" the drug money has to offer. [178][179] Other sources indicate that the infighting could have been caused by the suspicions that the Rojos were "too soft" on the Gulf cartel's bitter enemy, Los Zetas. Garca brego was convicted for 22 counts of money laundering, drug possession and drug trafficking. [183] Like other drug trafficking organizations, the Gulf Cartel also subverts government institutions, particularly at state and local levels, by using their large profits to bribe officials. [175] El Universal reported that Mexican authorities identified the gunmen that were engaging in confrontations against the troops in Matamoros, Tamaulipas as members of the Los Escorpiones group. [88] He was one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, which was offering $2million for his capture. The alert also reminded U.S. citizens that this particular part of Mexico is a "Level 4: Do Not Travel," which is the highest warning in the U.S. State Department's travel advisory system. Following the incident, the gunmen responsible for the kidnapping were reportedly handed over to the authorities and the cartel made a public apology.[366]. The consulate in Matamoros has posted at least four security alerts since February 2020, warning of drug cartel violence, crime, kidnappings and clashes involving armed groups. "The investigation is in its earliest days," Price said. Instead, he created warehouses along the Mexican's northern border to preserve hundreds of tons of cocaine; this allowed him to create a new distribution network and increase his political influence. Although its founder Juan Nepomuceno Guerra smuggled alcohol in large quantities to the United States during the Prohibition era, and heroin for over 40 years,[15] it was not until the 1980s that the cartel was shifted to trafficking cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana under the command of Juan Nepomuceno Guerra and Juan Garca brego. Both of them were bought from "drug proceeds". But the cartel has lost territory and influence in recent years to its rivals, according to the think tank InSight Crime. "[23], Garca brego's ties extended beyond the Mexican government corruption and into the United States. Mexican federal and state officials escorted the two surviving Americans to an international bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border, the attorney general in Tamaulipas, the state where Matamoros is located, confirmed in atweetposted Tuesday afternoon. They pointedly noted that they had carried out executions and kidnappings under orders of the Gulf Cartel when they served as their enforcers, and they were created by them for that sole purpose. [285][286][287] In addition, the arms suppliers operate in a completely different circle,[288] and are technically not considered part of the cartel's logistics. Late last week, gunmen kidnapped Ramiro Salazar Rodriguez, the father of former Matamoros Mayor Leticia Salazar. [312] It operates primarily on the TabascoVeracruzTamaulipas corridor. [211], On 10 November 2014, a document from the Mexican government was released to the media and claimed that Los Rojos faction of the Gulf Cartel was planning to ally with Los Zetas. Matamoros Tourism: Tripadvisor has 1,211 reviews of Matamoros Hotels, Attractions, and Restaurants making it your best Matamoros resource. In August 2007, La Maa gang, an alleged sub-group of the criminal group Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel, was reported to have controlled the extortion business in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Federal authorities did not intervene. The drug organizations usually use the Interstates 10, 20, 25, 30, and 35, as well as U.S. [360], In May 2013, Aurelio Cano Flores (alias El Yankee) was sentenced to 35 years in prison for conspiring to import multi-ton quantities of marijuana and cocaine into the United States. [174], However, his brother Osiel Crdenas Guilln disapproved the existence of this mercenary group, since he had created Los Zetas, the parallel version of Los Escorpiones, and they had turned against the organization. [13] The members of the Gulf Cartel are known for intimidating the population and for being particularly violent.[14]. Mexican authorities found the Americans in a wooden shack guarded by a man who was arrested in the rural Ejido Tecolote area east of Matamoros on the way to the Gulf area called "Bagdad Beach," according to the state's chief prosecutor, Irving Barrios. [178], Unconfirmed information released by The Monitor indicated that two leaders of the Rojos, Meja Gonzlez and Rafael Crdenas Vela, teamed up to kill Flores Borrego. [254], According to CNN, more than 400 prison inmates escaped from several prisons in Tamaulipas from January 2010 to March 2011 due to corruption. [78] The group operated similar to Los Zetas, but with less complexity and success. [60], In 1997 the Gulf Cartel began to recruit military personnel whom Jess Gutirrez Rebollo, an Army General of that time, had assigned as representatives from the PGR offices in certain states across Mexico. The Gulf Cartel, along with their rival group Los Zetas, have been the two drug cartels with the most kidnappings in all of Mexico, and "more than half of the country's kidnappings are attributed to them. The arresting officer, a FJP commander, is believed to have received a bullet-proof Mercury Grand Marquis and US$500,000 from a rival cartel for enacting the arrest of Garca brego. [242] Authorities are still trying to understand how the prisoners escaped. Security Alert - U.S. Consulate General Matamoros, Mexico - (June 25, 2021) Location: Reynosa, Tamaulipas. "All four Americans were placed in a vehicle and taken from the scene by armed men," the FBI said. During a news briefing on Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price confirmed that the two survivors from the attack had been returned to the U.S. [193] Reports indicated that the Gulf Cartel was using the BlackBerry smartphones to communicate with 'Ndrangheta, since the texts are "normally difficult to intercept". In recent weeks, cartel gunmen kidnapped the father of a former mayor in broad daylight. Narcotics are also smuggled through the railroads that connect the U.S. and Mexico. It's also a crossing point for people traveling to other parts in Mexico. [172] After the rupture between the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas (which until then had served as the cartel's armed wing), Los Escorpiones became the armed wing of the entire Gulf organization. The ransom is $2.5 million USD. [213] However, remnants still exist in Tamaulipas. [165][166] United States President, Barack Obama, called the President of Mexico, Felipe Caldern, congratulating him and the Mexican forces for the operation in Matamoros, and reiterated his effort against organized crime. Earlier, CBS News learned the two Americans killed were identified as Zindell Brown and Shaeed Woodard. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said in astatementMonday that the Americans were kidnapped at gunpoint and that an "innocent" Mexican citizen died in the attack. Drug Wars: Narco Warfare in the twenty-first century. Someone claiming to be from thecartel allegedly responsible for the abduction of four Americans and the killing of two of them has condemned the violence and purportedly will turn over its own members who were involved to authorities. [230] In addition, La Jornada mentions that the Gulf Cartel owns "all of Matamoros", where they act as the State itself and conduct all forms of criminal activities. The individuals in question never moved to intervene. The buses made great transportation, as Antonio Ortiz noted since they were never stopped at the border. [178] The infighting between the Metros and the Rojos of the Gulf cartel began in 2010, when Juan Meja Gonzlez, nicknamed El R-1, was overlooked as the candidate of the regional boss of Reynosa and was sent to the "Frontera Chica", an area that encompasses Miguel Alemn, Camargo and Ciudad Mier directly across the U.S.Mexico border from Starr County, Texas. [243] The authorities mentioned that the incident is "under investigation", but did not give further information. The area that Meja Gonzlez wanted was given to Samuel Flores Borrego, suggesting that the Metros were above the Rojos. Reports indicate that gunmen from the Gulf Cartel often impersonate law enforcement officers, using military uniforms to confuse rival drug gangs and move freely through city streets. Moreover, the Mexican drug traffickers often use small boats to transport drugs through the coastal areas of South Texas, usually operating at night to prevent them from being spotted by law enforcement officials. While in prison, Crdenas and Arellano formed an alliance to defend themselves from the Sinaloa and Juarez Cartels,[267] who had also allied with each other, and were planning to take over the smuggling routes and territories of the Gulf and Tijuana Cartel. [119] Other sources, however, mention that the Gulf Cartel began looking to form a truce with their Sinaloa Cartel rivals, and Los Zetas did not want to recognize the treaty settlement, which led them to act independently and eventually break apart. "[307] Reports indicated that kidnappers working for the Gulf Cartel train with paintball equipment "to practice simulated kidnapping schemes in order to prepare for the actual kidnapping they intended to commit. U.S. citizens kidnapped by gunmen at Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, March 6, 2023 . according to the think tank InSight Crime. [117] Also, Los Zetas mentioned that the Gulf Cartel also kills innocent civilians, and then blames them for their atrocities. "[226], The Exclsior newspaper reported that the former governors of Tamaulipas, Manuel Cavazos Lerma (19931999), Toms Yarrington (19992004), and Eugenio Hernndez Flores (20052010) have had close ties with the Gulf Cartel. [24], It also became known that, in addition to the INS bus scam, Garca brego had a "special deal" with members of the Texas National Guard who would truck tons of cocaine and marijuana from South Texas to Houston for the cartel. [354], Illicit drugs also are smuggled into and through Texas via commercial aircraft, cars, buses, passenger trains, pedestrians, and package delivery services. A. [33], Further theories put forward to allege the arrest of Garca brego was to satisfy U.S. demands and meet certification, from the Department of Justice (DOJ), as a trade partner, the vote set to take place on 1 March. The candidates of the Gulf Cartel were Antonio Crdenas and Jorge Eduardo Costilla Snchez, while Los Zetas wanted the leadership of their current head, Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano. Event: Cartel Violence. [258], On 9 May 2011, the Mexican government, along with Sedena, disarmed all police forces in the state of Tamaulipas, beginning with the cities of Matamoros and Reynosa. In fact, they are paid around $3,618 pesos (about US$260) a month in all of Tamaulipas. [330] They have also been reported to steal vehicles. [45][46][47], Following brego's 1996 arrest by Mexican authorities and subsequent deportation to the United States, a power vacuum was left and several top members fought for leadership. On Friday March 3, four U.S. citizens werekidnapped after a brazen attack carried out by multiple gunmen in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros. Mexico's security secretary identified the surviving Americans as Latavia "Tay" McGee and Eric James Williams. [143] La Jornada newspaper mentioned that over 80 SUV's packed with gunmen fought to protect Crdenas Guilln, and over 300 grenades were used in the shootout that day. [141] The street confrontations generated a wave of panic among the population and caused the publication and broadcast of messages through social networks like Twitter and Facebook, reporting the clashes between authorities and the cartel members. The intense shootings provoked the temporary closure of three international bridges in Matamoros,[139] along with the University of Texas at Brownsville, just across the border. [185] Thomas A. Shannon, a U.S. diplomat and ambassador, stated that criminal organizations like the Gulf Cartel have "substantially weakened" the institutions in Mexico and Central America, and have generated a surge of violence in the United States. [30] Juan Garca brego is currently serving 11 life terms in a maximum security prison in Colorado, U.S.[31] In 1996, it was disclosed that Garca brego's organization paid millions of dollars in bribes to politicians and law enforcement officers for his protection. Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador said that one person was in custody in connection with the abduction, the Associated Press reported. Updated on: March 7, 2023 / 4:21 PM [263], Although there have been efforts by the federal government to wipe out police corruption, Terra Networks published an article of a witness who said that the police forces in Matamoros work as "informants for the Gulf Cartel" and report on the activity of the Mexican military, and even "wave at [the cartel members]" when they see them in the streets. The first woman is walking and sits in the back of the truck; the other two people seem to be unresponsive, but their condition is unknown. It was later proven after his arrest that the deputy attorney general in charge of Mexico's federal Judicial Police had accumulated more than US$9million for protecting Garca brego. [196], The Gulf Cartel and other Mexican drug trafficking groups are active in the northern and western parts of Africa. [340] Arms trafficking from the U.S. to Mexico, however, is often carried out individually, and there is no criminal group in Mexico or an international organization that is solely dedicated to this activity. [187] The arrest of several Gulf Cartel lieutenants, along with the drug-related violence and kidnappings, have raised concerns among Texas officials that the drug war in Mexico and the drug cartels are taking hold in Texas. [106] In 2010 he was finally sentenced to 25 years in prison after being charged with 22 federal charges;[107] the courtroom was locked and the public prevented from witnessing the proceeding. [54] His luck ended in November 2000 when he was captured in Tampico, Tamaulipas and imprisoned in La Palma. When the Gulf Cartel was moving tons of cocaine to the United States and moving millions of dollars in cash along the border in the 1970s, Juan Garca brego decided that he needed more protection. Learning that El Cacho had survived, the Gulf Cartel ordered a second attack inside the clinic. border. It is the first time in 87 years, a governor from the opposition wins in the state. They also fought for coastal cities Acapulco, Guerrero and Cancn, Quintana Roo; the state capital of Monterrey, Nuevo Len, and the states of Veracruz and San Luis Potos. The four Americans traveled to Matamoros from Brownsville on Friday in a rented white minivan, the FBI said. October 25, 2021. [314], A U.S. agent mentioned that the drug cartels that operate on the MexicoUnited States border, and principally across from Texas, are "in control of not only the narcotrafficking, but also the human smuggling. [190] In 2013, high ranking Gulf Cartel member Aurelio Cano Flores became the highest cartel member to be convicted by a U.S. jury in 15 years[191] In January 2020, high-ranking U.S. Gulf Cartel member Jorge Costilla-Sanchez pleaded guilty to an international drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana into the United States. [289], Protection racketeering [104], In 2007, Crdenas was extradited to the United States and charged with the involvement of conspiracies to traffic large amounts of marijuana and cocaine, violating the "continuing-criminal-enterprise statute" (also known as the "drug kingpin statute"), and for threatening two U.S. federal officers. The Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Crtel del Golfo, Golfos, or CDG)[7][8] is a criminal syndicate and drug trafficking organization in Mexico,[9] and perhaps one of the oldest organized crime groups in the country. [200] The clash between these two groups first happened in Reynosa, Tamaulipas and then expanded to Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros. [44] He was also held responsible in 1984 for the massacre of 6 people in La Clnica Raya, a hospital where rival drug members were being treated, and was also blamed for the massacre of the Cereso prison in 1991, where 18 prisoners were slainboth in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Organized crime groups opt for protection racketeering in an effort to control markets and "maintaining internal order. [326] In addition, due to the low-paying salaries of many policemen, the Gulf Cartel often "buys" many law enforcement officers in Mexico. [138], The confrontations started around 10:00am, and extended to 06:00pm, around the time Crdenas Guiln was killed. [310] La Jornada mentioned that before the rupture with Los Zetas in 2007, the corridor of Reynosa, Tamaulipas was often used for human smuggling. 29 Jul 2020 0 2:07 MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas - Mexican federal authorities are tight-lipped about the kidnapping of a former border city mayor's father. A woman who traveled to the Mexican border with the four Americans who were kidnapped said that she warned police when the group didn't return on schedule. It was reported that after the fallout, Crdenas ordered Los Zetas to Baja California to wipe out the Tijuana Cartel. This renegotiation, however, forced Garcia brego to guarantee the product's arrival from Colombia to its destination. Definition of Matamoros in the Definitions.net dictionary. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press through a Tamaulipas state law enforcement source, the Scorpions faction of the Gulf cartel apologized to the residents of Matamoros, the Mexican woman who died in the shooting and the four Americans and their families. "[233] Luebbert Gutirrez later recognized the work of the federal troops and acknowledged that his city was experiencing "an escalation in violence. Those who were more loyal to the Crdenas family stayed with the Rojos, while those loyal to Jorge Eduardo Costilla Snchez, like Flores Borrego, defended the Metros. [43] Two men from the Rio Grande Valley were charged before the drug lord's arrest for laundering more than $30million for Garca brego. [118] Other reports mention, however, that the rupture occurred due to a disagreement about who would take on the leadership of the cartel after the extradition of Osiel. 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