Tuesday, November 5

“El Tigre”, leader of the Gulf Cartel, is killed in the Matamoros shootings


En las acciones fueron detenidos cuatro miembros más del Cártel del Golfo, luego de varias balaceras, bloqueos y quema de vehículos.
Four more members of the Gulf Cartel were arrested in the actions, after several shootings, blockades and burning of vehicles.

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Three members of the criminal group Gulf Cartel , including one of their leaders were killed on Friday night, after a series of clashes with military forces and police in Matamoros , Tamaulipas , reported Governor Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca.

Four more members of the Gulf Cartel were arrested in the actions, after several shootings, blockades and burning of vehicles.

Confirmed the identity of Ariel Treviño “El Tigre”, one of the assailants killed in the events from # Matamoros . The @ gobtam reiterates he will use all resources at his disposal and will not It will spare no effort in the fight against criminal groups. There will be no truce against the violent.

– Fco. Cabeza de Vaca (@fgcabezadevaca) October 23, 2021

“Last night there was an attack on military personnel and the State Police in the city of Matamoros, which was repelled resulting in four arrests and three deaths, all of them members of the so-called Gulf Cartel, as well as an armored vehicle secured, 4 Long guns, one of them caliber 50 and chargers, “said the state president through a statement posted on his Twitter account.

Tigre Ariel Trevino
El Tigre ”is among the most wanted criminals by the Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office / Courtesy Attorney General’s Office of Tamaulipas.

García Cabeza de Vaca reported that that a civilian also died and two more were injured and discharged.

According to García Cabeza de Vaca, one of the murdered criminals known as Ariel Treviño Peña and / or Javier Enrique Hernández Gutiérrez and / or Francisco Hernández Martínez, alias “El Tigre” , who is located as head of hawks of the criminal group and head of the Nuevo Progreso plaza, he was one of the federal priority targets, also sought by the United States

“Confirmed the identity of Ariel Treviño “El Tigre”, one of the attackers killed in the events in Matamoros, “he tweeted.

” El Tigre “appears among the most wanted criminals by the Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office, with a reward through and listed within the Security and Prosperity Campaign that the Government of Tamaulipas and seven federal agencies of the United States have.

At least 15 different points and road accesses were blocked by members of the criminal group with heavy vehicles and 3 cars were burned.

The detainees, the armored vehicle in which they were traveling and the secured weapons were placed at the disposal of the authorities to initiate the investigations.

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