National Guard in Mexico arrests “Scorpion 17,” violent leader of the Gulf Cartel

Personnel from the Special Reaction and Intervention Force (FERI) of the National Guard in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), carried out the arrest of Antonio Guadalupe Perez Dominguez, alias Scorpion 17, leader of the Scorpions and the Cyclones, the two main cells of the Gulf Cartel that operate in the municipalities of Matamoros and Reynosa in Tamaulipas.

According to authorities, a tactical team from the Special Reaction and Intervention Force, in support of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO) and the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC), through intelligence work and field activities, in Miramar beach of the aforementioned municipality, managed to locate Antonio Guadalupe Pérez, who was part of the criminal structure of the Gulf Cartel (CDG).

According to government sources revealed that The operation was carried out quickly and effectively, thus avoiding acts of violence in the municipality of Tampico. and once the operation was carried out, the suspect was transferred by aircraft to the Federal Social Readaptation Center “El Altiplano”, Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico, prison where “El Chapo” Guzmán was imprisoned.

According to the authoritiesthe alleged drug trafficker, also known by the aliases of “El Apa”, “Toñito” or “Antonio Casanova”, was the leader of two criminal cells, which are generators of violence in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, called “The Cyclones” and the “Scorpions”.

According to the information obtained, both cells were responsible for the purchase, sale and trafficking of firearms from the United States, as well as the collection of protection money from businesses in the border city.

Thus, according to the authorities, this arrest contributes to the weakening a criminal organization with a presence in the state of Tamaulipas, limiting its financial activities, trafficking of undocumented persons and drugs to the United States and illegal introduction of firearms into national territory.

According to local media, “El Escorpión 17” apparently became the commander of Los Escorpiones and Los Ciclones, after the capture of José Alberto García Vilano “La Kena,” which occurred last January in Nuevo León.

“La Kena” was one of the main targets of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), because he is accused of the kidnapping of four American citizens, of which two were rescued and two found dead, in events recorded on March 3, 2023 in Tamaulipas.

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