CJNG's Pantera falls, the drug lord who overthrew Kalimba, the drug lord who whipped women
Photo: Capture Sedena / Courtesy
Benjamín Mollinedo Montie aka the Panther , an alleged member of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) and Huachicolero leader , was captured by elements of the Mexican Army in the municipality of Ciudad del Carmen, in the state of Campeche in Mexico.
It was considered by the Mexican Armed Forces as one of the priority objectives in the Combat of Hydrocarbon Theft and its detection was in the street 55 , corner with Avenida Framboyanes in Flamboyanes subdivision thanks to an operation of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) through an operation in which they also participated agents of the National Guard (GN), the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), as well as ministerial, state and municipal Police.
According to local media, hours after his capture in which some of his accomplices were also arrested, the transfer of the Pantera to Mexico City was ordered due to its dangerousness
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Already in the Mexican capital he was put to di the prosecution’s position, where They are investigating him for theft of hydrocarbons, as well as theft of vehicles, merchandise, drug trafficking, extortion, assaults, kidnappings, collection of fees among others.
The Pantera was allegedly the in charge of the plaza of the municipalities of Huimanguillo and Cárdenas.
Among the homicides awarded to him are the execution of public officials, as well as the murder of his main enemy Andrés Rodríguez Vasconcelos, alias el Kalimba, who was assassinated on December 4, 2020.
The rivalry of the Kalimba and the Panther
Andrés Rodríguez Vasconcelos , alias el Kalimba , alleged leader of a criminal group that specifically dedicated to the huachicol and the drug trafficking in the state of Tabasco , boasted of his economic and criminal power in photos in which he appeared alongside luxury vehicles and heavy-caliber weapons.
The influence of the Kalimba was such that even hitmen to their services, they flogged those who did not comply with their work in the criminal organization and an example of this was a video that went viral where two two alleged “ hawks ”were beaten because allegedly they did not warn of an operation by the authorities carried out in the municipality of Huimanguillo , there in Tabasco , but in the end he was ambushed and killed at the hands of the Pantera.