“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
More than 40 pickup trucks bearing the acronym of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel paraded through the streets of Tamaulipas, where they allegedly arrived to confront men from the Gulf Cartel.
Videos on social networks show the presence of numerous armed men, who blocked several streets in the area. Following these events, authorities reported that two gunmen were killed.
Video translation is as follows:
Newscaster: On social networks there are clashes between drug traffickers, various roadblocks, convoys of trucks full of armed men. This in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Authorities reported that two armed civilians were killed, the confiscation of long weapons and six vehicles had homemade armored plating. Alejandro Madrigal has chronicled the terror among drug trafficking cartels.
Alejandro Madrigal: This is the firepower in Tamaulipas where various factions of the Gulf Cartel faced an alleged invasion by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. More than 40 trucks with armed men were spotted in the municipality of San Fernando. The gateway to the border with Reynosa and Matamoros.
Juan Alberto Cedillo: That area is full of dirt roads, country roads where drugs, cars and the well known ‘Monstruos’ passed through.
Alejandro Madrigal: This is also the route for immigrant trafficking controlled by the Gulf Cartel, one of the longest running in the country. And since the eighties when it was controlled by Juan Garcia Abrego, no organization has dared to challenge them until now.
Juan Alberto Cedillo: The Jalisco New Generation Cartel has long had the capacity to unleash exclusive drones to fight its enemies.
Alejandro Madrigal: Over the weekend there were narco-blockades and confrontations. In a leaked audio, the Gulf Cartel allegedly asks for help from its rivals to avoid the control of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The confrontations caused citizens to cross the border in a caravan from the United States on Monday. Yesterday, their wallets were seized by armed men.
Américo Villarreal: By defeating society as was the case in Matamoros or due to this interruption the code red was activated.
Alejandro Madrigal: Because of these events, the arrest of Hugo Armando Salinas aka La Cabra from the Los Metros group in service for the Gulf Cartel was achieved. Two hitmen were killed and 6 trucks with the initials of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel were seized. The fastest growing organization in this country according to the US government.