By “El Huaso” for Borderland Beat
A narco banner accusing a military commander of breaking a pact was hung from a bridge in Matamoros, Tamaulipas today. The message coincides with the visit of Tamaulipas Governor Américo Villarreal Anaya to Matamoros.
The message stated:
Lieutenant Colonel César Alfonso Giner Jiménez, is the second in command of the Matamoros army garrison.
The banner may reference the August 31 seizure of 164,000 liters of fuel, 47 tank trucks, and three tractor-trailers from a property in Matamoros, the latest of several fuel theft busts in the Tamaulipas border region of the last few weeks which the Mexican army executed. Two months before that, seven were arrested at a property allegedly used as a logistics center for the storage of stolen fuel. Authorities also seized 66,500 liters of fuel, 27 tank trucks, 10 tractor trucks, 12 storage tanks (frac tanks), four motor pumps, high-pressure hoses and an air compressor.