“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
A 10 man faction of armed assassins for the Grupo Tercios appear on film. Every male is in uniformity in clothing and weaponry. They’re all donning blue jeans, black long sleeve shirts, black chest rigs, black balaclavas, and black baseball caps. The sameness in their attire is meant to convey intimidation against rivals.
A lone male in dark clothing with his back toward this formation stands in the background on the right side of this video. More than likely this person was positioned there as a sentry while their communique was being filmed.
The captive was dismembered off camera afterwards.
Interrogator: This is a communiqué for the entire population of Poza Rica and its surroundings. Citizens, we’ve come to purge the town of all these scumbags who claim to be members of a particular criminal group. Here we have this character who worked for that faggot El Coco.
Whats your name?
Captive: Noe Ramon.
Interrogator: What do you do for a living?
Captive: I work at the CFE (Federal Electricity Commission).
Interrogator: What type of work did you perform with El Coco?
Captive: Every month I gave him a share of the earnings from the CFE.
Interrogator: Who are the individuals who work with El Coco?
Captive: That would be Galleta, Los Cuates (The Twins), Shrek, Cesar Enrique, and the Ayalas.
Interrogator: What did El Coco want for the townspeople to be told?
Captive: He wanted people to think that he was no longer in the town of Poza Rica. But he’s still the person in charge on behalf of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. And he’s receiving a monthly commission from the electricity services.
Interrogator: Who receives the money from this commission?
Captive: César Enrique is the individual involved with this scam.
Interrogator: What can you tell us about the bodies that were found inside those safe houses?
Captive: They were disposed of there on the orders of El Coco. He no longer had a place to rid himself of those corpses.
Interrogator: This goes out to Galletas, Cesar, Cuates, Ayala, and Coco, you faggot, come on out to defend this plaza. You’ve never once held a firearm within your hands. Much less have had to fight over a terrain. You need to once and for all stop stealing city funds. These are the only crimes that you guys know how to commit. The same goes for the murdering of innocent civilians. An example of this would be the corpses found within those refrigerators.
