“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) interrogates a captured hitman from the Grupo Escorpion faction of the Gulf Cartel.
During this broadcast that has been deemed safe for all to see. The captive will reveal the inner workings of the Cartel del Golfo within the state of San Luis Potosí.
Video translation is as follows:
Sicario: Which cartel do you belong to?
Captive: Grupo Escorpión of the Gulf Cartel.
Sicario: Who all is doing dumb shit here within the city of Tamuín?
Captive: There are several individuals. Pecas, who used to be a driver for Rafa. He’s a relative of Tamin, Don Carlos, Chaneque, El Billy, El Memo, and other friends of theirs from the Mirasol neighborhood (Tamuín, San Luis Potosi).
Sicario: Who ambushed the Sedena troops?
Captive: It was us who did it.
Sicario: Why?
Captive: Metal Uno said it was direct orders from La Kena (José Alberto Garcia Villano) to attack government personnel in the Jalisco plazas in order to draw heat on them.
Sicario: Who are the individuals extorting and charging protection fees?
Captive: The only thing that I’ve heard is that it’s Metal Uno and some guy known as Lobo 60. I think his name is Julian or something like that.
Sicario: Where exactly do they hide?
Captive: It just depends where it is that they find themselves. They’re coming in from the towns of Valles, San Vicente. And when they’re working it’s in the towns of San Jose de Limón, San José Xilatzén. They’re in various towns boss.
Sicario: Who all attacked the government personnel in the towns of Ciudad del Maíz and El Naranjo?
Captive: It was the same guys from the Metal 60 operation. La Kena mentioned that our actions should be evenly executed wherever the Jalisco gunmen were located. In order order to draw government attention towards them.
Sicario: What are the general orders for the town of Tamuín?
Captive: We are to continue abducting people. Even if they’re not working. The objective is to cause chaos here.
Sicario: What other crimes are you guys committing here?
Captive: We’re charging protection fees and surveilling citizens in order to kidnap them.
Sicario: What other intentions do you guys have?
Captive: The last thing I heard from Metal 60. Was that his boss La Kena mentioned that we needed to humble the fuck out of the government. And their plan of action was to take place in Tamuín. Whenever we ventured into our area of operations we would destroy the fuck out of every little town.
Sicario: Why were the 2 adolescents killed and beheaded that were disposed of inside a fortress?
Captive: It was done on the orders of Metal Uno. They were mad because…
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