“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
He defended his ranch in Villaldama from a narco-cell, which had taken over his property to hide from Fuerza Civil. It cost the lives of cattle rancher Gustavo L. and one of his workers, whose bodies were burned.
The homicide of the 85 year-old man, the renowned promoter of the Beefmaster cattle breed and former hardware businessman, who lived in Colonia Lomas del Valle, in San Pedro, is part of a series of recent bloody events in the rural area of the State of Nuevo Leon.
Last night, although the State Prosecutor’s Office was still waiting for DNA tests, family, friends and relatives indicated that Don Gustavo was one of the two burned persons found last Saturday at his ranch La Rumorosa.
Ministerial agents were able to arrest one of the alleged perpetrators of the crime, identified as Felipe de Jesús, 50 years old.
Sources close to the case revealed that there is another person arrested for the murder and for the confrontation with the drug group on January 2 in Salinas Victoria, who said his name was Elvis Edgardo, 32 years old.
According to reports, after the confrontation that left three police officers and two gunmen dead, the cell fled and dispersed.
Part of the group arrived at the ranch on the same Monday and subdued the guard, his wife and children, who were tied up on the property.
A family contact said Gustavo used to go to his ranch every Thursday.
On this occasion, however, he was received by the criminals and, although he tried to defend his workers’ lives, his own and the ranch, he was subdued and killed together with one of his workers, who was driving Gustavo’s Ranger truck.
The next day, the gunmen traveled in the stolen vehicle towards Villaldama, but ran into police officers and, after a confrontation, they overturned and five were killed on the Colombia Highway.
