“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat


This Monday afternoon, sometime after lunch a group of armed men shot three people inside a house and kidnapped two others in the Gaviotas Sur neighborhood. 

According to the police report, the aggressors busted the door open with a sledgehammer and killed three people. Following this attack, two men were abducted from the residence. 

A video has surfaced of 8 males on film that belong to an unknown armed criminal cell.  Front and center within their haphazard formation is a handcuffed and blindfolded male on his knees. At this time it is believed that the captive male is one of the abducted men. 

The removal of the prisoners finger with a fixed blade knife. Follows a deadly trend in violence that has recently taken place in Villahermosa, Tabasco.

Video translation is as follows:

Sicario #1: This will be the fate of every turncoat and those who don’t fall into formation here with us. Where’s your prosecutors office to help you out now? 

Sicario #2: Ok, let’s do this. This will be the fate of every fucking turncoat. This goes out to you Martha, Cabeza, Gato, Doña Rosa, Los Palenqueños, and Jairo. You guys know what time it is. No mercy will be shown here. This will happen to everyone who is a turncoat. We’re going to be cutting you guys up a bit at a time. So that you assholes fall into formation here. 

Gaviotas Sur neighborhood 
Villahermosa, Tabasco