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- Coahuila claims Z42 gave information on "Lalo" Moreira's murder
- Judge denies "El Chapo" amparo
- Matamoros Becomes Ground Zero As Drug War Shifts On Mexican Border
| Coahuila claims Z42 gave information on "Lalo" Moreira's murder Posted: 02 Apr 2015 06:00 PM PDT Lucio R Borderland Beat written using material from:BB Archives, Vanguardia, ElSigloTorreon  The day after his arrest, Coahuila authorities (PGJE) took the formal statement of Omar Trevino Morales, aka "Z-42", which could help clarify several murders, including that of Eduardo "Lalo" Moreira, son of former Governor Humberto Moreira. The Secretary of the State Government of Coahuila, Victor Zamora, reported yesterday, that the day after the arrest in Nuevo León of Treviño, the alleged leader of the Zetas, last March 4, staff of the Attorney General of the State, was in the office of the Attorney General of the Republic to request authorization to take Treviño's statement. Notably, the Coahuila government was seeking information from Treviño that may be helpful in several previous investigations in the state. According to the official, the case will be strengthen with the information received from Treviño, "however the details are reserved as to not hamper the investigation". However, he assured that data revealed by Treviño, who was arrested on 4 March by federal forces, will help to clarify not only the murder of Moreira, but also other crimes. Another of the topics touched on in the interrogation was the massacre of 300 in the Coahuila city of Allende in 2011, however, no comments or details about any statement by Treviño, was forthcoming about the Allende mass murder. Treviño is suspected in 11 federal criminal cases for crimes of, kidnapping, robbery, oil theft, money laundering and organized crime. There is also a current warrant for extradition issued by US authorities.  "Z-42" assumed leadership of the cartel in 2013, after the capture of his brother, Miguel Angel Trevino, alias "Z-40", who was arrested in July 2013, nine months after the Marina killed previous leader Heriberto Lazcano, "The Lazca" in a Sabinas, Coahuila shootout.
Z42 is being investigated in 661 other murders:San Fernando massacres: In August 2010 and April 2011, were at least 260 migrants murdered in Tamaulipas. Mass killing of Allende: About 300 people killed by Los Zetas, after a supposed betrayal of two members of the group. Mass killings in Monterrey at the Casino Royale: A commando torched this gambling venue in Monterrey, killing 52 people.  Massacre in Cadereyta: Federal authorities suspect the brothers Omar and Miguel Trevino Morales as the masterminds of the murder of 49 people in this municipality of Nuevo León. Note that in these crimes, at least one or more "masterminds" have been arrested and charged with these crimes. Just this week another "mastermind" was charged with the San Fernando migrant murders. That is the fourth.  Eduardo Moreira, nephew of Governor Ruben Moreira, was found dead in his truck on the evening of October 3, 2012 in Ciudad Acuña. Reports indicated that the motive for the murder was revenge for the death of Alejandro Treviño Chavez, Miguel Angel Treviño nephew at the hands of Group Special Weapons and Tactics (GATE), the same morning. In late October 2012, Humberto Moreira publicly stated that it was revenge murder. The Acuna police including its chief were arrested for his murder having participated in isolating Lalo under pretense, so that Zeta sicarios could conduct the killing. Read Chivis' detailed account by using this link. Use the BB search bar for dozens of posts on these stories | ||||
| Judge denies "El Chapo" amparo Posted: 02 Apr 2015 10:20 AM PDT Translated for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana article by J. Cheever Loophole The Second Unitary Court of the Twelth District denied the amparo of Federal Justice, to the drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera.
The imprisoned leader of the Cartel de Sinaloa intended to combat the detention order confirmed by the First Unitary Court of Sinaloa on charges arising from his capture on February 22nd, 2014 in Mazatlan. The formal processing of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera was upheld for his alleged responsibility in the commission of crimes and possession of firearms for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces, and Ammunition also reserverd for exclusive use the Armed Forces. First was the Tenth District Judge in the State of Sinaloa, who on the 10th of March 2014 ordered that the Capo be detained, after he was caught at the Miramar Condo in Mazatlan. Followed shortly after by the First Court of Sinaloa that confirmed that decision on April 30th of that year. Guzman Loera obtained an injunction to overturn the formal arrest and imprisonment warrant from 30th June, but the injunction had an improper basis with legal motivation. A Judge of the First Unitary Court again declared formally against "El Chapo" on November 14th. Against this resolution, the Sinaloan Capo moved a new Justice Guarantee that has now been denied, a Second Unitary Court Judge ruled that the evidence is legally sufficient and effective to prove the body of the crime and probable responsibility. The firearms and bullets found on Joaquin Archivaldo when he was detained together with his "secretary", Carlos Manuel Hoo Ramirez were a 40mm grenade launcher, a single grenade for this type of launcher, a FN Herstal 5.7 mm pistol known in Mexico as Matapolicia ( cop killer), a .38 super revolver, a rifle of .223 calibre ( probably a AR15 variant), 60 rounds of ammunition for the FN Herstal 5.7mm mata policia, and 24 rounds of .223 calibre ammunition, among others. "El Chapo" Guzman has reserved the right to declare anything in relation to these charges, however when questioned by the Federal Prosecutor, he replied that he doesnt not belong to any cartel, that he is a farmer who does not know anyone involved in organised crime and that it is not his desire to denounce anyone. He also emphasized that the staff involved in his arrest respected his human rights. Original article in Spanish at Zetatijuana | ||||
| Matamoros Becomes Ground Zero As Drug War Shifts On Mexican Border Posted: 02 Apr 2015 12:31 PM PDT Borderland Beat Posted by DD Republished from NPR DD note: Much of the information about cartel violence in Matamoros has been reported here on BB, the most recent in a story posted by Lucio on 2/5/2015 about the newspaper editor kidnapped, and another by Otis on March 23, 2015, about the autodefenses in Tamaulipas, but this story adds the elements of personal interviews by NPR staff with citizens of Matamoros who are living in the midst of all the violence. The audio version of part of this story with the actual interviews can be heard on NPR Media Player at this link. By John Burnett Matamoros, which sits across the bridge from Brownsville, Texas, used to be a laid-back border town famed for margaritas and manufacturing. But for at least the past five years, it's grown more and more violent: first, when the Zetas broke away from the Gulf Cartel, and more recently as a new feud has broken out between two factions within the Gulf. It's the current hot spot in the mafia wars that seem to shift every few years up and down the U.S.-Mexico border. A feud between rival drug gangs has terrorized the citizens of this historic border city — officially known as Heroica Matamoros. In February, the U.S. State Department warned consulate personnel to stay indoors to avoid the daytime convoys of cartel gunmen, some armed with grenade launchers.  Throughout this city of a half-million, people are tense and wary. And they have reason to be. Matamoros periodically erupts in fearsome gun battles between militias of coked-up narcos in muscle trucks or between the narcos and ski-masked soldiers. Public life and commerce have withered in this once vibrant tourist town on the lower Rio Grande. For instance, the violence is hurting the trade in used cars, known as chocolates. Mexican brokers used to tow broken cars across the bridge from Texas to Matamoros, mechanics would fix them, and buyers from elsewhere in Mexico would travel to the border to get a good deal on a used car. "Today, people don't come from the interior ... to buy cars because they're afraid," says Carlos Alberto, owner of a grease-stained garage. He, like everyone else in this story, asked that we not use his last name. "Most of the mechanics here in Matamoros depended on selling used cars. Now we're all struggling," he says. "Today the situation is very tense. We really don't know what's going to happen tomorrow." Carlos Alberto says life has not stopped. People still go to Mass, baby showers and quinceañeras, but then they go straight home.
I lived through part of the civil war in my native country, El Salvador. When I came here, compared to El Salvador, I thought Mexico was a piece of heaven," he says. "But all this ended, little by little. Today, Matamoros is one of the most dangerous cities in Mexico. But we never see it on television." CAUTION; GRAPHIC PHOTOS ON NEXT PAGE It's a maddening reality. There were 883 homicides in Tamaulipas state in 2013, most of them victims of the drug war.  But local TV, radio and newspapers do not report them, because of strict censorship by the Gulf Cartel. Last month, the editor of the leading daily, El Mañana, was abducted and beaten because his newspaper published a front-page account of cartel clashes. He has since fled the city.  Reporting on cartel violence on social media can be dangerous, too. Four years ago, a blogger in Nuevo Laredo was beheaded, and last October, a Twitter user in Reynosa was murdered. Both were killed for saying too much.
Yet, people keep doing it in Matamoros because it's the only news they can use. "The newspapers only publish simple things like car accidents. They don't publish what's really happening," says a clothes vendor named Hugo. "My daughters monitor Facebook, and they'll call me and say, 'Papi, don't go near 18th and 20th streets, there's a shootout there!' And so I don't go out."  Affluent residents of Matamoros have another fear: kidnapping Juan is a portly, 29-year-old Mexican-American who used to own a jewelry shop in Matamoros. One day two years ago when he was closing up shop, two thugs armed with guns showed up and told him to climb into their van. Then began a weeklong nightmare. He was beaten every day. He was kept in a squalid, evil-smelling room with no toilet and bloodstained walls. "I actually start thinking they feel pleasure when they hit me," he says, sitting in a friend's curio shop in Matamoros. His parents paid a half-million pesos, nearly $42,000, for their son's life. On the eighth day, his captors pulled a sack over his head, put him back in the van, and drove for two hours. They took him out of the van and hit him in the head so hard that he passed out. When he came to, he realized, first, that he was alive, and, second, that his hands were untied. He untied his ankles and walked for hours until he heard traffic and spotted a farmhouse. The person there called an ambulance. "I woke up in the hospital," Juan remembers. "The first person I saw was my mom and my dad. I just start crying." Like many Mexican families who can afford it, Juan and his family fled Matamoros for Brownsville. He says Matamoros has changed, and the narco bosses are different now. "In past years, you just see guys in white trucks. 'Oh, that's the members of the cartel,' but they don't mess with the people," Juan says. "What I see right now is that these guys are just looking for money. They are not doing their straight business that is the [drug] trafficking. They see that they can get money from the people." The details of Juan's story could not be independently verified, but a fellow merchant confirmed the fact of his kidnapping. And it's consistent with the rash of kidnappings that has plagued this region in recent years. Cartel members are preying on local residents for alternative income. First, the killing and capture of major drug capos have led to the fragmentation of criminal syndicates — in Tamaulipas state as they have elsewhere in Mexico. A power struggle is underway within the Gulf Cartel between Los Ciclones in Matamoros and Los Metros in Reynosa, and no one is safe. Second, trafficking drugs is just harder these days, so criminals are turning to kidnapping and extortion. The U.S. side of the river is guarded by federal agents, state troopers and the National Guard, while Mexico has flooded Matamoros and Reynosa with military troops. The harder the Mexican government fights the cartels, it seems, the more misery it creates for the people |
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