"El Cursi": the boss of Los Zetas who could be at the origin of the massacre of Minatitlán

On April 19, a group of armed individuals took part in a family party organized in a palapa named "El Potro"", located in the municipality of Minatitlán, in the state of Veracruz, killing 14 people, including a one-year-old baby.

Fluvia Salinas celebrated her 52nd birthday when the gunmen attacked. According to the versions of the survivors, the killers, before blowing blows on the participants asked "The Beky".

"The Beky" was a transgender woman, she owned the palapa and was the administrator of "La esquina del Cha-KL", a dive in the city center a few meters from the palapa.

According to the accounts of the investigation, 6 masked men, all armed with long and short weapons, entered the ballroom, They went to the table where was "La Becky" and warned: "This is not played". Then came the rain of bullets.

According to witness statements, the order arrived in a white truck of the Honda brand.

According to testimonies, before the departure of the badbadins They shot dead people on the ground to make sure they died, including the one – year – old child.

In the yard, 17 calipers of 223 caliber, 15 9 mm sockets and 5 deformed warheads were found.

Attorney General, Jorge Winckler Ortiz, said that he has information that in one of the bars of "La Beky", there was a drug sale bought from a certain group of organized crime, and then began selling another of a different origin, which is the main motive of the tragedy.

According to the local press, several theories have been advanced about the paternity of the armed attack. The name of Sergio Enrique Calderón Quintanilla has been mentioned in some circles of the Attorney General's Office.

Sergio Enrique Calderón, alias "El Cursi", is identified as commander of the cartel Los Zetas. This character would be the key in the case of the Minatitlan mbadacre.

In March of last year, the government of Veracruz offered 500,000 pesos to give information to find its location., is reported as the leader of a gang of kidnappers who were operating in Coatzacoalcos, south of the Veracruzana organization.

Calderón Quintanilla inherited the place of Hernán Martínez Zavaleta, nicknamed "El Comandante H", currently imprisoned for ordering the mbadacre of a complete family in Coatzacoalcos in June 2017, including children.

According to this version, Adria Calderón Quintanilla, brother of "El Cursi", allegedly identified to sell drugsin the petrochemical plants of Minatitlán, Cosoleacaque and Coatzacoalcos, was invited by "La Beky" to the "Los Potros" palapa party.

"The Beky", According to local media, he allegedly laundered money for Los Zetas in his bar "La Esquina del Cha-KL"."

According to this story, Adrián reportedly told "La Beky" that he offered his money-laundering and drug-selling services in his bar at the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel.

Supposedly, Adrián Calderón threatened the woman with a pistol, but another party badistant came to his defense. After that, the brother of "El Cursi" left the party.

Later, he returned with people who would have sent his brother "El Cursi" to attack "La Beky"..

The state government is not alone in seeking "El Cursi", a few days after offering the reward, andMembers of the Ministry of Public Security (SSP) and prosecutors found a red Calla vehicle.

In the car was a narcomensaje signed by the cartel of Jalisco New Generation, in which they offered a million pesos to the person who will deliver Calderón Quintanilla, "El Cursi".

They offered the same amount for two other alleged killers with the nickname "The shell " andThe pinto ".

In addition, Inside the burned car, the NCG's killers left the body of a decapitated man.

The Jalisco New Generation cartel began to germinate in 2010 as a result of a series of deaths, catches and struggles with older cartels; mainly that of Sinaloa and the Millennium Cartel.

After its consolidation as a new criminal organization, one of the first missions of the cartel It was imposed to fight Los Zetas in the state of Veracruz, a territory that they had dominated for a long time.

He did it through the creation of Los Matazetas, which several experts describe as an equivalent of the CJNG or a special cell of the organization.

This group claimed the mbadacre of 35 people in Veracruz in 2011, and one month later, the authorities discovered the bodies of 30 other alleged victims of Los Matazetas.

From then on, a series of conflicts between the two organizations broke out and continue today.. Both seek to seize ports in the Mexican Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico; key in the production of synthetic drugs.

According to information provided by the authorities, the CJNG currently controls about 212 municipalities in the territory of Veracruz (about 70%), while the rest of the Zetas control some areas of the southern state and mountains.