Basketball teacher tried to rob a CJNG shelter in the US, ended up murdered

Barney dale harris, Spanish teacher and basketball coach in North Carolina, tried to rob a safe house to steal drugs and money from the Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) cartel, but its emergence led to a filming where he a suspected thief was killed, as well as an alleged operator of the Mexican cartel, Alonso Beltran Lara.

According to Alemance County authorities, the events occurred in the early hours of April 8, when basketball coach and brother-in-law Steven Alexander Stewart Jr. visited Alonso Beltrán Lara’s residence, and at 1051, Wyatt Road and Green Level.

The two subjects They waited for the alleged CJNG collaborator to return to the trailer and when he finally arrived the two asked the Hispanic about the drugs, but when they got no answers one of the attackers allegedly shot his victim with two bullets. in the neck, at short distance.

“Arriving in the region, officers identified evidence that a shooting had taken place, in which two people with gunshot wounds inside the residence are said to be involved. Barney Dale Harris was pronounced dead at the scene and Alonso Beltrán Lara was taken to a local hospital, but later died of his injuries.», Communicated the local authorities.

Terry johnson, Sheriff of Alemance, detailed in a media briefing that The two African Americans tied the hands and feet of the probable CJNG member, as Mexican cartels are used to when they kidnap and kill a rival operator.

But after the execution of Alonso Beltrán Lara, other collaborators arrived from the criminal group led by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the Mencho. He was at that point, the brawl broke out and the basketball teacher died from the impacts at the scene.

At the scene were counted up to 30 large caliber rings, even, some that have gone through other trailers nearby but did not cause injury. The bailiff of Alemance said that It all looked like an old western shootout.

Calls for help indicated that the shooting was taking place outside, some neighbors took refuge in their trailer as soon as the shooting began and threw themselves to the ground. In his flight, the attackers were still shooting.

the Professor Harris wore a bulletproof vest that did not protect him, He also wore gloves to protect his fingerprints, as well as some sort of mask that would keep him from being recognized.

“During the investigation, the sheriff’s office seized five pistols, about $ 7,000 in cash and 1.2 kilograms of cocaine. Further, Two vehicles were found involved in the incident: one in Guilford County and one in Alamance County”, It was reported in a statement.

After collecting clues such as surveillance videos, On April 11, Barney Dale Harris’s brother-in-law was arrested at his Wadesboro home, after a search that found weapons and items related to the crime scene. Steven Alexander Stewart Jr. is charged with first degree theft and possession of a firearm, meanwhile, he is being held in Alemance prison without the right to bail.

As part of the same investigations, the National Bureau of Investigations and the Drug Enforcement Administration They are looking for a third suspect identified as Juan Daniel Salinas Lara, who was accused of cocaine trafficking, because He also lived in the caravan where Alonso Beltrán Lara was murdered.

According to a video found on his cell phone, the basketball teacher had been to Alemance County at least once before, before coming to the assault. It is presumed that is believed to be involved in a criminal group in the region, which would have indications of a territorial dispute against the Mexican cartels in the city of the United States.

On the other hand, some media reported an imprecise name of the criminal group and combined the identifications of criminal associations with the greater presence in the United States and Mexico. While some portals reported that it was Sinaloa’s next-gen cartel, others directly alluded to the CJNG running the Mencho.

Sheriff Terry Jonhson was alarmed at the vengeance that the criminal group could execute on Alemance, even in attacks against relatives of those involved.

“I always worry about retaliation because the Mexican cartels don’t forget. They’re going to indict someone, and that worries me a lot as a sheriff in this county.“.

According to local press, 40-year-old Professor Harris has taught Spanish, basketball and track and field at Union Academy Charter School in Monroe. No suspicion weighed against him, on the contrary, he was appreciated in his community.

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