Showdown between Northeast Cartel and National Guard resulted in death of 68-year-old woman

At dawn on Sunday February 14, a clash broke out between the Northeast Cartel and the National Guard (GN) in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. The outcome of this shock was death of a 68 year old woman.

Unofficial versions indicated that the assault started around 2 a.m., while the elements of the Federal Security Institution were located between Leandro del Valle and Veracruz streets, located in the Madero district.

The vehicle in which the suspected members of the Northeast Cartel were traveling lost control and collided with a white Cherokee-type truck, which included the 68-year-old driver, who lost her life after the impact, and her husband, who suffered a nervous breakdown.

Finally, unconfirmed sources indicated that GN personnel secured a white Cadillac Escalade type vehicle, property of probable members of the criminal group. He was abandoned, without plates and with explosive material at the intersection of Veracruz and Privada J. Méndes streets, also in the Madero district.

Until, the authorities have not released any statement on this matter. It is also not known if there were any detainees, however, the report from unofficial sources indicated that suspected criminals escaped in two other cars.

In other events related to the Northeast Cartel, on February 11, a video was released where Suspected CDN hitman tried to shoot down army helicopter flying over a clandestine camp in the Doctor Coss commune, within the limits of Nuevo León with Tamaulipas (northern Mexico). Five cartel members were killed and the plane was not seriously damaged.

The accident was recorded on Saturday February 6 at 11:00 a.m. at a ranch near the Doctor Coss-Comales highway, in Ejido Canela, in about two kilometers from the municipality of Camargo, Tamaulipas, where on January 22 the charred bodies of 19 migrants were found.

According to a US law enforcement source operating in Mexico, the shooting took place at coordinates 26 ° 02′14.6 “N / 98 ° 58′52.2” W, where a Mexican Army helicopter was conducting surveillance operations, about 38 kilometers south of the Texas border.

The gunmen, believed to be part of a CDN faction of The Zetas, they started to shoot the helicopter with .50 caliber cannons and AK-47 rifles to move the helicopter away from your camp. The plane took evasive action and called for radio support, bringing troops to the scene.

Also, on February 6, Seraph “N”, a.k.a Sargent and alleged head of the place of this drug trafficking organization in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, He was arrested for his probable participation in the attack on Villa Unión which left 26 dead in November 2019.

Native of Matamoros, Tamaulipas and 48 years old, this leader was arrested in the morning of last Saturday, in a service station in the town of Allende. Sargent He was in the company of his wife when he was approached by members of the military, national guard and ministerial agents as state of Coahuila.

According to the official report, this leader of the North-East cartel was secured between 7:40 a.m. at kilometer 53 of federal road 57, in the municipality of Coahuila, just before reaching the gatehouse.

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