What is behind the execution of Maestrín, the narco who ordered the massacre of 15 innocent people to “warm up” Reynosa

it was him Maestrin. The head of the Gulf Cartel identified as Edgar Valladares Hernández and whoever gave the order to provoke a massacre in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, was murdered on Monday morning.

There was a theme of betrayal. The corpse of the leader of the faction Scorpions It was found inside an old green RAM 1500 on the Reynosa-Río Bravo highway. He was wearing a blue polo shirt, white tennis shoes and blue jeans. The scene had another addition. It was one of his escorts nicknamed the Valley.

The criminal’s cover letter arrived on June 19, when one of the bloodiest massacres of that six-year term took place. Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Scorpion hitmen have stormed the territories dominated by their rivals Counters, another Gulf Cartel spin-off.

Thus, the group led by the Maestrinimbued with a strange spirit of ambition, he managed to take control of the The town of Reynosa kill anyone who crosses their path. The death toll was 15 civilians killed, but revenge came a few weeks later.

With information, provided in drops, the prosecution reported that Edgar Valladares had been assassinated after a pax narca announced by the Gulf Cartel. In the municipal presidency of Río Bravo (Tamaulipas) as well as in various districts of Reynosa, narcomantes appeared in which the CDG reported “Today we agree on a truce of tranquility and we are in solidarity with the people and the principles and coherent ideologies to generate peace. ” , we read. The messages were signed by the leaders of the Gulf cartel, including those of the Los Escorpiones faction which led the Maestrín.

The execution of this criminal leader would then be the missing ingredient to end the violence in Tamaulipas. “The delivery of the body of the brain of the massacre of 15 innocents, inside a green ram, hoists the flag of peace”, warns the security analyst Hector de Mauléon.

The next question to ask is why did the Gulf Cartel make the decision to implement peace in Tamaulipas and devote itself solely to trafficking in drugs, people, weapons and fuel? What happened?

the Gulf Cartel, which for years controlled the so-called small border between Tamaulipas and Texas (USA), had been greatly weakened since the capture of Mario Armando Ramírez Treviño, aka the Pelon you / o X-20, in 2013. The arrest broke the organization into the Los Metros, Ciclones and Rojos factions.

The first operates mainly in the municipalities of Reynosa, Mainero, Villagrán, Hidalgo, Miguel Alemán, Camargo, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz.

The faction of cyclones and his armed arm ScorpionsThey control the regions of Matamoros, San Fernando, Río Bravo, Valle Hermoso and Victoria. Meanwhile, the criminal cell of The Reds they are installed in Altamira, Tampico and Ciudad Madero.

The collapse of the Gulf Cartel also led to the birth of the faction called panthers, identified in the areas of Abasolo, Soto de la Marina, Aldama and González. Likewise, two other criminal groups operate in the state: The Zetas, with his armed arm Zetas old school and the Northeast Cartel.

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