The head of the Gulf Cartel cells arrested

Army personnel deployed in northern Tamaulipas captured Luis Miguel "N", Sierra El Flaco, identified as an operational leader in the armed part of one of the Gulf Cartel's cells in conflict, in the border town

El Flaco Sierra is considered one of the cross-border priority objectives of the security strategy launched last month by the government of Tamaulipas, in collaboration with seven federal security agencies of the states United against criminal organizations operating on the border with South Texas.

For the detainee, a reward of 1.5 million pesos was offered to the person who provided information that would lead to his capture; he is accused of homicide, kidnapping, extortion and drug trafficking.

According to the federal authorities, he sought to ally himself with the Jalisco Cartel Nueva Generación. The National Defense Secretariat (Sedena) and the Tamaulipas Coordination Group (TAG) confirmed the arrest.

Members of the violent criminal group have unleashed a series of blockades on various roads and avenues of Reynosa, in response to the arrest of His chief

According to ministerial investigations, El Flaco Sierra is l '; one of the main generators of violence in Reynosa, where his group perpetrated several armed attacks against federal and state agents.

the alleged drug trafficker had a close friendship with Alfredo Beltrán Guzmán, El Mochomito, nephew of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán