Tagged: Nuevo Leon

October 5th, 2017 Breaking News Comments Off on Cartel kidnaps, incinerates Mexican border congresswoman’s son

Cartel kidnaps, incinerates Mexican border congresswoman’s son

(BREITBART) — MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A group of gunmen presumably with the Gulf Cartel kidnapped and incinerated the son of a former Mexican congresswoman from this border state.

A possible debt with the cartel appears to have been the reason for the kidnapping and murder. Law enforcement sources in Nuevo Leon revealed to Breitbart Texas that the case began when police officers in the town of Santa Catarina received a call about an incinerated man left in a rural field along the highway to Saltillo.

When authorities arrived, they discovered the body of 38-year-old Victor Ibarra Martinez–who has been identified in a preliminary fashion as the son of the former congresswoman Margarita Martinez. Authorities were not able to formally identify the body since the remains were badly burned. Nuevo Leon law enforcement sources revealed to Breitbart Texas that Ibarra Martinez was considered kidnapped since September 26.

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June 5th, 2017 Breaking News Comments Off on Drug cartel delivers Texas truck full of bodies in Mexican border state

Drug cartel delivers Texas truck full of bodies in Mexican border state

(BREITBART) — MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A faction of Los Zetas drug cartel used the bodies of their victims to deliver a message to authorities and their rivals in a suburb of this metropolitan area. Cartel members wrapped the bodies in black trash bags and left them in the bed of a pickup truck with Texas license places.

The case began when Mexican authorities responded to a highway interception in the suburb of Escobedo in regards to an abandoned SUV, information provided to Breitbart Texas by Nuevo Leon authorities revealed. When authorities arrived they discovered four bodies wrapped in plastic bags and a poster board with a cartel message signed by the Los Zetas faction known as Cartel Del Noreste (CDN).

As Breitbart Texas reported, rival factions of Los Zetas cartel have been fighting over lucrative drug distribution and trafficking areas. The fighting has led to a spike in violence where kidnappings, shootouts, and gory executions have become commonplace in the disputed areas. The fighting between the CDN and their rival the Los Zetas Vieja Escuela (Old School Zetas) has taken place in multiple cities in Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Veracruz and Nuevo Leon.

Preliminary information points to the CDN having used a white Nissan Titan with Texas license plates to move the bodies. The SUV has not been reported stolen in Mexico. In the bed of the pickup, the gunmen left the four bodies and used an ice pick to stab the message into one of the bodies.

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May 23rd, 2017 Breaking News Comments Off on Mexican cartel gunmen torch vehicle with victim inside

Mexican cartel gunmen torch vehicle with victim inside

(BREITBART) — MONTERREY, Nuevo León — The smell of burning flesh alerted firefighters to a body left in the trunk of a compact car, engulfed in flames.

The gruesome discovery was made at the intersection of Sinaloa and Pedro Martinez streets in the Nuevo Repueblo neighborhood, where firefighters responded to a call about a car fire.

Firefighters from Nuevo León secured the burned Nissan Tsuru that was previously reported stolen. The firefighters discovered the charred remains of a man tied up with his mouth and eyes taped over.

Nuevo León state police officers responded to the area to secure the crime scene. The neighborhood is considered a low-income known for housing cartel-connected gangs and the street-level distribution of drugs.

A law enforcement official close to the investigation revealed to Breitbart Texas that witnesses claimed the suspects pulled up in the stolen vehicle and set fire to the body before making a clean getaway. The body appears to have been placed inside the vehicle by the time the gunmen arrived at the location.

The Nuevo León Attorney General’s Office revealed that they are working to locate any tattoos that may help identify the victim collect DNA samples.

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March 11th, 2017 Breaking News Comments Off on NARCO-TERROR: Cartel dumps dismembered bodies in Mexican border state

NARCO-TERROR: Cartel dumps dismembered bodies in Mexican border state

(BREITBART) — MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon

A group of gunmen from one of the cartels operating in this border state executed, dismembered, and bagged three victims. Their remains were left in the bed of a truck with a poster bearing a narco-message.

The gruesome discovery was made by municipal police officers from the town of Escobedo, who were carrying out a routine patrol. The vehicle did not seem out of the ordinary until the officers spotted a several trash bags with human remains and a cartel message.

The officers that reported the crime scene in the Villas de San Francisco neighborhood confirmed to Breitbart Texas they found at least seven plastic bags in the bed of the pickup in plain view. Authorities were able to identify a human foot and a torso that were protruding from the bags.

Among the bloody human remains, authorities found three human heads and the poster that been stuck to a body with an ice pick. The message read: “This happened for (word missing) $$ to the Golfos (Gulf Cartel members) and farting Zetas, Greetings to Jaime Alberto Cano Gonzalez and Mario Salazar Cortez “the Baldy” from Apodaca. This is just starting.”

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