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Federal authorities confirmed the arrest of a leader of the Tamaulipas Gulf Cartel , Juan Manuel Rodríguez García, alias 'Juan Dogs' or 'Panther 11' .
It was learned that the operation was conducted by the Mexico Navy, in the municipality of San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León.
The operation was carried out at dawn in complete secrecy, meaning no local authorities were aware of the operation.
Juan Manuel Rodríguez García, is one of the heads of the Golfo Cartel, and was one of those targeted by the Government of the Republic, with the recent operation deployment in Tamaulipas.
Tamaulipas Most Wanted CDG:
José Antonio Romo López" La Hamburguesa" - Ciudad Mier
Juan Carlos de la Cruz Moctezuma "El Chuma" -Miguel Alemán
José Ismael Mendoza Falcón"Polimenso" - Frontera Chica
"El Comandante Paquito"- Reynosa
Juan Manuel Rodríguez García"Juan Perros" - Río Bravo.
Carlos González Escobar"Carlitos Whiskies"- Nuevo Progreso
Eduardo Ismael Flores Borrego"El Negro" - Valle Hermoso.
Juan Francisco Saenz Tamez"El Metro 103" - head of sicarios.
"El Orejón/Ciclón 7"- Matamoros
The suspect, ran the movement of drugs and weapons from Rio Bravo, a section of Reynosa and the waterfront and is one of the masterminds of the clashes that have occurred in the neighboring state of Nuevo León.
Reynosa is divided by CDG into five sectors, each with a commander who is responsible for maintaining order and security, with criminal activities being divided: drug smuggling, migrant smuggling, kidnapping and one of the most lucrative: extortion, which includes not only businesses but also maquiladoras and local government agencies
Rodríguez is reported being the son of a Rio Bravo city official.
Reynosa is divided by CDG into five sectors, each with a commander who is responsible for maintaining order and security, with criminal activities being divided: drug smuggling, migrant smuggling, kidnapping and one of the most lucrative: extortion, which includes not only businesses but also maquiladoras and local government agencies
Rodríguez is reported being the son of a Rio Bravo city official.
It is expected that federal authorities shortly yield a press conference to publicize the capture.
This is the fourth major in the last 15 days have been recorded in the state of Nuevo León capture. The last capture was that of Juan Fernando Alvarez Cortez, alias El Ferrari, arrested on May 17 at the toll booth on the highway Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo, in the town of Sabinas Hidalgo.
Earlier, on Wednesday, May 14 in Monterrey, federal forces captured Fernando Magaña Martínez, El Z-16, considered as head of Los Zetas in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. On the same day, Ernesto Villegas Angulo, was arrested in the town of San Pedro, he was identified as one of the financial operators of Los Zetas cartel.