Tamaulipas secretary general, Herminio Garza Palacios, confirmed that Luis Jimenez Tovar, aka“Cabeza de Marrano”, was arrested Friday in the city of Leon Guanajuato, he was a Zetas leader in Victoria, Tamaulipas.
At a press conference in the hall of the Palace of Independence Government said the detainee acted as a subordinate of one of the main leaders of a criminal group.
At the time of his arrest was travelling in a vehicle and carrying a long gun and a short exclusive use of the Armed Forces.
Addressing representatives of the Ministries of National Defense (Department of Defense), the Navy of Mexico (Semar), Attorney General's Office (PGR), Federal and State police announced that " information indicates that Jimenez Tovar was one of the principal sources of violence in Tamaulipas state. "
The suspect is identified as suspected of being responsible for the crimes of kidnapping and murder, most recently, his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a family in Victoria, for which a ransom was demanded of five million pesos in exchange for their release.
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On May 5, 2014, he was in a violent clash with state police, but he was able to flee. Subsequently through third parties, Jimenez Tovar and another person spread information on the internet of their supposed deaths, from injuries sustained in the shootout, to deceive authorities and stop the search for him.
On June 20 in Ciudad Victoria, federal forces arrested five members of the same criminal group, including Juan Alberto Rodríguez Padilla, who was in possession of more than six million pesos and $ 43,000 in cash.
Jimenez Tovar had retreated to the city of Leon, Guanajuato, as many key Zetas have done, due to the heavy presence of feds in the state implemented by the new security strategy for Tamaulipas. The retreat is know as the "cockroach' effect.
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