Chivís Martínez for Borderland Beat
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Federal Police Elements in Victoria Tamaulipasm succeeded in capturing Javier Aldemar Morales Estrada, alias'ElComandante Diablo' CDG plaza chief of Victoria. He was one of the government's 14 priority objectives in their current Tamaulipas operation.
Also captured in conjunction with Morales Estrada, is Leonal Elizalde Montelongo in Ciudad Victoria.
Morales Estrada, 40 years old and originally from Monterrey, Nuevo León, is identified as one of the chief operators for CDG.
He is suspected of having more than ten kidnapping groups in his command whose criminal activites include: kidnappings, killings, extortion and management of drug outlets in the city state and its suburbs.
Federal agents made the arrest as they aboard a truck which contained weapons for the exclusive use of the armed forces, as well as two magazines and 42 rounds of ammunition, they were secured together with a cell phone and the truck in which they were traveling.
The detainees, along with the insured property, were made available to the Agent of the Public Prosecutor's Office attached to the Deputy in the organized crime unit of the Attorney General's Office.
No shots were fired in the capture
No shots were fired in the capture