Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-Wheel
Hermosillo, Sonora.
Agents of the Federal Police achieved the re-aprehension of Oscar Eduardo Vargas "El Negro", who the state Attorney General attributes more than 200 executions.
According to the Attorney General, "El Negro" an important leader of a criminal network in Praxedis G Guerrero, in the Valley of Juarez is dedicated to drug trafficking, and other activities such as kidnapping and extortion.
On the 27th of February Oscar Eduardo Vargas Romero escaped from Hospital in Hermosillo state, where he was receiving treatment for wounds sustained in a gun battle in Chihuahua.
Since then his location was unknown until Saturday afternoon when he was captured in the Municipality of Santa Ana, located 170 kilometres north of the Sonoran capital.
The serial killer was moved immediately to Hermosillo, where personnel of the Chihuahua Attorney Generals office were waiting with an arrest warrant to move him to Ciudad Juarez.
The Governor of this state, Cesar Duarte Jaquez, welcomed the capture of "El Negro" and made a formal announcement 6 hours before the Federal Authorities.
Around 22:00 hours he arrived in Ciudad Juarez on board a plane, he is the presumed coordinator of criminal activites for the Sinaloa Cartel in the Valley of Juarez.
Original article in Spanish at Proceso
Hermosillo, Sonora.
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| "El Negro" |
Agents of the Federal Police achieved the re-aprehension of Oscar Eduardo Vargas "El Negro", who the state Attorney General attributes more than 200 executions.
According to the Attorney General, "El Negro" an important leader of a criminal network in Praxedis G Guerrero, in the Valley of Juarez is dedicated to drug trafficking, and other activities such as kidnapping and extortion.
On the 27th of February Oscar Eduardo Vargas Romero escaped from Hospital in Hermosillo state, where he was receiving treatment for wounds sustained in a gun battle in Chihuahua.
Since then his location was unknown until Saturday afternoon when he was captured in the Municipality of Santa Ana, located 170 kilometres north of the Sonoran capital.
The serial killer was moved immediately to Hermosillo, where personnel of the Chihuahua Attorney Generals office were waiting with an arrest warrant to move him to Ciudad Juarez.
The Governor of this state, Cesar Duarte Jaquez, welcomed the capture of "El Negro" and made a formal announcement 6 hours before the Federal Authorities.
Around 22:00 hours he arrived in Ciudad Juarez on board a plane, he is the presumed coordinator of criminal activites for the Sinaloa Cartel in the Valley of Juarez.
Original article in Spanish at Proceso