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Captured in Mexico* Zeta Regional Boss* Alleged Mastermind of Slaying 72 Migrants
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico - An alleged regional leader of the Zetas cartel that is linked to the slaughter of 72 Central American migrants that occurred in 2010 was captured in the city of Nuevo Laredo, on the U.S. border, a source said Saturday the prosecution.
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| 72 Migrants Killed and Discarded by Los Zetas San Fernando, Tamaulipas 2010 |
After a series of shootouts between soldiers and gunmen that occurred on Saturday, "arrested a man identified as Salvador Alfonso Martinez Escobedo, alias Comandante Ardilla", the source said the Tamaulipas state prosecutor (northeast), who asked not to be identified. Martinez Escobedo was arrested in a residential area of Nuevo Laredo, said the source, who declined to elaborate.
For Martinez Escobedo, identified as head of a cell of the Zetas in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Attorney General offered a reward of 15 million pesos (1.15 million dollars) for his capture.
The suspect is identified as one of those who planned the slaughter of 72 migrants, mostly Central Americans, and some from Ecuador and Brazil, which occurred in August 2010.
The Zetas cartel is considered one of the most powerful and bloodthirsty operating in Mexico.
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| Lone Survivor of Brutality, Luis Fredy Lala Pomavilla |
A badly beaten Luis Fredy Lala Pomavilla of Ecuador stumbled into a checkpoint and led marines to a gruesome scene strewn with the bodies of 72 fellow migrant travelers, some piled on top of each other, about 100 miles from the border, the U.S. border. The 58 men and 14 women were killed.
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| Disgusting Display of 72 migrants in Tamaulipas by Los Zetas |
Mexican authorities previously apprehended one of the commanders of "Los Zetas" linked to the killing of 193 people in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Abraham Barrios Caporal, alias "El Erasmo" or "El Comandante Erasmo" was transferred along with three of his federal criminal accomplices to Villa Aldama, Veracruz. Barrios Caporal continually implicated Salvador Alfonso Martinez Escobedo, alias Comandante Ardilla" as mastermind.
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| Abraham Barrios Caporal, alias “El Comandante Erasmo” |
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