Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Reforma article
Subject Matter: Los Zetas, Oaxaca
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
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The Agency for Criminal Investigation of the PGR detained David Rodriguez Dominguez, El Cancer, alleged leader of a cell of Los Zetas in Oaxaca, and in charge of the organization for the trafficking of arms and drugs from Guatemala and Costa Rica.
In an operation carried out in the town of San Dionisio Ocotepec, Oaxaca, the AIC also captured Efren Rodriguez Dominguez, El Pirul, brother of the criminal chief, and Martin Cruz Perales, according to an official communication.
According to information from the PGR, David Rodriguez, El Cancer, also known as El Charal or El Padrino, is a leader of a cell of Los Zetas in Oaxaca and state leader for activities such as drug trafficking, arms trafficking and robbery of fuel.
El Cancer has connections in Mexico City for the interchange of arms and drugs at a national level with networks of criminal operators in Guatemala and Costa Rica for the import of arms and narcotics.
According to official sources, the firearms he acquired were distributed to the north of the country, principally to Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, which are used to defend the plazas in those areas for Los Zetas.
In the case of Efren Rodriguez, El Pirul, the investigators signalled that he is an operator of Los Zetas in charge of transit of drugs, arms and robbery of fuel in Guanajuato, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Oaxaca.
According to authorities this subject maintained communications with an operational leader of the criminal organization in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, identified as La Coquena, and who provides drugs and weapons to fortify its operations of the criminal group in that area.
Martin Cruz, was identified as a trusted confidant of El Cancer.
Original article in Spanish at Reforma
Subject Matter: Los Zetas, Oaxaca
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
The Agency for Criminal Investigation of the PGR detained David Rodriguez Dominguez, El Cancer, alleged leader of a cell of Los Zetas in Oaxaca, and in charge of the organization for the trafficking of arms and drugs from Guatemala and Costa Rica.
In an operation carried out in the town of San Dionisio Ocotepec, Oaxaca, the AIC also captured Efren Rodriguez Dominguez, El Pirul, brother of the criminal chief, and Martin Cruz Perales, according to an official communication.
According to information from the PGR, David Rodriguez, El Cancer, also known as El Charal or El Padrino, is a leader of a cell of Los Zetas in Oaxaca and state leader for activities such as drug trafficking, arms trafficking and robbery of fuel.
El Cancer has connections in Mexico City for the interchange of arms and drugs at a national level with networks of criminal operators in Guatemala and Costa Rica for the import of arms and narcotics.
According to official sources, the firearms he acquired were distributed to the north of the country, principally to Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, which are used to defend the plazas in those areas for Los Zetas.
In the case of Efren Rodriguez, El Pirul, the investigators signalled that he is an operator of Los Zetas in charge of transit of drugs, arms and robbery of fuel in Guanajuato, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Oaxaca.
According to authorities this subject maintained communications with an operational leader of the criminal organization in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, identified as La Coquena, and who provides drugs and weapons to fortify its operations of the criminal group in that area.
Martin Cruz, was identified as a trusted confidant of El Cancer.
Original article in Spanish at Reforma