Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Procesoarticle
Subject Matter: Carlos Arturo Quintana, El 80
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
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Reporter: Proceso Redaction
After the kidnapping of Cipriano Escarcega, Director of Civil Protection of Carichi, on the morning of this Tuesday, State Police and elements of the Army mounted an operation in the Zona Occidente of this Municipality.
The State Commission for Public Security, Oscar Aparicio Avendano, informed that the captors of Escarcega, father of Julio Cesar Escarcega Aranda, leader of the criminal group El Tigre, from La Linea in Cuauhtemoc - burned his house and his vehicles.
Also, said the Commissioner, they killed a civilian identified as Cesar Alan Marquez Macias and injured a Municipal agent.
Aparicio Avendano anticipated that tomorrow they will fly to Carichi, where Carlos Arturo Quintana, El 80, controls the North West zone. Quintana was the one who allegedly with his sicarios kidnapped Escarcega.
He indicated that whenever there is an attack, the response of the counterpart is expected, especially in this case, because they took the father of El Tigre.
The State Attorney Generals Office already has advanced lines of investigation and is determining which cartel carried out the attack, in a bid to avoid further clashes between the protagonists.
He added, " as some local cartels are weakened, other groups try to enter their territories that were not effectively controlled, which causes the clashes with rival groups.
According to Aparicio Avendano the operation was scheduled for San Juanito, in the municipality of Bocoyna, where the previous weekend registered a confrontation. The operation was not carried out due to a helicopter requiring repairs.
Escarcega Aranda, whose nickname is El 109, is jefe of Los Tigres cartel, a splinter group from La Linea, since last March, after the execution of Cesar Gamboas "El Cabo" was executed and today controls Cuauhtemoc.
The recent confrontation on Tuesday was between the groups of El 80 and El Tigre. In addition to the kidnapping mentioned, there were four other kidnappings, neighbours said that alleged followers of El 80 arrived in a caravan of 10 vehicles and entered two houses and took the inhabitants.
In an interview with local media, the Attorney General, Cesar Augusto Peniche Espejel confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the armed confrontation was between people of El 80 and El Tigre.
Before, he said, these criminal groups did whatever they wanted, but now they no longer have the alleged support of the authorities and a strong rearrangement is taking place. "We have to exercise the power of authority and we will gradually recover their lost capacities."
He also insisted that they are on the right path because they can not make agreements with criminals.
Subject Matter: Carlos Arturo Quintana, El 80
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
Reporter: Proceso Redaction
After the kidnapping of Cipriano Escarcega, Director of Civil Protection of Carichi, on the morning of this Tuesday, State Police and elements of the Army mounted an operation in the Zona Occidente of this Municipality.
The State Commission for Public Security, Oscar Aparicio Avendano, informed that the captors of Escarcega, father of Julio Cesar Escarcega Aranda, leader of the criminal group El Tigre, from La Linea in Cuauhtemoc - burned his house and his vehicles.
Also, said the Commissioner, they killed a civilian identified as Cesar Alan Marquez Macias and injured a Municipal agent.
Aparicio Avendano anticipated that tomorrow they will fly to Carichi, where Carlos Arturo Quintana, El 80, controls the North West zone. Quintana was the one who allegedly with his sicarios kidnapped Escarcega.
He indicated that whenever there is an attack, the response of the counterpart is expected, especially in this case, because they took the father of El Tigre.
The State Attorney Generals Office already has advanced lines of investigation and is determining which cartel carried out the attack, in a bid to avoid further clashes between the protagonists.
He added, " as some local cartels are weakened, other groups try to enter their territories that were not effectively controlled, which causes the clashes with rival groups.
According to Aparicio Avendano the operation was scheduled for San Juanito, in the municipality of Bocoyna, where the previous weekend registered a confrontation. The operation was not carried out due to a helicopter requiring repairs.
Escarcega Aranda, whose nickname is El 109, is jefe of Los Tigres cartel, a splinter group from La Linea, since last March, after the execution of Cesar Gamboas "El Cabo" was executed and today controls Cuauhtemoc.
The recent confrontation on Tuesday was between the groups of El 80 and El Tigre. In addition to the kidnapping mentioned, there were four other kidnappings, neighbours said that alleged followers of El 80 arrived in a caravan of 10 vehicles and entered two houses and took the inhabitants.
In an interview with local media, the Attorney General, Cesar Augusto Peniche Espejel confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the armed confrontation was between people of El 80 and El Tigre.
Before, he said, these criminal groups did whatever they wanted, but now they no longer have the alleged support of the authorities and a strong rearrangement is taking place. "We have to exercise the power of authority and we will gradually recover their lost capacities."
He also insisted that they are on the right path because they can not make agreements with criminals.