Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Milenio article
Subject Matter: Martiniano de Jesus Jaramillo, El Pata de Queso
Recommendation: No Prior subject matter knowledge required
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Reporter: Ruben Mosso
Federal forces detained in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, an alleged regional boss of Los Zetas Old School, Martiniano de Jesus Jaramillo, El Pata de Queso, who is linked to the deaths of 72 migrants in 2010, and with the homicide of a representative of the collective of disappeared, Mirian Elizabeth Rodriguez.
Functionaries of the Federal Government said that the suspect was giving statements in the headquarters of SEIDO, of the PGR, since yesterday, and that it was he that coordinated the killing of the foreigners in the town of San Fernando.
They indicated that the alleged criminal, who they believed was dead some years ago, but thanks to intelligence work, they localized him in San Fernando, where he was a regional boss of Los Zetas Old School.
El Pata de Queso is responsible for a wave of violence in Tamaulipas and heads a group of sicarios responsible for kidnapping and homicides on the highways of San Fernando.
Also he is linked to the killing of Mirian Elizabeth Rodriguez, representative of the collective of the disappeared in San Fernando, and the kidnapping of an American. The alleged criminal is 56 years old, and also operated in Ciudad Victoria. He was detained in hospital where he was receiving medical attention. The operation was headed by the Federal Police.
Subject Matter: Martiniano de Jesus Jaramillo, El Pata de Queso
Recommendation: No Prior subject matter knowledge required
Reporter: Ruben Mosso
Federal forces detained in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, an alleged regional boss of Los Zetas Old School, Martiniano de Jesus Jaramillo, El Pata de Queso, who is linked to the deaths of 72 migrants in 2010, and with the homicide of a representative of the collective of disappeared, Mirian Elizabeth Rodriguez.
Functionaries of the Federal Government said that the suspect was giving statements in the headquarters of SEIDO, of the PGR, since yesterday, and that it was he that coordinated the killing of the foreigners in the town of San Fernando.
They indicated that the alleged criminal, who they believed was dead some years ago, but thanks to intelligence work, they localized him in San Fernando, where he was a regional boss of Los Zetas Old School.
El Pata de Queso is responsible for a wave of violence in Tamaulipas and heads a group of sicarios responsible for kidnapping and homicides on the highways of San Fernando.
Also he is linked to the killing of Mirian Elizabeth Rodriguez, representative of the collective of the disappeared in San Fernando, and the kidnapping of an American. The alleged criminal is 56 years old, and also operated in Ciudad Victoria. He was detained in hospital where he was receiving medical attention. The operation was headed by the Federal Police.