Accountant, El Rocky, Snitched on Z-40

Borderland Beat

Francisco Dair Montalvo Recio, El Rocky, detained in December of 2012 in Nuevo
Laredo, was an instrumental key figure in the collapse of Z-40.

Ministry sources quoted in an article in Reforma saying Recio Montalvo was arrested

with the 5 million peso payroll for organization members, government officials

and weapons in Nuevo Laredo

Along with with El Rocky they also captured Ana Maria cruz Enriquez, Karen,

Cesar Ramirez Vazquez, Calaña , and Joaquin Ramos Hernandez, Cabañas, two handguns,

a charger for gun, 47 plastic bags containing cocaine, as well as telephones

and computer equipment.

"This greatly helped the Marine intelligence actions against Treviño Morales, mainly

about the precision of Los Zetas' movements, Z-40 in particular," said the Ministry source

cited by Reforma

As a result, the Marines obtained important information on schedules, routes Z-40 readily

used, addresses he frequented, the location of other members, the number of guards

they used and registration numbers of their vehicles.

The work of the Marines provide also covered particulars in Coahuila, where many of

Z-40 operatives lived.

Following the leads the information provided, the Marines also managed

to find the address where Los Zetas kept captured migrants.

Last March, using a Black Hawk helicopter, Marines came upon a safe house

where they found 104 migrants (91 men and 13 women) from Honduras

and El Salvador, who had been ordered kidnapped apparently by people

under the command of Trevino Morales.