Components State and federal forces They arrested the alleged head of the yard Northeast Cartel (CDN) in Piedras Negras and the northern region of CoahuilaOriginally from the state Tamaulipas.
The detainee was identified as the person responsible for the armed attack on the municipality of Villa Onion, where the death toll reached 22 people, including killers, policemen and civilians, and many wounded.
Serafin “N”, 48, a native of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, will also be responsible for clashes in several municipalities over the past year.
This Saturday, around 7:40 am, he was arrested at a gas station in Allende municipality, near Piedras Negras, while he was riding in a van with his wife.
He was arrested in a joint operation between members of the State Prosecutor’s Office (FGE), the Public Security Secretariat (SSP) in Coahuila, the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) and the National Guard (GN).
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Attack at Villa Onion
On 30 November 2019, an armed commando group violently stormed Villa Onion, sowing fear and terror among the families, who blamed the Northeast Cartel (CDN).
In a convoy of at least half a dozen trucks and vehicles, about 60 “uniformed” armed men carrying CDN initials (formerly the Los Zetas Gang) stormed the small and peaceful town with the intention of burning the mayor, along with the staff and people inside who carried out the measures.
Since then, the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE), in coordination with its federal counterpart, the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), has conducted an investigation to clarify these facts, in order to arrest and punish those responsible with imprisonment.
As a result of investigations and intelligence work, the leader of the criminal group has been identified and located, who will be subject to trial.
The families of Villa Unión trust that the police will arrest the others involved.
Arrest without gunfire
In this regard, the General Secretariat of the State’s General Security stated, in a press release, that without firing a single bullet, or endangering the lives of people at the scene of the accident, they arrested a dangerous criminal.
“He was arrested without resistance at 53 km of Federal Highway 57 near the Immigration Office in Allende and without any explosions with firearms,” the agency said.
The Social Security Program indicated that the alleged perpetrator was already at the disposal of the ministerial authorities.
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