Elements of state and federal forces they captured the supposed head of the square Northeast Cartel (CDN) in Piedras Negras and the northern part of Coahuila, originally from the state Tamaulipas.
The detainee is identified as the person responsible for the armed attack on the municipality of Villa Unión, with a total of 22 dead, including hitmen, police officers and civilians, and several injured.
Serafín “N”, 48, a resident of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, is also said to be responsible for the clashes in several municipalities over the past year.
This Saturday, around 7:40 a.m., he was arrested at a gas station in the municipality of Allende, near Piedras Negras, while driving a compact vehicle with his wife.
They captured him in a joint operation of members of Coahuila’s State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) and Public Security Secretariat (SSP), the National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA) and the National Guard (GN).
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Attack in Villa Unión
On November 30, 2019, an armed commando forcibly stormed Villa Unión, spreading fear and terror among the families and attributed responsibility to the Northeast Cartel (CDN).
In the convoy of at least half a dozen trucks and vehicles, about 60 gunmen, “uniformed” and with the initials of the CDN (formerly the Los Zetas gang), stormed the small and peaceful town with the intention of setting fire to the municipal presidency, with employees and people inside who have carried out procedures.
Since then, the Office of the Attorney General of the State (FGE), in consultation with its federal counterpart, the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) has conducted the investigation to clarify these facts, in view of arrest and punish those responsible with imprisonment.
As a result of the investigation and intelligence work, the leader of the criminal group has been identified and located, who will be prosecuted.
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The families of Villa Unión trust that the police will arrest the others involved.
Arrest without firing
In this regard, the State Secretariat for Public Safety (SSP) reported in a press release that they had arrested a dangerous criminal without firing a single shot or endangering the lives of people on the spot.
He was detained without resistance at mile 53 of Federal Highway 57, near the migration office in Allende, and without any firearms blast, the agency said.
The SSP noted that the alleged perpetrator is already at the disposal of the ministerial authorities.
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