Mexico: Gulf Cartel markings, ammo in vehicles seized in Reynosa
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Two armored trucks and four pickups filled with weapons and Gulf Cartel uniforms were seized in Reynosa last weekend.
According to information released Wednesday by Mexico’s Federal Police, known as the SSP, the seizure took place late Saturday night during a routine patrol along Hidalgo Boulevard, the city’s main avenue.
The police officers spotted six abandoned SUVs; further investigation revealed some had been stolen previously. Inside the vehicles, authorities found 13 ammunition magazines and 322 ammunition rounds. The most noteworthy find was several T-shits, hats and patches bearing the letters “CDG,” the Spanish acronym of the Gulf Cartel.
Some of the shirts referenced the Gulf Cartel’s late Reynosa plaza boss, Samuel “Metro-3” Flores Borrego, who was killed last September.
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Monitor staff writer Ildefonso Ortiz compiled this report.
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