Father-son duo led Mexican Drug cartel

Father-son duo led Mexican Drug cartel operations, Mexican prosecutors say


Jeremy Roebuck
Authorities have arrested a father and son believed to be top leaders in the Tamaulipas-based Gulf Cartel, Mexican officials announced Thursday.

Federal prosecutors allege Rogelio "El Rojo" Díaz Cuellar led the drug trafficking organization's operations in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of Tamaulipas State and coordinated the movements of several loads of drugs into the United States.

His son - Rogelio "El Roger" Díaz Contreras - was also arrested for allegedly playing an active role in his father's cell, Mexico's attorney general's office said in a statement.

"The cell led by this drug trafficker was an important support for the (cartel)," the document states in Spanish. "The area under their control is often used as a refuge for the principal leaders of the group."

The men operated without pressure from government officials because they were protected by at least three levels of corrupt government officials, prosecutors said.

Using a group known as "The Hawks" they were also able to monitor the movements of military personnel and federal authorities dispatched to the area as part of Mexican President Felipe Calderón's crackdown on the nation's entrenched cartels.

Under that security, they allegedly carried out several attacks on journalists, including the kidnapping of the editor of the city's El Cinco newspaper.

Their arrest comes three months after Calderón began a nationwide effort to combat organized drug smuggling groups in his country.

In recent months, his administration has stepped up efforts against the Gulf Cartel and its paramilitary enforcement wing The Zetas, which control drug smuggling routes through Tamaulipas state and into the Rio Grande Valley.

U.S. law enforcement has also scored a number of recent victories against the cartel's members.

In January, a federal jury in McAllen convicted former Tamaulipas police officer Carlos Landín Martinez on several counts of conspiracy, drug trafficking and money laundering.

Landín is believed to have once been second-in-command of the cartel's operations in Reynosa. He remains in the custody of U.S. Marshals pending a sentencing hearing currently set for Tuesday.

The Gulf Cartel's alleged former leader - Osiel Cardenas Guillén -- also awaits trial in a Houston detention center, after Mexican authorities extradited him to face charges in the United States in January 2007.

He has been indicted on 17 counts of conspiracy, drug possession and trafficking, blackmail, money laundering and assault on federal officers. His trial is set to begin in Nov. 12 in Brownsvill

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[AlexVarela909]

i hope mexico can one day go back to peace..

[Carbonmarc]

blackpraotw:

Can you please elaborate on what your comments are supposed to mean?

Thanks very much in advance..

PS: there is only one race, it's called 'homo sapiens'

[bzsjso]

Navy Seals? I'm for that but remember it may not be such a walk in the park. Navy seals and Marine Corps snipers have been killed by Taliban.

[rainmakeroo]

why dont the US use Navy Seals and clean the cartels out...It would be just a training exercise for the division....over in a month, operation "clean up"

[SPYDERMANCRAZY]

The people killing other people and familys are the ones that get deported and are angry with the U.s because there familys stay behind... IF YOU LIVED IN MEXICO AND WAS AMERICAN AND DEPORTED AND HAD TO LEAVE YOUR FAMILY FOR EVER WHAT WOULD YOU DO.... AFTER LIVEING IN MEXICO FOR 20 YEARS???? EXACTLY KILL FOR REVENGE.. SAME GOES BOTH WAYS BUT MEXICAN OVER POPULATION THE UNITED STATES AND THE CARTELS ARE RUNNING EVERY DRUG THATS IN THE U.S NOW...THERES 30 MEXICANS FOR EACH AMERICAN LIVEING IN U.S!

[SPYDERMANCRAZY]

Fuck the ICE and immigration.. if you were mexican you should know by now that obama and the rest of the united states lets them go in couple months... THE DRUG CARTELS HAVE MORE RESPECT THEN ANY PRESIDENT HAS EVER HAD AND MORE MONEY THEN ANY PRESIDENT HAS EVER SEEN!!! IF IT WASN'T FOR CARTELS DRUG BUSINESS WOULD BE OUT OF CONTROL!!! AND YES IAM MEXICAN AND BEEN TO MEXICO SEVERAL TIMES AND HEARD AND SEEN U.S BORDER POLICE GET PAID... NOBODY CAN STOP IMMIGRATION AFTER 100 YEARS OF BEING HERE!!!!

[AlexVarela909]

@tru3irving

No.



[tru3irving]

@AlexVarela909 fuck that we want war and kill everything an everyone to sell drugs