US EditionMexican investigators suspect organized crime in killing of a top federal official
TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO, AUG 6 – Authorities link the killing of Ernesto Vásquez Reyna to organized crime retaliation after seizing over 475,000 gallons of stolen gasoline and related equipment, officials said.
- Gunmen killed Ernesto Vásquez Reyna, Tamaulipas state delegate, in broad daylight on Tuesday in Reynosa's busiest avenue.
- Mexican investigators identified organized crime as responsible, linking the killing to retaliation for recent fuel seizures in Tamaulipas.
- Authorities reported no attack details, while images showed Vásquez Reyna's body and a smoldering black SUV, with two vehicles involved and one recovered.
- Officials seized over 475,000 gallons of stolen gasoline, tanker trucks, pumps, and containers in Reynosa controlled by Gulf cartel's Metros faction.
- The assassination and fuel seizure suggest ongoing cartel efforts to protect illegal gasoline sales, highlighting violent conflicts over illicit revenues in Tamaulipas.
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The attack against Ernesto Vázquez Reyna would have been a reprisal for an operation against fuel theft.
The murder of Ernesto Vásquez, delegate of the Attorney General's Office of the Republic in Tamaulipas, does not appear in the official figures of malicious homicides of the first days of August.The recent monthly report on criminal incidence in Tamaulipas reported zero malicious homicides in the last two days, that is, on August 4 and 5, a figure that generated surprise, especially after the murder of the state delegate of the Attorney General'…
The murder of the delegate of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), Ernesto Cuitláhuac Vázquez Reyna, which took place last Monday in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, would be linked to a recent million-dollar seizure of huachicol. "The first data indicating the unusual violence and brutality of the crime committed, indicate a strong probability that this event would come from organized crime that recently had a serious breakdown (by huachicol)," FGR …
Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Ernesto Cuitláhuac Vázquez Reyna, delegate of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) in Tamaulipas, was killed on the afternoon of Monday, August 4, in a direct attack in the city of Reynosa. The attack occurred around 7:00 p.m. on Miguel Hidalgo Boulevard, at the height of the Las Quintas Fractionment, opposite Engrei Square, a busy area of the border municipality. Vázquez Reyna was traveling aboard a van …
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