EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican authorities have captured a reputed Gulf cartel cell leader in the border town of Matamoros.
Antonio Guadalupe N., aka “Lexus,” was wanted on charges of extortion, kidnapping, drug, weapons and migrant trafficking. Mexican soldiers and National Guard members arrested him on Thursday along with eight alleged accomplices, that country’s Public Safety Secretariat said in a statement.
The soldiers seized several high-powered guns, communication equipment and vehicles from the suspects. The Public Safety Secretariat said Lexus is a leader of Ciclones, or Cyclones, one of the groups associated with the Gulf cartel.
All nine individuals have been turned over to the Mexican Attorney General’s Office for prosecution…