The investigation into a kidnapping that turned fatal after one of the suspects shot a fellow would-be kidnapper led to another arrest.
The investigation into a kidnapping that turned fatal after one of the suspects shot a fellow would-be kidnapper by accident led to another suspect’s arrest. The case is reportedly tied to a dispute between human smuggling groups connected to the Gulf Cartel.
The case began on February 23 when a group of gunmen stormed a house in Mercedes, Texas, and tried to kidnap two men named Juan Ramirez and Joe Anthony Valdez. During the kidnapping, one of the gunmen struck the victim on the back with the butt of a rifle, which then discharged hitting another of the gunmen, the criminal complaint in the case revealed.
In the aftermath of the case, the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office revealed that the case was tied to human smuggling. During a streamed news conference, Sheriff Eddie Guerra said that the kidnapping was due to one of the kidnapping victims either owing money to the suspects or having stolen a group of migrants from them.
While authorities have not publicly mentioned the Gulf Cartel, some of the individuals charged in the case have connections with the Mexican criminal organization that controls all of the human and drug smuggling operations in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas law enforcement sources revealed to Breitbart Texas. The case is not the first of its kind where cartel-connected individuals have been linked to violent crimes in South Texas.
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