Mexican cartel leader linked to 2013 killing in wealthy Dallas suburb arrested

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The man who U.S. prosecutors suspect masterminded a 2013 cartel-related killing in a wealthy Dallas suburb was arrested Saturday in Mexico, a person close the investigation tells Axios.

was arrested Saturday in Mexico, a person close the investigation tells Axios.José Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez, known as "El Gato," was apprehended in an operation that involved the International Criminal Police Organization and elements of the Nuevo León State Investigation Agency.

Villarreal-Hernandez is wanted in the U.S. on federal charges of interstate stalking and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, though it was not immediately clear if that's why he was arrested." list after authorities suspected he commissioned the killing of Juan Jesus Guerrero-Chapa, a Mexican defense attorney shot in Southlake Town Square, in May 2013.

Guerrero-Chapa was the longtime personal attorney for Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, the former leader of the Gulf Cartel and one of the founders of its paramilitary enforcement arm, Los Zetas. Guerrero-Chapa was tasked with helping the U.S. government collect and turn over $50 million in cash, real estate and aircraft as part of a plea agreement with Cárdenas.Villarreal-Hernandez has been a high-ranking member of the Beltrán Leyva Organization, responsible for importing cocaine to the U.S., per the

 

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Wealthy, eh?

I even fear when I write AGAINST the cartels because their reach through the USA is immense. No DM's and no clicking on links. Every candidate before the TJ mayor, who spoke against the cartels was killed. She is the puppet of the cartels & fake.

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