Gulf Cartel Boss Captured in Mexican State Bordering Texas
Style Magazine Newswire | 2/23/2018, 1:49 p.m.
An alleged top boss of the Gulf drug cartel was captured by Mexican marines Monday in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, which for years has been terrorized by gangland violence. A statement from the Mexican navy said the suspect it identified only as Jose Alfredo, with no last name, was arrested in the city of Matamoros, which is across from Brownsville, Texas. A state government official with knowledge of the case confirmed that the detained man was Jose Alfredo Cardenas, alias "the Accountant" and "Mr. Polite." He is the nephew of the brothers and former Gulf cartel leaders Osiel and Antonio Cardenas; the former is in a U.S. prison, while the latter was killed by Mexican security forces in 2010. The official, who was not authorized to discuss the case publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said no shots were fired in the pre-dawn raid.
