Posted on 07/21/2019 5:14:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Federal authorities arrested a leading lieutenant with Mexico’s Gulf Cartel in Texas after he illegally snuck across the Rio Grande to enter the United States. Law enforcement agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had their sights on the cartel cell leader for some time in connection with multiple drug shipments allegedly linked to him.
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested Rene “El Diablo” Garcia Cantu near La Paloma, Texas, after he illegally entered the country in a remote rural area. During a background check, agents determined that Garcia Cantu is the target of an ongoing DEA investigation into the Gulf Cartel and their marijuana smuggling operation.
Breitbart News consulted with Mexican intelligence officers who revealed that Garcia Cantu does not have a criminal history. He also does not appear to have pending arrest warrants in that country. While he has been tied to the Gulf Cartel, authorities in Mexico have not been able to build a case against him. The drug lord appears to have been caught up in a series of infighting within the Gulf Cartel and has been on the run from his rivals in recent weeks.
Court documents obtained by Breitbart News revealed that following Garcia Cantu’s arrest in Texas, DEA agents interviewed him and he allegedly admitted to holding a leadership role with the Gulf Cartel. The man reportedly told agents that for more than three years, he oversaw the smuggling of marijuana between the rural communities of Carricitos and Los Indios, Texas. The cartel boss reportedly told authorities that he moved approximately 900 kilograms or close to 1,900 pounds of marijuana a week. Federal prosecutors charged Garcia Cantu with drug smuggling and a U.S. magistrate judge ordered that he be held without bond.
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Nazi Pelosi and the Squab Squad rushing to his defense.
I almost wonder if they pulled him across the border.
Considering the credible source, it looks like the dirt bag choose an American jail over a Mexican death.
Let’s see if Julian Castro has a lawyer for him from La Raza or LULAC. Two groups that misrepresent Hispanic working and family values groups.
That was my thought too
I just hope they don’t separate him from his children.
WEED!?, the least he could do is set us up with some decent “waffle dust”.
Now that he’s dropped the dime on the Gulf Cartel I wonder how long he will remain among the living-especially in prison...
How many forking cartels are there?
He’s just looking for a jail cell next to Epstein.
Who also is
Three doors down from
El Chapo!
A lot. I live in Mexico about 6 months out of the year and am about to start college with my wife here.
There’s a LOT of them
Cant understand why he was arrested.
He was just seeking asylum from the cartels, fearing for his life if he stayed in Mexico.
Just seeking opportunities to make a better life for himself in el norte.
Besides, isn’t this supposed to be the land of second chances?
EL CHAPPO has been moved to Colorado, as of today
So they arrest this enterprising young business man (with the colorful name of “El Diablo” as a sales pitch), but let folks that will live on welfare the rest of their lives in? Seems unfair.
There was that show on Netflix called “Narco” or something. I’m not much into the mob shows or movies, but my son said it was pretty good.
It was. A lot of history behind it all, and it sounds like they based it on true events. Yeah - there are a lot of cartels, and a lot of countries involved.
And as soon as one cartel or drug running route got closed down, it opened up opportunities for other cartels and routes.
Hope He
Enjoyed his
Flight.
TOO BAD that he wasn’t shot escaping. = The SUPER MAX prison is EXPENSIVE to operate.
Yours, TMN78247
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