The Gulf Cartel Leaders The US Should Target for the Matamoros Attack
By HEARST 3/15/2023 05:54:00 AM
"HEARST" and "Morogris" for Borderland Beat
A review of the top five Gulf Cartel figures who are likely responsible for the kidnapping and killing of Americans last week in Matamoros.
This is a continuation of our previous stories covering the kidnapping of the Americans, the potential motivation, and the Gulf Cartel's later apology message.
Alleged Leaked Intelligence Slides
On March 11, 2023, the cartel news Twitter account Sin Censura Tamps posted a number of slides which allegedly show DEA intelligence on the Gulf Cartel. More slides were posted by other account soon after.
Much like the Guacamaya leaks on the Sinaloa Cartel (covered here), these slides contained some information which was outdated.
The slides depict Jose Alfredo Cardenas Martinez, alias “El Contador”, as the leader of the Gulf Cartel’s Matamoros faction with no acknowledgement of the fact that he is currently in prison, having been arrested in March 2022.
Now, there is evidence to suggest that El Contador continues to hand down orders from inside jail - and he may still be one of the leaders of the group, however, it's very likely that these slides were created before March 2022.
More:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2023/03/the-gulf-cartel-leaders-us-should.html