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Mexican investigators suspect organized crime in killing of a top federal official
REYNOSA, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO, AUG 6 – Investigators link the killing of Ernesto Vásquez Reyna to organized crime retaliation after authorities seized over 475,000 gallons of stolen fuel, disrupting cartel operations.
- Gunmen killed Attorney General's Office Tamaulipas delegate Ernesto Vásquez Reyna on Tuesday in broad daylight on a busy avenue in Reynosa.
- Mexican investigators attributed the killing to organized crime, linking it to recent police seizures of stolen fuel in the region.
- Authorities reported that the attack involved two other vehicles, with one recovered, and images captured at the scene depicted a black SUV emitting smoke alongside Vásquez Reyna’s body lying on the ground.
- Officials seized more than 475,000 gallons of gasoline with tanker trucks, pumps, and containers in Reynosa, which police described as a "great setback" for organized crime.
- The killing likely represents organized crime retaliation for fuel seizures, implying continued violent resistance against law enforcement efforts in Tamaulipas.
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The attack against Ernesto Vázquez Reyna would have been a reprisal for an operation against fuel theft.
The murder of Ernesto Vásquez, delegate of the Attorney General's Office of the Republic in Tamaulipas, does not appear in the official figures of malicious homicides of the first days of August.The recent monthly report on criminal incidence in Tamaulipas reported zero malicious homicides in the last two days, that is, on August 4 and 5, a figure that generated surprise, especially after the murder of the state delegate of the Attorney General'…
The murder of the delegate of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), Ernesto Cuitláhuac Vázquez Reyna, which took place last Monday in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, would be linked to a recent million-dollar seizure of huachicol. "The first data indicating the unusual violence and brutality of the crime committed, indicate a strong probability that this event would come from organized crime that recently had a serious breakdown (by huachicol)," FGR …
On 4 August, in broad daylight and less than two kilometres from the FGR headquarters in Reynosa, the delegate of that unit in Tamaulipas, Ernesto Cuitláhuac Vázquez Reyna, was the victim of an armed attack while circulating in his truck on Miguel Hidalgo Boulevard. An armed group intercepted him and threw a fragmentation grenade at his vehicle; after the explosion, he was forced to descend and was finished off by subjects who fired from another…
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