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Mexico's Gulf Cartel turns over 5 members tied to Americans' deadly kidnapping
2023-03-10
[NYPOST] A secretive faction of Mexico’s notorious Gulf Cartel apologized and turned in five members who they say are responsible for the broad-daylight kidnapping that killed two Americans last week.

The cartel’s Scorpions group said it "decided to turn over those who were directly involved and responsible in the events" related to the March 3 abduction of four Americans in the border city of Matamoros, according to a letter leaked to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named by a Tamaulipas state law enforcement source.

The letter also claimed the five members "acted under their own decision-making and lack of discipline" when they attacked victims Latavia "Tay" McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown and Eric James Williams.

McGee and Williams were found injured but alive in a dingy shack on Tuesday after a four-day search. Woodard and Brown, however, had been rubbed out.

The ambush, the letter states, went against the Gulf Cartel’s policy of "respecting the life and well-being of the innocent."
Well known as humanitarians, the cartels are...
The Tamaulipas source also showed the outlet a photograph of the five implicated men lying bound and face-down on the pavement.

Posted by:Fred

#13  Turning them in is weird, too.

Suppose at least one of the four was somebody's asset?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-10 12:51  

#12  That should make for an interesting trial. “Your Honor, we have no actual evidence other than the appoint letter that the cartel provided with the perps.”
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-10 12:42  

#11  ...I'm sure they're very nice ladies, but #2 and 3 have lousy trigger discipline.

"Hey, my eyes are up here!"

So I guess everyone has a Scorpion unit now?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-10 12:09  

#10  
#7 Four Mexican Cartel Queens.

...I'm sure they're very nice ladies, but #2 and 3 have lousy trigger discipline.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2023-03-10 10:24  

#9  Does this holster make my trasero look big?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-03-10 09:43  

#8  ^^^ The third one is an assassin with many hits. (Just an interesting FYI)
Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959   2023-03-10 09:34  

#7  Four Mexican Cartel Queens.







Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959   2023-03-10 09:25  

#6  They don't want another Kiki Camarena episode. Sounds like the kidnappers got off easy, the cartels have some very imaginative ways of killings people.
Posted by: Chris   2023-03-10 09:21  

#5  
#3 Reading the rap sheets of the kidnapped I think they were there for more than a tummy tuck.
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2023-03-10 08:02


DB,

As a matter of fact, they were - from hotair.com:

The group had driven from South Carolina to Mexico for one of the members, Latavia McGee, to undergo what was initially reported as a tummy tuck, although Orange told police it was actually for “gluteal augmentation.”

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2023-03-10 09:10  

#4  Cartel issues an apology. Cartel enforcement element ran short of ammo
Things are bad all over.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-10 08:05  

#3  Reading the rap sheets of the kidnapped I think they were there for more than a tummy tuck.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2023-03-10 08:02  

#2  ...The Cartel kills two people and hands over the stupid guilty for punishment.

The Biden Administration gets 13 American service members killed during the bungled, chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, and everybody's still got their jobs.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2023-03-10 07:07  

#1  Those victim names suggest they shoulda stayed kidnapped.
Posted by: Dron66046   2023-03-10 06:24  

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