C05182782 CLASSIFICATION. tJNCLASSII'IED Page 1 of S MRN: DateiDTG: From: Action• Captions: Sensitivity: Subject: FOR DIRECT REPLy I fNO RECOMMENDATtOf\t '"'-"'""'"' IN NORTHERN MEXICO BETWEEN Gulf Cartel and los Zetas UN ClASS IF Iii 01/FOR OFFICI'\!. Uilii ONLY UNCLAUiflfD Sens!lhe 10 DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC 3252940 Mar 25, 2010 f 252048Z MAR 10 DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC ANCHORY FT J3EORGE G MEADE MDIMMEDIATE. BUREAU OF AlCOHOL TOBACCO FIREARMS WASHINGTON COGARO INTELCOORDCEN WASHINGTON DCIMMEDATE , COGARD MIFC LANT DAM NECK VAIMMEDIATE • DA AMHS WASHINGTON DCIMME:fJIAtc , DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY lA WASHINGTON DCINMEDIA1C , DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DCtMME:fJIAIC, WASHDC, SECSTATE tMiifEDIA1C , DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON 0CtMM!:aA1C • DIA WASHINGTON DC!MMEDIATE. DIRNSA FT GEORGE G MEADE MDIMMEfJIATE, DRUG ENFORCEMENT AOMIN HQ WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE • 1=81 WASHINGTON DC IMMEDATE. FORSCOM ACE FT MCPHERSON GAIMMEDIATE : HMSNG WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE; HQ BICE INTEl WASHINGTON DCIAI'I!.EDIAIC, HQ NORAO USNORTHCOM INTEl PETERSON AFB COIMMEDIAIC; NATIONAL DRUG INTElLIGENCE CENTER JOHNSTOWN PAIMMEDIAIC: NCTC WASHINGTON DCtMMroATE , NGA HQ BETHESDA MDIMMEDIAIC • NGA NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DCIMMEDIATE ; NGIC INTEl OPS CHARlOTTESVIllE VAIMMmATE : NRC WASHINGTON DCIM6!EDIATE : NRO WASHINGTON DCIMMmA1C , NSA FT GEORGE G MEADE MDIMAECUTE • ON! WASHINGTON DCIAfAEOIAIC , TSA HQ WASHINGTON DCtMIEDIAIC , US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON OCtMAEO<Art: ; US MARSHAlS SERVICE WASHINGTON DCtMMEDIATE. US SECRET SERVICE WASHINGTON DCIMMED!ATE : USCBP WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE; SAFE WASHINGTON DCIMMEDIATE SENSITIVE Sensitive HIRI!CE.0214·10 CONTINUING VIOlENCE IN NORTHERN MEXICO BETWEEN Gulf Cartel and Los .{)214·10 CONTINUING VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN BETWEEN Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas CLASSIFIOATlON< i:JNOLASS!FiiO 1 of S
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C05182782 CLASSIFICATION. tJNCLASSII'IED Page 1 of S
MRN: DateiDTG:
From:
Action•
Captions:
Sensitivity: Subject:
g~:NSFERRED FOR DIRECT REPLy I fNO RECOMMENDATtOf\t
'"'-"'""'"' IN NORTHERN MEXICO BETWEEN Gulf Cartel and los Zetas UN ClASS IF Iii 01/FOR OFFICI'\!. Uilii ONLY
UNCLAUiflfD Sens!lhe
10 DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC 3252940
Mar 25, 2010 f 252048Z MAR 10
DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC
ANCHORY FT J3EORGE G MEADE MDIMMEDIATE.
BUREAU OF AlCOHOL TOBACCO FIREARMS WASHINGTON DCrMM~:OIA!c.
COGARO INTELCOORDCEN WASHINGTON DCIMMEDATE ,
COGARD MIFC LANT DAM NECK VAIMMEDIATE • DA AMHS WASHINGTON DCIMME:fJIAtc ,
DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY lA WASHINGTON DCINMEDIA1C ,
DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DCtMME:fJIAIC, WASHDC, SECSTATE tMiifEDIA1C , DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON 0CtMM!:aA1C •
DIA WASHINGTON DC!MMEDIATE. DIRNSA FT GEORGE G MEADE MDIMMEfJIATE,
DRUG ENFORCEMENT AOMIN HQ WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE • 1=81 WASHINGTON DC IMMEDATE. FORSCOM ACE FT MCPHERSON GAIMMEDIATE : HMSNG WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE; HQ BICE INTEl WASHINGTON DCIAI'I!.EDIAIC, HQ NORAO USNORTHCOM INTEl PETERSON AFB COIMMEDIAIC;
NATIONAL DRUG INTElLIGENCE CENTER JOHNSTOWN PAIMMEDIAIC: NCTC WASHINGTON DCtMMroATE , NGA HQ BETHESDA MDIMMEDIAIC •
NGA NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DCIMMEDIATE ;
NGIC INTEl OPS CHARlOTTESVIllE VAIMMmATE : NRC WASHINGTON DCIM6!EDIATE :
NRO WASHINGTON DCIMMmA1C , NSA FT GEORGE G MEADE MDIMAECUTE • ON! WASHINGTON DCIAfAEOIAIC , TSA HQ WASHINGTON DCtMIEDIAIC ,
US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON OCtMAEO<Art: ; US MARSHAlS SERVICE WASHINGTON DCtMMEDIATE.
US SECRET SERVICE WASHINGTON DCIMMED!ATE : USCBP WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE; SAFE WASHINGTON DCIMMEDIATE
SENSITIVE
Sensitive
HIRI!CE.0214·10 CONTINUING VIOlENCE IN NORTHERN MEXICO BETWEEN Gulf Cartel and Los
.{)214·10 CONTINUING VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN BETWEEN Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
INFORMATION REPORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED iNTELLIGENCE
COUNTRY OR NON STATE ENTITY: (Ul'?FOUO) Mexico, United States
DATE OF INFORMATION (U) 20 March 2010.
SUMMARY: (UiflES) The security silua!ton In northern MeXIco continues to be tenuous, as waning Drug TraffiCking OrganiZations {DTO) continue to fight for lucrative smuggling corridors, and MelC!CIIn mtlitary and law enforcement entttres struggle to ma1nta•n order
SOURCE (Vt:FOUO) lmmigratron and Customs Enfarcement {ICE)
offiCia ls, who acquired the reported information during the normal course of their official duties
WARNING. (U) REPORT CI:ASSIFIEO UN C l A S S I F I E 1Ji/$0R OFFICI.''.b us; OWl.¥. THIS REPORT CONTAINS U.S. PERSON AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ONLY FOR INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES IN AN EFFORT TO DEVELOP POTENTIAL INVESTIGATIVE LEADS. IT CANNOT BE USED INAFF!DAVlTS, COURT PROCEEDINGS. AND SUBPOENAS OR FOR OTHER LEGAL OR JUDICIAL PURPOSES
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report are rn lamaulipas, MeXIco unless otheiWlse noted For ICE on thls Slluatlon, reference the
2. (Ul!LES) On 18 March 2010. at0600l. a mult1-agency task fotee consistlng of Federal, Slate, and !.ocal LEOs launched OPERATION KNOCK DOWN (OKO). OKO is a lafije-scale operation targeting neariy 200
El Paso Texas. Arre-:J. teams are
warrants on known BA gang members wanted on charges. whrle irterview teams are also set to interview BA mel'lbers and :heir assoaates who are encountered, but have no current charges Southbound operations will also be conduded at an Ports of Entry (POEsi wrthm driving drstanre of El Paso 1n an attempt to dela1n and intervrew any BA members Who attempt to ftee tnto Mex-ico
2A. (UIILES) Results of OKO operations wtlich occuned on 1 B March 2010 cons~sted ofthe following nine anests, ofwhich seven Wf!re
28 (UIILES) taler, as of LEOs wtlo partiopated '" OKD had
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increased anests to 13 known members. conduded 100 interviews of sus;pe<::teo BA members and/or associates, and se1zed approxrmate!y
(USO) OKO operations were to continue on 19 March 2010
Op!!fllttiOniS were execUled on Match members and/or associates
number Idled ooulo not a rough est1male approXImately 20 Gulf Cartel mernber(s) bod~es left
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led to Htdalgo Tamaulipas shortly a!!er lhts ti1Cide'll
and bumed ftve polo vel'lleles. and killed two pollee officers The u ....... . ' . • . •' r. ... l • •• 1 • ... • .. ~ _t_• - -· hides In Crudad V!dolia
~: • -:! • • - ~' • I' • ,• • ~ t --' =' the Gulf Cartel kilil!d thtee comandan!es (commanders) ol the force and three pollee officers were kidnapped and have not located, The Gulf Cartel has been atlacking small plazas in Tamaulipas even if they are not involved w1t11 los Zetas The attacks occur simply because tho area belongs to !he Zetas
38, (Uii'tES) ICE ofkials iiil.lbsequen!ly recewed reliable corroborating information conceming the aforementioned reports of !he Gulf Cartel. klfling three comandantes of the police force and kidnapping three police olficers, On the following day, at approximately 1700l, three decapitated heads "~~ere recovered in Ciudad Victoria; these are believed to belong to the offia~rs that were reported ml$Sing. The missing officers were identified as a
Min1illtltnal pollee, an agent lor the Mtmstenal Mente iamaufi?as
4. {UIILES) According to Information received on 18 March 2010. at
approximately 1800~~l;·E !:';iiiJI.illliliiJJii·B~ occurred tn Gnm N Ch1huanua Two vehicles were found vehtde had a grenade tossed insde which blew the leg off one indivodual wno was reported as misslng,
4~ (UIIlES) CBP otf!Ciats. later reported that an ambular~ce amved at the Paso Del Norte POE in El Paso, bearing a victim WhO was drifting in and out of consciousness. The individual is a 21 year old U S. citizen, who WK mot twice in the cnel>1 and his left leg was amputated as a result of a grenade exploSIOn. The v!dim presented photocopies of his dnver(s) license, birth cet11flcate and social sectriy card. He was aooompanied by an aunt, a resident alien
in De1111er and had traveled to Mexico to
UNetAS I"'OUO visit his mother in Chihuahua. The llictim has no visible tattoos
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SA. Gaston ·logo, was a rormer Sonor.a Stale fficer. v.tlo had reSigned approximately 15 years ago and was a taro stand or restaur.ant A<x;ording to !he Jorge invEisticralic•n by PEl for being to 1999 quadruple
and a house that was found with weapons in southern HermoSIUO.
59 (UI!LES) The gunmen who murdered the two men were descnbed by witneSSI!s as two young men who fled in a red 2005 Nissen or Honda Thare are also conflicting reports as to the weapons
6 (UfllES) On 19 March 2010, at1225l, ICE INTEl offiCials reoeived corroborated and reliable Information indtcatlng los Zetas
· Monterrey Nuevo leon. Mexico. to include the
buses, lrador !railers, and cars. (ICE INTEl ~OMM!I=NT· It is possible Los Zetas are attempting to limit the Meldcan military(s) movement as they prepare to condud ope mons in !he a rea.)
7. (U!/LES) On 20 March 2010 at 1400l. ICE INTEL recetved tnformation indicating that M1mstenal Polioe Officers Comandante Jorge ((MONTEMAYOR)) and FNU ((MEDELLIN)), a Commander ol a Group, were kUied thai mormng 1n Ciudad Mante
