Cartel Kidnap Mayor Near Texas Border

The mayor of Tamaulipas, which is a state in Mexico that borders Texas, was kidnapped by a drug cartel.

Mayor Mario Cedillo along with his wife and children were all kidnapped by a subgroup of the Los Zetas cartel.

While Cedillo and his family were traveling, two SUVs pulled up beside him with automatic weapons and forced him and his family inside of the SUVs.

After mass protests and pressure from the government, the cartel eventually let Cedillo and his family go.

If the Biden admin keeps up with their open door policies it won’t be too much longer until the cartel starts kidnapping US mayors and lawmakers.

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Here’s what the National File had to report:

A mayor in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas was kidnapped by cartel gunman while traveling. Members of his family and staff were also abducted. After massive protests and government pressure, the gunmen released the mayor, who was being held in the state of Coahuila.

The kidnapping took place on Friday night as Mayor Mario Cedillo, his wife, one of his sons, and some of his staff members were traveling through the border city of Nuevo Laredo, according to a statement from the Coahuila state government. Nuevo Laredo is located directly across the border from Laredo, Texas.

The gunmen abducted nine people in total. Cedillo and his staff were returning from work meetings in the state of Oaxaca when a group of gunmen in two SUVs began chasing them, Breitbart News reported. Government officials lost track of the group not long after that.

The location of the kidnapping is controlled by the Cartel Del Noreste faction of the notorious Los Zetas cartel. Los Zetas are one of Mexico’s most violent criminal organizations and are equipped with military equipment and weapons. The syndicate was founded by ex-members of Mexico’s federal police and military special forces in the 1990’s.

Coahuila Governor Miguel Angel Riquelme confirmed the kidnapping in a statement Sunday. https://t.co/NsOT4wdXpb

— National File (@NationalFile) October 17, 2022

Breitbart had more details to add:

Cartel gunmen kidnapped a Mexican border-state mayor and his staff as they traveled through the border state of Tamaulipas. After a large-scale manhunt and government pressure, the gunmen released the politician from Coahuila and his staff.

The kidnapping took place on Friday night as Mario Cedillo, his wife, one of his sons, and some of his staff members were traveling through the border city of Nuevo Laredo in the neighboring state of Tamaulipas, a statement from the Coahuila state government revealed. In total, the gunmen are believed to have taken nine people.

The politician and his staff were returning from work meetings in the state of Oaxaca. While traveling through Nuevo Laredo, a group of gunmen in two SUVs began chasing them. Shortly after that, government officials lost communication with the elected offical.

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