Mexican Federal Police have arrested Gilberto Barragan, aka The Namesake or Heriberto, a leader of drug cartel del Golfo, for whose capture the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) offered five million dollars, reported Efe. The Namesake, 41, appeared in the top ten most wanted by the DEA, and has several processes related to drug trafficking in the United States.
The alleged drug dealer was at a birthday party when he was captured with two other men, Sergio Gutierrez and Romeo Eduardo Mejía Castanon's brother Juan Reyes, the chief assassin of the cartel, according to Europa Press-on a ranch in the city of Reynosa in the state of Tamaulipas (north of Mexico), explained at a press conference Ramón Eduardo Small, head of the narcotics division of the Mexican police.
The arrest occurred without incident, or as relatively small, without having been "fired a single shot." Barragan was the leader of the cartel in the municipality of Miguel German (Tamaulipas) and dealt with various drug trafficking operations to the United States. Among his responsibilities as the official said, was to "defend the city [municipality of Miguel German] before the attacks of his rivals, [the band] Los Zetas in the state of Tamaulipas." The State of Tamaulipas live a spiral of violence after the breakdown of relations in 2009, heads the Gulf cartel and its allies in the band of assassins Los Zetas.
The police operation, criminal suspects they were seized a truck with U.S. registration, an assault rifle AR-15 with two full clips and three guns (one of 357 and two 9 mm), the newspaper El Universal . 
The alleged drug dealer was at a birthday party when he was captured with two other men, Sergio Gutierrez and Romeo Eduardo Mejía Castanon's brother Juan Reyes, the chief assassin of the cartel, according to Europa Press-on a ranch in the city of Reynosa in the state of Tamaulipas (north of Mexico), explained at a press conference Ramón Eduardo Small, head of the narcotics division of the Mexican police.
The arrest occurred without incident, or as relatively small, without having been "fired a single shot." Barragan was the leader of the cartel in the municipality of Miguel German (Tamaulipas) and dealt with various drug trafficking operations to the United States. Among his responsibilities as the official said, was to "defend the city [municipality of Miguel German] before the attacks of his rivals, [the band] Los Zetas in the state of Tamaulipas." The State of Tamaulipas live a spiral of violence after the breakdown of relations in 2009, heads the Gulf cartel and its allies in the band of assassins Los Zetas.
The police operation, criminal suspects they were seized a truck with U.S. registration, an assault rifle AR-15 with two full clips and three guns (one of 357 and two 9 mm), the newspaper El Universal .
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