Bravo Alberto Barragan alias 'El Gavilán', alleged leader of the Knights Templar in Guerrero arrested

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Posted by DD translated from article in Milenio

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 By Javier Trujillo

Agents of the Research Division of the Federal Police arrested or Edilberto Bravo Alberto Barragan alias ‘El Gavilán’, alleged leader of the Knights Templar Square in Guerrero, and three of his accomplices in Zihuatanejo.

Bravo Barragan is considered by federal authorities as the alleged leader of the plaza in the municipalities of Petatlan, La Union and Zihuatanejo, as well as leader of the Knights Templar, who maintained an alliance with the New Generation Jalisco Cartel.

The Federal Police said that four detainees were in possession of three large caliber weapons,  and cartridges of different calibers, as well as three vehicles which were all confiscated by the police.

 Authorities said Bravo Barragan is responsible for several illegal crimes such as kidnapping, extortion,cobros de piso, and homicides and is  accused of unleashing the wave of violence in the region, particularly in the area so-called binomial beach Zihuatanejo- Ixtapa.  

El Gavilan is regarded as one of the 50 priority targets defined in rethinking the strategy of the federal government in the state.

 Together with Barragan Bravo, they were arrested three other men, who allegedly acted as guards and gunmen, including Nabor Jaimes Hernandez, alleged financial contributor to the criminal group.

Hernandez is considered responsible for coordinating the landing of cocaine off the coast of Guerrero state arriving from Colombia.

Reports indicate that the detention of the 4 alleged criminals was the result of several weeks work prior to the arrest by the Intelligence Division of the Federal Police.

Sunday afternoon the four detainees were transferred from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City to be made available to authorities of the Deputy Attorney Specialized Investigation of Organized Crime (SEIDO).

 On May 8, 2016, agents of the Research Division of the Federal Police arrested the gunmen chief of the criminal group identified as Jesus Gilberto González Lobato ‘The Guacho’ and four other members of  a criminal cell of El Bavilans’

 Among them were Genaro Gonzalez Stone, ‘El Diablo’; Margarito Bautista Benitez ‘The Chilindrino’; Valerio Eliseo Vázquez, ‘The Piccolo’, and Carlos Daniel Dimayuga Galeana, ‘The Jap’.

They also confiscate from them heavy weapons, drugs and vehicles reported as stolen. 

At that time the five members of the criminal group  of  El Gavilan were arrested by federal agents in the town of San Jeronimito, municipality of Petatlan. 

SDP Noticias reported that the Governor, Héctor Astudillo Flores, confirmed the detention of Gavilan and that he is  one of the alleged leaders of the ‘Knights Templar’ criminal group operating in the region of Costa Grande and Michoacan.     The Governor said that this arrest is a blow to organized crime in Guerrero however he is not the only leader nor the only group operating in that area.