Captured in Tamaulipas "El Contador", a leader of the Cartel del Golfo

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Noreste article

Subject Matter: Jose Alfredo Cardenas Martinez, El Contador
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required

Reporter: La Jornada
Elements of the Marines detained in Tamaulipas, Jose Alfredo Cardenas Martinez, alias “El Contador”, identified as one of the leaders of the Cartel del Golfo, and nephew of the ex leader of this group, Osiel Cardenas Guillen.

Even though he is not on the list of 122 priority objectives of the Federal Government, achieving his capture is considered highly relevant to the Cabinet of Federal Security.

Cardenas Martinez, also known by the alias “El Sobrino”, was identified by the DEA as one of the principal leaders of the group together with Jose Antonio Romo Lopez, and plaza boss in Tamaulipas.

He was detained in the San Francisco fraccionamiento during an operation that started Sunday night.

According to Federal Forces, in the past year, Cardenas Martinez has been in dispute for control of this criminal group with Luis Alberto Blanco Flores, alias M28, or Commandante Pelochas, who is also linked with the same cartel. Also in the past year, there have been many registered gun battles in Reynosa between members of these two groups.