Leaks From National Guard Database Expose Gulf Cartel Kingpins

Citizen journalists in Tamaulipas published several leaks from a National Guard (GN) database that include sensitive information about multiple fugitive Gulf Cartel kingpins.

The information released includes pictures, full names, addresses, family trees, DOBs and POBs, work and/or criminal history, and other general information about them. Some of these criminals are only wanted by federal authorities while others are fugitives at both state and federal level.

To comply with our privacy guidelines, Borderland Beat omitted the exact addresses of these suspected drug kingpins. We removed the streets and house numbers but kept the city and state. We have also removed the names of the suspects’ children since many of them are minors.

This first display shows the information about El Primito, the Gulf Cartel plaza boss in La Frontera Chica (also known as La Ribereña), a border region along Tamaulipas. The municipalities of Guerrero, Mier, Miguel Aleman, Camargo and Diaz Ordaz make up La Frontera Chica.

According to the data presented, El Primito was born in 1987 in Colima, Colima, Mexico, and does not have previous criminal history.

The GN confirms that El Primito has up to 10 known addresses under his name.

Location of properties

1. Reynosa, Tamaulipas
2. Colima, Colima
3. Villa de Alvarez, Colima
4. El Palomar, Jalisco
5. Mexico City
6. Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
7. Pihuamo, Jalisco
8. Pihuamo, Jalisco (different address)
9. Pihuamo, Jalisco (different address)
10. Pihuamo, Jalisco (different address)

Family members

• Father: Remigio Morfin Moreno
• Mother: Maria De Jesus Morfin Galvan
• Wife: Alma Rosa Magaña De La Mora
• Brother: Alvaro Noe Morfin Morfin (1978)
• Brother: Alejandro Morfin Morfin (1981)
• Sister: Blanca Trinidad Morfin Morfin (1984)
• Brother: Remigio Morfin Morfin (1991)

GN information shows that El Mono is close to El Primito. According to the data presented, El Mono was born in 1989 in Llera, Tamaulipas, and does not have previous criminal history.

One of the observation notes in the display says that El Mono was in the Mexican Army from 1 August 2007 to 19 May 2014. He was stationed in Ciudad Victoria, the state capital of Tamaulipas, as an infantry soldier. 

Location of properties

1. Llera, Tamaulipas
2. Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas

Family members

• Father: Humberto Heisy Acuña Cantu
• Mother: Maria Epifania De Los Santos Treto
• Spouse: Ana Karen Vargas Sanchez
• Former Partner: Cindy Natali Cedillo Sanchez

Note: El Mono’s children have been excluded from the report because they are minors. The original and unaltered leak does include that information.

As reported by Borderland Beat, R-3 worked closely with Silvestre Haro Rodríguez, alias “R-1″ and/or “El Chive”, and his brother Marco Antonio Haro Rodriguez, alias “R-2″ and/or “Toñin”. The Tampico faction reportedly has an alliance with the one in Matamoros.

The information revealed shows that R-3 was born in 1977 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas.

Location of properties

1. Reynosa, Tamaulipas

Family members

• Father: Jose Humberto de Leon Hernandez
• Mother: Guadalupe Fonseca
• Brother: Jesus de Leon Fonseca
• Brother: Jose Humberto de Leon Fonseca
• Sister: Gabriela Nohemi de Leon Fonseca
• Spouse: Erika Daniela Murillo Dominguez

R-3′s directs and plaza structure

This fourth display shows Tango Uno, the Gulf Cartel plaza boss in Ciudad Victoria, the state capital of Tamaulipas. The leaked information reveals that Tango Uno was a Supervisor in the Reynosa Transit Police from 2005 to 2007, when Governor of Tamaulipas Francisco Javier Cabeza de Vaca was mayor.

Data shows that Tango Uno was born in 1979 in Tamaulipas (the exact municipality was not provided).

Location of properties

1. Matamoros Tamaulipas

Family members

• N/A 

Sources: Valor por Tamaulipas (1); (2); (3); (4); Guardia Nacional