The Attorney General’s Office of the Republic (FGR) reported that he obtained preventive detention against Edgar R, alias “The Lemons”identified as Plaza Manager and main Financial Operator of the Los Cabrera criminal group.
According to research, together with The Herrera family of the municipality of Gómez Palacio, Durango, and the Sinaloa Cartelpossibly finance criminal cells in Torreón, Coahuila.
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In a statement, the Prosecutor’s Office indicated that the criminal group to which he belongs has been identified as possible responsible for make threats and extortion against marketers from the municipality of Agua del Río, Chihuahua.
The Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) reported that this morning, “The Lemons” They admitted him to the Federal Center for Social Reintegration (CEFERESO) Number 1 “The Altiplano”along with five other people, detained in searches carried out in Coahuila and Durango.
‘El Limones’, plaza boss and financial operator of Los Cabrera
A Edgar “N” is identified as plaza boss and financial operator of a criminal cell that operates in the Laguna region, therefore, the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF), of the SHCP, carried out the account blocking to several people in his close circle. He also served as leader of the Autonomous Confederation of Workers and Employees of Mexico (CATEM).
The FIU was also carried out on blocking of companies with different lines; real estate, comprehensive services and engineering, which had irregular financial patterns with apparent resources of illicit origin. They had characteristics of front companies, in addition to apparently being used to simulate payroll payments and carry out transactions for the purchase and sale of luxury vehicles, cash payments and fractional transfers, without real economic activity identified.
“These actions are carried out in order to protect victims of extortion and fraud, as well as to protect the national bank.”
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They arrest those linked to ‘El Limones’
Last Thursday, elements of the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar), the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), through the National Intelligence Center (CNI), the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC) of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), the Secretariat of National Defense (Defense) and the National Guard (GN) They arrested five people linked to “El Limones”.
During these operations, orders were carried out search in different propertiesboth in Durango as in the state of Coahuilain which weapons, tactical equipment and vehicles were secured.
Also carried out was the arrest of six people (including that of Edgar “N”), which allowed the weakening of the criminal structure related to crimes of illegal extraction and sale of hydrocarbons in Durangoas well as with threats and extortion against merchants and ranchers of the region, in addition to money laundering.