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CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican investigators on Tuesday
pointed to organized crime in the killing of a top federal
official in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas the previous
day, saying it was likely retaliation for the authorities'
recent seizures of stolen fuel there.
On Monday, gunmen killed Attorney General’s Office Tamaulipas
state delegate Ernesto Vásquez Reyna in broad daylight, in the
middle of the busiest avenue of the border city of Reynosa.
The Attorney General’s Office said in a statement that
preliminary information suggested the killing was retaliation by
a group it did not name.
Images from the scene of the assassination showed a smoldering
black SUV and Vásquez Reyna’s body on the pavement. Authorities
did not offer details on the attack other than to say that two
additional vehicles were involved, and that one of them was
recovered.
The fuel seizure in July in Reynosa was described as a “great
setback” for organized crime. The statement said more than
475,000 gallons (1.8 million liters) of gasoline were seized,
along with tanker trucks, pumps and containers for storing the
fuel.
Reynosa is controlled by a faction of the Gulf cartel known as
the “Metros.” Numerous drug cartels have gotten into the
business of selling stolen gasoline as another line of illegal
revenue.
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