{"id":1023485,"date":"2021-11-17T13:13:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T18:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1023485"},"modified":"2021-11-17T13:13:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T18:13:56","slug":"exclusive-gulf-cartel-plaza-boss-demoted-after-mexican-border-city-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-gulf-cartel-plaza-boss-demoted-after-mexican-border-city-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Gulf Cartel Plaza Boss Demoted After Mexican Border City Shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-gulf-cartel-plaza-boss-demoted-after-mexican-border-city-shootout%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1023485&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A top commander with the Gulf Cartel in charge of the border city of Matamoros was relieved of duty due to recent violence and his perceived betrayal of a top ally.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, the leadership of the Matamoros faction of the Gulf Cartel demoted Jose Alberto Garcia Vilano, also known as \u201cLa Kena\u201d or \u201cCiclon 19,\u201d the plaza boss in Matamoros, law enforcement sources exclusively revealed to Breitbart Texas. The move comes as Matamoros suffers a spike in violent crimes such as shootouts, kidnappings, and armed robberies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Gulf-Cartel-La-Kena.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18490026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Gulf-Cartel-La-Kena.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>La Kena gained national attention in Mexico last month after he was deemed responsible for a large-scale shootout that lasted hours and killed an innocent bystander. Under orders from La Kena, cartel gunmen attacked Tamaulipas state police officers in downtown Matamoros. It was toward the end of the confrontation when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2021\/10\/27\/exclusive-regional-gulf-cartel-boss-operating-in-mexican-border-city-unmasked\/\">Gulf Cartel enforcer Ariel \u201cEl Tigre\u201d Trevino found himself surrounded and died during the clash<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Gulf-Cartel-C19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18490122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Gulf-Cartel-C19.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources consulted by Breitbart Texas revealed that Gulf Cartel leaders did not approve of La Kena\u2019s tactics, which drew the attention of Mexican military forces and their comparable firepower. Various cartel commanders also believe La Kena abandoned El Tigre in the fight. Those actions fueled an internal conflict within leading ranks of the cartel. The rift led to some commanders to quietly shift their allegiances away from Alfredo \u201cEl Contador\u201d Cardenas, the leader of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the shootout, Gulf Cartel members carried out kidnappings and executions. Information about that internal struggle first became public in early November after Mexican authorities raided a house where Gulf Cartel gunmen were holding 25 victims. Information shared with Breitbart Texas revealed three other victims in that house had been killed. Two women who were part of the 25 were repeatedly abused by their captors.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to Mexico City and the states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo Le\u00f3n to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities.&nbsp; The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels that operate in those areas including the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas if a pseudonym were not used.&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/texas\/2015\/02\/15\/breitbart-texas-announces-cartel-chronicles-effort-begins-to-help-citizen-journalists-in-mexico\/\"><em>Breitbart Texas\u2019 Cartel Chronicles<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;are published in both English and in their original&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/texas\/2015\/02\/15\/cronicas-de-carteles-breitbart-texas-un-esfuerzo-por-ayudar-a-los-periodistas-de-ciudadanos-en-mexico\/\"><em>Spanish<\/em><\/a><em>. This article was written by \u201cFrancisco Morales\u201d, and \u201cJ.A. 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