{"id":1138259,"date":"2021-12-21T15:34:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T20:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1138259"},"modified":"2021-12-21T15:34:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T20:34:22","slug":"exclusive-mexican-oil-worker-tortured-by-cartel-gunmen-near-texas-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-mexican-oil-worker-tortured-by-cartel-gunmen-near-texas-border\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Mexican Oil Worker Tortured by Cartel Gunmen near Texas Border"},"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-mexican-oil-worker-tortured-by-cartel-gunmen-near-texas-border%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=1138259&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RIcky-Chapa-Main-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Cartel gunmen kidnapped and tortured an oil worker in Mexico who was inspecting pipelines in the border states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon. The region is currently being fought over by two cartels.<\/p>\n<p>The kidnapping took place earlier this month when Graciano Alejandro Andrade Cantu and other workers from the government-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) were inspecting gas and oil lines when gunmen stopped and forced Andrade into one of their vehicles. The kidnapping took place along the Nuevo Leon-Tamaulipas line when the workers were headed to a natural gas well called \u201cLa Culebra or the Snake.\u201d They were driving between the towns of Doctor Coss and Arcabuz at the time.<\/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>The other workers managed to reach a phone and alert authorities about the kidnapping. The case caused a large-scale deployment of Nuevo Leon State Police, Pemex Security Forces, and soldiers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>After keeping him for longer than 24 hours, the gunmen released Andrade at a dirt road near General Bravo, Nuevo Leon. The victim showed signs of torture but is expected to recover. It remains unclear which cartel performed the kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>During the search, authorities found trenches and makeshift concrete barriers used by gunmen during shootouts. The region is one of great conflict as the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas is actively trying to take control from the Gulf Cartel. This turf war has led to numerous large-scale shootouts where cartels use convoys of armored vehicles.<\/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 from Tamaulipas.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cartel gunmen kidnapped and tortured an oil worker in Mexico who was inspecting pipelines in the border states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon. 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