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Samuel Flores Borrego (a.k.a. Metro 3; 6 August 1972 – 2 September 2011) was a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking lieutenant of the Gulf Cartel. [1] He was a former state judicial policeman who protected the ex-leader of the Gulf cartel, Osiel Cárdenas Guillén.
The Gulf Cartel, a drug cartel based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was founded in the 1930s by Juan Nepomuceno Guerra. [15] [16] Originally known as the Matamoros Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Matamoros), [17] the Gulf Cartel initially smuggled alcohol and other illegal goods into the U.S. [16] Once the Prohibition era ended, the criminal group controlled gambling houses, prostitution rings ...
McAllen, Texas shooting. On 27 September 2011 at around 2 a.m. in McAllen, Texas, fatal gunshots were exchanged from one vehicle to another along an expressway. [10] A man named Jorge Zavala and a 22-year-old man were victims of an attack perpetrated by unknown shooters traveling in a dark-colored SUV from a Chevrolet Tahoe, causing them to lose control of the vehicle and crash along the ...
The Gulf drug cartel turned over five men to police soon after the abduction. A letter claiming to be from the Scorpions faction condemned the violence and said the gang had turned over to ...
He then rose through the leadership ranks and became one of the Gulf Cartel's main administrators under the kingpin Mario Ramírez Treviño ("El Pelón"). [5] [6] After cartel leader Samuel Flores Borrego ("Metro 3") was killed in September 2011, Ramírez Treviño reportedly took his place and appointed Salazar Flores as the regional boss of ...
The Gulf Cartel is one of Mexico's oldest criminal gangs, its illegal rackets dating back nearly a century, though in recent years it has been eclipsed by the powerful Sinaloa and Jalisco New ...
In 2011, Gulf Cartel members killed Los Metros chief Samuel Flores Borrego ("Metro 3"), which intensified the violence, starting a series of internal battles within the cartel. [5] Several members of the Gulf Cartel were arrested or killed during this time, while others, like López Falcón, sought safe haven and relocated to the U.S with their ...
The Biden administration has released a notorious Mexican drug cartel leader from U.S. federal prison and is planning to hand him over to Mexico, a U.S. official told NBC News.. Osiel Cárdenas ...