At that time, a blockade with tractor-trailers by criminals was reported on the San Fernando Punta de Piedra – Carbonera Norte bypass near the La Capilla agricultural farm in the northeast of the municipality.
They then closed traffic on the highway that goes to Matamoros, near the Las Norias and Tres Palos ejido, causing long lines of trucks and vehicles in both directions.
Three hours later, the Security Spokesperson announced that the roads had been cleared, in addition to the fact that they had received support from other security corporations such as the National Guard.
At noon, the Public Security Secretariat confirmed the death of police officer Antonio Ledezma, while he was receiving medical attention.
There are no people arrested
So far, the Tamaulipas authorities have not confirmed the arrest of any of the criminals, or whether there were civilians killed in the area of the confrontation, however, the spokesman for Security, Jorge Cuellar Montoya, in an interview for Milenio Television, said that confrontations such as the one that occurred in San Fernando greatly affect perception.
However, he insisted that Tamaulipas appears among the 10 municipalities with the best results in terms of security, during October, according to the measurements made by the National Executive Secretariat of Public Security of 98 crimes.
“We regret having these types of events that have greatly affected perception, but we can see that we have had significant progress in these 24 months of government, the secretariat published yesterday the results of the month of October 10 entities with the best results with the 98 crimes that are recorded in statistics.”
Drone attacks in Tamaulipas
However, the elements of the State Guard are not only attacked with bullets, in recent months they have been the target of drones with homemade explosives, which has already left one element dead and another injured, in addition to losing a foot.
“The only thing we have registered are two, in the northern area in the same area between Río Bravo and Reynosa, south of those two municipalities,” reported the general coordinator of operations in the State Guard, Enrique Nieto Gutiérrez.
In Tamaulipas, seven commercial drones modified with explosives have been seized, two by the Secretariat of National Defense and five by elements of Public Security, all cases are investigated by the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic.
Source: milenio
