A South Texas mother whose three children were kidnapped and murdered by Mexican security forces in the Fall of 2014 has said she is happy, but not fully satisfied, with the arrest of the Luis Alfredo Biasi, the former Secretary of Social Development under Matamoros PAN Mayor Norma Leticia Salazar Vazquez.
The decomposing bodies of the kidnapped Americans, Erica, Alex and Jose Angel Alvarado, ages 26, 22 and 21 respectively, as well as the body of a Mexican citizen named Jose Castaneda, were found on October 29, each with hands and feet bound and a single gunshot wound to the head.
Raquel Alvarado has placed the responsibility of her children's and Castañeda's murder at the feet of Mexican Marines and Grupo Hercules, the paramilitary group that acted as the mayor's bodyguards.
"One of them has already fallen," Alvarado said. "I am never giving up in seeking justice for my children. I have faith that the others, including the mayor Salazar, who I hold responsible for their death will eventually be brought to justice."
(That's the siblings' mother at left confronting Salazar in the 2015 Charro Days parade the following year.)
Additionally, Biasi has been linked to a vast extortion group that has targeted Guatemalan transmigrantes for extortion and for being the leader of a smuggling ring of consumer goods from the United States for sale in the interior of Mexico. The former city administrator has also been charged with engaging in organized crime.
He is currently free on bond for federal tax evasion.
According to the state and federal government, the allegations that the killings of the kidnapped Americans were carried out by members of Grupo Hercules, created by the mayor of crime-plagued Matamoros came from witnesses who said they saw the three Americans forced into a Grupo Hercules van by men dressed in police uniforms.
Days later, when the bodies of the three siblings including their Mexican companion were found near El Control, Tamps. executed with a singe gunshot to the head and bearing signs of torture.
Also, there are more than 376 complaints from Matamoros residents who claim they were defrauded by Biasi though his customs broker business which promised to nationalize U.S. vehicles and insntead stole their money.
Among the investigations into Biasi's organized crime activity, was the probe into the apprehension of two workers they sent to Mexico city with $1.6 million pesos with the intent of delivering to a lawyer for the purchase of a ranch in Mexico. The two workers, Jaime Medrano and Juan Eduardo Rodríguez said it was Biasi and the former mayor Leti Salazar who sent them with the money to Mexico.
Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Fil Vela, who entered a plea into the Congressional Record that the culprits of the murder of the U.S. citizens be brought to justice by American authorities has been strangely quiet on the Biasi arrest. Will American authorities ask Mexican investigators to allow them access to one of the key suspects in the killings?
Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Fil Vela, who entered a plea into the Congressional Record that the culprits of the murder of the U.S. citizens be brought to justice by American authorities has been strangely quiet on the Biasi arrest. Will American authorities ask Mexican investigators to allow them access to one of the key suspects in the killings?
Given the number and seriousness of the charges against the former Matamoros administrator, the judge in charge could decide to incarcerate him in Cuidad Victoria, or to send him to a high-security federal facility somewhere in the country.
9 comments:
Representative Filemon Vela is very critical of the current administration in Washington, but silent about corruption and criminal activity along the border in his district. I guess Filemon follows the old addage...."Don't shit where you eat."
Take the road of less resistance comes to mind... Los velas nunca an valido.
Vela is quiet because he was among a group of local officials having meetings with their Matamoros buddies over in Rancho Viejo. The group included this murdering scum and his Matamoros Mayor , The Brownsville Mayor, Vela, and other slimey persons. Now, Vela wants them brought to justice? Laughable .
Vela should at least follow Vicente Gonzalez if he cannot lead.
Alrato encarcelan a Joe Vega tambien
Leticia Salazar must be next
I am feeling left off. I seem to rub people the wrong way cause I have had so many comments blocked from print cause I mention names of people who have paid off the blog to make sure their name is kept off. But I guess it is my fault for even reading this piece of you know what. I guess I need to stick to the Bargain Book for my reading.
Pobresito/a I don't think Juan would do that but if he does it might be because of legal matters. Something nobody wants, and you should be well aware of that. If you don't well keep reading the bargain book its much safer.
Anonymous at 5:40 Your comments are blocked because you are a sick, spoiled, irrelevant person, Captain Bob. You annoy everyone . Ask Lorrie. Get help, menso.
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