Jose Rodolfo Villareal-Hernandez, a Mexican cartel leader known as “El Gato” wanted in the United States for his alleged role in organizing the 2013 murder in Southlake, Texas, has been arrested in Mexico, the authorities He said.
Villareal Hernandez is being held in Mexico City.
in tweetVillarreal-Hernandez was “asked by the authorities of the United States of America for potential liability for the offenses of interstate stalking and criminal association for the commission of the murders,” said Mexican authorities. Villareal-Hernandez was in The FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List of “interstate stalking and conspiracy to commit murder for hire” charges that he was charged in 2018.
The 2013 killing allegedly orchestrated by Villarreal Hernandez targeted Juan Jesús Guerrero Chapa, who was allegedly Gulf Cartel lawyer known for violence Drug trafficking organization and informant for the US government. Investigators believe that Villareal-Hernandez held a personal grudge against Chapa. Chapa was sitting next to his wife in a Range Rover when he was shot at least five times, marking Southlake’s first murder in more than 10 years, according to CBS Dallas-Fort Worth.
Former United States Attorney Paul Coggins he told CBS Dallas-Fort Worth The arrest of Villarreal Hernandez sends a strong signal of cooperation between the United States and Mexico.
“What he tells the cartel members … is not just bottom-up but top-down as well,” Coggins said.
Three more men They had previously been charged with interstate stalking and conspiracy to commit murder for the employment of Chapa’s murder.
Mexican authorities said that the United States has sixty days to begin the extradition process.
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