Tamaulipas: Federal government send over 1k additional elements for 'Operation Nuevo Laredo'

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat TY Gus   ElManana 

REYNOSA. - The federal government has implemented "Operation Nuevo Laredo", with more than 1,187 security elements, reported Admiral José Rafael Ojeda Durán, Secretary of the Navy.

The Nuevo Laredo Operation was detailed during the visit of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in Reynosa, Tamaulipas.

“With regard to this Operation Nuevo Laredo that was deployed from January precisely in this municipality, these are the federal forces that are here: the Secretariat of National Defense, the National Guard, the state forces and the groups "Said Ojeda Durán.

The Sedena has 701 elements, plus the National Guard with 134, and State Forces with 196; There are 156 SAT Agents, with a total of 1,187 elements, he detailed.

“When it comes to higher incidence crimes here in the state, what we can see and emphasize here is that they are decreasing.

In the total of crimes it occupies the 21st place at the national level”, she explained.

Support for emergencies situations

In emergencies, federal forces have also deployed operations in Tamaulipas, they reported.

Regarding the Marine Plan, DN-III Plan and National Guard Plan, 8 thousand 436 elements of the federal forces have been deployed in the state, nine events of rain have been attended, of floods due to meteorological phenomena of the storm 'Hanna'.

The activation of the Marine Plan and Defense Plan and the National Guard Plan that has been in place since the pandemic began continues, and will continue until this situation ends.

Crimes in the State drop due to military operations

The federal government has managed to contain, even lower crime in Tamaulipas, thanks to coordinated operations between the Sedena, Semar and the National Guard.

The Federation reinforced the entity with 5,277 elements from the Sedena, 841 from Semar and 3,642 elements from the National Guard, while the State supports with 2,332 elements.

The federal presence in the state represents more than 80% of the total, while the state troops only 19%. The operations of the military forces and the National Guard in Tamaulipas territory have yielded positive results in high-impact crimes, such as kidnappings, homicides and drug trafficking.

The municipalities with the highest crime rate are; Reynosa, Matamoros and Ciudad Victoria, as reported during the morning conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the city of Reynosa last Friday