Gul Cartel Faction Group Metros Of Reynosa Plaza Boss Of Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, Ricky Segura “R53” Or “R57” Captured By National Guard And Army In Reynosa: Tamaulipas
This past Thursday morning, August 29, 2024, Ricky Segura “R53” or “R57” was captured by military forces, which included a helicopter being used on a special raid in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Ricky or R57 is a close collaborator of Cesar Morfin Morfin “Primito” leader of the Gulf Cartel faction Group Metros of Reynosa, and Alvaro Noe Morfin Morfin “R8” second in command of his brother Primito.
RICKY SEGURA
Ricky Segura was the plaza boss of Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, which is about 2 miles across the U.S. border next to Roma, Texas. Miguel Aleman is a key plaza for the Group Metros of Reynosa, but recently has faced an onslaught of incursions from Cartel Del Noreste, as both rival groups try to have control of this key drug plaza.
A source close to the Group Metros of Reynosa said the following about the capture of Ricky Segura,
“El Primito gave him up to authorities because Ricky was creating too much conflict in the Miguel Aleman plaza, civilians were complaining about him extorting businesses, and raising the quotas so Primito sacrificed him to calm the waters. That is why today there were no roadblocks or burning of vehicles, and we were told that the radio frequencies got turned off so Ricky did not have time to react”.
SEGURA OPEN LETTER
Segura would be named in an open letter that was published to social media on August 16th, 2023 where residents of the Los Guerra town of Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas would urge for the deployment of federal authorities amid the severe insecurity that would derive from the attempts at territorial control by the Northeast Cartel and the Gulf Cartel who deem the town to be a strategic point to conduct illicit activities, while advocating for security forces to locate the whereabouts of Segura for his alleged involvement in a series of crimes such as orchestrating attacks against residents of the town Los Pueblos.
The constant violence would result in the forced displacement of around 50 families from La Guerra who would flee towards the City Miguel Alemán in an attempt to seek refuge from repeated attacks and threats by the criminal organizations, who had previously targeted residents as they attempted their escape but were supported by State Police and Mexican Military personnel.
The forced displacement of people from their land has been an often overlooked consequence of the ongoing narco-conflict as people often are forced to seek refuge during times of heightened violence between criminal organizations who will routinely directly or indirectly harm the local populations, although the Government of Mexico does not maintain any records on the number of individuals forcefully displaced by narco-violence the 2020 Housing and Population census would record 251,513 people who reported as moving to other municipalities due to violence between 2015 and 2020.
