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Federal forces capture Los Ciclones cell after attack in Matamoros
Federal forces captured a cell of Los Ciclones after an armed attack on them.
The operation took place on Nov.
13 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Los Ciclones is a faction of the Gulf Cartel.
The operation involved the National Guard’s Lobos special response force and an Army paratrooper brigade.
It came 15 days after the capture of Axel Alfredo Cárdenas Rodríguez, known as “El Titán.”
Cárdenas was identified as the faction’s second-in-command.
Federal forces captured members of a cell of Los Ciclones, a faction of the Gulf Cartel, after an armed attack in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
The operation took place on November 13 and involved the National Guard’s Lobos unit and the Mexican Army’s Parachute Rifle Brigade.
The capture came 15 days after the arrest of Axel Alfredo Cárdenas Rodríguez, known as “El Titán,” described as second-in-command of the faction.
- Who
- Federal forces captured members of a Los Ciclones cell.
- What
- The capture followed an armed attack on federal forces.
- When
- November 13; the article was published on November 14, 2026.
- Where
- Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
- Why
- Federal forces were attacked with firearms.
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Federal forces were attacked with firearms and captured members of a Los Ciclones cell in Matamoros.
Axel Alfredo Cárdenas Rodríguez, known as “El Titán,” was captured.
- Cell
- Los Ciclones, a Gulf Cartel faction
- Location
- Matamoros, Tamaulipas
- Date of operation
- November 13
- Forces involved
- National Guard’s Lobos unit and the Mexican Army’s Parachute Rifle Brigade
- Earlier arrest
- Axel Alfredo Cárdenas Rodríguez, known as “El Titán,” was captured 15 days earlier