A man suspected of breaking out a Gulf Cartel boss from police custody in Tamaulipas, Mexico last week was captured, released and recaptured over the weekend, according to the Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office.
At around 5:50 p.m. Saturday, at least four armed men arrived at a Reynosa general hospital, subdued a guard holding Juan Francisco Vazquez Vicente in custody and took off.
Vasquez Vicente was detained among a group suspected to have successfully helped Jose Alfredo Hernandez Campos, 27, also known as “Metro 27” and “El Calamardo,” a Gulf Cartel plaza boss in Diaz Ordaz, escape from state custody.
Hernandez Campos was arrested by Tamaulipas’ special forces team known as GOPES, or Grupo de Operaciones Especiales, on July 12.
Armed men helped him break out two days later.
Vasquez Vicente — wearing a camouflage uniform, carrying a high-powered weapon, and bearing a false federal law enforcement ID — along with another armed man entered the Tamaulipas Attorney General’s office on Tuesday. Hernandez Campos was scheduled to appear before a judge Wednesday, but he was taken out of police custody.
Law enforcement officers located two vehicles fleeing from the scene.
Some of the occupants of one vehicle opened fire and injured a GOPES officer. They returned fire and killed one man, according to a news release from the state.
Vazquez Vicente was the other man in the vehicle wearing the camouflage, tactical equipment and false ID, according to a state news release from earlier in the week. He was arrested.
Two others from the other vehicle were also taken into custody.
Vazquez Vicente was taken to the hospital for undisclosed injuries, before the armed men took him away on Saturday, according to information based on police reports.
Ten minutes later law enforcement was made aware that the armed group stole a car near the hospital.
Officers and police surveillance cameras were able to detect the vehicle fleeing with Vazquez Vicente. GOPES authorities again were able to recapture Vazquez Vicente.
