A view shows the vehicle where local media said five men were shot by Mexican soldiers as they traveled down a street, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico February 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jasiel Rubio NO RESALE. NO ARCHIVES

The five youths who were killed by elements of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) in the early hours of February 26 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, are members of the Northeast Cartel.

Mexican soldiers stand guard after being accused by people of participating with other military personnel in the shooting deaths of five people, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico February 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jasiel Rubio NO RESALE. NO ARCHIVES

Step by step: how the massacre of five young people in Nuevo Laredo happened, according to Sedena

Authorities such as the FGR and the CNDH have opened the corresponding investigations to clarify the facts in which five civilians were murdered at the hands of the military

Amid outrage over the murder of youths in the north of the country, new information could change the direction of investigations by federal authorities, this after it was reported that the group of people shot dead by members of the Mexican army, they belong to a criminal group in the region.

According to Azteca Noticias, who had access to intelligence reports, the youths belonged to the Northeast Cartel. “Intelligence reports (…) reveal that the five youths who died in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, allegedly at the hands of elements of the Mexican army belonged to the Northeast Cartel or had criminal records.”

Sedena Stone Attack

Civilians attacked Sedena members in Tamaulipas with stones

One of the warned got involved in a discussion with several people and another fired on the ground to dissuade the people present, who according to the first information, would be linked to the Northeast Cartel.

*Developing information…

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