Authorities in Mexico are looking into the abduction of a Tamaulipas State Police officer and nine members of his family in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. For reasons yet unknown, the gunmen released the officer and the family unharmed. It remains unclear if the abduction was done as a message to government officials or for other reasons.
The incident first came to light over the weekend, when relatives reported the disappearance of Juan Jose “El Coaza” Coaz0zon Beltran and eight members of his family, including his wife, his sons, daughters-in-law, and granddaughters near Nuevo Laredo.
Coazozon is listed as an officer with the Tamaulipas State Guard, assigned to the city of Camargo, Chihuahua. On his days off, he traveled to his family home in Nuevo Laredo and reportedly failed to return to work.
Desaparece policia activo asignado a #Camargo en #NuevoLaredo junto a su esposa, hijos, nuera y nietas. El Cártel del Noreste le declaró la guerra a la policía de #Tamaulipas llevándose a sus familias. Esto ya ocurrió en #Reynosa hace años a policías municipales. pic.twitter.com/gx3QQTjqW0
— ElGuzman (@FuriaNegra77) May 25, 2025
The kidnapping sparked concern within Tamaulipas law enforcement circles since Nuevo Laredo is a city controlled by the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas, a group classified by the U.S. government as a foreign terrorist organization.
As Breitbart Texas previously reported, the CDN-Los Zetas cartel has been linked to hundreds of abductions in their region, as well as the discovery of numerous mass graves and clandestine killing fields. The abduction comes just days after a group of gunmen shot into a packed restaurant in Ciudad Victoria in the targeted attack of a Tamaulipas State Guard Commander. Several victims and bystanders sustained injuries during the attack.
By Monday morning, the Tamaulipas government issued a statement confirming that the missing officer and his family had been found safe and uninjured. State officials have not revealed additional details about the circumstances surrounding the abduction.
En días pasados se informó la desaparición de un elemento de la GE y su familia en Nuevo Laredo. Autoridades informan que tanto él como su familia ya fueron localizados con vida sin daño alguno. pic.twitter.com/W7yHxRi8xa
— Vocería de Seguridad Tamaulipas (@VoceriaSegTamps) May 26, 2025
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