U.S. authorities blamed a Mexican drug cartel of intentionally setting fire and burning down the house of a narcotics investigator in southern Texas, as retaliation for a series of drug seizures on the border.
A report by the Associated Press via ABC revealed that the Starr County District Attorney, Omar Escobar, told the American press that the fire that destroyed the home of one of his investigators in the early morning of Tuesday, Feb. 11 was deliberately set, using an accelerant.
The investigator, whose name was not revealed to the media to guarantee his safety, worked as an agent of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force, an unit where various government units collaborate, and investigations point towards a possible vengeance by members of Mexican organized crime.
Escobar said late last year that the district attorney's office had received a threat from alleged members of the Gulf Cartel. A message sent by informants asked the task force to lower the amount of drug seizures.
Although for the moment the Starr County, Texas District Attorney's office continues to investigate who was responsible for the attack, the prosecutor said that everything indicated members of the Gulf Cartel were responsible.
"Regarding who gave the order, we're sure it came from the Camargo area, controlled by the Gulf Cartel", said Escobar.
However, Lieutenant Carlos Delgado of the Starr police department, said that it's too early to determine who was responsible for the attack.
Delgado confirmed that the fire at the agent's home was intentional, but warned that there is no confirmed evidence that this was a reprisal by a drug cartel, quoted ABC.
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