Template:Did you know nominations/Juan Carlos de la Cruz Reyna


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:34, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Juan Carlos de la Cruz Reyna

 * ... that Juan Carlos de la Cruz Reyna tried to bribe an undercover agent to ensure he was released from prison to members of a drug cartel? Source: "... undercover agent regarding making bribery payments to facilitate a transfer of De La Cruz to a Texas facility as well as his release to elements of the Gulf Cartel instead of Mexican authorities. (FBI)
 * ALT1:... that Juan Carlos de la Cruz Reyna tried to bribe an undercover agent with nearly US$800,000 to allow his family to visit him in prison? Source: "De La Cruz Reyna and his crew made a deal with a U.S. undercover agent who was posing as a corrupt immigration officer hungry for a bribe ... These services had included providing travel document’s for De la Cruz Reyna’s family to visit him while hew as in prison. (Houston Chronicle); "A former Gulf Cartel plaza boss for Tampico said he tried to bribe a U.S. public official nearly $800,000 ..." (The Brownsville Herald)
 * ALT2:... that Juan Carlos de la Cruz Reyna worked for the Tamaulipas State Police and a Mexican drug cartel simultaneously? Source: "De acuerdo con la Procuraduría General de la República, durante el tiempo que de la Cruz Reyna se desempeñó como policía ministerial [de Tamaulipas] en los años noventas, también fungía como sicario [del antiguo líder del Cártel del Golfo], Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, 'El Coss'". / English: According to the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic, during the time that Cruz Reyna served as ministerial police [of Tamaulipas] in the 1990s, he also served as the hitman of [former Gulf Cartel leader] Eduardo Costilla Sánchez's, 'El Coss'. (El Norte; subscription required)
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Alberto Jorge
 * Comment: Note: De la Cruz Reyna wanted to bribe an undercover agent for multiple reasons: ensure he was delivered to members of the Gulf Cartel, to have his family visit him in prison, and to not notify Mexican authorities of his release to Mexico. All these are cited in the article.

Moved to mainspace by MX (talk). Self-nominated at 02:35, 28 January 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg This impressive article is new enough and long enough. I am approving the original hook as the best. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:41, 26 February 2019 (UTC)