As Mauricio Fernandez Garza took the stage to be sworn in for the second time as the mayor of one of Latin America’s most wealthiest communities a broad smile crept upon his face.

Not only was he thrilled to be taking the Presidential reigns of San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, once again, but he had an announcement to share: Hector ‘El Negro’ Saldaña was dead; executed in Mexico City.

To understand the importance of his statement and the mayhem which followed, I’m going to have to backtrack a bit.

Fernandez Garza upon winning the San Pedro mayoral election in July gave, in a very publicized statement, a stern warning to the person or persons who’d been wrecking havoc in a once tightly secured San Pedro: You have no place here, get out before I take office, or else. He announced his personal assembly of a highly experienced ‘clean up crew’ and intell network and made it very clear that upon taking office San Pedro would be rid of kidnappings and extortions, one way or another.

Lo van a entender, por las buenas o por las malas: no vamos a aceptar ningún tipo de secuestro en San Pedro Garza García y si no, lo pagarán con su propia cara.

They (the criminals) will understand, by any means necessary: We are not going to accept kidnapping of any kind en San Pedro Garza Garcia, and if they don’t, they will pay with their own flesh.
- Mayor Mauricio Fernandez Garza

Saldaña, the now dead man, had made a name for himself and his crew as an up and coming ‘independant’ cell of kidnappers and extortioners hell bent on taking over San Pedro after his previous Beltran Leyva Cartel boss, Hector La Burra Huerta, was arrested.

He was a egotistical who showed no sign of fear or being captured. He was known for driving thru town in a yellow Lamborghini Murcielago dropping loads of cash on pretty girls and pricey boutiques. El Negro just happened to be the same man who was reportedly responsible for 2-3 kidnappings a week, extorting San Pedro businesses up to $100,000 per month, and offering a hefty reward to the person or persons who delivered him the head of Fernandez Garza.

Now I’ve given you the history of the Mayor and the Murdered, let’s talk about the mayhem. This is where it gets movie-like. Remember I told you Fernandez Garza announced the death of El Negro during his inaugural address? What I didn’t tell you at the time was his announcement was made 4 hours before the D.F. police found four bodies in a Nuevo Leon tagged S.U.V. and 2 days before those same four bodies were identified.

Officials in Mexico City said they had identified on Monday the four bound bodies found in a sport utility vehicle over the weekend with hand-lettered messages identifying El Negro, his brother, half brother, and another man as kidnappers.

Investigators said three of the men had “Kidnapper” written on their backs with a marker. A sign also was left in the vehicle reading “For kidnapping, the Boss of Bosses,” which is a nickname for alleged drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva.

Another sign found in the vehicle Saturday read “Job 38:15,” a reference to a biblical verse that says: “The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken.” It was reported that El Negro was the only of the four to have been tortured prior to death.

So what do you think, Did the new San Pedro rogue clean up crew start work ahead of schedule or did Mayor Mau simply have a Nostradamus moment?