“El Gato” Ortiz

Former goalkeeper Rayados, Omar ‘El Gato’ Ortiz Uribe, washospitalized early this morning at the Center for Social Rehabilitation (Cereso) Cadereyta, after being seated for participating in a kidnapping gang in the state, police sources said.

Along with former goalkeeperwere admitted to the prison three other accomplices, whothe past 7 January were presented by the state government as plagiarists, under the command of the Gulf Cartel.

In addition to ‘The Cat’, were taken to state prison, Cesar Acosta Canchola, age of 28, Luis Alberto Hernandez and Hector Eduardo Tamez Treviño Urban, both 26 years old.

With this action, complied with an arrest warrant was turned by the Attorney General in the state, in exercising criminal prosecution for the crime of unlawful deprivation of liberty in the matter of kidnapping .

Likewise those arrested are accused of criminal grouping, according to the determination issued by the Third Criminal Court of the Third Judicial District, in the neighboring municipalities of San Nicolas de los Garza.

State officials had said that the former goalkeeper provide personal information about potential victims who could be kidnapped and get hefty ransoms of up to one million pesos .

The kidnappers managed to ransom by a cumulative 20 million pesos , an equal number of kidnappings, which made ​​two years ago, although the crimes perpetrated with the help of ‘The Cat Ortiz’ were in 2011.

The former goalkeeper of the stripes was paid 100 thousand dollars for each person plagiarized.

Among the hostages is the husband of singer Gloria Trevi, Armando Gomez, and several businessmen and traders who came to have some link with the former player friendly scratched.