CJNG Elite Group Is Generator Of Violence In 8 States

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from La Jornada

WRITTEN BY: GUSTAVO CASTILLO GARCÍA

EL SEÑOR DE LA GARITA 

Members of the so-called Elite Group of the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation (CJNG), led by two relatives of Gerardo Botello, El Cachas, are in charge of the cells of assassins of the organization commanded by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, and are the main generators of violence in the states of Jalisco, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi, Michoacan, Queretaro, Puebla and Nayarit, according to reports from the security cabinet.

Authorities have identified that El Nabo or El Señor de la Garita is the one who directs CJNG operations in the aforementioned entities, directly against Sinaloa cartel cells, or, as in Guanajuato, against the alliance formed by the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel with the Sinaloa cartel and factions of the Gulf cartel.

According to the data obtained, in the states that make up the Bajío region, which includes Aguascalientes, in addition to Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí, cells led by Juan Carlos Valencia González, a relative of El Mencho; El Cachas (in this case, despite being held since 2018 in the Puente Grande Social Readaptation Center), the Botello Rodríguez brothers have been identified as operating there.

In particular, in Guanajuato the CJNG factions have their cells identified as Grupo Operativo Barredora (GOB) and Grupo Operativo Especial de Mencho (GOEM), in addition to the Elite group; and they operate under the command of relatives of El Cachas, identified as Wilians B and Gustavo B.

Regarding El Cachas, the authorities that are part of the security cabinet have identified that he is originally from Michoacan, is 46 years old and is considered "one of the main ringleaders of the CJNG, and although he is in prison, from the state prison he directs operations of the cells of hitmen in the states of Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Puebla and Nayarit."

As for the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, the sources consulted said that the cells of this group, whose leader, Jose Antonio Yepez Ortiz, was arrested, have allied with factions of the Gulf cartel and part of the Sinaloa cartel (which is also divided between the Chapitos faction and the groups led by Ismael El Mayo Zambada).

Authorities have obtained information that in order to increase their violent activities against rival groups, this organization has recruited people who know how to handle explosives and were the first cartel to place bombs on drones.

The cabinet data refer that the municipalities in Guanajuato where the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel has the greatest presence are Santa Rosa de Lima, Celaya, Juventino Rosas, Villagrán, Cortázar, Apaseo El Grande and Apaseo El Alto.

SOURCE: LA JORNADA 

NABO

COMPADRE OF MENCHO 'CJNG' CARTEL LEADER

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It Is 16 Years Since The Murder Of Edgar Guzman, El Chapo's Son, As Every Year His Cenotaph Was decorated With Red And White Roses In Culiacán, Sinaloa.

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE 

It has been 16 years since the murder of Edgar Guzman, son of El Chapo, and as every year his cenotaph was decorated with red and white roses.

Located in the parking lot of a commercial plaza in the 6 de Enero neighborhood in Culiacan, the space dedicated to the son of the drug trafficker imprisoned in the United States and sentenced to life imprisonment, sports a simple arrangement with red and white roses, and two huge letters E and G.

The cross was decorated with white roses and red flowers in the center.

With a red base of different flowers and red and white foliage.

The drug trafficker's son lost his life after being attacked by armed men while he was in a shopping center in the Tres Ríos Urban Development. His widow, Frida Muñoz Román, identified the body.

The cause of the attack was attributed to the struggle between the Sinaloa Cartel and the Beltrán Leyva Cartel.

SOURCE: RIODOCE 

EDGAR GUZMAN-LOPEZ

EL MORENO 

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Cartel de Sinaloa Blamed For Murder of H. Norteña Vocalist

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

Video translation is as follows:

Following the armed attack on the Parral - Chihuahua highway in which the vocalist of the musical group H. Norteña Kevin Amalio Hernández, Marisela Barrón Sandoval, and her two children, 17 and 14 years old, were murdered. 

It was reported that during the early hours of Monday morning, hooded subjects burst into the hospital where the survivors of the attack were being treated in an attempt to kill Mrs. Micaela, mother of Marisela Barrón Sandoval. 

However, they didn’t locate her and left the place. Minutes later they shot at their house located in the community of Santa Rosa de Hidalgo del Parral. According to state authorities, Marisela Barrón Sandoval was the owner of the Centro Hípico Maturana (Maturana Equestrian Center), where nine months ago the abduction of criminal leader José Domingo Carrera aka El 010 took place, he was later was later found dead in Ciudad Juarez. 

During an interview with journalist Azucena Uresti, the prosecutor of the southern zone of Chihuahua, Juan Carlos Portillo, announced that at least two members of the Sinaloa Cartel were behind the multi homicide. 

He also announced that the main line of investigation in which the authorities are working is related to problems that may have arisen in the family business of the singer's wife. The prosecutor assured that members of the Sinaloa Cartel took the life of the singer of H. Norteña. Along with members of his family after having fired their weapons at least 150 times. This was the number of shell casings found at the crime scene.

Maturana Equestrian Center

Parral, Chihuahua 

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Eight Clandestine Laboratories Dismantled In Different Sinaloa Towns

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from NOROESTE 

Mexican Navy personnel, in coordination with the Attorney General's Office, locate and dismantle eight clandestine laboratories in the state of Sinaloa.

MAY 7, 2024 

The Secretary of the Navy, through the Mexican Navy, informed that in recent days, naval personnel in coordination with the Attorney General's Office located and neutralized eight clandestine laboratories for the production of synthetic drugs, in two different actions, in towns in the state of Sinaloa.

In the first event, seven laboratories were located and dismantled in the towns of "La pluma de la Gallina", "El Bledal", "Carricitos" and in the vicinity of the "José López Portillo" dam, located in the municipalities of Culiacán, Tamazula and Cosalá, Sinaloa, with approximately six tons of methamphetamine, 12,750 liters of essential chemicals, two tons of chemical precursors, three reactors of different capacities, as well as diverse material for the elaboration of this synthetic drug.

In a second action, a clandestine laboratory in the town of "El Tecomate", in the municipality of Culiacán, was destroyed and dismantled, with approximately 10 kilograms of methamphetamine, 6,050 liters of essential chemicals, one ton of chemical precursors, five reactors, eight distillers, two mixers, as well as diverse material for the elaboration of said drug.

These clandestine laboratories were dismantled and destroyed on site, resulting in a loss of millions of dollars to organized crime.

The Secretary of the Navy, through the Mexican Navy, stated that in this way it contributes to the joint efforts to combat criminal behavior, both in the establishment of clandestine laboratories and in the production of synthetic drugs in our country, thus weakening the production and distribution of drugs by criminal groups.

SOURCE: NOROESTE 

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Cartel de Sinaloa Abandons Corpses In Fresnillo

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

The day of violence in the municipality would be the responsibility of the Sinaloa Cartel, in accordance with the authorities.

It was three in the morning and 11 minutes when a group of subjects dumped five bodies in the vicinity of the Fresnillo Supply Central, in Zacatecas, according to records from surveillance cameras placed in the area.

The first investigations by the state Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) indicate that this act, as well as the abandonment of four other bodies a few kilometers away, could be attributed to the Sinaloa Cartel.

The recording that showed the first of these events was shared by reporter Ángel Martínez through his social networks.

At the aforementioned time, a white pick-up truck stops on Jesús Varela Rico Boulevard, a few meters from the municipal market.

Two men in black clothing traveling in a truck, with difficulty, throw the bodies they were carrying in the bed onto the asphalt. After a few seconds, the unit's co-pilot goes to the rear to help them pull the bodies.

Security cameras captured how the bodies were stacked one on top of the other in front of a water and solar heaters business, while the individuals rushed to get into the truck. In less than a minute they abandoned their victims and fled.

According to the report from the General Secretariat of the State Government, along with the deceased people – whose identities have not been corroborated – threatening messages “directed at an antagonistic group” were also posted.

These episodes of violence are considered a reaction by the Sinaloa Cartel to the operations that, since the afternoon of May 5, have resulted in the capture of 26 of its members.

Another display of their ability to commit crimes in the area was the carrying out of narco blockades in the Regional Security Units (UNIRSE) of Trancoso and Pánfilo Natera.

Alleged hitmen set fire to a trailer to interrupt traffic near UNIRSE in Trancoso.

The attack at the Trancoso police base was also captured on video by the surveillance circuit. The images show the moment in which one of the alleged members of the cartel parks the vehicle with the intention of occupying the entirety of one of the lanes, while his companions block the rest of the road with cars.

Seconds later, another subject approaches the cargo unit to set it on fire and flee without any authority stopping him.

Fresnillo, Zacatecas

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Police Arrest 4 Cartel de Sinaloa Operatives In Zacatecas Capital

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

They were in possession of firearms, magazines, rounds and drugs; There is a woman among those arrested, it was reported

As a result of the operational actions of the security forces in the state territory, in the state capital the arrest of four people was achieved and firearms and probable drugs were seized.

The arrest took place when personnel from the Zacatecas Immediate Reaction Forces (FRIZ) -of the State Preventive Police-, the Mexican Army and the National Guard were patrolling in the Mecánicos neighborhood, in Zacatecas.

At this site they saw four people traveling in a Mitsubishi Mirage GLX vehicle and who, upon noticing the presence of law enforcement, showed an evasive and suspicious attitude.

The operational personnel decided to catch up with them and, upon carrying out a physical inspection, they were detected in possession of two short firearms, two magazines, 21 rounds, 79 doses of crystal meth, five doses of cocaine and three cell phones.

The detainees identified themselves as Malvinas Daniel N, 20 years old; Kevin Yair N, 21 years old; Denilson Germán N, 24 years old; and Cecilia N., 36 years old, all originally from Durango.

The four people identified themselves as members of the criminal group called the Sinaloa Cartel and there are indications that they could be related to the criminal events of last Sunday and Monday.

The detainees, the weapons, the vehicle and other evidence were placed at the disposal of the competent authority so that the legal investigation could be carried out.

As a result of the criminal acts recorded on Sunday and Monday, a total of 26 people were arrested, all members of the same criminal group.

Zacatecas, Zacatecas

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Everything You See Here Is Coming Off

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

Several gunmen are mumbling amongst themselves as they go about their evil business during daylight hours. Each man’s low murmurs are mixed in with the grotesque task at hand. Along with their complicit determination of getting the job done. 

Every person seen here belongs to an unknown crime group. At this time we just don’t know which one though. Nonetheless, they’re all working confidently in the desecration of a deceased male. 

From the butcher who uses a bolo machete to slice through the cadavers fleshy leg. To the assassin who finalizes the removal with a hatchet in hand. 

They’re clearly demented experts skilled in profane matters that shouldn’t even exist. And a present day mob of murderers that have yet to be stopped. 

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The Interrogation Of 18 Year Old Raymundo

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

A young man by the name of Raymundo will narrate on camera his illicit affairs for the crime mob that be belongs to. Within the interrogation the moniker of an operative who goes by the name of Peso Pluma is revealed. 

The peculiar sobriquet of Peso Pluma means Feather Weight in English. It also happens to be the professional stage name of a famous Mexican musician who’s currently topping the Spanish music charts with his music. 

Both the captive and the Peso Pluma assassin work for Erick Cabrera Cabrera aka El Delta 1. They make up a part of the Los Deltas mob. 

Blood can be seen dripping down the rock that the enslaved male is sitting on. A large machete in the hands of a right handed assassin is what will more than likely be used to dismember him off camera after this video ends. 

Video translation is as follows:

Sicario: What’s your name?

Captive: My name is Raymundo. 

Sicario: How old are you?

Captive: 18 years old. 

Sicario: What do you do for a living?

Captive: I’m a gunman for the Los Deltas. 

Sicario: Who exactly recruited?

Captive: It was a soldier, he belongs to the Los Deltas mob. 

Sicario: What’s the name of the person in charge of you?

Captive: The individual who dispatches me to go do what is necessary is known as El Peso Pluma. 

Sicario: How many operatives do you guys have fighting against us?

Captive: Around 50 individuals. But there’s 30 guys nearby. Further up ahead there are 20 men. 

Sicario: How long have you been working for these fucking faggots?

Captive: 1 month. 

Sicario: How much are you being paid?

Captive: When I was hired on I was told 12, that I’d be paid 12 thousand pesos. But once I arrived they lowered it to 8 thousand. 

Sicario: What is their objective?

Captive: The objective is to enter the town of Saric. 

Sicario: How exactly were you captured?

Captive: I was captured in the hills where the radio antenna is at. 

Sicario: How were you captured, how exactly did it take place?

Captive: We were running along and one of my buddies said: 'go ahead and run to the front'. I was shot twice and left there lying on the ground. He in turn ran away. Afterwards I was apprehended there. 

Sicario: That happened to you because your team mates are nothing more than a bunch of faggot traitors. 

Captive: I believe so…

Saric, Sonora

México Código Rojo

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What Does It Mean To Be A Buchona In Mexico? 5 Defining Characteristics

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

Being a buchona is more than a style in Mexico, although its origin is linked to drug trafficking.

What is being a buchona in Mexico? 5 characteristics that define it

Buchona in Mexico has become a colloquial term, but what is it? Here we tell you about it and give you 5 characteristics that define it.

It is becoming more and more common to hear about buchonas in Mexico, even seeing more women who identify with that style.

Being a buchona in Mexico is no longer only exclusive to the narco-relationship.

What is it to be a buchona in Mexico? 5 characteristics that define it

What is being a buchona in Mexico?

Being a buchona in Mexico is no longer exclusive to be girlfriends, lovers or wives of drug lords who like great luxuries, as it was originally defined.

Currently being a buchona in Mexico, can be any woman who likes luxuries, as well as to show them off.

Although it should be made clear that being a "buchona" in Mexico is not only showing off luxuries, but it is also characterized by having certain ways. 

So being a buchona in Mexico is not the same as being a woman with money who has access to great luxuries.

But being a buchona in Mexico implies the way in which it is characterized, by the use of clothes, musical tastes, makeup, among others.

5 defining characteristics of being a buchona in Mexico

To identify and be a buchona in Mexico here are 5 characteristics that define her:

1. Having a sculpted and voluptuous body

Generally buchonas in Mexico are characterized by having a sculptural and voluptuous body.

Which means having a small waist, but with big hips and breasts. They also tend to have full and large lips.

It is no secret that buchonas in Mexico resort to aesthetic changes and operations to obtain these characteristics.

Besides this is not only a physical characteristic, but it also shows that money is a source to look the way you want.

2. Tight clothing

Tight clothing is one of the most important characteristics of being a buchona in Mexico, since the style of these women is like this.

With which the buchonas in Mexico manage to show off and display their body, at this point it is important to note that their tight clothing is also a style of its own.

They usually wear denim pants with a tube cut and sometimes with rips, as well as silk blouses and printed with prestigious brands and very high heels.

3. Accessories and luxury bags

Accessories such as bags are basic to achieve style and be a buchona in Mexico.

Generally buchonas in Mexico, as the rule dictates, use big bags and luxury brands. As well as rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings in gold generally.

4. Vehicles or trucks

The buchonas in Mexico also need luxury transportation, so the vehicles or trocas as they are colloquially called are ideal for them.

5. Makeup

Makeup to be a buchona in Mexico is one of the basic and almost obligatory characteristics.

Because it is one of the touches that makes them stand out, so to be a buchona in Mexico you must have make up with bright and dark colors, and generally smokey eyes style.

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The Extermination of Buchonas

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

An attempt to kill a woman who survived a massacre in Parral was made. But she manages to escape.

Criminals tried last night to kill a female survivor of the massacre who was being treated at the Hospital de Jesús.

Gunmen with assault rifles entered the hospital, subdued state agents and tried to kill Micaela but she managed to escape.

Medical employees said that at least four hooded men with high-powered weapons went to the room where the wounded woman was, but she managed to escape.

Micaela is the mother of the executed woman and was wounded in the attack against her family in which 4 people were killed.

Among the victims was Kevin Amalio Hernández Ortega, singer of the group H. Norteña and a teacher by profession.

The body of Marisela Barrón Sandoval, Hernández Ortega's wife, also shot to death, was left in the same place.

Later, it was discovered that Marisela's mother and three wounded teenagers were inside a vehicle.

Paul Ezequiel Ramirez Barron, 17, and his sister Angela Ramirez, 14, died hours after the attack.

During the early hours of Monday morning, an attempted execution was reported inside the hospital, where armed civilians burst in looking for Micaela, Marisela's mother. Despite efforts to kill her, the woman managed to escape.

This event has spread fear in the city, especially among those close to the affected families.

Singer Kevin Amalio Hernández Ortega and his wife

H. Norteña band

Hospital de Jesus

Parral, Chihuahua 

Hospital de Jesus

Parral, Chihuahua 

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Los Pelones Behead An Enemy In Sonora

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

A man’s eyes are bulging in shock and disbelief at the fact that his head is being violently removed. That ugly moment within his life where the realization of how his exit from this world plays out dawns on him. 

Every indication of this is clearly seen across his pained face as he lays there on the desert ground immobile to everything happening all around him. He appears to be seriously injured and there really isn’t much that he can do to defend himself at this point.

Gunmen for Omar Feliz Loaiza aka El Pelón have taken advantage of this by simply using a shovel placed against his chest to hold him in place. A small fixed blade knife is seen rushing back and forth across the fallen man’s neck. 

His vital fluids pour out just as fast as the assassin slashes through the flesh and cervical spine. 

Video translation is as follows:

Sicario #1 mockingly says: So, you were saying long live Los Pelones. Isn’t that right? Long live Los Pelones, long live Los Pelones?

Sicario #2 mockingly says: Long live Los Pelones you dick. 

Sicario #1 says to his counterpart: Ok, buddy you’re next. Is this how it’s done?

Sicario #3: Yes, that’s exactly how. 

Sicario #1 mockingly says: Go ahead and claim long live Los Pelones now. 

Sicario #4 mockingly says: Long live Los Pelones you fuck. 

Sicario #5: Take a look at how beautiful that wet work looks. 

Sicario #1: This will be the fate of every Salazares gunmen. Every Salazares operative will go through this. 

Sicario #6: You dogs, the only ones in charge here will be Los Pelones. 

Sicario #1:  Every Salazares operative will go through this.

Sicario #5: Check out how beautiful that bloods pours out. That’s exactly how it should be done doggies. Just like that sir. 

Several hitmen say: Where are the Salas (Salazares) gunmen at now?

Sicario #1: Try sticking your tongue out again you son of a bitch. Go ahead and try saying again long live Los Salas. 

Sicario #5: I’ve got the shovel here for that particular bone that we need…

Sonora, Mexico 

La Mera Verga

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Three Surfers Camping in Baja California Were Executed, Mexico Claims Case is Atypical, Denies Cartels Were Involved

"HEARST" for Borderland Beat

Three surfers - two from Australia and one from the US - went on a road trip from San Diego into Mexico, planning to hit up all the prime surf beaches in Baja California. 

A few days into their trip, the surfers went missing after a night of camping on the beach. Authorities found their camp abandoned, with blood stains and a tooth showing a struggle had occurred. 

Three Mexican citizens have been arrested in connection with the case and three dead bodies which are likely the surfers have been found. 

This week Mexican authorities have been insisting the murder of the surfers is unrelated to the cartel groups which rule over the state, downplaying the fourth dead body that was found with the victims but the circumstances surrounding this fourth victim may be key to unraveling the larger criminal ties of the perpetrators.

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Cartier Jewelry Family Heir Charged with Money Laundering for Colombian Cartel

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

Maximilian de Hoop Cartier, a descendant of Louis Cartier, was arrested in Miami on money laundering charges, allegedly collaborating with a Colombian drug cartel.

Together with 5 Colombian nationals, Cartier attempted to import 100 kg of cocaine and launder hundreds of millions of dollars, mainly through over-the-counter (OTC) transactions with crypto stablecoin Tether. Before being arrested, they successfully laundered $14.5 million USDT. While Cartier is detained in Miami, his associates are in Colombian prisons.

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Banners Hung By Hitmen of 'La MB (C-D-S)' Affiliated To Los Chapitos Faction Of The Sinaloa Cartel Call For Independent Groups To Unite And Fight 'Jaliscos' In Salamanca And Irapuato: Guanajuato

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

The following information and pictures were shared by LAMB and All Source News on X

The following information was shared by All Source News on X,

" A faction of Los Chapitos of the Sinaloa Cartel left various narco banners in Irapuato and Salamanca, Guanajuato, threatening CJNG and other independent groups.

Source:

@Lameravrg1333

and local social media groups."

BANNERS HUNG IN SALAMANCA AND IRAPUATO BY LA MB (C-D-S)

BANNERS READ

" THIS STATEMENT IS DIRECTED AT ALL INDEPENDENT GROUPS THAT OPERATE IN THE STATE AND FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL 

THIS FIGHT IS NOT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE REITERATE IT IS AGAINST THE DIRTBAGS OF CJNG THEY HAVE NOTHING LEFT THEY ARE LEAVING THE STATE THAT IS WHY WE ARE CALLING FOR ALL THE INDEPENDENT GROUPS NOT TO GIVE UP THE FIGHT AGAINST THOSE DIRTBAGS KIDNAPPERS OF CJNG WE GOTTA KEEP FIGHTING OUR AREAS OF CONTROL TAKE CARE OF OUR LAND SO THINGS CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL LIKE BEFORE THOSE DIRTBAGS ARRIVED. 

WE ARE MAKING THIS CALL OF REMEMBRANCE HERE WE ARE NOT SCARED SIMPLY WE SHOULD ALL FIGHT TOGETHER AGAINST OUR COMMON ENEMY WHICH IS THE CJNG CARTEL SO IF YOU RESPECT US WE WILL RESPECT YOU ON THE CONTRARY IF YOU DO NOT RESPECT US WE WILL FUCKING KILL YOU WHOEVER FUCKS WITH US. 

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO RETURN THE PLAZA OF IRAPUATO AND ALL OF GUANAJUATO TO PEACE. 

SINCERELY: LA MB     C-D-S

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Tsvia Kol Sentenced to 9 Years for Distributing Sinaloa Cartel Meth, No Murder Charges Yet

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

Based on an NBC Miami Article by Tony Pipitone

A methamphetamine distributor connected by police to the Sinaloa cartel was sentenced Thursday to nine years in federal prison, but her alleged role in luring a drug courier to his murder by a cartel-connected hitman went unmentioned in open court.

The government has not explained why it did not arrest the distributor, Tsvia Kol, in July 2021, 16 months before the murder – when she admitted distributing 15 pounds of meth to coconspirators in violation of her 2020 cooperation agreement with the feds.

A federal agent would later testify he and other agents “completely shut off communications” with Kol when she did the July 2021 “deal on her own. She lied to us and we were out of it.”

She was never charged for the 15-pound shipment and was not arrested for possessing nearly two kilos of meth in 2020 until December 2022, the day after the body of 46-year-old Julio Gonzalez was found in a Miami Springs hotel room.

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