Wixárita Leader, Shaman and Activist Assassinated

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Animal Politico

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On Saturday, September 8, 2018 Maracame Margarito Díaz González, representative of the Wirikuta Security Council, was murdered when he arrived home.  Armed men arrived at his home, located in Aguamilpa, municipality of Nayar, in the state of Nayarit, and shot him in the face, according to the website Somos el Medio.

Margarito was known for his defense of the sacred sites of the Wixárika people, before the arrival of the Canadian mining companies in the Wirikuta area in the state of San Luis Potosí.

This Tuesday the Marakame was dismissed, ie enterred,  by his community, who considered him "an honest, fair human being, a man of great faith in his Wixárika culture", according to Somos el Medio.

The Wixárika people demanded that the Governor of Nayarit, Antonio Echevarría García, demand an investigation, clarify the murder and respect indigenous rights.

For the Wixárita people, a Marakame is a type of Huichol "shaman" who knows the ritual texts and knows how to recite them, as well as having a magical ability to communicate with the gods. He is also responsible for the welfare of the community as its guide.

20% of California marijuana products failing tests for potency and purity

Canadiana BB Forum Republished from AP

Nearly 20 percent of marijuana products in California have failed tests for potency and purity since the state started requiring the checks on July 1, a failure rate some in the industry say has more to do with unrealistic standards and technical glitches than protecting consumer safety.

The testing has been especially tough on cannabis-infused cookies, candies and tinctures: About one-third have been blocked from store shelves.

In much smaller numbers, testing companies licensed by the state are finding unacceptable levels of pesticides, solvents and bacteria, including E. coli and salmonella, according to data provided to The Associated Press by the state Bureau of Cannabis Control.

In the first two months, nearly 11,000 samples were tested and almost 2,000 failed. In some cases, the product must be destroyed. But many involve labeling issues that can be corrected. For example, a marijuana bud that’s tested to show a different potency than what’s on the label can be relabeled and sold with the right specification.

Viagras and 'El Tukan' battle it out in Parácuaro, Michoacán

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat-Thank you Tu Fren👏 from El Excelsior

From 11:00 am on Monday, members of two rival groups of organized crime that are disputing control of the municipality of Parácuaro, were engaged in a shootout, keeping the residents terrorized.

According to versions of inhabitants, gunmen of the self-styled "Los Viagras" and people of the Mario Romero Rodríguez group, nicknamed "El Tukan", staged pursuits and confrontations through the streets and roads of Parácuaro before noon.

Both Foreigners Shot Dead in Culiacán were Colombian

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Noroeste

NOTE: This information is also run in Debate; It is a correction from the first incorrect reports that one of these foreign men was an American. We were suspicious from the time the news broke and now it has been confirmed that both men were Colombian citizens.

The two foreigners who were murdered on September 11, are both of Colombian origin. One of them resided in the entity since 2015 and had a parcel business, said Deputy District Attorney Nuria González Elizalde. It was originally reported that one was a US citizen. 

"They are of Colombian nationality, so they were recognized by the consular authorities of the country of Colombia," he said. The crime occurred on September 11, when the men were attacked with bullets upon arriving at a home in the Pradera Dorada subdivision. The victims were identified as Jhon "N" and Alexis "N".

Chapo's son "Alfredillo" placed on DEA most wanted list

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat

Jesus Alfredo Guzman-Salazar aka “Alfredillo”, was added to DEA’s 10 Most Wanted List.  The 35 year old joins Mexican drug traffickers, Nemesio Oseguera-Cervantes aka “El Mencho” supreme leader of CJNG, Ismael Zambada Garcia, “El Mayo” leader of Sinaloa Cartel and Rafael Caro Quintero accused of kidnapping and murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena.

Alfredillo,  the son of Chapo and his first wife, Alejandrina Salazar Hernández,    is wanted for the crimes of conspiracy for possession and attempted distribution of controlled substances.

The drug administration has identified him as logistics coordinator for trafficking of cocaine into the United States from Central and South America.  Reports in Mexican media describe him as closest to his father and the “business”.

3 killed while baby is left unharmed in Guanajuato

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat from Reforma

A baby of at least eight months was found alive in a Pick-up truck in which three were executed in Irapuato, Guanajuato.

According to reports, this morning it was reported that the unit was abandoned, with several bodies inside.

First responders flocked to the site and found the unharmed baby in the cab of the vehicle.

The agents located the corpses of two men and a woman in the truck bed.

More Cocaine of the Sea: Poached Lobster and Turtle Meat

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: ZETA

Mexican Soldiers and Conapesca inspectors found the cargo in a cooler truck, in cardboard boxes.

By: Marco A Flores

More than 3 tons of lobster and sea turtle meat were seized by elements of the 67th Infantry Battalion on Sunday, September 9, at the Ejido Ajusco military post, the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement.

Lobster and Turtle meat, along with many species of mollusks and the infamous Totoaba bladders are favorites of a big black market run by organized crime groups, most often ending up in China.

The soldiers and authorities of the National Fisheries Commission carried out a review in the back of a white ice-cube truck that circulated from South to North.

Mexicali BC: Russian Run Fentanyl Lab Busted

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: UniMexicali

Extras from ZETA

What could be a historic discovery of an alleged laboratory for the production of synthetic heroin better known as fentanyl was detected in the San Marcos neighborhood by the State Preventive Police (PEP)

Anton Petrov Kulkini, 48 years old and of Russian origin, and Iván Arredondo Ramírez, 50, from Caborca, Sonora, were detained by agents of the State Preventive Police, in an address in the San Marcos neighborhood in Mexicali, It worked as a laboratory for the production of synthetic heroin, better known as fentanyl.

This action was the result of the tasks performed in at least six months of monitoring and intelligence work by the PEP, achieving the arrest of two subjects, Ivan "N", 50 years old, originally from Caborca, Sonora, and Anton "N", 48 years old, of Russian origin.

Chapo Isidro's war against the sons of El Chapo

Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat  From Jalisco Union

It was the Government of the United States that was the first to identify Fausto Isidro Meza Flores, 'El Chapo Isidro' , as one of the Mexican drug lords,  who carries out the largest number of drug trafficking operations in his territory.

But despite having an arrest warrant in the US, the judges of our country were in charge of tearing down the judicial mandate against him and thus avoid, his capture, or facing a trial for his extradition.

Although the legal battle seems to be in his favor, the fight to be the dominant criminal group in the Sonora area is more complicated.

'El Chapo Isidro' faces his former allies of the Sinaloa Cartel, who do not forgive his choosing BLO over El Chapo after the BLO/Sinaloa split.

Mencho arrives in Aguascalientes

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat  from VXT

The morning of this Tuesday was located in the boardwalk of the municipality of Calvillo a narcomanta signed by the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, announcing its arrival.

The narco message was placed on the vehicular bridge. Then removed and sent to the State Attorney General's Office.

The message:

CJNG wants its arrival known to Calvillo, to finish the damned corruption.

Sincerely,

CJNG

12 Disappeared in Hidalgo

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: TelevisaNews

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12 people have disappeared in the municipality of  Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo , and the Attorney General's Office of the State of Hidalgo (PGJEH) is already investigating the discovery of the three vehicles in which they were traveling.

The agency reported in a statement that the 12 people, 10 men and two women, left the municipality of Ixmiquilpan on the night of September 4 and their family members knew nothing about them when they allegedly went to the municipality of Huichapan.

The three vehicles in which they were traveling were found and the Specialized Unit in the Fight against Kidnapping is in charge of finding the whereabouts of all of them.

Who protects the Tepito Union?

Translated by El Profe for Borderland Beat from El Universal

                      

Two people died yesterday in Tepito from gunshot wounds. The police were alerted through the C2 Center: there were gunshots in Manuel de la Peña and Peña streets. Two people were lying in the street. There were more than 15 shells. The victims had been shot in the skull. Their ages: 28 and 41.

There was another shooting on August 25.

Two men fell dead and one woman was injured. The neighbors alerted the police. When the uniformed men appeared, two men had died. It was the same street: Manuel de la Peña y Peña.

Also in Manuel de la Peña and Peña streets two people were killed on August 18. It started on Sunday. It was close to eight in the morning. The victims were drinking beer. Someone arrived, took a gun out from their clothes and fired on them. The result: two dead and three injured.

Pedro Aviles Perez , "The Lion of the Sierras" , the first capo [boss] of Mexico drug trafficking

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat From La Silla RotaRodrigo Gutierrez Gonzalez
Nicknamed "El Leon de la Sierra"(The Lion of the mountain range), he was the criminal mastermind  of several fearsome capos in the drug trade.

Translated for Borderland Beat by "Cruz"

Pedro Aviles, the first boss of the drug trade in Mexico 

Drug Trafficking has changed in the past years. Back then, the violence was unnecessary and the organizations were scarce.

Only 2 organizations that had been identified by the authorities existed in the 70´s, currently, they know of the existence of 9 cartels and 36 groups, cells, or gangs linked to some of these criminal organizations.

The 2 organizations involved in the drug trade, which back then were not even called cartels rather were known as "clicas"(clicks), they were the Gulf and Pacific organizations.

The latter was lead by Pedro Aviles Perez he was better known as "El Leon de la Sierra". He is considered the first boss of drug trafficking in Mexico.

Veracruz: Massive Numbers in Clandestine Graves

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Animal Politico

By: Ignacio Carvajal + extra material
Alvarado, Veracruz / Mexico City

Veracruz:  The struggles for territory in the criminal map of criminal organizations have left a trail of death and disappearances that erupted once again with the discovery of 32 clandestine graves in the region of Arbolillo in the municipality of Alvarado, Veracruz, where up to now they have recovered 174 skulls of people who were murdered and buried.

According to the information provided by security sources, the Gulf region has been strongly contested by two organizations: Los Zetas, which entered in 2004 and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), a gang that undertook to seek control of the plaza and the killings began.

Before they arrived in Veracruz Los Zetas and the Cartel of Jalisco Nueva Generación, the capo Toribio Gargallo inaugurated the practice of throwing his victims in wells that he used as clandestine graves.

The bloody fight between "El Mencho" and his former allies

Translated by El Profe for Borderleand Beat from La Jornada
                   
                        

Former allies of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, dispute control over the western part of the country: Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, Michoacán and Guanajuato, where there have been 643 murders reported from January to July. 

Carlos Enrique Sánchez Martínez, El Cholo, founder of the Nueva Plaza cartel - the first split facing El Mencho - may have support from the Sinaloa cartel.

To this alliance, according to sources consulted by the security cabinet, is the return of Erick Valencia Salazar, El 85, together with El Mencho founded one of the most powerful organization to date. 

The western part of the country is one of the most important, strategically, for the drug cartels, as the ports of Manzanillo and Lázaro Cárdenas are the gateway for chemical precursors from Asia for the manufacture of synthetic drugs.

Zeta receives a sentence of 283 years for the killing of an Italian businessman and kidnappings

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat Material from Reforma and Univision

Three of the four kidnappers have now been sentenced

Severe prison terms have been sentenced in kidnapping and homicide cases.

José Ortíz Cuevas was sentenced to 283 years for his role in the kidnapping and murder of Italian restaurant owner Claudio Conti Bonetti of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, along with five other cases of kidnapping.

Co-Conspirator Rubén Raúl Pérez Mijangos was ordered to serve 77 years for his role in the kidnapping and murder of Conti.

The two men, both members of the Zetas criminal organization, abducted Conti in June 2008

Four alleged suspects in Mexico's kidnapping of Italian businessman Claudio Conti Bonetti, who is presumed dead, were captured by federal police, reported the Public Security Secretariat (SSP) Conti Bonetti, 53,  was abducted on June 3, 2008. His captors demanded a ransom in pesos of the equivalent of $ 700k USD.

“El Mayo” Zambada: 40 Years of Secrecy in Hiding

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Riodoce

Riodoce Special
By: Ismael Bojorquéz

Very few narcos  in Mexico have had the audacity to live for almost 40 years amid persecution and death, drugs, loyalties and betrayals, internal wars between cartels, excesses and loneliness that carry power, fame and a life underground. All this without ever stepping foot in a jail. Ismael Zambada Garcia, "El Mayo" , is one of them.

From the Gulf organizations, Juan Nepomuceno Guerra died at home at age 86, although he was imprisoned for short periods several times. Of the Sinaloan  capos, only Eduardo Lalo Fernandez never set foot in jail and died of old age .

All others were killed and those who were not have  paid or are paying for  their crimes in jails and prisons. 

2 Marina elements and 3 Los Viagras sicarios killed in Buenavista Michoacan

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Buenavista Tomatlán, Michoacán; to September 9, 2018.- Three alleged assassins and two elements of the Navy of Mexico [Marina] were killed during a confrontation that took place on Sunday morning,

The events occurred in the locality of the Cenobio Moreno neighborhoods, at apx 06:30 hours.  There was a confrontation between alleged members of the criminal group "Los Viagras" and elements of the Navy.

The confrontation lasted for several minutes and at the end left a balance of three alleged assassins killed as well as two elements of the Navy, in addition to one injured.

After the shootout, road closures were recorded on the roads that lead from Apatzingán to Colinias, in the Chandio stretch.

Narcos Control Chihuahua's Sierra

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: El Heraldo

                                                   Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua
By: Ricardo Holguín

The wood that illegal groups steal or cut clandestinely from the mountains of the State of Chihuahua, identified as the Juarez Cartel through "La Línea" and the Sinaloa Cartel through "Gente Nueva", is marketed in different small and large businesses in the furniture industry, mainly in municipalities such as Parral, Delicias, Chihuahua, Madera and Guerrero.

According to some of the owners of sawmills in the most dangerous areas for timber trade in the state, such as Uruachi, Bocoyna and surroundings, organized crime criminals sell stolen or felled wood at affordable costs to different businesses, which for this reason they are forced to acquire it.

For security reasons, having sawmills in operation in the Sierra Tarahumara, the merchant decided to remain anonymous and explained that there is a quota for some workers who want to enter the business, which has triggered the dispute over the control of wood in the mill, as has happened in recent days.

Border Patrol agent shot at from Mexico side of the border, suspect in custody

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A Border Patrol agent was shot at early Sunday morning while sitting in his marked patrol vehicle near the San Ysidro Port of Entry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

The shooting happened shortly after 2:15 a.m. about 1 1/2 miles west from the San Ysidro border crossing and immediately north of the U.S.-Mexico international boundary, the agency said.

The agent, who was not hurt, immediately drove to a safer location. An initial inspection found several bullet holes on the driver's side of the vehicle, the CBP said.

The shooting appeared to have originated from Mexico side of the border and authorities there were immediately contacted, the agency said.

Mexican authorities initially took two suspects into custody and one of them was found with a handgun, the CBP said. The other person was released.

The FBI was contacted and is investigating the matter.