DEA: Strong message the U.S. has for the cartels

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat TY Gus FoxSanAntonio

SAN ANTONIO — Ovidio Guzman Lopez was on the DEA's Most Wanted List, like his father "El Chapo" Guzman and his brothers, but after a brief arrest Ovidio Guzman Lopez is free again in Mexico. Fox San Antonio reports in this week's On the Frontlines with the DEA, this doesn't change anything for the new Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. I sat down with Uttam Dhillon, head of the DEA, in his first exclusive interview in San Antonio, since taking the job.

With the current power struggle in Mexico for the plazas, we asked Dhillon how this is affecting the amount and types of drugs that are coming in the country through Texas. These were the images just a few weeks ago when El Chapo's son was arrested in the state of Sinaloa. But that arrest didn't last long, citing the safety of the residents of Culiacan Mexico, where he was arrested, the Mexican government released Guzman even though he is not only wanted in Mexico, but is on the DEA's most wanted list for trafficking drugs.

Guerrero: Sistema de Seguridad de Xaltianguis aka Los Dumbos: 5 Members Apprehended

Chilpancingo, Guerrero - The tally in apprehensions for Los Dumbos is 14 and 10 for the UPOEG.

Five other members of the Sistema de Seguridad de Xaltianguis (SSX) or “Los Dumbos” were arrested on Tuesday after an operation implemented by the Federal and State Government in that town of the municipality of Acapulco, after the strong clashes.

After this detention, inhabitants of that town blocked the federal highway Mexico-Acapulco. They burned tires and at least two vehicles to demand that the authorities release the 14 detainees of that armed group.

Grupo Sombra Assassinates Gregorio Cruz Martinez

Alamo, Veracruz - A man was lying in front of the tire shop in which he worked as a technician. A motorcyclist arrived at the establishment and shot him at point blank range and fled immediately.

Once the paramedics arrived the man no longer had vital signs. He was identified as Gregorio Cruz Martínez, 55, a resident of the Pueblo Nuevo ejido. The reason for the attack remains unknown.

Manta reads as follows:
This will be the fate of all the scums, chapulines, extortionists, kidnappers and dumb asses that try to pass themselves off as us. Comandante Tornado Grupo Sombra.

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VIDEOS: "Narco-Blockade" on Acapulco - Zihuatanejo Highway with Burning Trucks and a Bus

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: ElDiario y RadioFormula

                   Armed group blocks Acapulco-Zihuatanejo highway; setting 3 vehicles on fire

An armed group closed the federal highway Acapulco-Zihuatanejo , by setting three vehicles on fire today at 6:30 in the morning. The vehicles were a passenger bus, a garbage truck and a truck.

With information from Ángeles Rodríguez, correspondent in Acapulco, Formula Group , it is an armed group that did the same thing 8 days ago to demand the departure of the National Guard and the State Police.

In addition, based on information from Twitter users, it is “ The Guerrerense Guard ” of “El Ruso”, who mocked the elements of the National Guard and National Defense Secretariat.

Confirmed: El Chapo's wife to join cast of the docu-series "Cartel Crew"

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat

VH1 executives confirmed Monday that Emma Coronel Aispuro will be making several appearances and is expected to open up “about her life after El Chapo,” as well as her business venture.

I don’t know if you have seen the VH1 series “Cartel Crew”.  I took a look when it came out and couldn’t stomach even one episode.

For me it is reminiscent of the Real Housewives or other reality shows….but not as good.

The over the top self-absorbed behavior is off-putting as is the cartel glorification. 

The “crew” says it was Emma Coronel’s attorney who approached the series about her joining.  No doubt the interest will climb.  The docuseries is framed around 8 offspring from the cartel life, and a glimpse into their world as they pilot through adulthood.

CJNG: Maximiliano Gonzalez Interrogation and Disappearance

Cancún, Quintana Roo - The investigation into the disappearance of Maximiliano Gonzalez Rojas on October 27 has taken an unexpected turn.

Now that a video allegedly recorded of him has surfaced where he says that the following happened to him because he sold drugs on behalf of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel. All this while being surrounded by masked men. 

The 18-year-old wearing a white shirt explains that he had "trouble paying the bill at the Cavana District nightclub", subsequently he went home and then a few blocks away from the establishment he and his friend were kidnapped.

Bolivia's Evo Morales boarded plane to Mexico: Even his supporters say "Thanks.....but goodbye"

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat Reforma

The ousted Bolivian president signaled that his exile will be brief.  Bolivian officials in La Paz attempt to form an interim government.

The Government of Mexico granted political asylum to Evo Morales yesterday after he resigned his position as President of Bolivia and sent a plane for him.

Mexico sent a Gulfstream G-550 jet to bring the former Bolivian president from La Paz to Mexico. The plane cost 55 million dollars, and is one of 72 planes that are for sale by the AMLO administration.

On the way, the jet stopped in Lima, Peru, to refuel and in Asunción, Paraguay.

The Foreign Secretary, Marcelo Ebrard, said in a message to the media that Morales was given asylum "for humanitarian reasons and because of the urgent situation he faces in Bolivia, where his life and integrity are at risk."

Lalo, Former Juarez Cartel Member and US Informant - Interview

[2003 - 2004]

Guillermo Eduardo Ramírez Peyro, a.k.a. "Lalo", was a former Mexican Highway Patrol officer and a paid informant of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. "Lalo" also reported to the DEA. After infiltrating the Juárez Cartel, he worked with Heriberto Santillán Tabares and helped him murder people in Mexico. "Lalo" had foreknowledge of planned killings and claims that he informed his US handlers of the intended crimes. It has been asserted that US officials, including Johnny Sutton, the United States Attorney of United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, were aware of the murderous activities of the informant, but failed to intervene. Juanita Fielden, Assistant US Attorney, is a defendant in a lawsuit for wrongful death brought forward by families of victims of the "House of Death."

Buggs personally interviewed Lalo in a podcast.

This podcast contains graphic violence, discretion is advised.

Interview is in Spanish

U.S. Issues New Travel Alert for Chihuahua

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: El Debate y USEmbassy.com

                   U.S. issues level two travel alert for  Chihuahua due to increased criminal activity

It was reported that U.S. government personnel are prohibited from traveling to the city of Chihuahua until further notice.

Through the website of the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico, it was reported that due to the marked increase in security incidents in the city of Chihuahua, U.S. government personnel are prohibited from traveling to the City of Chihuahua until new notice.

CDN Tropa del Inferno sicario killed in confrontation: Relatives seek donations to fund his funeral

Relatives of the alleged sicario killed last Wednesday by elements of the Fuerza Civil in Lampazos, Nuevo León, committed themselves to selling menudo and asking for donations to help pay for the funeral expenses of their family member.

Through a publication posted on social networks, the identity of the deceased, Mario "N", aka "El Chiquilín", who was originally from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, and was a suspected member of the Cartel del Noreste (CDN) was announced.

100 Mormon group members exits Mexico for safety, after cartel attack kills 9

By Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat

After spokespersons for the Lebaron family vowed to stay in Mexico, others had second thoughts.  In the past few days more reports came from the group that some strongly felt the attack against women and children from the Mormon group, that left 9 dead, was not happenstance but a targeted attack.

They are Fortunate, they are Mexican citizens with dual U.S. citizenship, which gives them options to escape the cartel violence,  they believe they would confront additional attacks by cartels.

The members are from the La Mora community, one of two Mormon settlements in northeast Sonora, the other is the Labaron Colonia.  La Mora is the much smaller community of the two and where the victims of the cartel attack were from.

"El Menchito" lawyer claims there is judicial terrorism and extrajudicial interference of the DEA

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat TY Gus ElImparcial

Defense says; Rubén Oseguera, aka "El Menchito", has suffered judicial terrorism and claims DEA interference. He pointed to a DEA agent named Kyle J. Morí, who, according to him, “operates the extradition matter in Mexico in an extrajudicial manner.

MEXICO CITY.- Víctor Francisco Beltrán García, lawyer for Rubén Oseguera González, “El Menchito”, filed a complaint with the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) against various authorities responsible for the administration and administration of justice.

On October 28, the litigator went to the headquarters of the FGR where he accused “judicial terrorism” used against his client and of the alleged interference of DEA agents, operating in Mexico, in the extradition process against his client.

He pointed to the DEA agent named Kyle J. Morí, who, according to him, “operates the Oseguera González extradition matter in Mexico in an extrajudicial manner.  Oseguera González is requested by the United States government.

Armed command attacks police in Oaxaca; report five dead

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat TYGus  from Excelsior

#ImágenesFuertes #Vídeo comando armado embosca a un grupo de #Policías en #SanVicenteCoatlán #Oaxaca, estas imágenes es del momento que reciben los cuerpos, en la semefo soltando lágrimas lgunos de ellos #MexicoRojo #VerFollow #EU #EUA #USA #California #Texas #LosAngeles #Florida pic.twitter.com/xsPy03zN8i

— 🇲🇽🇲🇽 ALERTA CÓDIGO ROJO 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 (@SinCensuraMx_) November 9, 2019

Note: Although the images in twitter video depicts the 5 police in the morgue, the footage is not of graphic violence.  

Five dead and four wounded is the preliminary tally of an armed attack on elements of the Oaxaca State Police in the municipality of San Vicente Coatlán.

Chihuahua, Chihuahua: The State Of Fear Continues

The increase in criminal activity in the State Capital has set off alarms in the American government.

The American Consulate in Ciudad Juarez has issued warnings that U.S. citizens are advised not to travel to Chihuahua so as not to put their lives at risk.

The notice was issued this Friday after the last bloody events that occurred in the city streets and throughout the state.

CDN: Tropa del Infierno Leave Manta And Dismembered Man

Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas - Images of a manta and a dismembered man have surfaced online today. The Tropa del Infierno cell left a corpse and a manta where they announced their presence in the Mexican town of Ciudad Victoria. In their message for the masses they warn their rivals of the fate that awaits them should they refuse to align themselves with their cartel.

Manta reads as follows: 

From CDN to the whole gang of dumb asses who work for those whores the Golfas. Or whatever it is that you call yourselves, the so called X’s, Panchas, and the Mencha’s from CJNG. Don’t bother thinking that you’re going to conquer the world. Because like this dumb ass Cesarin this will be your fate. Stop poisoning the population with Mencha’s crystal meth. The purge continues. So it’s best that you align yourselves with us: Illegal storefronts that sell drugs, crystal meth heads, illegal tariff collectors, and the so called Netflix bodyguards. Join our gang otherwise you will all end up sucking dick like this dumb ass.

Warning Extremely Graphic Images Below

Sonora: Armed Hold Up on the Highway, Millions in Gold Bars Stolen

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Imparcial y Debate y Infobae

Sonora:   The theft of 47 gold bars, equivalent to 722 kilograms, was recorded Friday night when it was being transported in a vehicle of a securities company on the International Highway on the Sonoyta section.

The company produced a total of 94 ingots between July, August and September, so the armed group took half of the production of that period. The estimated value of the 47 stolen gold bars would reach a value greater than 500 million pesos, this according to El Universal, (ie approx $25 million USD.)

An armored truck of the SVD company, owned by the Noche Buena mining company, a subsidiary of the Corporation Fresnillo PLC, was intercepted by heavily armed individuals, who beat the three security guards who were traveling in the vehicle , sustained injuries and the thieves took the millions of gold bullion.

Guanajuato-Silao Free Road: 10 Bags of Human Remains with Message

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Proceso

Ten plastic bags with human remains were abandoned on the free road from Guanajuato to Silao, above them there was a threatening message addressed to the Secretary of Citizen Security of the capital, Samuel Ugalde García.

According to the first reports, the dawn of this Saturday, several vehicles left the bags with the human remains and with a cardboard, with a message with threats of an organized crime group.

The finding was reported around 5:00 am on Saturday, at the junction between the community of Santa Teresa and the exit to Silao and Irapuato.The area was protected by security elements of the three governing bodies.

Tlaquepaque, Jalisco: 2 Bodies Plus 15 Bags of Human Remains Found So Far

• Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Milenio

A clandestine grave with 15 plastic bags , in which human remains are presumed , was located in one of the farms that were secured as part of the investigation of the events that occurred on November 6 in which 15 were arrested people after an attack on elements of the National Guard in the municipality of San Pedro Tlaquepaque . The Office of the State of Jalisco secured three farms as part of the investigations undertaken

Yesterday, at the end of the first day of work they located two bodies and 15 plastic bags that apparently contain human remains. 

Institute of Forensic Sciences(IJCF) reviewed the first of the farms and with the support of canine personnel and technological equipment, and determined that there is at least one clandestine grave. The search will continued this Saturday. 

Acápulco: 45 Tourists Robbed in Hotel Diana Lobby

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Vanguardia y SinEmbargo y RadioFormula

Armed men assault hotel lobby in Acápulco; they take 32,000 pesos, luggage and belongings from tourist group. A total of 45 tourists were victims of the robbery in the lobby of the Hotel Diana Acapulco.

Three armed men assaulted  a group of  hikers  from the municipality of  Nezahualcóyotl , in the  State of Mexico,  when they registered at a  hotel  located one block from the Costera Avenue  , in the Magallanes subdivision of Acápulco, Guerrero.

The director of the Tourist Assistance and Protection Center of Acapulco (CAPTA), Jondalar Castillo, confirmed that the visitors were treated in that office where they were guided and accompanied to  report the incident to the Special Prosecutor's Office for Tourist Assistance.

Video: Sinaloa sicarios convoy, arrives in Guanajuato supporting El Marro in removing CJNG

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat TY Gus from Infobae

Alleged hitmen of the Sinaloa Cartel aboard several trucks, one of them a modified narco tank, arrived in the municipality of Allende, in Guanajuato, which was captured in a video that quickly went viral on social networks.

Unofficially, about 200 alleged members of the Cartel commanded by Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and "Los Chapitos" arrived at the site in order to support José Antonio Yépez, aka "El Marro", leader of the Santa Rosa Cartel from Lima (CSRL), to remove the Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) from the entity.  CJNG is  led by “El Mencho”.

The Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, dedicated mainly to fuel theft (criminality known as “huachicoleo”) and to extortion, has its base of operations in the community of the same name and since 2017 maintains a strong dispute with the bloodthirsty Cartel Jalisco, which has a strong presence in the municipalities of León, Silao, Dolores, the town of Rincon and the northwest of the state.

Veracruz: Local PRI Deputy Murdered at his Ranch

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Vanguardia y Excelsior y Milenio

                                         The official was found lifeless inside his SUV.
At his Rancho Flor de Alba, located in the community of Rancho del Padre, he had obtained first places internationally in livestock competitions.

The first police reports talk about armed people entering the property of the legislator and killing several people. It was around noon on Saturday it was reported that some subjects aboard a car opened fire on the deputy.

A group of armed people murdered the local PRI deputy Juan Carlos Molina Palacios, leader of the CNC , at his Santa Rosalía ranch located in El Padre, municipality of Medellín de Bravo, very close to the Veracruz-Boca del Río conurbation zone.

The first police reports speak of armed people entering the property of the legislator and killing several people , apparently escorts of the peasant leader. An ambulance was requested to attend the legislator, however, paramedics confirmed his death due to gunshot wounds.

14 Year Old American Tries to Cross the Mx/US Border with Arsenal

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: El Sol y NogalesInt'l

                              14 year old American tries to cross an arsenal through Nogales

Ramsés Adrián 'N', entered Mexican territory aboard a Ford Explorer, in which they detected three assault rifles, for the exclusive use of the Army , two short weapons and 7,441 useful cartridges. 

A 14-year-old U.S. citizen who tried to drive an SUV loaded with guns and ammunition into Mexico was arrested just south of the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry on Wednesday night after trying to flee a Mexican customs inspection.

According to Mexican media reports, the youth, who was the driver and sole occupant of a black Ford Explorer, drove south through the port into Mexico, where he drew the red light that requires a stop at the Mexican customs station.

However, when the suspect tried to flee, he reportedly crashed into a vehicle belonging to the SAT tax agency and was subsequently arrested.