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Monday, January 26, 2009

Mexican ‘Stew Maker’ Dissolved 300 Drug War Victims in Acid

He was known as El Pozolero — The Stew Maker — but his ingredients were less than savoury.


Santiago Meza López told police he had dissolved about 300 people in acid baths for his boss. He was paid $600 a week for the work.

Tijuana, BC - The job of Santiago Meza López was to dispose of the enemies of a notorious drug baron by dissolving them in tubs of acid. Over several years he claims to have “disappeared” 300 enemies of Teodoro García Semental, a former henchman for one of the largest cartels in Mexico and now in a bloody struggle for supremacy over the trade.

Meza, 45, told police that, once their remains had been in the acid baths for 24 hours, he would bury them. In a twisted act of chivalry, he said he only dissolved men, refusing to make women vanish this way. He said that he was paid $600 (£440) a week by García.

His horrific career came to an end on Thursday when he was ambushed by elite Mexican troops, acting on a tip-off, who caught him and two other drugs henchmen as they headed to a party with a prostitute in Tijuana.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Los Capos

Mexico offers up to 30 million pesos (about 2.4 million U.S. dollars) for each of the following:

Beltrán Leyva Cartel
Arturo Beltrán Leyva, a.k.a. "El Barbas" - Killed on 16 December 2009

Héctor Beltrán Leyva, a.k.a. "El General"
Sergio Villarreal Barragán, a.k.a. "El Grande" - Captured on 13 September 2010
Edgar Valdez Villareal, a.k.a. "La Barbie" - Captured on 31 August 2010

La Familia Michoacana
Nazario Moreno González, a.k.a. "El Chayo" - Killed on 9 December 2010
Servando Gómez Martínez, a.k.a. "El Profe"; "La Tuta"
José de Jesús Méndez Vargas, a.k.a. "El Chango"- Captured on 21 June 2011
Dionicio Loya Plancarte, a.k.a. "El Tío" - Captured on 18 April 2009

Gulf Cartel
Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, a.k.a. "El Coss"
Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén, a.k.a. "Tony Tormenta" - Killed on 5 November 2010

Los Zetas Cartel
Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, a.k.a. "El Lazca"; "Z-3"; "El Verdugo"; "El Bronce"; "El Pitirijas"
Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, a.k.a. "L-40"; "Comandante 40"; "La Mona"
Omar Treviño Morales, a.k.a. "L-42"
Iván Velázquez Caballero, a.k.a. "El Talibán"; "L-50"
Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, a.k.a. "El Goyo"; "Metro-2"; "Caramuela" - Captured on 30 April 2009

Juárez Cartel
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, a.k.a. "El Viceroy"; "El General"
Vicente Carrillo Leyva - Captured on 3 April 2009

Pacific Cartel (a.k.a Sinaloa Cartel)
Joaquín Guzmán Loera, a.k.a. "El Chapo"
Ismael Zambada García, a.k.a. "El Mayo Zambada"
Ignacio Coronel Villarreal, a.k.a. "El Nacho Coronel" - Killed on 29 July 2010
Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, a.k.a. "El Azul"
Vicente Zambada Niebla, a.k.a. "El Vicentillo" - Captured on 19 March 2009

Tijuana Cartel
Teodoro García Simental, a.k.a. "El Teo"; "El Lalo"; "El 68"; "El K-1"; "El Alamo 6"; "El Tres Letras" - Captured on 12 January 2010
Fernando Sánchez Arellano, a.k.a. "El Ingeniero".

15 million pesos rewardsMexico offers 15 million pesos (about 1.2 million dollars) for each of the following:

Beltrán Leyva Cartel
Francisco Hernández García, a.k.a. "El 2000"; "El Panchillo"
Alberto Pineda Villa, a.k.a. "El Borrado"
Marco Antonio Pineda Villa, a.k.a. "El MP" - Killed on 12 September 2009
Héctor Huerta Ríos, a.k.a. "La Burra"; "El Junior" - Captured on 25 March 2009

Gulf Cartel
Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes, a.k.a. "El Canicón" - Captured on 23 March 2009
Sergio Enrique Ruiz Tlapanco, a.k.a. "El Tlapa" - Captured in November 2009

Los Zetas
Ricardo Almanza Morales, a.k.a. "El Gori"
Eduardo Almanza Morales, a.k.a. "El Gori"
Raymundo Almanza Morales, a.k.a. "El Gori" - Captured on 22 May 2009
Flavio Méndez Santiago, a.k.a. "El Amarillo" - Captured on 18 January 2011
Sergio Peña Solís and/or René Solís Carlos, a.k.a. "El Concord"; "El Colosio"
Raúl Lucio Fernández Lechuga, a.k.a. "El Lucky" - Captured December 12, 2011

Juárez Cartel
Juan Pablo Ledesma, a.k.a. "El JL".

Summary
1 Beltrán Leyva Arturo Beltrán Leyva El Barbas $30M Killed 2009-12-16
2 Beltrán Leyva Héctor Beltrán Leyva El General $30M Fugitive -
3 Beltrán Leyva Sergio Villarreal Barragán El Grande $30M Captured 2010-09-13
4 Beltrán Leyva Edgar Valdez Villareal La Barbie $30M Captured 2010-08-31
5 Beltrán Leyva Francisco Hernández García El 2000 $15M Fugitive -
6 Beltrán Leyva Alberto Pineda Villa El Borrado $15M Fugitive -
7 Beltrán Leyva Marco Antonio Pineda Villa El MP $15M Killed 2009-09-12
8 Beltrán Leyva Héctor Huerta Ríos La Burra $15M Captured 2009-03-25
9 La Familia Michoacana Nazario Moreno González El Chayo $30M Killed 2010-12-09
10 La Familia Michoacana Servando Gómez Martínez El Profe $30M Fugitive -
11 La Familia Michoacana José de Jesús Méndez Vargas El Chango $30M Captured 2011-6-21
12 La Familia Michoacana Dionicio Loya Plancarte El Tío $30M Captured 2009-04-18
13 Los Zetas Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano El Lazca $30M Fugitive -
14 Gulf Cartel Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez El Coss $30M Fugitive -
15 Gulf Cartel Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén Tony Tormenta $30M Killed 2010-11-05
16 Los Zetas Miguel Angel Treviño Morales Comandante 40 $30M Fugitive -
17 Los Zetas Omar Treviño Morales L-42 $30M Fugitive -
18 Gulf Cartel Iván Velázquez Caballero L-50 $30M Fugitive -
19 Los Zetas Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa El Goyo $30M Captured 2009-04-30
20 Gulf Cartel Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes El Canicón $15M Captured 2009-03-23
21 Los Zetas Ricardo Almanza Morales El Gori $15M Fugitive -
22 Los Zetas Eduardo Almanza Morales El Gori $15M Fugitive -
23 Los Zetas Raymundo Almanza Morales El Gori $15M Captured 2009-05-22
24 Los Zetas Flavio Méndez Santiago El Amarillo $15M Captured 2011-01-18
25 Los Zetas Sergio Peña Solís El Concord $15M Fugitive -
26 Los Zetas Raúl Lucio Fernández Lechuga El Lucky $15M Captured 2011 - 12
27 Gulf Cartel Sergio Enrique Ruiz Tlapanco El Tlapa $15M Captured 2009-11
28 Juárez Cartel Vicente Carrillo Fuentes El Viceroy $30M Fugitive -
29 Juárez Cartel Vicente Carrillo Leyva - $30M Captured 2009-04-03
30 Juárez Cartel Juan Pablo Ledesma El JL $15M Fugitive -
31 Sinaloa Cartel Joaquín Guzmán Loera El Chapo $15M Fugitive -
32 Sinaloa Cartel Ismael Zambada García El Mayo Zambada $15M Fugitive -
33 Sinaloa Cartel Ignacio Coronel Villarreal El Nacho Coronel $15M Killed 2010-07-29
34 Sinaloa Cartel Juan José Esparragoza Moreno El Azul $15M Fugitive -
35 Sinaloa Cartel Vicente Zambada Niebla El Vicentillo $15M Captured 2009-03-19
36 Tijuana Cartel Teodoro García Simental El Teo $15M Captured 2010-01-12
37 Tijuana Cartel Fernando Sánchez Arellano El Ingeniero $15M Fugitive -