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Monday, December 28, 2015

CJNG Downed Helicopter: Federal Agent survivor defies odds

Lucio R. Borderland Beat using material from BB-Reforma-Noticias Terra

The federal operation took place in the wee hours of May 1st- the goal was to capture Nemesio Oseguera, "El Mencho", supreme leader of CJNG.

The plan was a familiar one, one used to catch capos in the past.   Federal Forces moved guided by intelligence information to the area where the leader of the Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) was located.

The operating tried for a repeat of success, by implementing a surprise deployment I the hour between 3 and 4 AM.  Ideally when El Mencho would least suspect an attack and is most vulnerable.

Helicopter aerial surveillance was the key to the arrest. This happened, for example, with the arrest of Miguel Trevino, alias "Z40", arrested in July 2013 on a road south of Nuevo Laredo.

But this time the plan failed.


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The Helicopter  was carrying paratroopers

The Mexican Air Force helicopter was gunned down at Casimiro Castillo-Villa Purificación Highway.

The helicopter was carrying parachutists that would rappel down to support an operation on the ground, which was deployed to intercept a convoy protecting the CJNG capo. [Who was supposed to  in the municipality of Tonaya]

The first three riflemen descended down, while the aircraft held position to accommodate their decline.  The three touched ground when they were met with gunfire.

The low position of the helicopter was perfect for El Mencho’s loyalists to initiate their assault. 

Their first target was the pilot, who was killed by shooting.  Then came the first RPG impact and it was that impact that brought down the helicopter. 

Some soldiers jumped. Several were caught in trees. Others were burned.

Refoma sources said that El Mencho was aware of the pending operation by the feds and  had convoys out searching for them. 

And in the mayhem, “El Mencho” premier leader of Cartel Jalisco New Generation, escaped.

It was, the fifth time that the head of CNJG eluded security forces.

After the Mexican numbers game being played for months, finally official tally is, aside from the crew, 8 federal elements perished.  Agent Ivan Morales survived the fiery take down, although he was given little to no  chance of survival.


Survivor burned over 70% of his body

The doctors saw no chance of survival. The CJNG (cartel Jalisco New Generation) attack  left federal agent Ivan Morales with burns over 70 percent of the body.

Defying all odds and expectations, Morales survived.  

He says he owes his survival to an image he never lost sight of.  The vision to see the birth of his child.  His girlfriend was pregnant at the time of the crash, news he had only learned a few hours before the operation, via telephone.

Saying it was the greatest news ever given him, he was to become a father for the first time.

That same day, the agent was assigned to an operation in Jalisco to capture "El Mencho" where the agent came face to face with death. The Sedena helicopter he was traveling in was shot down by the criminal group. 

He was transferred to The Central Military Hospital where he clung to life, after doctors said there was little that could be done.

He insisted he would survive.  He told officials who visited him and the doctors who attended him. "I will be a father", never tiring of saying those words, staying focused on the vision.

After dozens of surgeries, the agent was finally discharged. 

He married his girlfriend in the hospital.  He was anxious and ready to go home to his wife and son. His high spirit always remained intact, he insisted on wearing his uniform as he left the hospital.

On 22 December, President Enrique awarded agent Morales a commendation medal, in recognition of the heroism and service he gave for his country. A choice he did not have to make.  He is a college graduate, with a Bachelor’s degree in administration and hotel management, he had significant career choices. 

He chose to enlist and serve his country. 

The eight agents killed in action were given posthumous awards at the same ceremony.  Mothers and wives accepted the honor.

81 comments:

  1. what an astonishing sight to witness

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    1. They call hill el chamusco now.

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    1. Yeah right, he is gaining ground.. not losing plazas.. chapo will control everything soon.. atte el morroñis de la palma navolato, sinaloa ajuuaa

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    2. Yea yea dont get ur panties in a bunch lol

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    3. Mexico is still Chapo's.

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    4. "Chapo will everything soon" how long have they been saying this already??

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    5. That's why they work and take orders from el chapo right arriva la sierra

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    6. Cds will break up soon

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    7. @el morroñis de la palma navolato, sinaloa
      sheesh man, dont keep that criminal in high regard, Sinaloa cartel are the ones turning migrants into slaves in Durango and Chihuahua to harvest weed, grow up and dump that 'callofduty' vibe for the narcos

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    8. Chapo just sent Workers to all norhern points in México.

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  3. Mencho is not a Smart man. His luck will run out soon, he is nothing compared to guzman and zambada. Mencho will be caught in early 2016. Atte el morroñis de la palma navolato, sinaloa ajuuaa.

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    1. U know my wife is from the quintana clan from navolato if Ur really from there you'll know what I'm talking and none of her cousins have heard from u clown so stop commenting Ur bs

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    2. Hey Nostradamus Morronis, didnt you say all the Zambada kids would be out in December???????

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    3. I actually kind of enjoy reading his comments cause they make me laugh. Like he's met El Chapo or something. BTW forgetting how brutal Mencho is, he must have brains to get where he is now.

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    4. They don't know me then.. big deal haha. And it's still DECEMBER. .... DON'T YOU KNOW YOUR DAYS/ MONTHS? ATTE el morroñis de la palma navolato, sinaloa ajuuaa.

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    5. If they don't know u that means Ur not important which means the information Ur presenting is about as accurate as Fox news

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    6. Pinche sinaloa tonto, le boi a decir a u papi chapo! Jaja

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    7. 10:19am - and you think I care if some Viejas from el rancho know me or now? WHO CARES DUDE haha. I make my predictions thru careful thinking and wise decision. - atte el morroñis de la palma navolato, sinaloa ajuuaa.

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    8. Ya respira wey! You've been choking on "mr. Guzman" all yea lmao

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    9. Right on, 10:19

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    10. I had lunch a month or so ago with a guy in Juarez who has probably executed two or three dozen, and I gotta tell you he was not an especially warm human being. I suppose this is where one rolls out the word psychopath, but I’m not clinically equipped. But he was barely human. He also ate about thirty dollars worth of carnitas.

      CB

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    11. 3:09
      It's trippy how some people's voice (executioners) can resonate in your chest and shake your heart a bit and they are just having a normal convo. That what sin does to the body.

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    12. 5.01
      So everyone in Navolato,should know el morroñis ?
      As he says,who cares,i dont,he doesnt,and you shouldnt.Most here havent heard of your ass?
      And what?

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    13. El morro de la palma navolato es el que le sopla al pito de los halcones de Sinaloa

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    14. 3:09 PM post comes from the late Charles Bowden. It's a direct quote.

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    15. Leave el morroñis alone, he is not exactly murdering anyone, except for some hard asses in "very tight panties"...ajuuuaa!

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    16. Happy New Years Morronis.

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    17. 3:36, agree, Mayo & Chapo are at the top of the food chain and that's probably not going to change any time soon.

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    18. 3:09 Thank you for remembering the great witness/writer of our times...Charles Bowden. A truly wise and amazing person who cared deeply for the Borderland struggle issues.

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    19. Did you miss the 11:15 comment Morroñis? In case you didn't get it, you're "careful thinking and wise decision" shows you failed at predicting. Ajuaaa.

      Give me a date on your early 2016 capture of Mencho so you can get debunked again.

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    20. Have to agree, Charles Bowden was one of the great American writers. He'll not be forgotten imo. Thx 3:09

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    21. @11:15 happy new year! Atte el morroñis de la palma navolato, sinaloa ajuuaa.

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    22. BB . should do a report on Cartel nut riders and wanna bes . obviously there are still plenty of idiots willing to die to empress a greedy selfish drug lord who doesn't give a fuck about the people or the state. Fuck Chapo. Fuck el morroñis fake white boy. Fuck the drug trade. Its all controlled by the USA. America was at a depression. They needed the cash money to stay a float. They decidied to control the drugs . control the market. Less product more money. Its a win win. Open your eyes people.

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  4. This is a Mexican hero. God Bless his family. I am US Vet

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    1. Absolutely a hero. God bless him and his new familia. Justice will be served one way or another for this evil person. Happy New Year Chivis and all at BB.Peace.

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    2. 4:27 maybe an hero to you, his peers and his family, or the masters he seve's on the government, not to the rest of the mexicans they all oppress and murder and kidnap and disappear.
      --military heros to me, are those soldiers that put down the soldados maricones returning from the battlefield where they allowed the CT to murder visiting pooicia federal agents "because their officers arranged with the CT to not shoot the soldiers, por unos cuantos pesos..."
      --so there are some good people in the military, ready to go from the silence, to serve the people of mexico, it is going to be a while until they can come together, and they won't be honored by the mexican governing narco-mierdocracia...
      --soldiers need to be emancipated and 5HEY need to elect their own commanding officers, not to blindly "obey" their officers imposed from above, from the world of corruption and shit...

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  5. This guy, again.. "Early 2016"

    Can you be any more vague there, Vámanostradamus?

    To call the leader of an International DTO "nothing" is an excellent example of how insecure you are, and your ridiculous statements have only made you a joke around here.

    Get a life and a new website to troll.

    Attn: el güero que no le gusta los idiotas, america ajuaaaa!!!

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    1. Hey prieto stop being a hater, - atte el morroñis de la palma navolato, sinaloa ajuuaa.

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    2. @5:09 Güero, your US government has a very hard job to do, making fools of the 47% of the people that do not believe on the government crap anymore and the 53% that is trying hard to keep believing on the US...yiiiha!!!

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    3. 8.08
      A pure hater,hating on Mex-Amers...
      'El güero que no le gusta los idiotas'
      Heard that loud and clear,but on here,to many idiotas

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    4. 8.08
      Focus man,focus,think about Mexico.

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  6. Makes on wonder about the odds of Mencho being shot on the spot once when he's captured.

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  7. They still haven't caught this monster? Just pathetic

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  8. I bet when they catch Mencho they take the long way back to town . I sure wouldn't want to be him. They will get him!

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  9. Agent morales is a true mexican hero...like los tres ninos heroes...congrats on ur marriage an new born

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    1. Dear ralphie, I think los niño heroes were more than 3, youay want to wiki that...
      --the three wise men we call los Reyes Magos were three, los tres cochinitos were three, but los tres mosqueteros were 4...

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  10. El mayo zambada will be killed in September of next year... El wiggles de Los antrax...

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    1. Yeah right .. atte el morroñis de la palma navolato, sinaloa ajuuaa.

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    2. Someone has a crystal ball or read the tea leaves.

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    3. @12:13,sorry, that's a bit odd ..but do have to ask why in September?

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  11. Ese capitan de la marina se parece a "Skull Face" es un personaje de una saga de un video juego llamado Metal Gear. Póngale en Google "Skull Face" para que miren a lo que me refiero.

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  12. LOL "i lost my face in the most pointless imaginary war ever to fund a multi-billion tax free industry and all i got is a cheap made in china medal, 5000 pesos check and maruchans..."

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    1. Some Mexicanos want to make Mexico a better place to live,millions of them,are you havin that?
      We dont know whos good and whos bad,but ol dude here?
      I wouldnt laugh at him,we can sit and be smart-arse clowns trotting out the same old boring political shit.Bottom line,this guy was enforcing some kind of order,what do we do?Sit here and make half arsed comments vying to be the funniest?
      Agent Ivan Morales?Who knows,he might be a bad guy,or he might be another Don Alejo Garza Tamez ?
      Tomate un descanso,estaremos bien pronto..Ivan Morales

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    2. I'm not saying he's a bad guy. I'm saying he got played. The only thing you can trust the mexican army is to take care of your drug shipments.

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    3. Ivan morales work with the mexican military is as wrong as the military that supported whole arsedly the wars over imaginary weapons of mass destruction that 13 years later have not been found...
      --there is something wrong when the maximum leader of any country is so ready to go to war against even the people he governs to make a few trillion dollars for his campaign contributors, or for future business to make billions when he leaves office, minding nothing about the war casualties from his country or the designated evil axis enemies, depending on the propaganda of the day...
      --claiming ignorance, innocence, having been misled, etc etc etc,or yadda yadda, is no excuse
      --Political Correctness is as wrong as news blackouts and fictitious propaganda, at least we the politilly incorrect are trying to tell the truth...
      --LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY...
      --the mexican armed forces do not give a crap about the people the mexican gorillas murder or kidnap or disappear, at least I have never seen any support from them for the mexican civil population, it is all gimme gimme for the military...

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    4. Negativity,soldier gets burned to a crisp trying to arrest a drug lord and a lot of Spanish comments are laughing at him,etc.Mexico is fucked and no-one else is to blame....Dios ayudanos

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  13. CALM DOWN DR. SEUSS!... LOL

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  14. Agent Morales will eventually wind up dead. His identity has been compromised. It's just a matter of time. - El Soldado Perdido

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    1. If you follow order its usually something they dont hold against you. El barbas in death had the marine that killed him murdered along with his family. That's because they pants him like he was a bitch or something. Otherwise it would have been a marine with a medal not a marine with a casket.
      This man likely had no clue who the target was. He will retire he is no longer useful in service he has been decapacitated and disfigured why kill a man that was serving his country and following orders he had no benefactor to attack CJNG just followed orders.

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    2. O no I hope not.Man has already been tortured and to death and back.

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    3. 8:46 here we go again...
      the mexican military is NOT SERVING THEIR COUNTRY...
      --they are serving the el pri, peña nieto, prianal, deschamps, los televisos, la casa blanca, the drug trafficking government, etc etc etc, and themselves...

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    4. 9:46 this is 8:46

      True but still, you think he knew that day that he was going after el mencho ? You think he volunteered to serve pri knowing he was being sent to capture a drug lord? Not really, sure they could kill him but he is a grunt a peon a pawn for EPN admin, I doubt he still wants to combat any narcos.

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    5. Canadiana; You're supposed to smoke the tea leaves not read them.

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  15. when is el zorro de ojinaga part 2 coming out?

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  16. The crashed helicopter looks pretty crunched up. Take it to my primo, el taller mecanico, and he can fix it up fast. He is the one with the bucket of tools and the bondo who hangs out in front of the mercado. Horale.

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    1. I had a tio like that. Fucking hack did shitty ass work

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  17. Heros don't work for murdering drug trafficking priista government of peña nieto...maybe epn as his boss can make him an hero...
    --the mexican people do not have to

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  18. Wat happened with menchitos punk ass? He still in the bootyhouse?

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    1. Big Internet warrior. Up close Mencho would scare you so hard, your dad, brothers, and grandpa would shit their pants. I'm not a fan of mencho, but nobodies talking shit about somebodies is lame.

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    2. Dont get your panties in a bunch mencho lover

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    3. 7:08 mencho does not care, why should you?
      pick on somebody bigger, boy...

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    4. If you shot a military helicopter down in the US, if you could get the gear to do so, law enforcement would hunt you down day and night until you were captured or killed. In Mexico they let it slide if you are a cartel member? I just don't understand it

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  19. To all reporters and commenters and moderators, please do not waste your time or ours with "positive PC comments" about the mexican governing narco-mierdocracia or their henchmen and gorillas, we already know better...and they already have it too good...

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    1. Ha ha that was funny if you say that with humour but if you don't[and this is just my personal opinion not BBs well maybe it is also theirs]there are enough negative stories on here[they do need to be told-people shouldn't have to die in vain]but it sure is good to see some positive if even for that faint sliver of hope for a better Mexico.It should be a balance but unfortunately its not so when I see a positive outcome on here I jump to attention because its 'different.'

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  20. this guy, "nemecio", actually hides on tj, in a ranch nearest to 2000 boulevard, besides a place named "rancho casian". this information is totally fidedign. because the owners of colindants ranch had affraid of him.

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