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Sunday, September 25, 2016

Sinaloa Cartel: Treasury Targets Tijuana-Based Cell, Cheyo Antrax, 3 others

Translated by Yaqui for BorderlandBeat
El SudCaliforniano Sept 24, 2016


The United States Freezes Assets of Four Mexican With Ties to the Sinaloa Drug Cartel



On Friday September 23, 2016 the United States in Washington, D.C. sanctioned four Mexicans citizens accused of drug trafficking and/or money laundering for the Sinaloa Cartel.  The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) attached to the Treasury Department identified the Mexicans as:
Eliseo Imperial Castro, alias ''Cheyo Antrax'';
Lirio Alfonso Sotelo, alias "El Atlante''; 
Javier Lira Sotelo, alias ''El Hannibal'' or ''El Carnicero"; 
Alma Delia Lira Sotelo.
Cheyo, Mayito Gordo, and Chino Antrax 
The sanction orders the freezing of the assets of any accounts maintained in the United States and prohibits them from conducting any commercial or financial transactions. The Federal Court in Southern California filed charges against Eliseo Imperial Castro and Alfonso Sotelo for trafficking methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, and money laundering.

Eliseo Imperial Castro is the nephew of Ismael Zambada Garcia, one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, whom the White House designated as a dangerous drug trafficker in 2002 and for whose capture the U.S. is offering a five million dollar reward.

The Treasury Department said in a statement that Eliseo Imperial Castro is a fugitive and leader of Los Antrax, a group of gunmen of the Sinaloa Cartel.


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96 comments:

  1. Cheyo Antrax was arrested in early 2015 but was released within hours. this guy runs los antrax and does the logistics for el mayos faction of the sinaloa cartel. he is a very experienced trafficker. he is one of the few narco jr's who have been groomed and brought up the right way in cartel land. he wasnt thrown into the top spot right away and was a number 2 guy for some very good leaders including el chino antrax. he should run things smooth for el mayo until el vincent returns to take his top spot back.

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    1. Wow I didn't know any Antrax operatives were still around. How did he stay in the game while most top Antrax operatives are dead or in jail?

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    2. 1:53 Vicente Zambada Niebla will never take any "top spot" back, He will be lucky if he gets out of prison alive, and he will be very old, he might take top of the shelf very improved viagra.

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    3. Vicente will be out in about 2 yrs.....in his mid 40's..10 hr sentence...arrested in 09......hell get out early for good behavior....then back at it.

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  2. I thought Cheyo had been caught with Mayo "Gordo"a couple years back.

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    1. Wasn't he arrested with El Mayito??

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    2. i thought it too but he seems to be free and leading (whatever is left of) los antrax.

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    3. Is Cheyo the only one from Los Ántrax left? They've had so many fallen members

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    4. most of antrax members are in jail or got whacked this is cds internal beef just follow it when the antrax started getting whacked left and right in culiacan.

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    5. El cheyo tiene un hermano le dicen el veloz de Sinaloa segun canta busken en YouTube y facebook EL VELOZ DE SINALOA lavan el dinero en body shop IPERIAL end RIALTO CALIFORNIA

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    6. No pues buena cosa andar de rata...a usted que no le importe y quedese callado.

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    7. El veloz de sinaloa es su cuñado Hector castro!

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  3. Antrax still around

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  4. The majority of these operators hide their $ behind the walls of houses. Or in the ground in clandestine locations. - El Sol Perdido

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    1. Or in fake accounts.

      ELBULLDOG

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    2. Or under a mattress
      -el bulldog perdido

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    3. Or in the gas tank of a car
      ELBULLDOG

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    4. Sounds like El Sol Perdido y El Bulldog know what they are talking about. Gracias for keeping it real.

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  5. Call me naive but how much impact will this action really have on this cartel or any other? These people mentioned here are but the fifth thru seventh or eight people having been branded the same designation from the U.S. in a period of about two months targeting this cartel and yet this cartel has not even flinged but perhaps the bigger question is wny did the U.S. wait until now to do this also? Don't really understand how politics work in the U.S. but actions like this by the U.S. seem few and in between too much time is what I'm trying to say.
    Lets see how many years before Zambada is also captured since nothing is ever heard of him even being remotely spotted or even targetted by the U.S. DEA or other services making it seem that Zambada will have plenty of time to train his successor in the event of his capture. If he has not already named a successor for Chapo as well???

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    1. El mayo and el azul have always been the leaders , they just built the federation to be like the cosa nostra but u knew luciano was the boss , same here just el azul and mayo have always been top dogs , you ever here anyone say im going to war against el mayo? Why do u think ? He has big political power here and in the us , hes built relationships where the others have burned their bridges for one reason or another he prob has all these secrets or who knows what against the US thats why they dont catch him because if they wanted to they would have , and his succesor is el flaco and el chapo has none , no one respects his brat kids and his brother is fucking up going to war with el tito which he will lose

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    2. It never ends. Were you born yesturday?

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    3. Plus all the money and property in other peoples names

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    4. Fuck all of you. U.S. wants one cartel to rule Mexico and that is Sinaloa period.
      No connections needed with politicians, no money needed to be exchanged, no anything. What the U.S. wants it gets. Right now the U.S. wants heroin from this cartel and they are getting it also.
      Stop fantasizing about Mayo and Chapo having money to buy out the U.S. government. One billion dollars is spend within three days in any of the gulf wars the U.S. has had.

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    5. Its a way for the USA govt to seize $ n property.

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    6. Well looks like AFO/CTNG are going to war with Mayo in TJ and BCS so your theory of Mayo being this mythical figure is mute. Mayo is a reasonable man with good temperament that's why no one goes to war with him. Chapo was a hot head and that's why everyone wanted a piece of him. Mayo just ran with the side that was the strongest and that is his key to success. There is really no science to it. He seems like more of a hype man rather than the main guy. He was probably in Chapo's ear saying "yeah boy you can do this". Chapo says back "yes I can". The freaking Mexican Flavor Flav of CDS he is.

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    7. mayo has been in the game for so long you have no idea his roots extend farther than the sierra madre

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    8. For example Mayo was with AFO during their hey days. He jumped ship to be with Chapo. Chapo got locked up he then went to work with the Carrillo-Fuentes. Chapo broke out of prison, he sold out CDJ and he went back to being Chapo's side piece. Now Chapo is locked up so El Mayo has to stand on his own. Let's see how that works out. Like I said there is no science to it.

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    9. IZG has ties to people in very high places with even much more influence than we will ever know. He invested his money in corporations that you and I buy from and would never know. He sits at the big table if you catch my drift.

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  6. Dumb antrax always showing off in social media just like chapos kids. Easy way to get busted or kidnapped like chapos kids. That's how el chino antrax got caught, too much face book and Instagram with guns drugs and women. Look at me I'm a drug dealer lol Tontos

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    1. Lmfao pinches show offs es lo que le pasan mejor trankilo como si nada mueves pero hasta mundo mueves fierro parrientes

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    2. Los antrax call them selfs sicarios and in the corridos talk about how powerful they are but in real life they dont do shit just a bunch of showoffs like los ecme where were they when ivan was taken no where to be found

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    3. Back when cholo ivan was out los acme were the ones that kept chapo isidro at bay. But about los anthrax even other cds hit squads claim that they are just flashy guys who like to pass off as killers

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    4. The only ones to put in work for cds is la gente nueva

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    5. antrax put in work in culiacan several times there was even shootouts were some of them got killed when the antrax started getting whacked left and right in culiacan that was the start of a whole new drug era.

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    6. 4:34 a güebooo, asi le ganas al toro, arriba de el.

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    7. 9:18 Aaaaahahahahaha.. Matate solito... Lo ke Si se esta viendo es reacomodos Pues ya se va este governador..y Pues les guste o no pero ese Mochomito salio mas Cabron ke los 3 cha.pitos juntos.. Animo y ke gane el mas cabron.. Lo unico ke si se Mira es la destruccion de mi Mexico kerido.. Tan bonito ke es.. Kaon

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  7. Ive seen him a few times at some famous sinaloense mariscos spots and at some night clubs como si nada , so if hes so wanted how does the US not catch him crossing? he was caught then released , like it or not this guy has some juice and has had some for a while hes just been out the spot light since e chinos capture so im wondering if this is all fue to el chino snitching or someone else or is it just to blow smoke like always to drop attention from something else major going on

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    1. I seen him at portreros club in pico rivera california

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    2. I thought i met el Chapo in aug 2015 in Phoenix. Guy looked just like him with hot young Girl, with mean looking older bodyguards. The hispánica business was empty except for them and me and a buddy. He came up to me. Real gentleman. Im friends with owner of the business. He had a very real aire of power about him. If it wasnt him it may have been a relative but was definitely someone importante in the game.

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    3. @8:58
      Potretros is in the city of Cudahy. Stop bullshitting...
      el_FM

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  8. wait.... EL Atlante had beef with EL Aquiles.... Aquiles was Mayos #1 guy in Tijuas.... Makes lil sense..m

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    1. Aquiles and Rana flipped on mayo

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    2. Aquiles is running his own cell. Do u like all your business associates?

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    3. Atlante flipped u bafoons aquiles n Rana are still CDS

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  9. Why do these morons keeo investing in the US? Dont they know the united states of greed and corruption loves to steal other peoples money?

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    1. 5:07-Is Mexico any better?

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    2. Is Canada any better?

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    3. Calgary Alberta Canadá is full of drug traffickers esp. East Indian, asian, and middle east inmigrantes to Canadá, as well as White Canadians. They operate world wide. In many States in USA for example.

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  10. I thought cheyo was just a bodyguard for mayito gordo? Dude didn't do such a good job at even that, the only time the military really tried to arrest gordo they did it without any problems.

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  11. Are Cheyo Anthrax and Chino Anthrax the same person?

    AKA: Eliseo Imperial Castro. Or is it, that the authors of Narco Mantas could not get there grammar right?

    P.S. Not that my grammar is much better!

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    1. No Cheyo is this dude, Eliseo Imperial, Mayos nephew. Chino is Jose Rodrigo Archia Garcia or some shit like that he was Cheyos boss until he got arrested in Holland and extradited to San Diego.

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    2. No el cheyo is eliseo who is the cousin of los mayitos, his dad is the brother of the wife of el mayo, also his sister was the wife of pancho arce, el chino was more of a hitman than anything,el cheyo had more power and more connections in the traffic biz due to his family ties in los angeles (castro)and also being a imperial which is the zambada clan

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    3. @ 12:37 who are the Castro in Los Angeles? Cheyo is directly related to them?

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    4. People never learn do they I learned my lesson very well. If you guys think this shit is private you are wrong. 9:50 Hello Special Agent fill in the name________

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    5. Eliseo= Eliseyo, elicheyo, "el cheyo"
      --Special Ajent don't you worry none, we ain't got nothin' to hide and nothin' to declare, we just hiding from los setas.

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  12. Is mayito gordo locked up?

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  13. El cheyo live in la county few years back.

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    1. Yeah i party with him a couple years back in el rodeo in pico rivera ca ese compa es a toda madre

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  14. Puros chúndaros queriendo parecer modelos de versace y poco rabones.
    No mamen, no pistolas ni gorros ni guaraches? Sheet!

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  15. for those who always say los Antrax dont exsist anymore.


    Puros Antrax en Sinaloa ,Sonora ,Baja California limpiando la plaza de los CJNG y muy pronto en Jalisco .

    saludos al Phoenix ,Chino Antrax ,Jesus Pena El 20

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    1. Entonces por que cjng les esta aciendo un desmadre en Tijuana. Cjng era el mejor brazo armado de cds, anthax no pueren con ellos.

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    2. Good joke jalisco has sicarios on every block and antrax has never done nothing for cds only la gente nueva but faild haha

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    3. The 3 anthrax u just gave a shout out are locked up.

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    4. y en Veracruz los Antrax dicen que ellos y el CJNG son Carteles Unidos. el CJNG ni anda en Sinaloa ni en Sonora, y los Antrax ni andan en la baja.

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    5. You can ride Chino's Dick all day but in the end Antrax still doesn't exist bud.

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  16. El cheyo es solo un pistolero d sueldo. Ni dinero tiene. Tiene in body shop en Rialto Cal llamado imperial body shop. El hermano d el ladra o perdon canta le dicen el veloz d Sinaloa tambien vive Rialto trai Una guerita k es bien putita. Ay no busken al veloz d Sinaloa y veran LA familia muerta d hambre k son.
    El hippie

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    1. How do you know so much about him? I just googled some of the names/locations you mentioned and your info sounds very accurate

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    2. Si por eso le congelaron los bienes ? El cheyo mueve loco ayi esta pa que veas nomas lee un poco inutil

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    3. Atte Jose de jesus imperial
      Todos Los narquitos de hoy Los Asustan o nose que les pasa a este perro no sense Como love convencieRon pero este guey entrego a Jaime Huerta
      Y fue el Chino antras

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  17. Everyone says oh antrax were dummies for showing off....this was strategized already vicente knew there would be war thats why he wanted his bros in jail....he always wanted chino away from all the mess they knew they were gonna get busted thats why they were showing off. ...they will all be out around the same time like nothing ever happened

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    1. except they snitched so there will probably be prices on their heads

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    2. Everyone snitches in this game. That's how they stay alive.

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  18. El Virus cubre todo Mexico ,si estas en la lista negra ya sabes lo que te espera .

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  19. For those who didnt knw... CDS is still very strong & powerful... Money long as fuck... These men are at EL Mayos disposal... Mayo had some of these of speed dial if EL Chapos sons wasn't released... U c EL Mayo got em back unharmed... Yet people sit behind these computers & telephones & hate... When nan one cn say their kids was kidnapped & they got em back w/o a scratch... Plus EL Chapo is also retaliating 4 the ambush of his mom's house... Which she was not harmed either... How many cn say tht after their moms house was ambushed?.. Shit goes as planned... Not how people want shit 2 go who's just sittin behind a keyboard or a telephone keypad... RS

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    1. All but the last is true chapo has nothing to do with the retaliation it's his brother Guano who is at war with tito for killing his grandfather so tito is trying to kill guano nothing to do with CDS this is a personal fight that's y mrs. Consuelo was Un harmed they were looking 4 guano and his men

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    2. El Guano's life is on borrowed time and he knows it. It's not a CDS vs BLO. It's a grandson wanting to avenge his grandfathers death and kill the person responsible. 1:29 you can preach about the great CDS if you want but when it's your time it's your time. It wasn't the Chapito's time and it wasn't Consuelo's time. Honestly I believe the Chapitos were kidnapped by the Federales to negotiate a deal with CJNG. Mayo had nothing to do with their release. Obviously something was exchanged to secure their release but we may never know what.

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  20. i thought cheyo was in jail. how come us hasnt froze Ismael Zambada Garcia money in the us? or am i missing something

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  21. El chino ran the akiles group
    El cheyo the atlante group.
    Y el flaco zambada ran another one.
    Todo regresa pa culiacan

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  22. For those of you who are confused el cheyo antrax was arrested ih holland a while back and chino antrax is the guy in the pic. Chino antrax is the boss of los antrax and cheyo antrax who is in jail right now is the personal security of the mayitos. The mayitos are from sonora they are very famous there los mayitos there was also a cell called los gueritos but i dont know what happened to them. So there you go this should clear things up for you

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    1. 8:47 then chivis, BB, the interpol, Holland Police, the EU, the UK, the US, the FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, THEY ALL GOT THE WRONG GUY?

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    2. You're the one that's confused El Chino Anthrax was the one arrested in Amsterdam. His doing 15 years in a San Diego prison.

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    3. Chino was arrested in Holland, not Cheyo.

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    4. El Chino Antrax José Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa was captured in Holland .He is in American jail .He was the leader of los Antrax

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    5. wrong. chino antrax was the one arrested in holland

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    6. el cheyo isnt in jail wth mamadas

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    7. Wtf? Chino was popped in Holand menso. Cheyo got popped with mayito gordo. Wtf are you talking about?

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    8. If cheyo got popped with mayito Gordo it would have been all over the news and bb would have the article stop reading bdn

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  23. It's a lost war. That chart probably took some desk job special agent 12 months to put together between coffee and donut breaks. By the time the US puts you on a list or a chart the narcocorridos have already been written and you are probably retired, dead, or no longer a major player.

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  24. U just created more confusion than ever,cheyois in the pic(the dude with the whitest face) and chino is the dude with the blurred up face.

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  25. Bullshit, Eliseo doesn't have a dime in the US or accounts or assets there.. this is a theatrical thing from the US government... i bet that Cheyo is laughing.

    Eliseo moves so free in sinaloa that he also appears on the paper on the social section with pictures.. lol
    http://noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=681645

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    1. Damn good eye there 12:40pm I should write a little post about this

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  26. chivis.martinezz@hushmail.com

    try again please spanish or english is fine...
    but I reply in english ((for the benefit of the reader) but your english is excellent from what I can tell....

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  27. is it true that kiko treviño got caugth in houston yesteday
    ?

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