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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Once was Mx 'Public Enemy No. 1', Alfredo Ríos Galeana, the legendary prison escape artist, dies at 69

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat   Reforma

Once known as "Public Enemy No. 1" dies in free Social Security clinic--During the years he was on the lam in California, Ríos Galeana lived in the house of a Christian pastor,  who supposedly probably influenced him to become a believer, to such an extent that he recorded a disc with religious themes entitled "Transformed by God."

Alfredo Ríos Galeana, the legendary assailant of the 70s and 80s, died last December at a social security clinic in the capital of Oaxaca from a blood infection called sepsis, federal sources reported.
The so-called "public enemy number one", who escaped three times in prison, died at age 69, after spending the last stage of his imprisonment in the Federal Criminal Court of Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca.

NOTORIETY

Former military, former agent of the Mexican State Police and former commander of the Radiopatrullas Battalion of that entity, the criminal of 1.96 meters tall was imprisoned for the first time in the Lecumberri Penitentiary in 1973, accused of robbery, although he was acquitted of his charges.

Since the late 1970s, when he resigned from his police badge, he began to become a celebrity for the bank robberies he perpetrated in Puebla, Hidalgo, the State of Mexico and the capital of the country.

In 1983 he was arrested in Hidalgo, but escaped from the State Criminal, and later captured in Mexico City, but also escaped from the Penitentiary of Santa Marta Acatitla.

ANOTHER ESCAPE

On November 22, 1986, Ríos Galeana escaped again, this time from the South Reclusorio. He did so through the grid of practices of Criminal Court 33, shattered by an armed command, and since then the authorities had no trace of his whereabouts.

When he escaped for the third time, he already had in his personal account  353 million pesos and committed 15 murders, as well as several arrest warrants for crimes of homicide, theft, firearm injuries, evasion of inmate and property damage other people's.

HE IS CAPTURED 19 YEARS LATER


A mistake on his part  returned him behind bars, because on July 12, 2005 he went to renew his driver's license in Los Angeles, California, but with his fingerprints the United States authorities discovered the true identity of the bank robber.

EXTRADITED TO MEXICO



The United States, where he lived under a false identity for two decades, deported him to Mexico and since then he was imprisoned in the South Prison of the country's capital, the Federal Highlands Criminal Court and finally in Oaxaca.

The also nicknamed "El Charro del Misterio” ["Charro of Mystery"] spent the last 14 years of his life behind bars.

BANK ROBBER AND SINGER


During the years he was in California, Ríos Galeana lived in the house of a Christian pastor, a character who probably influenced him to become a believer, to such an extent that he recorded a disc with religious themes entitled "Transformed by God."

Thank you Borderland Beat Follower for the link to the following corrido:



Lyrics:
Famous South Prison, your fame is over

Reclusorio sur famoso, ya se te acabo tú fama

You're not so scary anymore, like that day in the morning
Ya no eres tan tenebroso, como aquel día en la mañana

When the powerful one left, Alfredo Ríos Galeana
Cuando se fue el poderoso, Alfredo Ríos Galeana
The laws are looking for him, claiming him alive or dead
Las leyes lo andan buscando, lo reclaman vivo o muerto

But they won't catch him, his presence instills fear
Pero no van a atraparlo, su presencia infunde miedo

He will rob all the banks, the final are from the government
Robaran todos los bancos, al fin que son del gobierno
How are they going to stop him, if he is cunning and brave
Como van a detenerlo, si es astuto y es valiente

How are you going to scare him, if you look at him face to face
Como van a amedrentarlo, si lo mirar frente a frente

If he fears neither the devil, nor the bars, nor death
Si no le teme ni al diablo, ni a las rejas, ni a la muerte
In Cancun or Acapulco, maybe you are walking
En Cancún o en Acapulco, tal vez se encuentra paseando

Or swim preparing a bank, to assault it
O nadan preparando un banco, para poder asaltarlo

Gun magazine for defending himself, a great dagger in his hand
Carga para defenderse, una gran daga en la mano
Squad 45, American submachine gun,
Escuadra 45, metralleta americana,

Goodbye also the prison, Nationalized Banking
Adiós también el presidio, Banca Nacionalizada

I dedicate this corrido to Alfredo Ríos Galeana
Le dedico este corrido, a Alfredo Ríos Galeana
How are they going to stop him, if he is cunning and brave?
Como van a detenerlo, si es astuto y es valiente

How are you going to scare him, if you look at him face to face
Como van a amedrentarlo, si lo mirar frente a frente

If he fears neither the devil, nor the bars, nor death
Si no le teme ni al diablo, ni a las rejas, ni a la Muerte

20 comments:

  1. Gives me a good reason to dust off the movie and watch it.

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  2. Hey chivis, you left out the popular Corrido by los Invasores...
    https://youtu.be/2UuuBhlhQ-Y

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    1. What cha talkin bout Willis? I have it----- Just kidding! thank you I put it up and the lyrics ;)

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    2. Just a couple corrections:
      o anda preparando un banco, para poder asaltarlo
      carga para defenderse, una granada en la mano

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    3. 👍🏼I got your back...
      HTX

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    4. This man is an important figure in Mexico's crime world. He ushered in the modern age of secuestros: two of his proteges, Arizmendi "mocha orejas" and Escaletres, were originally part of his crew and later went independent. When he went in hiding in California he lived in South Gate and in the 90s sang as one of the imitators of el "Charro desconsido" in local Hispanic bars in Hawaiin Gardens, La Puente and other local cities. I have done extensiv research about his years in hiding.

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  3. Lalo mora can flow with the best of them. Great song and group.

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  4. Somebody tipped off the DMV of who he actually was.

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    1. 619 no Mijo read the article again...dios mio.

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    2. 10:40
      When the story first broke in 2005, it was reported an anonymous tip was sent to a government agency that later contacted the DMV. Then, without clarification, the story changed to that of the DMV discovering him by chance. It appears that the anonymous source is being protected by now reporting the "canonical" story of the DMV being the sole hero.

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    3. 10:40
      "In early June, an anonymous tipster called the Department of Motor Vehicles to say that the driver’s license recipient known as Arturo Montoya appeared to be using a false name and could be one of Mexico’s most wanted men, department spokesman Bill Branch said"
      LA Times
      July 13th 2005

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  5. Pense que era " Carga Granada en la mano"

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  6. Another idiot like luna trying to get usa citizenship thats how they found this dude in usa

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  7. This dude got busted in South Gate Ca, he lived a couple blocks from where i use to live, neighbors said he used to play loud christian music all
    The time, i believe he was almost due to be un-convictable due to satute of limitations in Mexican law but i might be wrong

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    1. Say this is the same guy, that said he was in Sinalia 1 day ago, then Guerrero you sure get around.

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    2. I think they meant he might be in Acapulco or Cancun while he was in hiding

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  8. To the people that cry, stop sending capos to USA, we'll be happy this back then, was deported to MEXICO.

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  9. former commander of the Radiopatrullas Battalion

    No era cualqier guey el vato...

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