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Monday, August 8, 2022

More Details About The Killing of The New Deputy in Culiacán By The Sinaloa Cartel

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As reported yesterday by SoCalJ, a few hours after Culiacán Municipal Police announced the name of their new Deputy Director, he was assassinated. Newly released details about how the attack occurred raise further questions about what's going on in Culiacán.


Warning: Very graphic photos below this point.




New Details - How It Happened


During the night of August 6, 2022, Juan Miguel Silva Alvarado, the new Deputy Director led a series of preventive patrols which were focused on bars and cantinas in the northern part of the city of Culiacán. 




He was traveling in a convoy of three total patrol vehicles on Alfonso Zaragoza Maytorena Boulevard, heading north, according to Links Sinaloa, within a neighborhood called Desarrollo Urbano Tres Ríos, or Tres Rios Urban Development. There were a number of bodyguards assigned to protect the deputy who were present within his patrol vehicle. 



At approximately 10:10 pm, the police convoy was forced to stop by a group of cartel hitmen in front of #120 Alfonso Zaragoza Maytorena Boulevard, which is an office building. 



The exact manner in which the convoy was forced to stop is unclear, with the only current description coming from Undersecretary Carlos Alberto Hernández Leyva, who said the patrol was “intercepted by armed civilians.”


The cartel hitmen approached the three patrol vehicles and told the officers within the convoy, including Silva Alvardo’s bodyguards, to hand over their firearms. 





Links Sinaloa writes that then “the police commander [Silva Alvarado] got out of the patrol car and tried to hide in building 120, but he was shot.” Based on photos of the crime scene, Silva Alvarado fell to the ground due to the gunshot sounds on the sidewalk directly in front of the office building. 


According to newspaper La Silla Rota, the disarming of the officers began before Deputy Silva Alvarado was shot. 





An unconfirmed photo alleged to show the crime scene depicts very heavily damaged human remains. Based on the proximity of certain key features matching the confirmed photos, it is likely the unconfirmed photo is from this incident. 


The heavy damage seen to the upper area of the body draws into question certain aspects as to what Deputy Silva Alvarado was shot with (such as a shotgun or 50 cal) or if an additional type of weapon was used. 



Whether all the officers had already handed over their firearms or if they were still in the process of doing so when Silva Alvardo was shot down is unclear. An officer who was present later described the incident, saying "It was all very fast.” 


At some point later, the officers radio-ed up that Silva Alvarado had been shot. EMTs were sent to the area however Silva Alvarado no longer showed vital signs by the time they arrived and he was declared dead. Military and police personnel began sweeps of the surrounding areas in order to locate the fleeing hitmen however they were unable to find the attackers. 




Forensic experts from the State Attorney General's Office arrived quickly at the location, since their offices happened to be located nearby, and they collected shell casings and documented evidence at the scene.




Stolen Service Weapons


Just a few minutes past midnight during that same night, the emergency phone line received a call from a citizen who said they had spotted suspicious items at the “cloverleaf” intersection of Jesús Kumate Street with Federal Highway 15 Benito Juárez, in the southern part of the city, a considerable distance away.



Law enforcement personnel was sent to check out the area and just below the El Trébol de El Díez bridge, they found 7 of the service weapons - 6 being long-barrel and 1 being short barrel  - which were taken from the officers by the hitmen. 




Strangely, Link Sinaloa described the weapons as having been left as “2 black packages”, whereas alleged photos of the scene show the firearms placed directly on the ground, individually. 



Undersecretary Hernández Leyva later confirmed to the press that the weapons found at the bridge were the same ones taken from the officers. 


The following evening at 11:00 pm, the emergency line was called by residents of the Bonanza subdivision who said they had just found a rifle hidden in the bushes nearby. This subdivision is only a few meters away from the #120 office building where Silva Alvarado was killed. The area was cordoned off by police while FGE experts documented and collected the rifle. 



Entreveredas writes that “it is presumed that it is one of the weapons that were used during the aggression against the police chief or one of the rifles used by the police officers who were escorting him.” 





So Who Was It?


So who was behind the attack? Since it occurred within Culiacan, it's either people working for Los Chapitos or El Mayo-associates, who both have a presence within the city, but which of the two was it?



Juan Miguel Silva Alvarado was from the town of Costa Rica, within Sinaloa. Frustratingly there are two different towns within the state that are named Costa Rica, one falls within El Mayo territory and the other falls within Chapitos territory - leading to a bit of a dead end. 



Here’s another important question - who decided to appoint him to the position of deputy, knowing he was a person that at least one part of the Sinaloa Cartel did not approve of? 


This at least is a question we can answer. The man who appointed him was Director Pedro Cesar Rojas. 


It’s important to note that Cesar Rojas has only been in charge of the Culaican police for less than a week. Military Police Major Pedro Cesar Rojas, after a career within the military, became the police director on July 30, 2022. 



Although Director Cesar Rojas studied in Mexico City, he was not new to Sinaloa and the way things work there as he has been living in Culiacan for over three years now, stationed there and in El Sauz, as part of his military assignment. 





How It Happened Sources: Linea Directa Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Milenio, El Universal, Noroeste, Links Sinaloa, Telediario, La Silla Rota


53 comments:

  1. It was clearly just low level sicarios

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  2. So have there been any threats made against the man who appointed him, Rojas?

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    1. I haven't heard of any narco signs threatening Rojas yet. But if anyone has, let me know.

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  3. This police officer just wanted to do his job right and bring law & order. Cds are a bunch of terrorist. I’m surprised this made it on the news. Sinaloa is like North Korea. Pure censorship.

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    1. Chapizza / chapitos are doomed to disappear, the best they could do is surrender to El Mayo. Having governor and majors in your pocket always help.

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    2. 11:54 exactly 💯
      People are scared to say anything or even record any cds information

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    3. Sicilian mafia and guerrillas are the terrorists

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  4. the territory map isrong imala es chapos and la cruz also chapos.
    also this wasnt low level this was planed some1 gave the order. i used to live 3 blocks down from where this hapened

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    1. Interesting. I'll research more.

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    2. 12:22 so other cells cant never take over i guess? Power struggles are always taking place, one day you can be at the top and the next day you can be dead

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    3. @1:21 not realy.t hey are alied but mayos ppl dont care for cln plaza theyre more focused on bringing n work from down south and sending them north to u.s they also run alot of labs.
      chapos are more focused in cln plaza narco menudeo.

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    4. 1:49 This is completely true. Sending work north and other parts of world. Also, though Ismael does not care of CLN plaza they do sell Chapos crew lab work to be sold in the city also. For example, at one point Chapos people were beating Mayos people for work sold in the capital. Baggies with a knot were Mayos and zippies were Chapos. Mayo did not do anything about this or does anything. He knows their time is limited.

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    5. chapos ppl have their own labs also they also have alot of fent labs.
      yes chapos have stores with their bags stamped depending the area u buy em from i gues they seen american gangter to much and poped this out. andd theey nvr beat mayos ppl also el mayit flaco does have a sstore where theeyvsell bags in lnots in el aaguila and chapos dont do nothing about it

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  5. Chapos are killing anyone not on their side. Perhaps this was one of mayos guys

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    1. No way 1:03 mayo and chapo are compas everything is tranquil in Culiastan

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  6. Damn it man.. whats the point of having bodyguards if they gonna surrender easily. Bet he felt safe surrounded by all those men.. tragic..

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  7. Yeah, I can tell by looking at the picture there were no vital signs.

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  8. Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. Looks like he was hit by 30mm depleted uranium rounds from the GAU-8 Avenger minigun in the A10 Warthog.

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    1. That's the way they found that South Carolina teacher by day and CJNG safehouse robber by night, all shot up on the face.

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    2. I remember that article Barney Harris.
      Possibly one year ago.
      They also caught his partner that participated in the robbery.
      He is being charged with murder, because Barney died during the commission of the crime.

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    3. @7:44 THANK YOU !

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  9. The Costa Rica in Chapitos' territory looks like a reasonable settlement, the one in Mayo's territory is just a couple fields if you look on satellite. I reckon he's from the one closer to Culiacan...

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    1. It makes me so irrationally happy to know that someone else spent time on Google maps trying to figure out this Costa Rica mystery too. I worry sometimes that details like that only bother me.

      I think you're right, likely from the Chapitos side Costa Rica. Thanks, Seregalin.

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    2. Also, dramatic murders aren't in El Mayo's playbook.

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    3. the costa rica down south is pure fields cuz they grow alot of corn dowm south they havelot of agriculture

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    4. Haha, great to hear back from you. I'm in the process of making a living off of creating maps so I know very well how fun roaming around Google Maps can be, great work.

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  10. I was able to spot an eyeball among the soup of human flesh that was left… did anyone else catch that

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  11. Looks like he got hit with a grenade

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  12. He was hit with 2 heavy cinder blocks from the 5th floor.

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  13. He got hit with at least two AK's and very likely while he was already on the ground, look at the blood splatter and also his right arm has multiple impacts.
    Why the fuck would his ineffective bodyguards call for medical attention? Pa pendejos no se estudia

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    1. 😂😂why r u so cold for tho

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  14. Those sicarios from CDS are very well trained and armed. Very dangerous individuals.

    Blue Lives Matter. Rest in Peace Officer.

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    1. 4:34 and yet they havent won any war that they have started, ni con la ayuda del govierno🐁🐁🐁

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    2. 4:34 cds straight getting smashed any time they try to take anything over

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    3. Pura envidia que nos tienen bola de culos… Sinaloa le ha dado de tragar a varios estados

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    4. 8:28 tragar que? Mierda? Quedesela pinches viciosos metansela por donde les quepa y les dan vuelta para les quepa mas🐁🐁🐁

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  15. Deputy Director is the same police rank in Mexico as in the United States or what would be its equivalent?

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  16. Now i see why those kids in uvalde couldnt be identified facially. I'm surprised those cartel assholes havent put on shows of ammo destruction in their vids.

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    1. 7:15 Good point
      Now imagine the people that get killed, with those assault weapons in Mexico, many bullets disfiguring the body and face. Have to be strong to be a coroner over there.

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  17. The blood spatter pattern suggest a short 11-12 round burst from an automatic weapon. An AK-47 would be a good guess. Someone mentioned a .50. Certainly a possibility.

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    1. Could also be they put in the grenade into his mouth.
      I think he died instantly with no pain.

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    2. Take him to the hospital via helicopter.
      There's a big chance after surgery he will be ok. They can grab someone else's head from a dismemberment and put him together.

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    3. 1:56 your one smart ass...
      Just give him mouth to mouth.

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    4. 1:56 I hear he still on life support, how can he servive that? Let the family pull the plug and donate his remaining body parts or like you say .... connect another head with the same blood type, I am sure they can find a match, since there is dismemberment every day.

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    5. A 50 KAL WOULD OF DECIMATED HIS WHOLE MAZKARA N PUT SOME HUGE HOLES N HIS BODY .... I'M GONNA GO W/ WHATEVER ASSAULT RIFLES THEY HAVE WHATEVER IT'S THE KUERNO DE GOAT OR THE AR

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  18. Reminds me of the police officer that arrested ovidio. They blasted him like that. I say it was the baby chapos

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  19. This is a video on TikTok of him recording a group singing his corrido


    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRU7H2BX/?k=1

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  20. Grenade - about one third of the top half of a person missing = Explosion.

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  21. He looks like when you step on a ketchup packet.

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  22. He was made out of clay

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  23. San Luis rio Colorado: a man was destroyed the same way at a metal shop.it’s on the narco footage Reddit.A 30 rd mag dump of 5.56 or 7.62 makes a person look like that commander.

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