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Thursday, January 26, 2023

Mexican Mafia Shot Caller “El Evil” Captured in Rosarito

“Socalj” for Borderland Beat


A call was placed to authorities around 6:00PM of armed men aboard a truck in Playas de Rosarito, Tijuana, BC. Municipal police officers arrested 10 men; seized multiple weapons, and marijuana. But the most intriguing part of this bust was that police captured two high-level members of the California-based prison gang, the Mexican Mafia. Other men have been labeled as "Sureños," part of gangs based in Southern California that operate under the Mexican Mafia. 



At least one of the ten arrested has an arrest warrant for homicide, confirmed state authorities. Their white Ford F-150 pickup had California license plates.


Jose Fernando is nicknamed "El Bullet" and is said to be the second in command of the cell under "El Evil" who has operated in Rosarito for several years.

Among those arrested were La eMe members known as "El Evil," and "El Bullet" the leaders of the local cell in Mexico. "El Evil" has been wanted in the US by federal authorities for over 10 years. The detainees, José Fernando also known as "El Bullet", 41 years old; Gerardo, 46; Henry, 33; Eric, 45; Randy, 34; Fernando, 34; Luis Alfredo, 29; Alberto, Luis Julio, and Armando, all three 51 years old. 




The men had in their possession 7 pistols including an FN 5.7mm "police killer" pistol and 2 rifles, a short AR-15 variant in .223 caliber, and a 7.62mm AK-47 type Draco rifle as well as ammunition. Also in the truck were 3 large packages of marijuana.

Martin "El Evil" Madrigal-Cazares has been a fugitive in Mexico for over a decade.

"El Evil" Controlled Ventura County for La Eme

In 2012, from a prison cell outside of the country, Martin Madrigal-Cazares, known as “Evil” was making himself known on Ventura County’s streets. Officials declined to disclose where or why Madrigal is serving time. At the time of 'Operation SuperNova' targeting gangs in the area, he was stated by the FBI to be a fugitive in Mexico. It came out the following year that he was serving a life sentence in a Mexican prison and his defense attorney argued that extraditing him to the US didn't make sense due to this fact.

The Mexican Mafia member set up a ruling body or "Mesa" for the county to control the gangs and drug trafficking taxes in the area. "El Evil" was extorting drug profits from street gangs for the prison-based Mexican Mafia, according to a grand jury indictment. He was so feared that rival gangs cooperated on extortion schemes, drug deals, and violent crimes, according to law enforcement officials.

Madrigal, who also goes by Alberto, controlled the Ventura County area with a gang member named Edwin “Sporty” Mora enforcing his orders on the street level. Sporty would receive a written hit list from Madrigal and be given “permission to conduct extortion on behalf of the Mexican Mafia,” according to the indictment. “This was the first time we have seen a central shot-caller call around to different gangs in the county, and he brought them together to commit crimes,” said Sheriff Dean. "It’s really unusual for us to see. Gangs normally opposing each other were going together because the shot-caller was at such a high level in the Mexican Mafia they knew they had to comply."


Edwin “Sporty” Mora and Alana Mora coordinated the street level amongst the rival gangs for "El Evil" and the Mexican Mafia.

2012 Operation Wicked Hand & Super Nova Investigations

The Ventura County operation, dubbed Operation Wicked Hand, started with two shootings in Moorpark and a heroin bust at about the same time. It resulted in the seizure of 32 firearms including 12 handguns, 12 rifles, 6 shotguns, 3 assault rifles, and a MAC-10 with a silencer. Also seized was $36,000 and a quarter pound of heroin. According to court documents, Mora is said to have indicated that a gang member named Little Rudy “was going to kick in money by Wednesday and if he can’t make that happen, Mora wanted the fool in the dirt.” The indictment makes it clear authorities had access to text messages and phone calls that gang members made among themselves. Sheriff’s officials said investigators thwarted several crimes, including two planned killings and a drugstore robbery.


The 35-count indictment portrayed Madrigal as a powerful leader within the Mexican Mafia. He was one of 27 people named in the indictment, 24 of whom had been arrested at the time. It is the largest indictment in Ventura County history. Charges included conspiring to commit felony assaults, extortion, home invasion robberies, narcotics trafficking, and other organized criminal activity all for the benefit of the Mexican Mafia. Following this large bust, Juan Rosas, another gang member of the El Rio gang stepped up into Mora's role to collect taxes before being arrested himself.

But Madrigal at the time was in a Mexican prison. He was excepted to be extradited to face felony charges in the US. His Defense Attorney at the time, Jay Leiderman said Madrigal is serving a life sentence in Mexico. Extraditing him wouldn’t make sense when he would serve up to 20 years in the United States if convicted, Leiderman said. Prosecutor Joann Roth said she didn’t know the details of Madrigal’s incarceration in Mexico but that documents have been filed to extradite him.

Cefereso Number 14 in Gomez Palacio, Durango.

But all of this occurred 10 years ago. At the time, "El Evil" was said to be in the Cefereso Number 14 in Gomez Palacio in Durango, Mexico. He was supposedly serving a life sentence there. It is not known when he was released and why. It is likely his deportation or extradition to California could take place.


Killing of Rosarito Officer Roberto Drew Cortez

Rosarito officer, Roberto Drew Cortez, was attacked and killed this week. Cortez, a police officer for the last 6 years, was Head of the Tourist Section. He was off-duty (but not on suspension as initially reported by some). He was accompanied by his son when he was shot and killed while driving on Popocatépetl St. in the La Sierra neighborhood. His son was injured but remained in the vehicle and lived.

It is possible that his death is related to the capture of the 10 men tied to the Mexican Mafia gang and the weapons seized are currently undergoing ballistic tests to determine this fact, explained Ricardo Iván Carpio, State Attorney.

"We could not say yes, but of course, it is an important route to be able to confirm it, this could be through the result of the ballistics treatment, from the forensic laboratory," said the official.

74 comments:

  1. Nicely investigated and put together thank you señor Socalj

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  2. The foundation has been layed out already everybody wants a piece of the pie now

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    1. Well they could keep on wanting, because in Mexico many have tried before and NONE have succeeded. Different program over here.

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  3. That's the dude from YouTube...cholo Juan...

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    1. That is correct.

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    2. Those fat fucks will be losing a lot of fat when they stick them in the penny aka La Mesa penitentiary

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    3. do you even know what la peni is like? the first days till they assign ur cell are like living in a dumpster but once u get ur cell u can buy food from the store have tv have a comfy bed, all the commodities, someone makes ur bed for cigarettes its easy to buy drugs or a phone along other privileges la peni is heaven compared 2 el hongo in tecate or other high security prisons

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  4. Evil & Sporty were def the real deal… no doubt Evil prob made serious connections in Mex… I wonder which cell or cells they were working with…? I assume being locked up in Durango & working in Baja would prob have them working with Sinaloa…

    -Holden D. Cash

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    1. Evil and sporty from Colonia?

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    2. That is correct…

      -Holden D. Cash

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    3. If they were so badass....how come they didn't shoot it out...they were just regular patrol cops...not the marina

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    4. Colonia bakers. ?

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    5. @8:31pm Colonia Chiques ¿què no?

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    6. yup Durango prison in gomez palacio is known for hosting high profile drug dealers that still work from jail

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    7. Martin is from Oxnard's La Colonia Chiques neighborhood. The oldest barrio in Ventura County that dates back to the 1920's that has produced both Eme and NF members throughout its history. It predates North/South split. Sporty is from Morfus or Moorpark. Rumors had it that Martin was calling shots from TJ. Some people from the neighborhood had reported seeing him on and off over the last 10 years in Rosarito. I guess it all is true.

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    8. COXCH. Big homies.

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    9. the big homie Martin is from Colonia Chiques and Sporty is from the city of Moorpark gang//

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  5. Wonder if this arrest has anything to do with the family that was killed in tulare

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    1. Puros vatos locos forever giving up the chon chon!

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  7. What was evil locked up in Durango for?

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  8. They worked for CAF

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  9. If they were so bad they would of did everything themselves instead of ordering people to do it ... Badass at giving orders ... A real fool would get down himself regardless of his position

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    1. Shut the fuck up lame

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    2. The way La Eme works, according to Mundo Mendoza, is that members gain membership and clout with the organization by leaving a trail of dead bodies in their wake. In other words, if this guy is Eme, then rest assured he has done a lot of dirt himself.

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    3. Well they might work like that in the US, but over here they will ALWAYS take a back seat and do what they are told or else. If they do any "dirt" in Mexico without asking for permission first, its all bad. They cant even bust down a burpees rutina, without asking first....jajajaja

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    4. Im just here to see all the dry snitching....

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    5. Moooo Hahhhhhhaaaahahaaaaaa

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  10. Just execute these scum and save everyone the headache

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  11. Hows mexican mafia different from cartels????.

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    1. Mexican drug cartels are organizations based in Mexico that traffic drugs. The Mexican mafia is a California prison gang that controls mexican American street gangs in southern California. They are very often confused with each other but far from the same. Mexican mafia members have a lot of influence with the cartels because the cartels have high ranking members incarcerated in American prisons under eme control therefore if a cartel gave them any problem their incarcerated members in the u.s. would be targeted for execution very quickly. It seems eme members like evil and recently passed away chino peanut butter were doing a lot of work for the cartels in baja.

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    2. Mafias are a group of individuals participating in organized crime therefore the word “mafia”encompasses mexicans in the states or in Mexico getting money illegally so the word “mafia” can be used to describe these illegal activities. “Cartel” is synonymous with “mafia” just like saying “maña”

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  12. La Eme has history working for CAF since David Baron it look’s like the report’s were true 2012 there was a report that they had a presence in Tijuana but after all these year’s i guess it’s was true that suck’s for people in Tijuana these guy’s work like La Linea in Juarez there very disciplined that’s why it took this long time to capture these guy’s

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    1. La linea seems like a true secret society...very low key

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    2. Linea has a bigger enemy then them from west to south. They have to be lowkey or they will end up like csrdl making a bunch of noise and being hit hard

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    3. 10:54 Linea ain't going anywhere soon even if they were not low-key. In the border where they are located 70 percent or more of the cocaine that comes into the U.S. passes by there as well as heroin.
      Now meth is making a big spike thru there also. Linea runs that border so they are powerful themselves.
      The biggest threat to Linea is internal fighting like with the stupid ass Mexicles and fucks like that that mess up the town of Juarez and do not help Linea whatsoever.

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    4. 5:36 For a reason Linea have (or used to have) shipments to Cali in gas containers since 90's. Im sure they still using that old route.

      9:10 They been playing that ways for decades, except for the Carrillo era, that lasted few years.

      10:54 Linea is MUCH older than all cartels in Mexico. Poor comparison with CSRDL.

      10:14 Mexicles/aztecas/ or any other gang giving service, dont even know Linea bosses.

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  13. It's not. Just a bunch of degenerate, parasitic scum that lives off the backs of others.

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  14. This is Cartel FSU..Notorious in Rosarito for piso and burrito snatching,they generate money by selling the butter of their necks.Cartel Fat Shits United they will even rob your perro of his chewbone

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  15. Mexican mafia is the strongest organized criminal group in the USA

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    1. Definitely not Yakuza. EME have full control.

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    2. Yeah man we are so proud of our criminals and gangs.we got the hardest gangs ya dig.
      And they Mexican,im so proud

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    3. And if you actually do your homework... Yes the Yakuza is the Largest criminal syndicate in the world...also them dudes operate legally. In other words they control actual corporations

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    4. 11:27 the yakuza is small compared to triads.

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  16. True brother la eme is heavy hitters they run the streets in CALI but that report was Univision 2012 that alot of la eme soldier’s were either deported or recruited like Baron was and that baron was the bridge to that relationship and Melvin was one of many i see why know why CAF is very low key while alot of us thought they were dead

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    1. Those connections made in South America and other places don’t just go away because they aren’t online flossing. These people have families and friends who kept it going without much bragging.

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  17. Mexican Mafia don't take foreigners into their ranks. American Mexican only. (la EME)

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    1. Wealy bro,they must be so hard,are you sprung just thinking about la eme ?
      How old are these fuckin clowns on here ?

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    2. 10:03 dude theres Mexican nationals in the M ranks, please educate urself before assuming

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    3. Not true they have had Japanese, whites and born in Mexico and undocumented full fledge members

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    4. They had a white dude in la m. Watch american me.

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    5. They were Mexican Americans that then made their way to Mexico. But yes, La eMe has had several white guys, some asian as members.

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    6. Jose Rodriguez Landa, aka Fox from South Los, Francisco Puppet Martinez from 18th Street, and Chino Padua from D.F, are all Mexican nationals. There are many more.

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  18. Which Mexican cartel does Le Me affiliated to?

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    1. With all n any cartel that brings n pushes dope in south Cali

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    2. It’s business not affiliation to anyone. They are only loyal to themselves. And behind the walls, they are having an issue with La Mara. 2 of them got killed in Beaumont, Feb 2022. Locked down the whole system for a week or more depending where you were at. I was way away at FCI Ray Brook and we still were on heavy alert there 👍

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  19. Bring him to His New home... A very small jail cell

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  20. The top dudes look almost identical. Father and son?

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  21. The funny thing is everybody acts like these guys are heeman ... Everybody is tough with weapons or guns or knives or whatever ..... I bet straight up without weapons neither one of these guys can kick my ass .... And I bet there is alot of guys who aren't into gangs that can whoop their asses ....and it says they were so feared Lolo idiots I would of told em u ain't collecting SHI- so how do u feel about that ...

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    1. Whatever you say keyboard warrior like Mike Tyson said everybody talks tough till they get punched in the mouth which sounds like something you need

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    2. 2twelve Truth is they use weapons plenty of tough talkers till that sunny ass get hog tied

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  22. The Mexican mafia has control over multiple prisons in Baja. They are ran by eme members evil madrigal (the guy in the article), woody from compton, wizard from f13, Ronnie Ayala from national city. The eme has also worked with multiple cartels and have no allegiance to any single one. They have a historical connection with AFO after they hired eme member popeye barron and he brought on other eme members like bat Marquez who is in ADX and still working with cartels. More recently they had an agreement to work with la familia michoacan selling their dope and protecting them on this side. Also eme member chino peanut butter from maravilla was living in TJ after his release from prison and was said to be working with NGJC surrounding himself with MS13 gang members loyal to him. Many other eme fugitives have found a home in Mexico like dashing d from Ontario. There are plenty of eme members with connections to sinaloa as well like Mosca from San fe. There is a paisa that was made into the Mexican mafia and he is chino from D.F. Also many cartel members incarcerated in the U.S. are under Mexican mafia protection including Benjamin arrelano felix who has many photos with eme members as well as Osiel Cardenas. Members from gulf, sinaloa, jaurez, blo, jalisco, Columbia and others enjoy eme protection in u.s. federal prisons. They are not the same but definitely work together on many occasions as the Mexican mafia has an absolute stranglehold on crime in Southern california both in prisons and on the streets.

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      Ohh shit its so hot hearing you talk sailor,all these greasy men in prison you speak on,keep it on the downlow sailor

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  23. The US is too damn nice keeping these lifelong criminal alive and thriving in prison. In some ways prison is better than being homeless with 3 meals a day and medical coverage. They need to stop raising these criminal and just execute all. Guaranteed Mexican mafia would be history and all other prison gangs. Stop wasting money keeping these guys alive execute all.

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  24. The EME has always had a presence down in MX. Dashing D, Peanut Butter (rip), Lil Chuy, Diablo, Hondo, Big Joe before he got locked up, El Luigi, etc. Big Joe and his younger brother are originally from MX and the younger brother still operates down there and Big Joe has set up prison MESAS in Nevada and Florida. Big Joe shares Nevada with Cadillac Kenny. On the side note MESAS in other states are under control from different EMEROS like El Bat has Washington, Big Joe has Florida, Pete Boy and Big Lew have Arizona but work alongside with the AZ EME. Cadillac Kenny has Utah, and Rolo had Oklas back in the 2000s but not sure about now. And Champ and Huero Tres were working together before Champ passed away.

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    1. Champ was in ADX in Colorado and Huero Tres was operating out there in Colorado and stayed closed to Champ before Champ died of cancer in 2018. As for the whereabouts of Huero Tres nowadays or if he is still active with Mob only time can tell. Prior to making moves in Colorado, Huero Tres was living in Hawaii and was part of the Hawaii EME faction in the 1990s alongside Jap Mike, Rolo, and Tony P.

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