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Monday, January 30, 2023

Tijuana, Baja California: 'El Richie', Former CAF Operator Killed Inside Plaza Galerias

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat


Ricardo Verber Campos 'El Richie', identified by Baja California security authorities as an operator for the Arellano Felix Cartel, was murdered today in Plaza Galerias, in one of the city's most sought-after areas.

The man was shot dead in the subway parking lot of the place, where the assassins managed to escape in a pickup truck and without the mall staff being able to immediately provide the authorities with characteristics and details of the assailants.

The events took place minutes before 4:00 in the afternoon of Monday, January 30 at the shopping center located on Agua Caliente Boulevard, in the Hipódromo neighborhood, next to the Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana soccer stadium.

According to the authorities' records, the first report was made by a citizen, who requested anonymity, indicating that an injured person was lying on the ground in the parking lot of the plaza.

The Municipal Police arrived at the scene and found a man unconscious in front of the payment machines on the second level of the parking lot, located next to the elevator, so they requested the presence of the Red Cross, whose paramedics finally declared him lifeless.

At first glance, the victim had been injured by gunshot wounds to the head area.

According to witnesses, the perpetrators fled in a green Ford Explorer. 

Investigating officers have requested access to security cameras to obtain more information about the murderers, as security personnel did not provide detailed characteristics of the vehicle or the suspects at first.

In 2018, Ricardo Verber was detained by the State Preventive Police in Tijuana while driving a recent model white Chevrolet Colorado pickup, with California plates.

His arrest occurred after, according to the version of the agents, a .40 caliber handgun with 12 rounds and meth was found on Paseo de los Heroes Avenue in the 20 de Noviembre neighborhood.

On that occasion, Ricardo's sister was also arrested, accused by the police of having arrived at the place of arrest to offer them money in exchange for not arresting him. According to the police version, after failing to achieve her objective, the woman rammed one of the agents, injuring his leg.

That year, the State Public Security Secretariat reported the arrest of Ricardo Verber and identified him as an operator of the Arellano Felix Cartel.

However, he was released and his arrest was limited to possession of a firearm and drugs, both federal crimes.

Currently, at the age of 45, "El Richie" Verber was the owner of a private security company, dedicated to the installation of alarms and cameras.

Ricardo was the brother of Rogelio and Eduardo Verber Campos, both of whom disappeared at the end of the 1990s as members of the narco junior’s, a group of young men affiliated with the Arellano Felix Cartel.

The Verber Campos brothers were reported missing in Rosarito on January 5, 1997.

According to the international organization Human Rights Watch, based on interviews given by the father of the Verber Campos brothers, the family received an anonymous phone call indicating that Rogelio and Eduardo had been detained by a group of uniformed persons in a Suburban with tinted windows.

According to the father, in a second call, they were informed that his sons had been taken to a military base, but there was no information to corroborate such detention by any public force.

A year before their disappearance, the Verber's house was searched by federal agents with the help of the military in search of drugs and weapons related to the CAF.






41 comments:

  1. Only group who had a short lived reign over Tijuas was CAF. Once they lost that control, the city literally became No Man's Land.

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    1. I don’t think they’ve lost control at all.Look closer and see who’s pulling strings and who reports to who.sure there’s a lot of killings but see who’s ordering them and you will see they haven’t lost control.

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    2. 10:38 what short lived reign of TJ by CAF are you talking about? They had control since the late 80's after El Doctor got arrested, Benjamin was his underboss, los Aretes in the 90's practically controlled all the Baja and didn't share TJ until after Teo went crying for help to CDS in his war with El Inge.
      20 years +/- and some people from their might say they still control who uses the routes into SD

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    3. They never lost control

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    4. Tijuana Cartel is not finished yet. They are still active and collecting taxes from other cartels. They are not the powerful group they once were but they are still working. They have alliance to other groups and jump from one to another as they see it fit. They are embedded like ticks and have business connections and corrupt officials connections.

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    5. Tijuana cartel is deep in Tijuana and are strong. It's the only plaza they have so they protect it. CDS and CJNG gave them a headache the last couple of years but they passed the test abd are still operating.
      While CDS keep fighting each other cjng and CAF are getting stronger in that city

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    6. Benjamin was never an underboss..El Doctor was low on the totem pole. Benjamin was numero uno in CAF.

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    7. 7:07 I'm not referring to Benjamin's brother

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  2. he was kidnapped in monterrey in 2016 at the opening of his restaurant called londons pub got released after 18 days with two shots to the leg

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  3. allegedly he had recent beef with flaco caf

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  4. Slow day compared to Zacatecas or Guanajuato where there is usually 8 to 10 for me to collect inside a barroom.

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    1. In Tijuana they wipe out tiendas instead of bars and tire shops. I believe that CAF still controls the plaza AKA charges floor to other cartels and controls Zona Norte

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    2. 5:57 I believe not, how can you claim you control a plaza when "your plaza is in the top 5 most violent plazas" nobody controls TJ, its up for grabs for everybody

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    3. 9:30 PM Whoever charges the piso to move weight controls the plaza. Lot of players, but only one cartel collecting.

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  5. The CAF is basically nonexistent! There is no CAF other than those who deflected which are far and between.

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    1. Yes they still around sunny boy.

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    2. You probably think cjng runs the show

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    3. yup they still around the swap meet 🤣

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    4. 1:16 nobody runs it buddy

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    5. They're still around? They are not.... who? El Abogado, el Ripa, el Pelus? They're working for someone else. El Z1 is still around but independent. There no more CAF.

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    6. 9:28 pelus died, the other two work for the feds , Z1 still working and making money.

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  6. This type of Murders or arrest of high ranking members always comes from within just like el Pablito or even El Sargento that’s how other members move up I hate to write this but like I’ve said before I’ve lived in Tijuana all my life I know I lot of these guy’s through parties and when you see a murder like this or arrest you don’t see them panic just another day that fucked up the game has come to this

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    1. Confirmado. En tj no le pegan a un sobrino sin la buena vista de los señores.

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    2. jajaja confirmado cuando ya no sirvas tambien te van a pegar a ti "los senores"😂

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    3. Lo más seguro que si. Así es la cosa en este pedo de Tijuana asta Culiacán. Pero por tu comentario se te mira lo verde morro

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    4. calmate abuelo 7:33 jajajaj

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    5. por tu comentario se te nota lo ruco 🤣

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    6. el abuelo tiene razon todos los carteles son iguales cuando te vuelves un peso o les llegan al precio te traicionan la diferencia esta en que para los tijuanos ese precio es muy pero muy bajo

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    7. el morro verde 🐸🐸🐸

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    1. there is still people trying to live of the fame the brothers had but u are correct caf is dead just 🐀 cells remain

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  8. Caf is never dead just more low key ask you’re self why didn’t cds or cjng wiped them out if there so weak just think about it and I’m not a fan boy just a realist

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  9. CAF is not dead or nonexistent, they just lost a grip of the control they had when the brothers were running the show. Tijuana is a free for all. It's not like Puerto Vallarta or Culiacan where you can say CJNG or CDS has their city on lock. Basically, Tijuana has been infiltrated, you could say that CAF runs it but realistically Tijuas no tiene dueño.

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  10. es el que se la pasaba inventando que jorge briseño el cholo 5-5 seguia vivo para que no le hicieran nada

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  11. Buena onda era este vato qepd

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  12. I know people from Lomas , Palm City , Otay , Nestor , Logan , Sherman , Del Sol and Shelltown all moving weight for them thru there respected hoods and a few clicks they aint going no where !

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