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El Mayo was ordered detained pending trial and was transferred yesterday to the Eastern District of New York from the Western District of Texas, following his arrest in New Mexico on July 25.
Friday, September 13, 2024
"El Mayo" Pleads Not Guilty in New York Federal Court
El Mayo was ordered detained pending trial and was transferred yesterday to the Eastern District of New York from the Western District of Texas, following his arrest in New Mexico on July 25.
After Review Of Sentence, Rosalinda Gonzalez, Wife Of 'Mencho', Is Kept In Preventive Custody
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This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Rosalinda González Valencia, the wife of Nemesio Oseguera, known as El Mencho, the leader of the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation (CJNG), must remain in custody at Cefereso 16 in Morelos, a federal judge confirmed.
At the hearing to review the measure, the judge declared his request unfounded, and he will have to remain in prison, reported Proceso.
González Valencia was sentenced in December 2023 to five years in prison for her alleged responsibility in organized crime, with the purpose of committing crimes against health and operations with resources of illicit origin (money laundering).
But in April 2024, a control judge in a hearing held at the Federal Criminal Justice Center, with residence in Xochitepec, Morelos, determined that the Attorney General's Office (FGR), did not present sufficient evidence in criminal case 254/2023 to prosecute González Valencia, for such crimes.
Wave Of Violence Continues In Culiacan, Decapitated Body Found Next To Park 87, In Culiacan; Head Not Found: Sinaloa
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This article was translated and reposted from LOS NOTICIERISTAS
WRITTEN BY: MIGUEL URIAS
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Culiacán, Sin.- The body of a man was found decapitated, with visible signs of torture and handcuffed in the early hours of Friday, September 13 in the municipality of Culiacán.
The information indicates that at 01:00 a.m. the 911 emergency service reported the presence of a lifeless and decapitated body on Liberalismo Street, between Presidente Plutarco Elías Calles and Presidente Roque González Garza, in the Simón Bolívar neighborhood, next to the well-known Parque 87.
The report was taken by elements of the municipal police, who at that location located a lifeless body, handcuffed by his hands and headless, which as clothing was wearing blue jeans, a black shirt and black tactical boots.
As protocols, the perimeter was delimited and experts and investigators from the prosecutor's office were in charge of the diligences and during the field work they did not locate the head of the person, so only the body was transferred as unknown to the Forensic Medical Service.
FOLLOW-UP
WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO
US Prosecutor Alleges "El Mayo" Ordered the Death of His Nephew "Cheyo Antrax"
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Friday the 13th is the first appearance for Isamel "El Mayo" Zambada-Garcia in a New York federal courtroom after being transferred from El Paso, Texas. The scheduled initial hearing is in the same courtroom that saw former Sinaloa Cartel leader "El Chapo" receive a life sentence, and the same prosecutor has filed a letter with the Judge ahead of the hearing. The filing details the flight risks associated with Mayo and background on violent crimes and trafficking for his first New York hearing in order to ensure he is denied bond and not released before his trial.
Journalist Keegan Hamilton has highlighted some of the key points mentioned in the latest filing by US Attorney Breon Peace who also won convictions against Genaro Garcia Luna, and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera.
Journalist Keegan Hamilton has highlighted some of the key points mentioned in the latest filing by US Attorney Breon Peace who also won convictions against Genaro Garcia Luna, and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
AMLO Admits That Events In Sinaloa Are a Result Of Fighting Between Armed Groups Over 'El Mayo' Case. Follow-Up: "El Panu" Death News Is False
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This article was translated and reposted from LOS NOTICIERISTAS
WRITTEN BY: TERY PEREZ
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Mexico City, Mexico - Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, President of Mexico, highlighted on Thursday that there were two homicides in Sinaloa on September 11, contrary to what is mentioned in social networks and some media outlets.
Showing a graph of yesterday's homicides in a 'morning' conference, the federal president took the opportunity to comment:
“There is the Army in coordination with the Navy, the National Guard, the State Police are pending.”
“To tell the people of Culiacán, of Sinaloa, that we are with sufficient presence, to guarantee peace, tranquility,” he commented.
“Yesterday, here is Sinaloa, in the whole state we had two homicides,” he reported.
“I say this about Sinaloa as well, because I saw in some report of I don't know how many deceased and today we saw this report,” he added.
López Obrador considered that the situation that has been occurring in some municipalities of Sinaloa, including the south of the capital city, is being addressed.
“There is fear, but tell the people that we are pending, that so far this is the result and surely it is not because of these clashes, these homicides may be other causes,” he stressed.
“There is fighting between two groups and we have to try to ensure that it does not affect the population and also that they do not confront each other,” he explained.
“Is it related to the 'El Mayo' Zambada thing?” he was asked.
“Yes, I already said it is a matter that has to do with a confrontation of (criminal) groups,” he reiterated.
AMLO lashes out at media that 'magnify' violent events
AMLO called to avoid alarmism and sensationalism, especially from conservative media that magnify the facts in this and other states.
“In the case of Sinaloa is there are enough elements from the Secretary of Defense, the National Guard, everything also so that there is no alarmism, sensationalism, because the conservative media or those who do not like us, make everything bigger, they magnify it, before there were even pacts of silence,” he opined.
“As they are angry with me, they would like the country to go up in flames, they see the social networks, the newspapers and it is like the old Alarma”, he pointed out.
FOLLOW-UP BY: CHAR
EL PANU
Rumors ran wild on Wednesday throughout social media, especially on X about the death of Oscar Noe Medina Gonzalez "El Panu", I want to state this news is false, fake, and erroneous. This news was started by a specific X account which I will not name out of respect and the Blog Del Narco news page ran with it and spread like wildfire.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
"El Mayo's" Move to New York Federal Court is to Avoid Murder Charges of US Citizens
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The agreed transfer of Ismael Zambada García, "El Mayo," from Texas to a federal court in New York is part of a strategy by the defense to avoid the drug lord being tried on murder charges in the 2012 Texas, even though it would mean he faces charges of fentanyl trafficking, said sources familiar with the case.
Both are federal cases but the New York indictment does not have charges related to any murders.
"There are charges that he will avoid in New York and that he would have to answer to in the court of the Southern District of Texas, such as the charge of homicide, which could well be worth the death penalty and would make the trial against him more difficult, and that is why the defense preferred to negotiate with the prosecution," said a person close to Zambada García's family, who asked not to be identified.
The ATF Informant That Nearly Brokered an Alliance Between Mexican Mafia & La Familia Michoacana Part 2
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The cartel wanted Rocha to finalize the deal with its bosses in Mexico, but ATF brass refused to approve the trip, he said in his tapes.
The agency was reeling from the “Fast and Furious” scandal, in which weapons trafficked into Mexico with the ATF’s knowledge were eventually used to kill a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
Rocha turned to Landa-Rodriguez’s old cellmate, Michael “Mike Boo” Moreno, and another carnal, Fred “Fast Freddy” Montoya, asking them to cut off the GPS monitors on their ankles and travel to Mexico. Once they returned, they’d surrender to serve time for violating their parole in the California prison system, where they could tell incarcerated Mexican Mafia members about the pact.
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The cartel wanted Rocha to finalize the deal with its bosses in Mexico, but ATF brass refused to approve the trip, he said in his tapes.
The agency was reeling from the “Fast and Furious” scandal, in which weapons trafficked into Mexico with the ATF’s knowledge were eventually used to kill a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
Rocha turned to Landa-Rodriguez’s old cellmate, Michael “Mike Boo” Moreno, and another carnal, Fred “Fast Freddy” Montoya, asking them to cut off the GPS monitors on their ankles and travel to Mexico. Once they returned, they’d surrender to serve time for violating their parole in the California prison system, where they could tell incarcerated Mexican Mafia members about the pact.
Clashes Break Out In Quilá And South Of Culiacán, This Morning, As Los Chapos Make Incursions Into Mayo Zambada Territory: Sinaloa
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This article was translated and reposted from LOS NOTICIERISTAS
WRITTEN BY: ERNESTO MARTINEZ
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Culiacán, Sin.- A series of clashes between armed groups broke out this Wednesday morning, September 11, in the center of the Quilá syndicate, in front of the Red Cross base in this community and in the communities located near the Culiacán-Mazatlán Maxipista highway, south of the municipality of Culiacán, where so far no injuries have been reported.
Several videos and photographs sent by users of the toll road and residents of the Quilá syndicate revealed the clashes that took place at around 6:50 a.m. this morning, where armed men can be seen aboard several armed pickup trucks and others on foot carrying assault rifles and firing at their targets.
At the moment all the businesses in the Quilá syndicate have lowered their curtains and those that had not yet opened decided not to do so due to the great problem of insecurity that is being experienced in most of the municipality of Culiacán, but which in the last three days has intensified in the center and south of the municipality.
Shootout in Quilá
Some trailer operators driving on the toll road recorded the moments when several units marked with numbers or letters and in which armed men were traveling, were driving south on the Maxipista, while other cargo vehicles were crossed on the road as a kind of shield to prevent rival groups from entering the area.
Also, marked trucks can be seen crossed on one of the lanes of the highway and neighbors of the communities of Jacola, La Laguna de Canachi and Estación Obispo have reported shootings in these communities, where no injuries have been reported.
Treasury Targets Key Funding Source of Deadly Fentanyl- Trafficking Cartel CJNG. New Sanctions Against "El Tanque" Senior CJNG Member Leading Fuel Theft Ring In Jalisco And Veracruz
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PRESS RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
CJNG Fuel Theft Network Deprives Mexico of Revenue while Strengthening Cartel
WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned nine Mexican nationals and 26 Mexico-based entities linked to a fuel theft network that generates tens of millions of dollars benefiting the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), a violent Mexico-based drug trafficking organization responsible for a significant proportion of fentanyl and other deadly drugs trafficked into the United States. Mexico-based drug trafficking cartels such as CJNG have turned to fuel theft in recent years, resulting in billions of dollars in lost revenue to the Mexican government. Today’s action was coordinated closely with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Government of Mexico, including La Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (UIF), Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit.
“President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the Treasury Department are committed to taking decisive action to disrupt the funding and operations of deadly fentanyl-trafficking cartels like CJNG,” said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo. “CJNG’s diverse revenue streams, including fuel theft, ultimately strengthen its ability to traffic fentanyl and other deadly drugs into the United States. Treasury will continue to use its expertise and tools to target relentlessly drug trafficking gangs to make our communities safer and keep poisonous drugs like fentanyl off our streets.”
Treasury plays a leading role in countering the trafficking of fentanyl and other illicit drugs as part of President Biden’s Unity Agenda, leveraging its expertise to fight illicit financing and financial crimes to disrupt the flows of money that criminal organizations rely on to operate. Over the past two years, Treasury has sanctioned more than 300 targets for involvement in drug trafficking activities at all stages of the supply chain, from major cartel leaders to under-the-radar labs, transportation networks, and chemical suppliers. Last year, Secretary Yellen launched the Counter-Fentanyl Strike Force, which brings together Treasury’s expertise and resources in fighting financial crime, led by the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) and IRS Criminal Investigation (CI). Secretary Yellen has also engaged with international partners to combat fentanyl trafficking, including during her travel to Mexico last year. In April, Secretary Yellen also announced the launch of an exchange with the People’s Republic of China to enhance cooperating in combatting money laundering associated with drug trafficking and other crime.
Today’s action is taken pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14059, which targets persons involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade. On April 8, 2015, OFAC sanctioned CJNG pursuant to the Kingpin Act for playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking. On December 15, 2021, OFAC also designated CJNG pursuant to E.O. 14059. In other actions, OFAC has sanctioned numerous CJNG-linked individuals and companies pursuant to both the Kingpin Act and E.O. 14059 that were engaged in various commercial activities and multiple individuals who played critical roles in CJNG’s drug trafficking, money laundering, timeshare fraud, and corruption.
THICK AS THIEVES: MEXICAN CARTELS AND FUEL THEFT
Fuel theft, colloquially referred to in Mexico as huachicol, is the most significant non-drug revenue source for Mexican cartels and other illicit actors. Thieves in Mexico (or huachicoleros) steal fuel from Mexico’s state-owned petroleum company, Pemex, through numerous means, including illegally drilling taps into fuel pipelines, stealing from refineries, and hijacking tanker trucks. They also use bribery and violence in support of these illicit activities. Stolen fuel is then sold on the black market around Mexico and even in the United States and Central America. In recent years, as Mexican cartels have become more involved in fuel theft, the Mexican government has reported billions of dollars in lost revenue due to huachicol.
DISRUPTING CJNG FUEL THEFT
Ivan Cazarin Molina (a.k.a. “El Tanque”—meaning the storage tank) is a senior member of CJNG, reporting directly to CJNG leader Ruben Oseguera Cervantes (a.k.a. “El Mencho”) as part of his inner circle of trusted associates. Involved in the rise and consolidation of CJNG, El Tanque operates in the Mexican states of Jalisco and Veracruz. Although primarily involved in fuel theft, El Tanque has also engaged in drug trafficking, extortion, and homicide. El Tanque’s fuel theft generates tens of millions of dollars per year for himself and CJNG. El Tanque steals fuel through illicit taps of Pemex pipelines and stores it near the city of Veracruz in storage tanks capable of holding millions of liters. Through family members and associates acting as front persons, El Tanque manages a network of ostensibly legitimate retail gas stations where he sells stolen fuel. El Tanque also sells stolen fuel to third parties in Mexico, who in turn sell it to the U.S. market, often in Texas.
Fuel storage tanks used by El Tanque located in Veracruz, Mexico
OFAC designated El Tanque pursuant to E.O. 14059 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG, a person designated pursuant to E.O. 14059.
TARGETING EL TANQUE’S TEAM
In addition to El Tanque, OFAC also designated his family members, who are linked, directly or indirectly, to CJNG fuel theft.
Often mistaken for one another, El Tanque is the younger brother of senior CJNG member Cesar Cazarin Molina (a.k.a. “Tornado”). Both El Tanque and Tornado have been identified as using the alias “Victor Hugo Delgado Renteria.” Like El Tanque, Tornado was a founding member of CJNG and is close friends with El Mencho. Involved in homicide and recognized as a member of the armed wing of CJNG, Tornado was arrested in 2013 but remains involved in CJNG activities in Veracruz from within prison. El Tanque shares his fuel theft profits with Tornado.
El Tanque’s father-in-law, Domingo Medina Diaz (a.k.a. El Mingo), is also known to be a member of the armed wing of CJNG and has been involved in Mexico’s fuel industry since the late 1980s. Like Tornado, El Mingo is also incarcerated in Mexico yet remains active in CJNG and receives shares of fuel profits from El Tanque.
Jahir Cazarin Ramos, nephew to El Tanque and son of Tornado, acts as a front person or officer in fuel-related companies in El Tanque’s network. Additionally, OFAC designated El Tanque’s associates who, directly or indirectly, play important roles in his fuel theft activities which benefit CJNG.
Gerardo Alvarado Castillo is a trusted associate of El Tanque and acts as a front person for a hazardous materials transportation company in El Tanque’s network.
Jose Saul Rodriguez Hernandez is an important front person for El Tanque, holding various positions in, and serving as the public face of, several fuel-related companies in El Tanque’s network.
El Tanque’s other associates acting as officers or front persons in fuel-related companies in his network include Brandon Ernesto Herrera Medina, Santos Aldair Estrada Medina, and Patricia Rivera Garcia.
OFAC designated Tornado, El Mingo, and Gerardo Alvarado Castillo pursuant to E.O. 14059 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG, a person designated pursuant to E.O. 14059.
OFAC designated Jahir Cazarin Ramos, Jose Saul Rodriguez Hernandez, Brandon Ernesto Herrera Medina, Santos Aldair Estrada Medina, and Patricia Rivera Garcia pursuant to E.O. 14059 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, El Tanque.
EXPOSING OSTENSIBLY LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES
El Tanque’s business network is particularly vulnerable to disruption given his use of seemingly legitimate retail gas station companies to sell stolen fuel.
Accordingly, OFAC sanctioned eleven retail gas station companies in El Tanque’s network and based in Veracruz, Mexico, namely Biocombustibles El Jicaro, S.A. de C.V.; Dos Oceanos Paso del Toro, S.A. de C.V.; Etanofuel, S.A. de C.V.; Rapicombustibles de Veracruz, S.A. De C.V.; Magnocombustibles de Veracruz, S.A. de C.V.; Ahorrocombustibles de Veracruz, S.A. de C.V.; Econocombustibles de Veracruz, S.A. de C.V.; Carburantes Dos Oceanos, S.A. de C.V.; Dos Oceanos Combustibles y Carburantes, S.A. de C.V.; Combustibles Evolutivos y Alternativos Dos Oceanos, S.A. de C.V.; and Suministros Combustibles Oceanos, S.A. de C.V.
Etanofuel, S.A. de C.V. (a.k.a. "G Energy"), a retail gas station company owned, controlled, or directed by, directly or indirectly, El Tanque
OFAC also sanctioned a Veracruz-based hazardous materials transportation company, Traver Permisionarios, S.A. de C.V., and construction company, Maquinas EDJA, S.A. de C.V., supporting El Tanque’s illicit fuel activities.
OFAC designated Biocombustibles El Jicaro; Dos Oceanos Paso del Toro; Etanofuel; Rapicombustibles de Veracruz; Magnocombustibles de Veracruz; Ahorrocombustibles de Veracruz; Econocombustibles de Veracruz; Carburantes Dos Oceanos; Dos Oceanos Combustibles y Carburantes; Combustibles Evolutivos y Alternativos Dos Oceanos; Suministros Combustibles Oceanos; Traver Permisionarios; and Maquinas EDJA pursuant to E.O. 14059 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, El Tanque.
Finally, OFAC also sanctioned 13 Veracruz-based companies pursuant to E.O. 14059 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Jose Saul Rodriguez Hernandez, namely, 3D Modern Printing Press; Aceites y Lubricantes Maye, S.A. de C.V.; Aditivos y Suministros Etanofuel, S.A. de C.V.; Combustibles y Lubricantes Maye, S.A. de C.V.; Comercializadora Baguette Klic, S.A. de C.V.; Comercializadora Coffe Klic, S.A. de C.V.; Constructora Jjesa S.A. de C.V.; Etanoplus, S.A. de C.V.; Maxi-Gasoil Servicios, S.A. de C.V.; Mayegas, S.A. de C.V.; Multiservicios en Combustible Maye de Veracruz, S.A. de C.V.; Super Tiendas Klic, S.A. de C.V.; and Veracruzana de Servicios Hoteleros y Gastronomicos Los Angeles, S.A. de C.V.
SANCTIONS IMPLICATIONS
As a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property of the designated persons described above that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked and must be reported to OFAC. In addition, any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked. Unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by OFAC, or exempt, OFAC’s regulations generally prohibit all transactions by U.S. persons or within (or transiting) the United States that involve any property or interests in property of designated or otherwise blocked persons. U.S. persons may face civil or criminal penalties for violations of E.O. 14059 and the Kingpin Act. Non-U.S. persons are also prohibited from causing or conspiring to cause U.S. persons to wittingly or unwittingly violate U.S. sanctions, as well as engaging in conduct that evades U.S. sanctions. OFAC’s Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines provide more information regarding OFAC’s enforcement of U.S. sanctions, including the factors that OFAC generally considers when determining an appropriate response to an apparent violation.
Today’s action is part of a whole-of-government effort to counter the global threat posed by the trafficking of illicit drugs into the United States that is causing the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans annually, as well as countless more non-fatal overdoses. OFAC, in coordination with its U.S. government partners and foreign counterparts, and in support of President Biden’s Unity Agenda, will continue to hold accountable those individuals and businesses involved in the manufacturing and sale of illicit drugs.
The power and integrity of OFAC sanctions derive not only from OFAC’s ability to designate and add persons to the SDN List, but also from its willingness to remove persons from the SDN List consistent with the law. The ultimate goal of sanctions is not to punish, but to bring about a positive change in behavior. For information concerning the process for seeking removal from an OFAC list, including the SDN List, please refer to OFAC’s Frequently Asked Question 897 here. For detailed information on the process to submit a request for removal from an OFAC sanctions list, please click here.
To view the chart on the individuals designated today, click here.
Additionally, to view the chart on the entities designated today, click here.
For more information on the individuals and entities designated today, click here.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
"El Lobo" Valencia and "El Pilo" Testify as the Trial of "El Menchito" Begins
"Socalj" for Borderland Beat
With Contributions by "Char"
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During the first day of trial, a former leader of the Milenio Cartel said he had known Ruben Oseguera González since 2005 when "El Menchito" was 15, he was introduced by the father, "El Mencho," during a meeting in Guadalajara.
“In the meetings we had with his father, with his uncles, that's where they introduced him to me,” emphasized the former leader of the Milenio Cartel, who also stated that Oseguera González was also in charge of security for drug shipments for the CJNG. “We talked about work, drug trafficking and the enmity we had with the Familia Michoacana and Los Zetas,” Nava Valencia recalled.
Mencho was already trafficking marijuana and cocaine, "El Lobo" Valencia said that in 2008 the father and son proposed producing methamphetamine.
Mencho was already trafficking marijuana and cocaine, "El Lobo" Valencia said that in 2008 the father and son proposed producing methamphetamine.
Confirmation Of Houses Shot At Last Night In Potrerillos Del Norote, Elota, Sinaloa. Mayo Flaco Gunmen Attacked Houses Owned By Los Chapos Associates.
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This article was translated and reposted from LOS NOTICIERISTAS
WRITTEN BY: GUSTAVO GARCIA
Mazatlan, Sin.- The secretary of the Elota City Hall, Omar Ayala, confirmed the presence of armed civilians in the community of Potrerillos del Norote in Elota, during a phone call with Los Noticieristas, Ayala also reported two private homes that received bullet impacts on their facades.
According to the official, there were reports of gunshots fired at the houses, although no persons were injured or deprived of their liberty during the events that occurred on the night of Monday, September 9.
Elements of the Municipal Public Security Secretariat, together with members of the Sedena, went to the place this Tuesday morning to verify what happened, and the arrival of the State Attorney General's Office in the Southern Zone is expected to follow up and verify the facts.
So far, no more criminal incidents have been reported in communities near Elota, however, preventive actions and dissuasive patrols are being maintained with the support of the Sedena, the National Guard and Municipal Public Security.
Regarding security measures, the Secretary informed that classes in schools in the area continue to be suspended to protect children from possible violence, meanwhile, City Hall personnel are working with guards to attend to any eventuality, while businesses in the region are operating normally.
FOLLOW-UP BY: CHAR
According to sources the houses that were attacked by Mayo Flaco gunmen on Monday night in Elota, Sinaloa, are owned by the Garcia Corrales family who are associated with the Los Chapos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. Leobardo Garcia Corrales leads his family's criminal business and is a long-time associate of the Sinaloa Cartel that worked with Mayo Zambada and Chapo Guzman but has been working closer with Los Chapitos for some time now. The brother of Leobardo Garcia Corrales "Don Leoba", with the name Martin Garcia Corrales was executed with signs of trauma on his body and was highly likely killed by Mayo Flaco hitmen on August 17, 2024. The body of Martin was found alongside three others next to the Elota highway.
The ATF Informant That Nearly Brokered an Alliance Between Mexican Mafia & La Familia Michoacana Part 1
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From a federal penitentiary in Virginia, Jose Landa-Rodriguez, a longtime Mexican Mafia gang member nicknamed "Fox" reconnected with an old friend in California.
“Long time no hear, you know?” he told Hugo Montes in Spanish in a recorded call.
Pleasantries gave way to business when Montes pitched Landa-Rodriguez on a deal.
“This is something that is going to interest you for the rest of your life,” he promised.
Both men were from Michoacán, a state in western Mexico where at the time in 2011, a drug cartel called La Familia Michoacána was producing enormous amounts of methamphetamine.
“Long time no hear, you know?” he told Hugo Montes in Spanish in a recorded call.
Pleasantries gave way to business when Montes pitched Landa-Rodriguez on a deal.
“This is something that is going to interest you for the rest of your life,” he promised.
Both men were from Michoacán, a state in western Mexico where at the time in 2011, a drug cartel called La Familia Michoacána was producing enormous amounts of methamphetamine.
Monday, September 9, 2024
BREAKING NEWS & LIVE THREAD: Ismael Zambada Sicairos "Mayo Flaco" Gives Green Light To Attack Los Chapitos In Culiacan,Sinaloa, War Is Declared On Monday, September 9, 2024.
Borderland Beat Contributors
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
LOS NOTICIERISTAS
WRITTEN BY: ERNESTO MARTINEZ
Culiacán, Sin.- The city of Culiacán dawned amidst heavy gunfights, chases and overflights by armed forces helicopters, where so far at least one person has been reported dead, abandoned armored vehicles, as well as the burning of some units at the exits of the city and elements of the Mexican Army injured by gunfire.
It all began minutes before 6:00 a.m. on Monday, September 9, when the 911 emergency service was informed of the sighting of several recent model suburban and double-wheel drive vehicles with armed people in a convoy of up to 40 units at the north exit of the city, Infonavit Humaya, Malecon Nuevo, Miguel Hidalgo, La Campiña, Las Quintas and the south exit.
At the moment, at least two soldiers have been injured by gunshot wounds after these confrontations and are being transported to receive medical attention at the ISSSTE hospital under heavy security and aboard a Sedena ambulance escorted by several units of the agency.
A confrontation between armed groups has also been confirmed in the Miguel Hidalgo neighborhood at Revolución Avenue and Miguel Hidalgo Street, where at least one person was killed and a vehicle was presumably abandoned with gunshot damage.
Another four-door white pickup with multiple gunshot wounds to the bodywork and windows was left abandoned in front of the Manuel Avila Camacho school, better known as the “Escuela Tipo”, on Francisco I. Madero Boulevard, and another vehicle similar to a Chevrolet Suburban, also of recent model and with gunshot damage, was found abandoned on the same boulevard near the area known as Caseta 4.
Another unit was also reported intentionally burned under the bridge of Libramiento Benito Juarez, 'La Costera' and Heroico Colegio Militar road at the height of Jardines del Humaya cemetery, but so far the situation is critical in the city of Culiacan as clashes continue to be reported in different parts of the municipality of Culiacan and Navolato.
FOLLOW-UP BY: CHAR
"El Comanche high-ranking lieutenant of Mayo Flaco, authorized attacks against Los Chapitos hitmen in Culiacan, Sinaloa."
"MAYO ZAMBADA HITMEN: WAR IS NOT AGAINST GOVERNMENT, WE ARE ONLY GOING AFTER THOSE FUCKERS OF LOS CHAPOS."
Various audios have circulated confirming Ismael Zambada Sicairos "Mayo Flaco", leader of the Mayo Zambada criminal organization of the Sinaloa Cartel, has authorized his hitmen to attack Los Chapitos in the city of Culiacan, Sinaloa.
Dozens of videos have circulated on social media that confirm the presence of armored vehicles of the Mayo Zambada criminal organization patrolling Culiacan, Sinaloa.
Sunday, September 8, 2024
FGR Must Return Residences And Lamborghini And Porsche Cars To CJNG After Recapture Of “El Mencho's” Wife Rosalinda Gonzalez Valencia
"Char" for Borderland Beat
This article was translated and reposted from EL UNIVERSAL
The two properties were used as safe houses and one of them was in the name of Laisha Oseguera González, daughter of “El Mencho”.
WRITTEN BY: MANUEL ESPINO
AUGUST 28, 2024
"El Cuini" Transferred From Santa Martha, Mexico City To El Altiplano State Of Mexico Maximum Security Prison
"Char" for Borderland Beat
This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE
SEPTEMBER 8, 2024
Abigael González Valencia, alias El Cuini, leader of the criminal group Los Cuinis, partners and administrators of the economic resources of the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation (CJNG), was transferred from the Santa Martha Acatitla Social Rehabilitation Center for Men in the Iztapalapa district of Mexico City to the Federal Center for Social Rehabilitation (CEFERESO), No. 1, El Altiplano, in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico.
