CJNG: “El Vaca”, author of García Harfuch attack and Plaza Artz, drastically changed his appearance to go incognito

Chivis Martinez  Borderland Beat  TY GUS Source and Twitter

Juan Miguel Torres Linares and/or José Armando Briseño was always full of pride. The sinister operator of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación , known in the drug world as “El Vaca”, boasted of his power on social networks.

This is confirmed by an investigation by the journalist Antonio Nieto, who disclosed the details of the alleged criminal's Facebook profile.

The main suspect in the attack against the capital's police chief, Omar García Harfuch, adopted the narco-chameleon tactic. According to intelligence data, the lieutenant had lost at least 30 kilos and cut his beard, to lead the armed aggression against García Harfuch, on June 26.

The purpose of the physical change was to adopt a low profile in Mexico City, since the kingpin was in the sights of the Jalisco authorities.

In social networks, “El Vaca” claimed to be from Puerto Vallarta (Jalisco), and a student at the Autonomous University of Nayarit. He has pictures at children's parties and of himself carrying a baby.

His last post on Facebook was made on March 20. In it, he shared the complaint against an alleged thief. 

Throughout his profile he also has videos with narcocorridos and messages alluding to the Colombian drug trafficker, Pablo Escobar.

In some photographs, the alleged criminal is also identifying himself as El Vaca.

This Wednesday, the Decentralized Social Prevention and Readaptation Administrative body ordered the transfer of Armando Briseño to a federal prison, due to the highly dangerous profile he has.

"El Vaca" was identified as being responsible for recruiting the gunmen and training them for the execution of the SSP CDMX head.

The same day of the attack, "El Vaca" was captured. He was lying in bed, without shoes and watching television, in a home in the Santa Catarina neighborhood, in the Tláhuac where he had been taking refuge since last May. The owner, identified as Mireya “N”, received 20,000 pesos every eight days to buy food for the group of aggressors.

Before the police arrested him, "El Vaca" was said to be under the orders of Carlos Andrés "N", alias "La Firma”, who is close to CJNG boss  Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho” . He also stated that he was  offered him USD 20,000 to organize the attack.

Although he is only charged with the crime of carrying arms, an arrest warrant could be issued this week for the killings of two escorts traveling with Omar García Harfuch.

José Armando Briseño is also accused of carrying out the attack against two Israelis , a year ago, in the Artz Pedregal shopping plaza.