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Monday, November 14, 2022

Longtime CDN Figure El Tory Allegedly Leaves CDN for CJNG, Bridge Hangings and Street Executions

"HEARST" for Borderland Beat 


A cartel news Twitter account has claimed that the longtime Cártel del Noreste (CDN) leadership figure  Héctor Raúl Luna Luna, alias "El Tory", has left CDN in order to go independent and his group is now associated with the Cartel Jalisco Nuevo Generacion (CJNG). 


Warning: Some graphic images below this point.



The Man Hung From the Bridge


At approximately 6:00 am on November 11, 2022, a dead male was found hanging from a bridge on the toll road (Highway 85D) that connects the border city of Nuevo Laredo and the major metropolis of Monterrey. His body was found at kilometer 27, near the exit to Los Pilares, in the municipality of Ciénega de Flores, in the state of Nuevo Leon, marked on the map below. 



The motorists who spotted the body called the emergency phone line. Debate writes that municipal police officers were the first to arrive on scene. The male was hung upside down, with his hands bound behind his back. 



As officers approached the location where the rope was tied to the bridge’s metal railing, they noticed a white cardboard sign with a narco message.  He was dragged from the bridge to a slope nearby for the safety of motorists. 



Video Source: La Voz del Pueblo

He was approximately 30 to 35 years old, bearded, with tattoos on his chest and arms, according to newspaper El Norte. He was wearing a pink shirt with jeans and blue boxers. His body showed signs of having been tortured prior to death.



Two different cartel news Twitter accounts, LaVozDelPueblo and Reynosa Codigo Rojo, allege that the photo below depicts the narco sign left on the bridge. 



It reads as follows: 


This is what happened to me for hanging out with the traitor Tory. 


And in the margins: 


Traitor Tory 



Online Rumors 


So, who is this message directed at? The most famous El Tory in the Nuevo Leon area is Héctor Raúl Luna Luna, a longtime Northeast Cartel (Cártel del Noreste, CDN) member who has reigned as one of their top leaders for almost a decade now. 



Well, why is he being called a traitor? The cartel news Twitter account La Voz del Pueblo alleges that just recently El Tory decided to leave CDN and he now leads his own independent group called “Los Torys”, who they say are “associated with the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion.” 


They later alleged that Tory’s brother, Esteban Luna Luna, alias “El Chachis”, had also left CDN and was helping Tory lead his new independent group. 



Now this, if true, would be major news, a huge development that could change the control and power balance of the whole region. But we must keep in mind that as of the writing of this story the only person who is claiming that El Tory left the group is the account La Voz del Pueblo, along with a few Twitter commenters


The narco message itself is not signed as being from CDN. It is, instead, unsigned, leaving open the possibility that a local cartel group Tory had an agreement with grew unhappy with their arrangement and left the message as a sign of discontent. 


It is also, of course, possible that the message is referring to a different, unrelated cartel member with the alias “El Tory.”

 


The Street Execution


At 7:30 pm on November 12, just one day later, a man driving in western Monterrey was gunned down by two hitmen riding a motorcycle. 


The man was allegedly driving a silver Audi SUV, with a Coahuila license, on the eastbound lane of Paseo de los Leones Avenue in the Leones neighborhood of the city when two men on a motorcycle drove in front of him. One of the men took out a firearm and shot into his vehicle, hitting him multiple times. 



The Audi slid to a stop on the road and the injured vehicle driver attempted to run. He opened his car door and made it just one step away before one of the attackers shot him again, making him crumple to the ground and he ceased to move.



Police were called to the scene quickly after, however, the attackers had fled the area by the time they arrived. Two lanes of traffic had to be cordoned off by officers due to the location of the body. Forensic teams found on scene a man of medium build, with a beard, who was wearing a light blue shirt, jeans, beige tactical boots and a baseball cap. 



A bag was slung across his chest. Of note, certain styles of bags worn in this manner can sometimes indicate that the wearer is a drug dealer. 


The victim’s vehicle had at least 7 distinct bullet holes, located between the windshield and the driver’s side window. Inside the vehicle, 2 hand grenades were found, undetonated. 



The identity of the attackers and the victim have not been released by authorities or newspapers as of the writing of this story. La Voz del Pueblo alleges that the attackers were hitmen from CDN and the victim was named Antonio, alias "Toño", who they claim was a member of Los Torys. 




Background on the State and El Tory


As some background context, the state of Nuevo León was originally under the control of the Gulf Cartel (Cártel del Golfo, CDG). 


Beginning in 2003, the Sinaloa Cartel federation tried to contest the Gulf Cartel’s control over Nuevo León and the nearby city of Nuevo Laredo but the Gulf Cartel managed to retain control of the areas, in no small part due to the use of their armed wing, Los Zetas. 


In the wake of this war, a truce emerged in 2007 between the CDG and Sinaloa Cartel federation. As a part of this truce, the plaza of Monterrey was formally given to the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO). With cartel control of the area no longer under dispute, Monterrey was ruled by the leadership of BLO lieutenant Héctor Huerta Ríos, aliases “La Burra” and “El HH”, for a few years.


On March 23, 2009, La Burra was named as one of 37 most wanted cartel members in a list published by the Mexican government. He was arrested the day after the list’s publication. 


Within a year of La Burra’s arrest, Los Zetas declared their independence from the Gulf Cartel, plunging Nuevo León into chaos as now the CDG, Los Zetas and the BLO were all fighting to control the state.


Then Los Zetas fractured. One of their splinter groups began evolving into what we not know as the Northeast Cartel (Cártel Del Noreste, CDN). Their leader for the Monterrey was the aforementioned Héctor Raúl Luna Luna, alias “El Tory”. 


The CDG also began fracturing into independent factions. Both groups fracturing and the sharp decline in BLO power after Arturo was arrested in 2009 led to lessening of the violence -a brief semblance of stability emerged. 


In June 2010, El Tory was arrested and brought before the press. He was soon after convicted and sentenced to serve 8 years in prison. 





In late October 2018, El Tory was released from prison. After 8 years of being behind bars, El Tory came back to the streets of Monterrey with a vengeance. 

CDN began a major campaign to take over all the CDG plazas located in the greater Monterrey area. He also aimed to get all the various independent groups around Monterrey to submit to paying a percent of their earnings to CDN or if they refused, be eliminated by CDN forces.

One of El Tory’s direct reports and top lieutenants was Rodolfo “'N”, aliases “El Mostro” and “Pomo”. According to La Verdad, both El Tory and El Mostro were said to have a direct working relationship with the overall leader of CDN at the time, El Huevo.


On January 1, 2020, El Mostro was arrested along with five other CDN members. His arrest came after a series of targeted operations organized by agents from the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE).

At the time of El Mostro’s arrest, El Tory was said to be hiding away from Monterrey and organizing operations from afar while he was laying low in the CDN stronghold city of Nuevo Laredo - which is located in the state of Tamaulipas. 

Since the 2020 arrest of Tory's lieutenant El Mostro, there's been little news covering him. At least, up until now, when a single source is claiming that he has left CDN, started his own group, and allegedly associates with the CJNG.

There are many independent cartel groups working within the area of Monterrey who have been franchised by large cartel organizations. As example, the Cartel Independiente de Nuevo León, led by Joel Rodolfo Ramones Barba, alias "El Rodo", is famously working for Sinaloa Cartel's El Mayo.

The veracity of El Tory leaving is still up for debate but here is what we can be sure of: If a powerful CDN leader for Nuevo Leon split with CDN, and now associates with the CJNG, we will get more than one narco message and a shooting indicating this.
There will be more signs accompanying bloody executions and street shootouts and interrogation videos from both sides telling us more about the alleged split.








The Man Hung From the Bridge Sources: El Norte, Debate, La PrensaLa Voz del  Pueblo Tweet 1, Tweet 2, Tweet 3, Reynosa Código Rojo

The Street Execution Sources: Milenio, ABC Noticias, El Norte, TeleDiario.MX, El Porvenir, La Voz del Pueblo Tweet 1, Tweet 2

97 comments:

  1. El señor de los gallos tiene a las 4 letras bien ubicados en Juarez y Nuevo Laredo.

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    1. 8:14 mientras ese gallo c esta muriendo escondido en Jalisco

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    2. el gallo aún no está muerto

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    3. 9:14 esta muerto en vida el pobre pendejo,ni su dinero ni su baby killer cartel y ni siquiera the cheering of groupies like u can save him 😂

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    4. @10:10 yeaaaa I'm sure you're eternal

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    5. Cartel del Noreste trgua con los Informantes y Testigos protegidos del CDS.

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    6. 10:21 no but isnt the leader of a criminal group that has dismembered thousands of people that didn’t deserve it or has sacrificed hostages to use as practice with their new sicarios. Thats the difference they have done more damage to their country they say they protect then actually helped it

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    7. La señora de los galló se le está pudriendo el chiqloso por andar de joto ya no le queda mucho a la mencha

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  2. They forget to mentioned about the dead man of ass crack is showing.

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  3. I’m so glad I live in the US where I can drive from state to state without looking over my shoulder of being kidnap or shot. Imagine family member from Sinaloa driving to Nuevo León or taumalipas for vacation? I would crap my pants

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    1. Except if you are brown, black, attending a mass event, or a kid inside a school. But hey, keep feeling safe please!

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    2. Im so glad I don’t live in Mexico .

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    3. I am so glad I live in Canada

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    4. 12:35 And americans still flooding Mexico...

      1:49 Your are not wrong at all, Canada is one of the safest in the world.

      https://nypost.com/2022/07/28/mexico-city-residents-angered-by-influx-of-americans-speaking-english-gentrifying-area-report/

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    5. 12:14 or a white redneck at a country music festival in Vegas, or a college student or..
      .

      America is fucked up too, we just have more cops, more guns, more gangs, more everything less beheadings

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    6. The gringos are invading Mexico again

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    7. 11:52 old gringos coming to México to live their retirement in peace, is OK...
      Latinoamericanos coming to rape and steal from the trumpanzee nation is even more ok, with help of a lot of whites and blacks and asians that love all those taco trucks

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    8. Being black / brown + ANY traffic stop can make a police think you are armed and is easy to get shot.

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  4. Damnnnn ... If this is true Monterey will be turned in to a war zone.. va estar cabron..

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    1. For real. If Tory left CDN and now works under the CJNG, things in Monterrey will get bad quickly.

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    2. It wont get as bad as you think because the local police are not corrupt and sell out. Plus the higher level of authority has their back since monterrey is a rich city, cdn gets busted if they try moving alot of sicarios. Cjng will also once they start sending people. Their will be killings but it wont get like guanajuato, Zacatecas, Michoacan where cjng pays off politicans or authorities just watch.

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    3. Is el gato aligned with cdn in monterrey?

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    4. The local police are not corrupt or sell out. You didn’t hear about what happened with the town of Dr. Coss?!!! He got killed because he was associated and was colluding and helping CDG. Or the police officer in Monterrey that was a leader of a cell that was CDG. Believe me, there’s others. That CDG leader that was running that CDG cell while he was a police officer gave up some tid bits of certain information, one being that CDG had been recruiting police officers in the state and was trying to keep a low profile to not atract attention. And you say they’re not corrupt or sell out? Please!!! Why do you think there’s so many cartels there??? Why do you think nobody shows up (law enforcement wise) when CDG and CDN go at it till afterwards???!!! That’s if they show up at all. Because they’re corrupt. Did you see the Debahni murder case spectacle? The police and the AG were lieing their ass of trying to protect and cover for the people that did it.They were talking about she was never at a hotel other people said she was last seen. They said they search the place (the police) that they had searched the hotel twice and found no trace of her. At about a week or so later, they supposedly do a third search with this case having a major spotlight on it due to multiple main stream news outlets, you tubers, amoung others speaking on it so much. They even tried to say that she died of alcohol poisoning!!! About a month of pressure later, things started to come out. Turns out that all of a sudden she was murdered, and supposedly after the third sweep, all of a sudden it was they found her body at the hotel. And they said and did all kinds of things that made it clear that they were aiding and abetting those responsible. This was also in Monterrey. So my question is where did you get that Nuevo Leon police, or Monterrey police or any other police in Nuevo Leon weren’t corrupt nor sell out???!!! Or did you come up to that conclusion all by yourself without informing yourself???!!! Stop spreading rumors please

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    5. She was a sweet naive 18 year old that made some mistakes that ultimately led to her death. And lots of Bad luck! Her new "friends" were not nice people. Taxi guy who took pic either. I think she would have learned her lesson about trusting "strangers" and never allowed herself to be in such risk Had she made it home. But she didnt. Obvious high level payoff as the President Amlo even got involved so far still lies upon lies upon false accusations until who knows? I keep expecting them to arrest or find "the guilty" person who confesses But then disappears. Case closed. Bienvenido Mexico¡

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  5. Mexican prison is a hell of a weight loss program Lmao..

    They were starving that fucker compared to the shit he was eating when he was out.

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    1. He looks so different now. He's still got the same features, so you know it's him. But I think anybody would struggle to spot him in a crowd if they only had his old photos.

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    2. He's totally your type of guy @hearst

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    3. Narcos are not my type of guy.

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    4. Tory is clearly a fitness guru

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    5. @Hearst I thought it was a meth addiction at first but maybe he switched to a Paleo diet in prison and started meditating

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    6. I think the pic is when he was younger.

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    7. Don’t worry, he’s fat as fuck again most likely

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    8. You can see that he was so fat in his 2010 arrest that the handcuffs didn't fit him. Eight years in a Mexican prison probably saved his life. If he kept eating he probably would have exploded.

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    9. His brother Las ChiChis needs to sign up for the Mexican prison diet plan.

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    10. Looks almost like former Cd Mante ZVE leader Miguel Carrillo in the newest picture (minus the tattoos)

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    11. The Grapefruit 45 diet plan.

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  6. CJNG WILL EVENTUALLY DO WHAT CDS COULDN'T, CONTROL THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTRY. 😃😃🥳

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    1. Sorry I don't read comments with all capitals.

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    2. 11:05 nobody cares

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    3. Gulf won’t allow it

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    4. That guy is dumb to lazy to use regular lettering.

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    5. Keep dreaming Tamaulipas people will eventually back stab them and kick them back home

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    6. They don’t control not one border town

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    7. 10:26 That depends on what the new governor decides to do. They always had support from previous governors from PRI / PAN. Now that changed, we will see.

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    8. Only way jaliscas take tamaulipas is if theyre let in like the dumbasses in reynosa

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  7. love pic 1...El Tory's ABSOLUTE MOB POUT💋 is second only to mine!

    Canadian girl 💋

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    1. Dont make me feel jealous!

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    2. @ Canadian Girl -The last photo of La Vaca (CJNG ''traitor'' whose balls practically drag along the ground) before he got captured wearing spectacles and a shiny Gucci bomber jacket was pretty damn pouty though. Not saying he can pout better than you, but it gives this dude a run for his money.

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  8. With Tory and Ricky Chapa gone who do they have left?

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    1. CDG can take advantage

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    2. Juanito, Z-210, just to name some from off the top of my head.

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    3. @HEARST I think he meant to say comandantes not top leader

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    4. But enforcement or war wise. Someone that can direct efficient war strategies on the ground and direct the troops???

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  9. @HEARST @HEARST
    💥⚡️😳BREAKING NEWS: JARDINEROS BROTHER GOT KILLED IN MAZATLAN, ALLEGEDLY.

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    1. Why would Jardinero's brother be in Mazatlan?

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    2. https://tvpacifico.mx/noticias/285527-supuesto-miembro-del-cartel-jalisco-nueva-generacion-uno-de-los-asesinados-en-la-zona-dorada-de-mazatlan

      Why was he there? Was he not involved in cartel activity so he thought he'd be safe even in enemy territory?

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    3. 2:31 probably trying to impress his girl and they know maza is safe and think they can go under the radar without being known. Im guessing this is not his first time going but the intel people were able to detect them this time. This is not the first rival of cds that gets whacked there.

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    4. @2:44
      Yeah. La Plaza guys just got killed there last month.

      http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2022/10/disfigured-body-left-with-narco-message.html

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    5. El soni from cjng got killed to in MAZATLAN I believe

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    6. Mazatlan is a tourist destination. You may find cjng ,zetas, cdg, familia Michoacána there to either hide or vacation. Doesn’t mean they were there doing business.

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    7. Mazatlan is safe competitively speaking and as a 17 year resident I only recall one money launderer (don’t recall who) getting killed during the narco celebration of celebrations; Semana Santa.

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  10. I'm assuming he probably thought he could've just passed off as a "tourist" however somebody must've been closely following his everymove, he's girlfriend was also killed alongside him. CJNG members aren't the brightest, CDS families and members vacation in jalisco. They don't get touch, cjng members step foot anywhere in sinaloa they get killed instantly.

    CDS clearly has the upper hand in this war.

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    1. Sooner or later CJNG has to realize, this is probably an uphill battle they can't win.

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    2. If it was a was a war that was lost Mexican shipping ports like Lazaro Cardenas Mich.would not be operating as trafficking hubs.

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    3. @2:50 why you answering yourself?

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    4. In order for cjng to survive mencho has to get killed by his own wife and a new leader has to be put in place by Mayo Zambada

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    5. RIP MINI JARDINERO

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    6. The usual CDS never respects families.

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    7. 2:36 yea cds can vacation in Jalisco like Chapitos and not get touched or kicked on the ribs, 🤣🤣🤣

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    8. @557 still beats being murdered.

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    9. 5:57 they didn't get killed unlike jardineros brother in Mazatlan 😂

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    10. 7:15 point been 2:36 said cds vacations in Jalisco, well after Zapitos kidnapp no cds dares to vacation in jalisco, speacially PV and in reality what rank did Jardineros brother had in CJNG? No high ill tell you that, more of a family hitt to jardinero, not even a little dent to Las 4 letras 😉, i mean chapos son got killed in Culiacan by his own man 😂😂😂

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    11. Not a major dent? That's s huge symbolic defeat @951

      CJNG released cds captives.

      CDS kills them.

      Wars are not won by releasing enemies.

      Probably the BIGGEST "L" FOR CJNG IN RECENT TIMES.

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    12. 9:51 typical cjng fan girl always finding an excuse to minimize damage SMH...u look like a newbie, in most cases killing a family member of a high ranking guy is sign of power/influence loss but ok we'll wait for ur new excuse 😂😆😂😆

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    13. 12:15 when was Jardineros brother a captive? Never.
      Was he involved in his brothers business? At 22 who knows, so it's 50 50
      Why would he travel to Mazatlan if he knew he could be killed? Maybe there was an understanding between the controlling groups of each plaza that family is off limits but with this act that agreement is going to be void.
      Was this killing short sighted?
      Depends on if the group that did the killing have any family that can be killed.

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    14. 12:18
      Like him not being captive makes it less impactfull? He's dead, chapitos are alive. Cry me the Mississippi river

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  11. El tory fits nice with the jalisca kids and innocent killer cartel. If he really left its a big blow to cdn. I bet anyone he knew in nuevo laredo is being hunted down as we read this. Also Monterey was never given to blo. The cdg kicked sinaloa and the beltrans and barbies poeple asses they had the leverage. All cds ppl got kicked the fuck out of nuevo laredo and Monterey was declared an open city but the cdg was dominant there back then.

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  12. Not related but in regards to the CDG backing up marro, There is a song called ( Mi clave C 19) where it talks about how marro helped him out a couple years back. He’s ciclon 19 aka La kena

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    1. Nice find. Thanks for the comment.

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    2. Yeah according to the song marro helped him get out of jail or helped him after jail. In the scorpiones video they mention Señor 19 which is ciclon 19 from matamoros. Ciclon 19 started off under Tony Tormenta

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    3. That song is talking about a different marro from San Fernando, tamaulipas.
      not the cry baby from guanajuato

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    4. “ Sigue y seguirá la mata dando, pues nacimos para eso así todos los ciclones pura gente de respeto, alineado a la balanza , por apodo llevo el triste mi clave C 19 de los duros de la mafia arriba el cartel de Lima”

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    5. 9:18 Nuevo Laredo is know as Nectar Lima

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  13. Heart
    The map you put up and showed
    What does the green mean?
    The light green and the dark green
    Cds and cjng?

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    1. Hearst, once again great post. You are second to none. Just a small request if I may. In regards to your maps, is there any way you can infuse different colors into the spectrum? The colors indicating a certain cartel is an excellent system, the only thing is that some colors are too similar. There’s like three shades of green, three purplish grayish blue ones and and three light red pinkish peach ones. Is there anyway you can make it where the colors are not so similar. For example, orange taking the place of one of the first group, yellow of one of the second group, brown of another in the third, dark red for another in the first and so on until there is very little similarities between the identification tag colors. It would make it easier to discern and understand. Not to take nothing from your work, as I’ve said before, your stuff is A-1, top notch writing. It’s just a request that would atleast help me input that input easier. If you could fulfill my request it would be very much appreciated. I would be greatly indebted to you🙏😉

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    2. Yes. I can do that. I'm really glad you guys give me feedback on what you think is working and not working.

      I have heard from multiple people that I need to drop the country wide color scheme and make each map easier to read. I think you're right. I'm losing the forest for the trees.

      I'll start changing over the colors. May take me some time, but I'll get it done as I work through future stories. Thanks, guys.

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    3. I think your posts are excellent HEARST, comprehensive and detailed posts and the maps are the icing on the cake. I do agree that sometimes it can be hard to tell one colour apart from another if they're quite similar shades but that's the only gripe I could make. Thanks for your work!

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    4. Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it. I will be changing it for sure.

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  14. As a sign of respect to the Flores-Silva familia BORDERLANDBEAT should stop posting till further notice.

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    1. As a sign of respect to the BB community you should place your hands under a running Jack hammer until your hands feel like sand bags, so we are spared from your stupidity.
      Attn: RKwA

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    2. 8:36 sorry you did not like the site.
      We are happy to refund your subscription.
      Have a nice day.

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  15. PURO CDN CON LA TROPA NO BAJAMOS BANDERA

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  16. Hearst
    What are the green shade on your mapping?
    Does it mean that’s the safe part/area, or is that a cartel group aligned with someone?

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    1. Sorry. I should have said this earlier. The green on the map shows areas controlled by CDS. Here is a closer look at the areas near Monterrey where CDS has territory: www.bit.ly/3tw6LxV

      For my citations on this information, please see this previous article:
      http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2022/04/gulf-cartels-escorpions-beheads-two-men.html

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  17. hace poco andaba el rumor de que el CDN le habia matado la familia al tory, ahora con este reportaje entiendo porque.

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