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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Sinaloa Cartel Behind the Burning of Zacatecas, Says Head of Public Security

"HEARST" for Borderland Beat 



The Secretary of Public Security for Zacatecas announced that the cartel which caused the violence at Cieneguillas prison just days ago was a “group from Sinaloa.” 



Sinaloa Cartel Responsible for the Violence at Cieneguillas


As previously covered here, on Saturday, December 4, there was an escape attempt at Cieneguillas prison, located in the state of Zacatecas, which led to riots inside the facility and narco roadblocks outside. 



Cieneguillas state prison is located near Francisco Madero highway, in the municipality of Zacatecas, in the state of the same name. The prison is about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) outside of the city of Zacatecas, the largest city within the state. 


The next day, on December 5, Adolfo Marín Marín, the Secretary of Public Security, spoke to reporters and told them that the cause of the violence was “a group from Sinaloa that was trying to escape,” clearly referring to the Sinaloa Cartel (Cártel de Sinaloa, CDS).


In the video, Secretary Marín Marín is seen answering a reporter, saying that it

was "el grupo del Sinaloa" who tried to break an inmate out. Video Source: La Voz del Pueblo

CDS is one of the two major forces within the state of Zacatecas, the other being their rival, the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). Both groups send some of their own fighters to the state, in addition to franchising local cartel groups, which often have distant roots in the Gulf Cartel (Cártel del Golfo, CDG) or Los Zetas. 



Timeline of Events


Secretary Marín also gave reporters new details about the timeline of events. According to Marín, the incident began on December 4, 2022. At approximately 7:00 pm, CDS hitmen rammed a large truck into a wire fence which surrounded Cieneguillas prison. 



The hitmen were allegedly trying to create an opening in the security fences that would enable a large group of inmates to escape. The social media account La Voz del Pueblo posted a photo alleged to depict the hitmen’s truck, shown above.


Zeta Tijuana writes that the hitmen’s truck was successful in penetrating the first layer of wire fencing, however, as it moved forward, it fell into a ditch and became stuck. 




Inmates quickly got word that a large truck was being used to create a hole in the prison walls, which led to a riot inside the facility. 


During the riot, some inmates were likely attempting to make their way to the location of the truck, while others may have been trying to kill rival prisoners so that they could not escape. 



At the same time, CDS hitmen created narco road blockades by flagging down vehicles, forcing the drivers out at gunpoint, and then setting fire to their vehicle at key road access points on the Zacatecas-Aguascalientes and Fresnillo-Jerez highways.  



On a highway in Cuauhtémoc, more than 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of the prison, a tractor-trailer was burned, blocking the roadway. Meanwhile, on a highway in Morfín Chávez, more than 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of the prison, a toll booth and several vehicles were burned. 



Their blockades attempted to block the path of law enforcement and military personnel who might be sent to help the prison guards in regaining control of the facility. 


Secretary of federal Public Security, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, highlighted a secondary purpose of the blockade creators when she described them as “distracters”, who forced authorities to split up their personnel in order to deal with the blockades. 



Despite their efforts, Zacatecas authorities say they were able to control the riot within the prison. No inmates escaped the facility. No inmates were killed in the prison riot directly, however one inmate did die indirectly. His cause of death was a heart attack, likely due to the panic caused by the incident. 



Inmates Who Tried To Escape Will Be Transferred


Secretary Icela Rodríguez said that the inmates who tried to escape will be transferred to other prisons, presumably to prevent future breakout attempts. 




Unlike Secretary Marín, Rodríguez refused to give out details about the cartel affiliations of anyone involved. She said that the breakout was attempted due to "a dispute between these criminal groups - exactly which groups I can’t say,” adding “I can't tell you: it was such and such a group. But there are at least two large groups that may have arrived [in the prison] lately.”


Secretary Marín blamed the riot and escape attempt on overcrowding in the prison, and more specifically the fact that the state prison has been forced to hold a number of inmates with federal charges.



He stated that he thought it was necessary to continue transferring all federal inmates to federal prisons because those facilities were higher security and more equipped to handle escape attempts. 


He also implied that the upcoming transfer of a number of inmates to federal facilities may have been the cause of the escape attempt and riot. 


This event comes on the heels of another incident of cartel violence in Zacatecas. 


On December 04, Judge Roberto Elías Martínez was shot to death by a gunman as he was leaving his home in Guadalupe, Zacatecas. The judge was assigned to the Rio Grande prison, a different penitentiary in Zacatecas. For more details, please see this previous story.


Before that, on November 24, 2022, José Silvestre Urzúa Padilla, a general in charge of a unit in the National Guard was killed in Pinos, Zacatecas. 







Sources: Official Statement by the State Peacebuilding Table, Proceso, El Financiero, El Sol de Zacatecas, Zacatecas Online, Zeta Tijuana


45 comments:

  1. Great summary Ms HEARST

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  2. Head of public security, usually don't point fingers at who did it. He is going to be a target, wonder if they have life insurance in Mexico?

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    1. If they don’t let me get his # , I can sponsor him for a 2000 $ accident and dismemberment policy with National Income Life Insurance.

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    2. Yeah they have insurance in Mexico The CDS Insurance Group and the CJNG Life Insurance Co.

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    3. 8:45:
      I think you mean D&D insurance (Death and Dismemberment).

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    4. At 6:42
      Yes he is covered
      Accidental. $200,000 pesos.
      Dismemberment. $250,000 pesos
      Mutual of Omaha Life insurance.

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  3. Redditeers claiming CDS smacking CJNG in Zacatecas.

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    1. 7:19 bet u not even from zac but yet talking as if u are 😂

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    2. 9:13 redditeer located. Please underline the part of my comment where I am talking like im from Zacatecas? The reality is there is no clear winner in Zacatecas

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    3. 1:55 I can't underline, my marker ran out of writing ink, from writing CJNG in the restroom walls.

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    4. Cds is taking Zacatecas look at the cities and carreteras they we're blockading used to be cjng and foo I do have family that died in this war one of the first was a fam DR ran a reten and go killed was a female BB reported on that so I know

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    5. 10:35 yea inremember, the one that got killed by CDS

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  4. Cdsnitches throwing a bi+CH fit
    It's funny how all the cds groupies claim they are winning this senseless war but they are looking pretty weak and desperate right about now

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    1. How??? And what did they do to you that you hate them so much?

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    2. 3:07 coming on these platforms claiming CDS is gods cartel

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  5. Pinches Sinalocas, ni eso pueden hacer bien, como lla se estan quedando sin foquemones de Durango quieren sacar a gueyes de la carcel para que les ayuden un poquito mas, hasta que los guachos se les vallan con todo a Las 4, porque solos no pueden, lla esta mas que comprovado

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    1. 8:10 cjng even with the help of government CANT get rid of csrl in Guanajuato ,they couldn't enter zac if not for the help of cdg n monreal, yes like it or not

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    2. @9:11 that’s facts

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    3. 10:21 the only fact here is CDS are desperate for man in Zacatecas and getting their ass whooped every where out side of the half of sinaloa they have precense in, cause the other half is BLO, talk about not been able to get ride of enemiesin your own back yard 🤣🤣

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    4. 9:11 Marros been reduced to a street gang CJNG smoked his ass

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    5. 1:56 more shame to cjng for not being able to eliminate a "street gang" 😂 cause last time we checked csrl was still whooping some grupo elite ass

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    6. 4:50 I don't care brother I don't fan girl cartels like yourself

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    7. 4;50 last time we checked SRDL gang was whooping taco vendors and hoockers 🤣🤣🤣 they are fighting Zermeño who is suppost to be backed up by cds and Cdg, let those two gangs go at it for crumbs, those fools only come out at night and heat up the plaza, hiding like in the morning, if the USA cant get rid of their gang problem in their big cities why would CJNG should be ashame? I mean they didnt have a precense in Guanajato to taking about 90% of the state, i think thats pretty good, now loosing half of your home state to another group thats shamefull 🤣🤣🤣

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    8. 5:41 Chapos can’t take out the Caborca cartel

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  6. Hahhaha ya no pueden controlar el avanze de las temibles 4 letras en zacatecas liderados por el doble RR ruiz k sus muchachones elite les estan metiendo una vergizza bien servida a las flechitas del la Maya zambada

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    1. Muchachones 😂😂 Que siga “avanzando” / quemandose las 4 letras. El que mucho abarca poco aprieta.

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  7. The snitch cartel desperately needs to replace men it seems.. so here is a question to all cds groupies i thought y'all always scream and shout that they never mess with the innocent people??? What happened here? They are the same dirt bags as any other cartel.

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  8. How dare anyone blame Sinaloa for these crimes in Zacatecas???
    These sweet angels sent from heaven would never committ such crimes.
    In fact the whole cartel should be in the running for a noble peace prize.

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  9. LOS MAYOZETAS

    🤠EL PUEBLO SE ROBA NO SE CUIDA🤠

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  10. Chinaloa groupies no comments?

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    1. Cjng ladyboy fans like you are having a wet dream come true they tink this is the end of cds in Zacatecas and cjng has just won the whole state, its one side of the government with cds vs the cjng/government in Zacatecas. Just a little propaganda to heat up cds. People in the comments in Zacatecas news pages on fb have mentioned that it was cjng

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    2. They went back to reddit where they can control the info unlike BB which is just reporting news. BB wont play ball with the CDS fangirls

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    3. 1;57 why you have to lie? We all know Durangos drug addicts are getting sent to Zacas to gwt slaughter but there are not many left, reason why CDS are so desperate to get some help from inmates in Zacs, Duranguenses should thank las 4 letras del terror cause when they are done with cds in Zacatecas Durango is gonna be drug addicts free👍 thank you Son Mencho for making Mexico a better place without Chillaloas

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    4. 5:19 jalisco is full of meth addicts that are lunatics why do you think they practice cannibalism out there, durango like any other state has its drug problems but not compared like cjng territories

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    5. 6:05 pinche vato mal agradesido, deverias darle gracias al señor Mencho que gracias a el y sus Muchachos (puro gallo fino) tu estado jodido va a tener muchos menos drogadictos cagapalos, cuando hables de jalisco lavate el osico, jalisco es Mexico, por eso Mexico tambien se puede eacribir con J, Mejico Ajuuuuaaaaa!!!!!!

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  11. La asen de gran pedo los medios y gente asustada,
    quemaron una caseta y a unos muebles prendieron fuego en los caminos para que no pasen los del gobierno y la gente asiéndole como si mataron un montón de personas no mmn eso pasan cuando el gobierno decide estar al lado de un grupo enves de chingar a todos parejos menchas y chinolas y no abría estos problemas

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    1. No fueran los Jaliscos porqué estuvieras lloré y lloré

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  12. Damn that shit looks like sooo much fun. Anybody have numbers for Chino Pollo or Pablo or Carlos Guzman - Esteban Guzman - Justo - Berto - Ivan - or someone in recruiting and HR for CDS?!!

    I’m really good at crashing cars and lighting stuff on fire… I don’t know how to smoke meth yet but practice makes perfect as they say…..

    Do they have IRA and 401K? Pensions? Dental?

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  13. pinche Marin tan mentiroso! diga la verdad,esto fue obra de los de Jalisco,basicamente secuestraron todo el estado. desde Ojocaliente hasta calera,valparaiso,calera,fresnillo,cuauhtemoc,sain alto,pinos y otros muchos municipios mas.
    Al rato tambien vas a decir que los sinaloas fueron los que mataron al jefe de la guardia nacional en Pinos.....no seas mamon y dejen de proteger a los meros criminales

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    1. No llores beibi, cuando el Señor Mencho gane Zacatecas lo va a controlar tan bien que vas a poder salir a las 3 de la mañana sin ningun problema ni peligro, las 4 Letras si saven respetar y cuidar sus terrenos

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    2. Callece pinche hablador los mugroso monta perros de los marranos jaliscos..mira donde están esos ratas la gente no puede ni salir. Nomas donde están los jefes dejan hacer vida normal para no quemar sus madrigueras de las ratas 🐀 pero donde están los tecatos de jefecillos de plaza tienen un cagadero.

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    3. 2:43 los montaperros son la Cha🍕, así les pusieron desde la guerra de Juárez

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    4. 2:43 estan en guerra y pues asi son las guerras, aguante vara chillon, mejor no ubieran dejado entrar a ningun cartel desde el principio y esto no estuviera pasando ahora aguante la de miar 🐓🐓🐓🐓

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