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The fighting does not stop between rival factions of Gulf Cartel Reynosa against Matamoros Group Scorpions. Not even holidays like Christmas and New Year's seem to ease the fighting. Reportedly heavy fighting occurred this past Friday-Saturday at midnight when Group Metros of Reynosa made an incursion into Rio Bravo which is a plaza controlled by Group Scorpions of Matamoros.
It was reported on X or Twitter, that Group Metros of Reynosa left a message on a wall with graffiti, and code names of identified commanders of Group Metros of Reynosa.
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In the state of Colorado, United States, they confirm the existence of a new drug that they estimate to be 10 times more potent and dangerous than fentanyl.
It is N-desethyl etonitazene and it is the first time that there is clear evidence of this drug in the USA.
The origin of this synthetic opioid, N-desethyl etonitazene, is located, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in China.
The confirmation of the drug occurred with the death of a person by overdose and the authorities of Boulder County, Colorado, sent the sample for investigation.
mortality.
According to the portal Gestión Sanitaria Exprés, it was a man from the state of Colorado who unknowingly bought contaminated quaaludes through the dark web from the state of Colorado.
The consumer's intention was to obtain this hypnotic drug containing methaqualone, a central nervous system depressant that causes euphoria and drowsiness, a synthetic product widely consumed in the United States; however, since it contained traces of N-desethyl etonitazene, its potency was much greater and so were its effects.
The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE) issued the alert about the discovery of N-Desethyl Etonitazene on November 30, 2009, based on a sample that was taken from a sample that was found to contain N-Desethyl Etonitazene.
from a sample received the previous month by the Boulder County Coroner's Authority.
In its statement, it reported, "N-desethylethonitacene is a new synthetic opioid that has a structural resemblance to etonitacene, N-desethylethonitacene and other nitacene analogs (2- benzylbenzimidazole)."
CFSRE detailed N-desethylethonitacene is a metabolite of etonitacene; however, it was detected in the absence of etonitazene and is now sold as a drug on its own, as seen in sales on dark web sites."
For the Center, "in vitro pharmacological data show that N desethyl etonitazene is a mu active opioid agonist with potency similar to that of etonitazene and is approximately 10 times more potent than fentanyl."
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Enrique L.A. and Patricia T.V. have already been indicted for the crime of carrying firearms for the exclusive use of the Army and crimes against health, a case that went to a federal judge.
This Sunday, December 31, a new trial hearing will be held against Enrique López Acosta aka El Cumbias, now for the alleged crime of vehicle theft.
On this occasion, the Public Prosecutor's Office will seek to prove his alleged participation in the crime of vehicle theft.
In criminal case 4409/2023, Enrique L.A. and his companion Patricia T.V. are accused of being responsible for the crimes of carrying firearms for the exclusive use of the Army, as well as crimes against health.
For the two accusations mentioned above, both individuals have already been indicted and the case has been handed over to a federal judge, due to the nature of the crimes.
Within the same criminal case, they are also accused of vehicle theft, which is a common law crime and for which a new trial hearing will be held on December 31.
The procedural stage will take place behind closed doors and will be held in the facilities of Cereso #1 of Aquiles Serdán, at 12:00 noon.
It is worth mentioning that it was on December 1st when Enrique and Patricia were driving a Chevy Malibu, allegedly with a theft report, reason for which they were detained, and upon inspection of the vehicle, two 9mm caliber pistols were found, as well as 3,360 milligrams of cocaine.
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Something as common as buying a beer in an Oxxo store is practically impossible. Testimonies point to the Familia Michoacana as being responsible.
In Taxco, Guerrero, La Familia Michoacana, in addition to extorting merchants, also decides who sells beer and at what price.
Something as common as buying a beer in an Oxxo store is practically impossible in the magical town; alcohol is only sold in stores authorized by organized crime.
-They hardly sell beer, do they?
"No, not here in Taxco.
-And why is that?
"Only in a few places, we have regulations here".
-But, is it because of the city council?
"No, because of organized crime," said a merchant whose identity will not be revealed for security reasons.
The Familia Michoacána decided that in Taxco the Oxxo convenience stores and the Neto corner shops cannot sell alcoholic beverages. In the case of the Neto stores they only sell bottles of tequila and whiskey, but not beer.
-Excuse me, good afternoon, don't you have any beer?
"No, we don't sell beer.
-No bottles?
"No.
-And why is that? They sell them in all the Oxxos.
"I wouldn't know," said a cashier.
In fact, on the door of an Oxxo store located a few meters from Taxco's central plaza, there is a sign warning that no alcoholic beverages are sold.
In the center of this magical town kidnapped by organized crime, there are five stores that can sell alcohol because they have the approval of the bosses from the Familia Michoacana.
These establishments are located on Miguel Hidalgo Street, a couple of blocks from the municipal presidency.
Each business offers beer at different prices, in order to make a profit: "Whats the price for a Modelo six pack of canned beers? The can retails for 186 pesos, and the 473 ml. beer is at 198 pesos".
The Corona 330 ml. is sold for 186, an average of 31 pesos per beer, when its real cost is 19 pesos per can; while three cans can be bought for 198 pesos, around 66 pesos per piece, when its authorized price in any store is around 33 pesos.
"What price is the Corona 330 ml., 186 pesos, and what price is the 473 ml, 198 for three cans" said a woman who works in a store that when questioned about why few businesses sell alcohol, only laughed nervously and evaded the subject.
In Taxco no one wants to talk about the extortion suffered by merchants for years. During 2023, at least four merchants were murdered for refusing to pay extortion; among the victims are butchers, tortilla shop owners and water purifiers.
Tortilla vendors, grocery stores, butchers, chicken vendors, cab drivers, hoteliers, and silver merchants also have to pay a fee; for the latter the fee is higher because of the profits they make from their sales.
We sought the position of the mayor of Taxco, Mario Figueroa, but his press team informed that he would not give interviews in order to avoid hindering the investigations already being carried out by the prosecutor's office in this case.
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This article was translated and reposted INFORMADOR.MX
The artist was in La Concordia, Chiapas, when there was a confrontation between armed subjects.
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This article was translated and reposted from NOROESTE
It is reported that after the attack on the Army personnel, three pickup trucks were seized in the town.
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Various videos are circulating through social networks where hitmen for Enrique Barragán aka R5 exhibit the bodies of members from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel who were killed after a gunfight in Zipoco, Jalisco, near the Michoacán state line.
According to local media following the death of three R5 hitmen the criminal leader ordered a counterattack against Mencho's special forces, armed wing of the CJNG, whose objective is to advance towards Los Reyes, Michoacán, the base of operations of Luis Enrique Barragan Chavez.
On their part the hired killers of the CJNG disseminated a video in which they destroy a camp that belongs to R5.
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Police authorities are already in the area.
Two groups of armed civilians clashed with bullets in the vicinity of Sandino High School in the city of Culiacán, resulting in two dead and two pickup trucks involved, one of which was abandoned with obvious bullet impacts.
The events took place in Libertad neighborhood and the authorities of the different police forces went to calle 8, where they secured a house.
The dead were in the house
Authorities report that two men were shot in a home, one was inside a bathroom, shirtless and with multiple bullet impacts.
The other victim was in a corridor of the house, also with several gunshot wounds.
The incident occurred in an area close to the school, causing concern among the student community and residents of the area.
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From the security videos of Lefty’s house, it was possible to identify some of the alleged assailants.
"I'm not going to stay silent anymore, the one who is rocking the boat is me," says the brother of Lefty, the rapper who was murdered last September 3 in his home and in the presence of his wife and daughters.
Almost four months after the crime, the brother of the rapper Lefty accuses that the authorities of the Jalisco Prosecutor's Office have stopped answering his phone and assures that they have stopped the investigations.
"At the beginning they gave results but the truth is that they no longer answer my calls, and now I am the one who is proceeding on this matter," he said in an interview in which he announced that there is a reward for anyone who helps find the main suspect.
Lefty's brother released two days ago a security video recorded from inside the rapper's house, which shows that there were three people who entered to assault and then kill Lefty.
One of them, whom the rapper himself calls by name while he struggles with him, is identified as Luis N, a neighbor who lived three houses away from Lefty's house, in the same subdivision.
"He is my brother, it hurts me; they told me not to say anything about the videos because they were not going to have any veracity in the case of my brother. But the truth is that when I entered the house I found one of the bullets that struck my brother, I took it and gave it to one of the policemen; and there was also a baseball cap there; in other words, they worked, but they didn't work hard enough.
Who supposedly killed Lefty?
According to the testimony of Lefty's brother, in an interview on Mafian TV channel, the man who allegedly killed the rapper came to live in the subdivision a few months ago, in the house in front of the rapper's house.
"Then he ransacked about three houses. He knew what he was doing, he knew that there was no security, that next to the door there’s a normal window, that there is a door with a single-cylinder deadbolt."
During the interview, the rapper's brother said that the alleged offender fled with the help of family members, whom he urged to help him find out where he is.
"There is currently a reward of $11,809.86. But now there’s $5,904.93 more; for a total reward of $17,714.79. I say that they should tell us where this guy is and collect the reward because I think they are going to need it".
With 146 million views, his video Por mi México, in collaboration with Santa Fe Klan (who was the driving force behind his career) is his most popular video on Youtube.
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Initial reports indicate that the events occurred in the early hours of the morning when a shooting occurred on Calle General Pedro María Anaya in the Cajeme neighborhood.
The shooting took place in the streets of the Cajeme neighborhood.
At least six people were shot to death in the early hours of the morning during a family party in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora. The first reports indicate that around 1:30 a.m., a shooting occurred on Pedro María Anaya street in the Cajeme neighborhood.
According to witnesses, the events occurred after a scuffle that started verbally until some people assaulted each other and escalated it with the use of weapons.
The state prosecutor's office said that the first lines of investigation establish that it was a direct aggression against the leader of a criminal group who had arrest warrants for the crimes of femicide, homicide, kidnapping, and criminal association.
"This attack resulted in the death of him and five other people, as well as injuries to others," confirmed the prosecutor's office, whose director, Gustavo Salas Chávez, would provide more information on the matter.
* Local media reported that the target of the attack was Leonardo Vega Arellano, alias "El Wacho" or "El Soldado".
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This article was translated and reposted from PERIODISMO EN COLECTIVO
The three murderers of Saul Alonso Rey Soto gave their preparatory statement today before the Second Criminal Court, in which they denied the facts under the pretext that they were beaten by the police for their ministerial statement.
One of the accused, in his ministerial statement, said that they were going to collect a debt amounting to US$50,000 from the deceased, but did not indicate the name of the person to whom the deceased allegedly owed said amount.
Around 1:30 p.m., the three murderers, José Gil Caro Monje, Alejandro Lua Osuna, and Jonathan Jehovani Osorio Uriarte, were taken out of the Social Rehabilitation Center (CERESO) of this city to be taken behind the practice grill of the Second Criminal Court to give their preparatory statement.
First, they were read the accusation against them for the crime of aggravated homicide; then, they were separated, and only one remained behind the practice grids.
The first in the process was Alejandro Lua Osuna, originally from Michoacán and 18 years old, who was read his ministerial statement, in which he said that he arrived in this city about 15 days ago, coming from Guadalajara, at the invitation of José Gil Caro Monje.
He said that he came to Chetumal to travel, but that while he was here Caro Monje invited him to kill a taquero and that in exchange they were going to pay him 20 thousand pesos, with which he had planned to start a clothing business.
He added that at the time of the events, he had problems with his gun, so his partner Jonathan Jehovani Osorio Uriarte was the one who shot the taquero Saúl Alonso Rey Soto.
After listening to his ministerial statement, the accused was asked if he ratified his statement made before the Public Ministry, but to do so he was explained what the word ratify meant, and then he said that the content of his ministerial statement is correct.
However, he later said: “Some are true and some are not,” referring to the content of his ministerial statement.
After this, the accused reserved the right to answer the prosecutor's questions, one of which was for him to tell the reason why Saúl Alonso Rey Soto was killed.
Next, Jonathan Jehovani Osorio Uriarte, 22 years old, appeared, to whom his ministerial statement was also read, in which he mentioned that he first arrived in the Federal District from Culiacán, Sinaloa, then traveled to Cancún, and that on the 20th of March of this year he traveled to this city at the invitation of José Gil Caro Monje, because they were supposedly going to start a seafood business.
But he also said that they were in charge of locating all the drug stores so that they would align with them.
On the day of the events, he said that José Gil Caro Monje invited him to go kill the taquero.
This alleged criminal, after listening to the reading of his ministerial statement, recognized his signature and fingerprint as those on the file and then pointed out: “But what they say there is not true.”
The accused also reserved the right to answer the prosecutor's questions, among which they asked him to say if he knows Alejandro Lua Osuna, the first criminal he declared.
After this, the defense of the accused asked the judge to attest to the blows suffered by his client and he undressed behind the practice grid and showed bruises on various parts of his body, the largest being one on his buttock. straight and measuring around 20 centimeters wide and 30 centimeters long.
With this, the appearance of said alleged criminal was terminated.
Finally, José Gil Caro Monje, 20 years old and originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco, appeared, to whom his ministerial statement was also read, in which it is recorded that he said he had given orders to the other two to go to the house of Saúl Alonso Rey Soto to collect a debt that amounts to 50 thousand US dollars.
He indicated that he took them and showed them the house and that he was going to give each of them 20 thousand pesos for that work.
After the alleged criminal heard his ministerial statement, he recognized as his signature and fingerprint those that appear in the file, but he came out with the statement that was read to him is not correct because the judicial officers beat him and that they put a bag in his head.
The defense also asked the judge to attest to the injuries the defendant had; However, it only showed a few abrasions on the body.
With this, the appearance of those accused of the murder of Saúl Alonso Rey Soto ended.
The legal situation of the accused will be resolved within the term established by law, which could be an order of formal imprisonment or an order of formal freedom, depending on the evidence provided by the PGJE and the judge's assessment.
It should be remembered that the three subjects were arrested when they were fleeing aboard a Pointer-type car, with license plates UUL-34-25, in the Arboledas neighborhood of this city, after a police chase, after having killed Saúl Alonso Rey Soto and wounded his son Saúl Rey Galarza.
The bloody events occurred on Saturday, around 10:42 p.m., when the three hitmen who were traveling aboard said car arrived in front of Saúl Rey Soto's house, located at 256 Chunyah Street, between Colibrí and Perdiz, in the Emancipation colony.
The three thugs, after getting out of the unit, entered said home, where they apparently argued with Saúl Rey Soto, who was shot with a firearm, apparently 38 caliber, while his son received projectiles from a gun. 45 caliber.
After the events, the three thugs fled quickly towards Maxuxac Avenue, where they were pursued by patrols of the Municipal Preventive Police (PMP), in coordination with other police corporations.
Likewise, the occupants of an ambulance from the Medical Emergency Response Unit (UREM) of the Municipal Preventive Police heard via radio the characteristics of the car in which the hitmen were fleeing, which they encountered on Maxuxac Avenue. , so they began to chase the Pointer-type car in which the criminals were fleeing, until reaching them on Otilio Montaño and Guanábana streets, in the Arboledas neighborhood, along with units from other police corporations.
But before the criminals were reached by the ambulance, they shot at the unit, without managing to injure any paramedic.
The hitmen, seeing themselves cornered, got out of the unit and ran away, but they did not advance much when they were detained by elements of the Municipal Preventive Police.
A firearm, apparently a 38 caliber, was seized from the detainees.
First, they were taken to the facilities of the Municipal Preventive Police for the respective medical examination. Then they were placed at the disposal of the PGJE, which brought them on Monday night before the Second Criminal Judge under the charge of qualified homicide.
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In a joint operation, Mexican security and justice authorities arrested two individuals linked to the kidnapping of poultry salesmen in Toluca for the crime of extortion, which has become widespread in the region.
Jesús N, 24, an alleged member of a cell of the Familia Michoacana, was captured after receiving a complaint from a chicken vendor who had been threatened.
The merchant filed a complaint after having received a note demanding money to practice his trade, pointing to Jesús N as the person responsible for the intimidation. The arrest revealed connections of this individual with the criminal group from Michoacán, whose function was to intimidate merchants for the payment of quotas in the vicinity of the September 16 market in the capital of the state of Michoacán.
Investigations indicate that if they refused to pay the monthly quota of two pesos per kilo of chicken, violent attacks were carried out, such as shootings and the burning of warehouses and vehicles, as evidenced in recent videos.
The arrest of Jesús N is in addition to the previous arrest of Santiago Ramón N, related to the kidnapping of four poultry workers at a warehouse in the Parques Nacionales neighborhood on December 22.
This worrying phenomenon has led the community of poultry vendors in the Toluca Valley and the southern zone to demand urgent measures in the face of the violence and threats that have permeated their commercial activity.
The authorities will continue the investigation work to completely dismantle this extortion network and guarantee the safety of the merchants and their families in the region.
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From January 1st to December 27th, 1,160 people were reported missing or unaccounted for.
The federal government has not disclosed variations in Zacatecas' historical registry
2023 will end as the year with the most missing and unaccounted for persons in the history of the state of Zacatecas.
From January 1 to December 27, 1,160 people were reported missing or missing, of which only 385 have been found, leaving 775 still to be located, according to data from the National Search Commission (CNB).
This surpasses the balance of 1,125 disappearances, non-localizations and localizations of 2021, which was considered the year with the highest incidence since the beginning of the registry in 1961. Of the 2021 cases, 654 people remain unaccounted for.
Of the 62 years covered by the CNB's National Registry of Disappeared and Missing Persons (RNPDNO), the whereabouts of 3,766 people are still unknown; 2,184 are "disappeared" and 1,580 are "unaccounted for".
It should be noted that the federal government has not disclosed variations in the historical registry of Zacatecas, derived from the new updated census. According to information presented this December 27 at the conference of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, of the 110,964 missing persons nationwide, 16,681 were located and 17,843 have been searched for but not found.
Data 2023
Of the cases reported since January 2023, a total of 508 correspond to missing persons who, according to the protocols are those "whose whereabouts are unknown to their relatives and it is presumed that their absence is related to the commission of a crime".
Added to this are 267 "unaccounted for" persons from this year "whose location is unknown" with no elements to indicate that they were kidnapped or that they are related to the commission of some other crime.
According to the same data source, of the 385 persons located, 49 were found dead, representing 12.7%.
Of the 775 people who remain unaccounted for, 85.4% are men and 14.5% are women.
In addition, 91 missing and unaccounted for persons are minors, of which 60 are male and 31 are female.
The municipality with the most cases of people who have not been found this year is Fresnillo with 239 people, followed by Guadalupe with 84, Zacatecas with 57 and Jerez with 37.
This year, 25 people from other countries have been reported missing, of which 15 (60%) have not been found.
