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Friday, January 27, 2023

The Unseen Faces of CDS: Leaked Intelligence Maps and Charts - Part 2

"HEARST" for Borderland Beat



The news publication Contralinea released images from seven old military intelligence documents which cover the Sinaloa Cartel (Cártel de Sinaloa, CDS). 


It's important to emphasize that all of these documents, even the ones produced in 2022, depict outdated information. It would be a mistake to believe this information reflects the current state of CDS. 

This is part 2 of covering these seven documents. To see part 1, please click here.


Document 05: Conflict between CDS Cells

Date Prepared: 2020/2021*








Conflict between CDS cells in Culiacan, Sinaloa


Los Rusos, led by Miguel Angel Gaxiola Quintero (a) El Ruso, and Los Ninis, under the command of Nestor Isidro Perez Salas (a) El Nini, operate in the municipality. 


El Ruso is part of Ismael Zambada García (a) El Mayo Zambada's security detail; while El Nini is head of security for Los Chapitos, which is headed by Iván Archivaldo Guzman Salazar.


The rivalry between Los Rusos and Los Ninis began on Nov 19, 2015, when the former cell “paddled” 11 municipal police officers who protect Los Chapitos for extorting civilians. 


Since then, both groups have been fighting for control over the production and sale of synthetic drugs in Culiacán; although the conflict does not escalate to the top of the CDS factions. 


The greatest violent expression was on March 06, when they clashed in the Loma de Rodriguera neighborhood in Culiacán. 


Martín Antonio Acosta Cázarez (a) Martón, operator of Los Ninis, was killed and four of his members were arrested when they tried to finish off a wounded member of Los Rusos in the hospital. 


Their hostility is the main cause of violence in Culiacán, which in the year ranks as the most violent municipality in the state with 56 HVDOs, ranking 14th highest nationally. 


Los Ninis


They operate as El Chapito's (Ivan’s) security force.


The group is made up of young men between 20 and 35 years of age, with a penchant for violence. 


They participated in the attack on the Army (SEDENA), resulting in five dead and 10 injured (Sept. 30, 2016) and the actions to free Ovidio Guzmán (Oct. 17, 2019).


They also compete with members of Los Guanos. 


They have a presence in downtown Culiacán. 



Los Rusos


They are part of Zambada García's security force. 


They act with less prominence, but with a high level of violence.  


They operate in eight neighborhoods and two districts in the north of Culiacán. 



Considerations


There is a prevailing risk of increased violence due to their competition for dominance in the production of crystal meth and fentanyl. 


Another front of the war between cells of El Mayo and Los Chapitoscan be seen in Salvador Alvarado in the Evora region, where Los Chapitos broke with Los Cholos (at the beginning of Feb. 2020) under the command of Orso Ivan Gastelum, imprisoned in CEFERESO 1, who is said to receive support from Los Mayos. 


El Mayo Zambada employs a strategy of conciliation with Los Chapitos and unity within CDS, with the objective of positioning his faction as hegemonic. 




Document 06: Four Blocs of Power - Sinaloa

Date Prepared: March 2022







NARCOTRAFFICKING 


THE "SINALOA CARTEL" HAS A GREATER PRESENCE IN THE STATE OF SINALOA, COMPARED TO THE "BELTRAN LEYVA-CARRILLO FUENTES" ALLIANCE, AS WELL AS IN THE STATES BORDERING THIS STATE (NAYARIT, DURANGO, SONORA AND CHIHUAHUA). 


THE PRINCIPAL LEADERS ARE 


  • IVAN ARCHIVALDO AND ALFREDO GUZMAN SALAZAR AND/OR "LOS MENORES" (SONS OF CHAPO GUZMAN)


  • ISMAEL ZAMBADA GARCIA (a) "EL MAYO ZAMBADA"


  • RAFAEL CARO QUINTERO (a) "EL VIEJITO" 


AMONG THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE AFOREMENTIONED CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE: CULTIVATION, PLANTING, HARVESTING AND TRAFFIC OF ENERGY (AMAPOLA, MARIHUANA AND ITS DERIVATIVES), WHETHER BY LAND, SEA OR AIR; MANUFACTURING OF SYNTHETIC DRUGS (METHAMPHETAMINE, HEROIN AND FENTANYL AND/OR FENTANYL), THROUGH CLANDESTINE LABORATORIES, MONEY LAUNDERING THROUGH PHANTOM OR FICTITIOUS COMPANIES, THEFT OF FUEL, ILLEGAL DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY, VEHICLE THEFT, DRUG DEALING AND ASSAULTS. 


THE "SINALOA CARTEL" AND THE "BELTRÁN LEYVA-CARRILLO FUENTES" ALLIANCE MAINTAIN THEIR CRIMINAL AND LOGISTIC STRUCTURE THROUGH THE PROFIT FROM THE DIFFERENT ILLICIT ACTIVITIES THEY CARRY OUT. 


THEY ARE KNOWN FOR BRIBING/CORRUPTING PEOPLE WITH IMPORTANT POSITIONS WITHIN THE DIFFERENT FEDERAL, STATE AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, WHICH THEN FAVOR CDS GROUPS, AND THUS, THEY MAINTAIN THEIR HEGEMONY IN THE DIFFERENT STATES THEY ARE PRESENT IN. 


THE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION "BELTRÁN LEYVA" AND "LOS CARRILLO FUENTES" HAVE FAUSTO ISIDRO MEZA FLORES (a) "EL CHAPO ISIDRO" AND ÁLVARO GUADALUPE CARRILLO FUENTES (a) "EL LAPA" AS THE MOST VISIBLE LEADERS. 





Document 07: Critical Areas 

Date Prepared: Unknown






CONTESTED AREAS IN SINALOA


AREA A: CURRENTLY A LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT

CONFLICT BETWEEN 


VICENTE PORTILLO GIL (OPERATOR FROM THE BELTRÁN LEYVA FACTION)


ADELMO NÚÑEZ MOLINA (OPERATOR FROM THE CHAPITOS CRIMINAL FACTION) 


OVER THE CONTROL OF THE PLANTING, HARVESTING AND TRANSFER OF NARCOTICS. 



AREA B: CURRENTLY A LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT

IN JUAN JOSÉ RÍOS, NEAR AHOME AND GUASAVE, THE CONFLICT INVOLVES


LATENT BELTRAN LEYVA GROUPS


THE CHAPITOS 


FOR THE CONTROL OF DRUG TRAFFICKING AND RETAIL SALES



AREA C: CURRENTLY A LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT

CONFLICT BETWEEN 


MARIO GERARDO CASTRO GAXIOLA "EL NOVILLERO" (OPERATOR FROM THE CHAPITOS FACTION) 


MIGUEL VALERIO CERVANTES TAPIA (a) "EL SAPO" AND/OR "LA BESTIA" (OPERATOR FROM THE MAYO FACTION)



AREA D: CURRENTLY A HIGH INTENSITY CONFLICT

CONFLICT BETWEEN 


HÉCTOR ROMÁN ANGULO (a) "EL PINTO" (OPERATOR FROM THE GUANO FACTION) 


THE SALGUEIRO NEVAREZ FAMILY (OPERATOR FROM THE CHAPITOS FACTION)



AREA E: CURRENTLY A MEDIUM INTENSITY CONFLICT

IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SAN IGNACIO AND COSALÁ IN SINALOA, ALONG WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES OF TAMAZULA AND SAN DIMAS IN DURANGO, THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN


EFRAÍN TREJO RETAMOZA (a) "EL R-1" (OPERATOR FROM THE CHAPITOS FACTION)


ADOLFO ZEPEDA DE LOS RÍOS (OPERATOR FROM THE  DÁMASO FACTION) 


FOR THE CONTROL OF PLANTING, CULTIVATION AND TRAFFICKING OF MARIJUANA AND POPPY.



AREA F: CURRENTLY A HIGH INTENSITY CONFLICT

THE CONFLICT IS BETWEEN 


RAMÓN GALLARDO CAMPISTA (a) "EL GATO CAMPISTA" AND MARIO GAMBOA RUELAS (a) "EL MARILLO" (BOTH OPERATORS FROM THE BELTRÁN LEYVA FACTION)


IVAN ERNESTO BÁEZ MARTÍNEZ (OPERATOR FROM THE CHAPITOS/MAYO FACTIONS)



AREA G: CURRENTLY A MEDIUM INTENSITY CONFLICT

THE CONFLICT IS BETWEEN 


ABEL CENICERO PACHECO (a) "EL ABELINO"  (OPERATOR FROM THE GUANO FACTION) 


FRANCISCO JAVIER DE LA RIVA VALDEZ (a) "EL TITO" (OPERATOR FROM THE DÁMASO FACTION) 


BOTH HAVE A PRESENCE IN CONCORDIA MUNICIPALITY



AREA H: CURRENTLY A MEDIUM INTENSITY CONFLICT

THE CONFLICT IS BETWEEN 


SAÚL ERNESTO LOYA SARABIA (a) “EL SAÚL LOYA" (OPERATOR FROM THE CHAPITOS/MAYO FACTIONS)


GENARO BAUTISTA ÁLVAREZ (a) "APACHE" (OPERATOR FROM THE BELTRÁN LEYVA FACTION)






DURANGO


AREA A: CURRENTLY A LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT

THE CONFLICT IS BETWEEN 


THE "CABRERA SARABIA" GROUP  (OPERATORS FROM THE MAYO FACTION) 


THE "LAGUNA INDEPENDENT CARTEL" 


FOR CONTROL OF THE RETAIL SALE OF DRUGS AND THE SMUGGLING OF NARCOTICS, SINCE THE LAGUNA REGION IS A LOCATION WHERE SMUGGLING LAND ROUTES CONVERGE. 




AREA B: CURRENTLY A MEDIUM INTENSITY CONFLICT

THE CONFLICT IS BETWEEN 


THE "PECHERAS" CRIME GROUP, SUPPORTED BY EFRAÍN TREJO RETAMOZA (a) "R-1" (OPERATOR FROM THE CHAPITOS FACTION)


THE "ZEPEDA" AND/OR "CIENES" CRIME GROUP 


FOR THE CONTROL OF OPIUM AND MARIHUANA SEEDING AND CULTIVATION. 




AREA C: CURRENTLY A LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT

THE CONFLICT IS BETWEEN 


THE "CABRERA SARABIA" GROUP (OPERATORS FROM THE MAYO FACTION) 


OTHER PARTS OF THE "CABRERA SARABIA" GROUP (OPERATORS FROM THE MAYO FACTION) 


THE "CABRERA SARABIA" GROUP HAS INTERNAL STRUGGLES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, DUE TO THE FACT THAT ITS MEMBERS ARE EACH TRYING TO CONTROL THE PLANTING AND CULTIVATION OF DRUGS IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF TAMAZULA AND CANELAS. 




AREA D: INTENSITY OF CONFLICT NOT STATED


IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE STATE OF ZACATECAS THAT BORDER DURANGO, THE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS 


"CARTEL DEL GOLFO"

"CARTEL DEL NOROESTE" 

"ZETAS" 


ARE PRESENT. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PRESENCE OF THESE CRIMINAL GROUPS IS SPORADIC DUE TO THE CONTROL EXERCISED BY THE CABRERA SARABIA GROUP AND SO FAR NO CONFRONTATIONS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE OCCURRED




Are these documents useful? 


As many have pointed out, these documents show some very old information. So what’s the point of translating and highlighting them? 


Because they can be mined for names and pictures to fill in our current charts. 



As an example, these documents enable us to update old organization charts, such as Ivan’s Top Guys from this previous story, with faces and names as the understanding of the organization develops.




In the document Critical Areas, there is a photo of El Titan, the leader of Mazatlan, which has never been seen before. Or if it's been seen before, it's certainly been well hidden from the internet nowadays.  


The same document also verifies, with federal intelligence, a rumored photo of R1.  The same document also verifies, with federal intelligence, a rumored photo of R1. This enables us to revise and update the chart of the top lieutenants of Ivan Archivaldo and Jesus Alfredo.




The documents also depict a new photo of Mayito Flaco, the son of El Mayo and his current successor. There were only three known images of Flaco prior.



The documents also depict a new photo of Mayito Flaco, the son of El Mayo and his current successor. The resolution is terrible. There were only three known images of Flaco prior. 








*Note: The government documents consistently refer to the Cártel de Sinaloa (CDS) as Cartel del Pacifico, which is just another, less commonly used name for CDS. In order to avoid confusion, all instances of Pacifico have been switched to CDS.






51 comments:

  1. El Nini trying to look manly with that 🧔‍♂️ beard. Lame looks like he’s Amish.

    Semper Fi

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    1. En lo que te andas fijando! Omaigaaa!

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    2. @1:59 he may look lame but that lame is somebody you ain’t 🤣

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    3. @5.04 Errr...Yes? But I think he problably wakes up every morning grateful that he aint a hunted bully boy with a rapidly decreasing life expectancy and a beard like a glued on merkin.

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    4. 5:04 yeah a walking dead man

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  2. el rusos name is wrong he real name is alejandro

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    1. Ok. But I just translated the intelligence doc. So. Not sure what you want me to do about that.

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  3. Personally I believe Ivan is no more than 50 miles from Culiacan. That his best chance of survival. In the mountains, too hard to bring in Xtra Sicarios if the government launched a major operation.

    That's my opinion.

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    1. Exactly he has to be close enough for back up. I think probably closer than 50 miles.

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    2. 2:47 its not about having an extra hard time bringing sicarios, its more about he not been about the sierra life, he has probably never in his life spent more than 3 days in the sierra, chapo been from la sierra couldnt stay away from the cities, now imagine how Ivan feels?

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    3. 4:55 if he truely hasn't learned to live in the Sierra he's done

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    4. 5:29 exactly my point, he is done, he is just a pawn for the government to use when they need to

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  4. Must be pre-2018 for Ramon “Gato” Gallardo Campista to be listed. I didn’t realize he was a BLO member. I thought he was out of the game by the time he was murdered in 2018, but apparently he was still running things in parts of San Ignacio.

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  5. Allegedly "El gabito y/o 80" controls Mazatlan.

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    1. Nah. That's old intelligence. It's El 40 in charge now.

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    2. Nah. New corridos still suggest Gabito is in charge

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    3. Oh. Interesting. People do say that Gabito is giving orders to Sonora groups from Mazatlan. Let me look into this some more. Did he ever leave, do you think? Is 40 in charge of somewhere else?

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    4. I'll post the link for you Hearst

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    5. 4:49 🤣🤣🤣 here we go with the corridos, remember chapos corrido says he can stop earth from spinning if he wants to😂😂😂

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    6. He's trolling you hearst, gabitos newer corridos only mention his control over el Rosario and his loyalty for los guzman

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    7. Yeah el señorón gabito is still in charge

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    8. 5:10 Gabito(80)w/ his brother Casco(81) are in charge of El Rosario, Concordia and Escuinapa. Titan(40) runs Mazatlan

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  6. DEA mexico chief quietly removed after drug lawyers ties

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  7. Really liking this series, especially for us non Spanish speakers.

    Also small thing, on the last Mayito Flaco photo it still contains the old text that you used for El Titan

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    1. Thank you, Seregalin. Fixing now. Really appreciate it.

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  8. I was the one that insisted to put El Titan or El 40 as plaza boss of Mazatlan. Can someone confirm is El Titan is plaza boss of Mazatlan ? Gabito El 80 and his brother El 81 from my understanting are in Concordia, El rosario

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    1. 40 runs mazatlan directly from el panu, and yes gabito runs el rosario and el casco concordia

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    2. I always type this info. Ovidio use to hide in Cacalotan. Facts. Kasco and Gabito protected him there. They would fly drones when they were there. I visit that area twice a month. While chillin I would notice some people out of place. I think they were people from the US. Lowkey. Gabito eats at Tanas. Off of the 15 going towards Mazatlan

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    4. 40 runs Mazatlan directly from ivan. Gabito w/the help of el Casco runs Rosario, Concordia and Escuinapa directly from el Panu.

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  9. Someone posted new photos of el Mayo on tiktok

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  10. @Hearst are you planning to make a similar top lieutenants from the mayo flaco / mz side?

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    1. I am planning on it. Just dealing with the infinite frustration of being unable to find any photos or real names to go with these aliases.

      Also there is a handful of guys who are believed to be important but its completely unclear what they do within the organization.

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  11. No doubt about that Cartel Sinaloa and CJNG are the most dangerous and powerful criminal organisations in the world

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  12. This is old since rusos are now in mexicali and san luis rc fighting chapito salazars

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    1. I genuinely think I just can't cover old intelligence anymore because even if I say that it's old as much as I can, a bunch of you guys will still comment "letting me know" it's old.

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    2. Fuck those guys Hearst keep on doing you.

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      Bro,listen up man,she told every motherfucker here reading this story it was old info but relevant for pics etc,then you tell us its old info,read the fuckin thing balloon head

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    4. 'I genuinely think I just can't cover old intelligence anymore'
      Many here appreciate it Patty and articles like this are interesting,dont let a couple of fuckin dojas blazing put you off

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    5. You did see that it was written repeatedly that it's old intelligence?
      Maybe read before criticising and be grateful for their hard work

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    6. Thanks, guys! I'll keep writing about old intelligence whenever it feels relevant.

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    7. No matter what, life gives us haters. They don't hold any water with your readers who just get annoyed with the ignorance. You keep doing what you do.

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  13. Keep covering please, no matter what one does, there's always ignorant people!

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  14. And El Jinny or El Duende

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  15. DEA agents going crazy trying to keep up around here... too bad boys, its free.

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  16. So was tintin really killed? 🤔 I mean it would blow up in the news in that region if he did! I remember reading plenty of comments on sonora violent page from Facebook. Alot of those comments were complaints towards tinting and his man for bother innocent people

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  17. Este mapa ya es viejo muchos de los que salen ya ni estan

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