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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

8 Dismembered Bodies Left Outside Chihuahua City, An Area Disputed by CDS, La Linea, & La Empresa

"HEARST" for Borderland Beat 


The dismembered remains of at least 8 people were dumped on the side of a highway near Chihuahua city - an area being fought over by the Sinaloa Cartel, La Linea, and La Empresa. 


Alongside the body parts, the cartel hitmen left an eerie message featuring the lyrics of an old song.

Warning: Some graphic images below this point.



The Dismembered Bodies

On April 21, 2024, a motorist called 911 and reported that there appeared to be dead bodies left on the side of Highway 45, near kilometer 37 / 38. 



The location was north of the city of Chihuahua in the state of Chihuahua, near the exit which leads to Santo Nino and Tres Hermanos. 


Municipal police officers were dispatched and they arrived on scene at approximately 8:30 am. 


They found a pile of naked bodies on the side of the highway. The remains were dismembered and some body parts were wrapped in plastic. 


The area around the bodies was cordoned off and other government agencies began showing up on scene. Evidence technicians began to document evidence and at times the highway had to be partially closed off from traffic.



There are conflicting reports about how many dead bodies were found. Julio César Salas, the head of the state police, was asked on scene about the bodies and he said there were 13 deceased, as seen in the video below.


Video Source: Lety Villarreal

However, the state Attorney General’s Office (FGE) released a press release which said just 8 male bodies were found on scene.  The latest articles on the discovery are currently citing 8 deceased, so the Salas’s initial estimate of 13 on scene may have been presumptive.


The press release noted that no ballistic evidence was found at the location and it stated that work was being done to determine the cause of death for the victims. 



The news publication El Diario MX reported that sources in the state police told them that the victims “were not shot, they were killed with ‘fileros’ [smaller knives, like switchblades] and ‘cuchillos’ [larger knives].”


They also stated the victims were “tortured and sliced up.” Other publications, such as El Litoral, have also written that the victims were tortured. 


One of the victims reportedly had a neon-colored poster stabbed into his chest with a knife.



Journalist Lety Villarreal reported on Twitter that the message on the poster was: 


"Iban para Magdalena ahora van para donde sea.... 

Chihuahua tiene dueño entiéndalo ¡bienvenidos!"


“They were going to Magdalena, now they are going wherever. 

Chihuahua has an owner, understand? Welcome.” 

 

The first line of this narco message may sound strange, given the context, and it would make more sense for the message to read that “now they are going nowhere” but the bizarre wording has a reason behind it. 


The line is actually the lyrics of an old song called Sonora y Sus Ojos Negros which features the lyrics “Iba para Magdalena, ahora voy pa' donde sea” or “I was going to Magdalena, now I'm going anywhere.”



The second line about Chihuahua having an owner is likely not referring to the entire state of Chihuahua (which has had multiple cartel groups operating it in for decades), but instead referring to Chihuahua city, especially considering how close the bodies were found to the city.



Later in the morning, a burned out vehicle was found further down the same highway. So far the FGE has only stated that they are investigating if the vehicle is related to the bodies and has not confirmed a connection. 



Although they didn’t state it outright, El Diario made a point of highlighting that just 7 kilometers down the highway is a traffic checkpoint which has 1 static surveillance camera and 2 mobile surveillance cameras. Any group which traveled from Chihuahua city towards the body dump site would have had to pass through this checkpoint, implying that law enforcement should be able to identify the vehicle which dumped the bodies.



The Cartel Groups Operating in Chihuahua City


So the narco message on the dismembered remains is talking about Chihuahua already being owned by a cartel group. But which cartel groups are currently operating in the city? 


Back in June 2023, the FGE’s regional leader Francisco Martínez Valle stated that a recent rash of violence was due to the fighting of the three cartel groups which are present in the city: 


Cartel de Sinaloa (CDS) 

La Línea

La Empresa



He stated that all three of these groups “have been operating in the city for years, and the conflict [between them] continues.”



He noted that the groups appeared to be fighting over drug dealing territory within the city, like street corners and bars where dealers sell to locals, and that law enforcement has found no fentanyl manufacturing labs within the city. 


In addition to local turf battles, a steady flow of foreign migrants heading to the US passes through Chihuahua city, sometimes establishing small encampments, and these migrants are regularly preyed upon by cartel groups. 



NMAs noted that “the place where the [eight] bodies were found is a place with a high flow of migrants, who walk 444 kilometers from Chihuahua City to Juárez to try to cross into the United States.” 


It’s not easy to pinpoint the current local leaders of the three cartel groups, but one local CDS figure has been making headlines - a man named Enrique López Acosta, alias “El Cumbias”. 



El Cumbias used to lead a CDS Gente Nueva group which operated southwest of the city, in places like Creel, however in 2010, he was arrested and sent to prison, where he remained for 13 years. 


In July 2023, he was tried for his involvement in the infamous Creel massacre but judges did not allow the video evidence of him during the massacre to be shown in court and he was subsequently acquitted of the crime. He was released from prison on August 10, 2023.



He returned to cartel activity and he based his operations out of Chihuahua city. 


Just four months ago, in December 2023, El Cumbias was re-arrested in Chihuahua city after a string of car thefts that he was allegedly involved with. He was recently sentenced to 160 years in prison.



El Cumbias is also known to have a son named Daniel Enrique Lopez who is involved in Sinaloa Cartel activity.



Earlier this month, La Empresa was named by law enforcement as responsible for the assassination of prison official Nicolás Monárrez Gaxiola, who was killed near Chihuahua city. 


Starting last year, Chihuahua’s state government has attempted to reform their state prisons and they’ve seized 18,000 prohibited items from prisoners. This enforcement of prison rules has led to multiple cartel groups attacking and assassinating state prison staff, as well as deadly riots which killed more than 10 FGE agents.  


Meanwhile in Juarez, the FGE has recently stated that five groups were operating in Juarez, naming: La Línea, La Empresa, Artistas Asesinos, Mexicles and Aztecas.







Bodies by the Highway Sources: State Attorney General's Office Statement, Uno Mas Uno, Canal 44Calibre 800, Vivre in Juarez, El Diario de Chihuahua, Sol Yucatan, El Diario MX Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4, Article 5, El Sol de Mexico, Entre Lineas Article 1, Article 2, Charro Negro, Anabel Hernandez, Lety Villarreal, El Litoral


Cartel Groups in Chihuahua City: NMAs, El Heraldo, UNICEF, Diario


Videos: Entre Lineas Video Live from the Scene, Lety Villarreal


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    1. You got any read on which group killed them?

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    2. It was la linea or empresa. I heard those groups are neutral. Not allies nor enemies.

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    3. Esos cabrones de LaLinea nunca pierden.. me recuerdan a los Zetas originales antes que empezaran con el cobro de piso … las Jaliscas deberían intentar entrar a Chihuas pero primero tendrían que ganar zacatecas 😆, pero el viejo sarnoso de sombrero miado les está metiendo una verguisa 🤣

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    4. Los de la linea no ocupan extranjeros compa 😉

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    5. Linea / Empresa are the same

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    6. @6:40 nope two different groups. What are the same are Ncdj/lalinea

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    7. 7:29 los Zetas originales nomas se fueron a morir a Durango

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    8. 7:29 este no es cualquier sombrero es una corona, estilo ranchero

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  2. Juarez y Chihuahua son un cagadero solo por dos cosas.
    Porke La Linea quiere el control de todo el estado es obvio y segundo porke quiere solo PRM en sus filas.
    Sin esta metalidad no hubieran traicionado a los que les salvaron el culo en el 2010 mas o menos y ya hubieran controlado todo el estado de Chihuahua estos.
    Con la alianza Juarez y El Paso podian hacer todo pero quisieron puro traicionero en sus filas mejor y aqui se ven los resultados.

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    1. Cagadero? jajajajajaja
      cagadero Sonora, Guerrero, Michoacan, etc.. etc...

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    2. 6:41 calamate guey. No te admires que Juarez no se queda atras con sus pendejadas

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    3. 8:28 Cuales?, no hay punto de comparacion con el cagadero que traen en otros estados.

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  3. Read online they might’ve been Salazar’s the dead guys, CDS guys from chihuahua took them out

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    1. Do you remember if the speculation that they are Salazars come from the line about Magdalena? And the thinking was Magdalena de Kino or simply the fact that it's lyrics from a song about Sonora?

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    2. Could’ve been Salazar guys from Chihuahua, literally heading to Magdalena(like the song says) Sonora to provide backup to fight vs los pelones(CDS), and got killed by the chihuahua CDS guys

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  4. They say the dead are migrants and this connected to conflict between La Linea and "Capulina". El Taurete is La Linea boss there.

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    1. Nothing is proven yet. I read articles where they said the dead might have been migrants but it is only speculation.
      More than likely they are not migrants just people spreading rumors right now.

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    2. The FGE didn't rule out that the victims were migrants, when asked. But that's also not a confirmation. Guess we have to wait for the identities of the victims to be released.

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    3. Dear HEARST: That was because illegal migrant transportantion its a cartel business. They were working "independently". So they wanted to state a message.

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  5. Wait so CD$ is still in CH ? I thought La Linea had kicked them out already according to the narco experts here

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    1. Took CDS with the help of Genaro Garcia Luna to enter Chihuahua state to try and take over it.
      They are not going away so soon because of that giant help. Yes giant help.
      Linea owns most of the state and the most important border crossings which is what Sinaloa doesn't have in Chihuahua.
      No one said Sinaloa was completely gone from the state.

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    2. 810 yep dont believe CDS every fully took a plaza even with government help

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    3. 8:23 CDS owns most of the sierra too in the Golden Triangle which is the real money maker

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    4. 1032 CDs fangirls and they're excuses

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    5. Lol CDS will never be completely kicked from Chihuahua they may lose some ground but they will always be in Chihuahua forever

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    6. 11:27 denial much ?

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    7. 1:01 nah. CDS will regret from Chihuahua eventually except for some small spots in the Sierra.
      May loose the Golden triangle sooner than later so CDS remnants will be scrapping for food.

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    8. 139 not in denial I just know that the borders where the moneys at and that's what CDs wants. They retreated to the golden triangle

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    9. 2:11 you do know CDS has most of the sierra under control and still has el valle de Juarez. So as long as they don't loose that I don't see them going anywhere soon in that region

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    10. 3:15 but they dont have Juarez or Nuevo Laredo or at least TJ where CJNG is taking their merca, they couldnt take one of those plazas even with the help from the government, they are failures at everything they do, well maybe not corridos cause there's still a lot of uneducated people in Mexico who think El Chapo can stop the world from spinning if he givea the order

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    11. 5:05 mad as hell lol… TJ is a free for all. Always have been. Don’t be mad just cause they jacked a little load and it didn’t make dent in their organization or presence there lol

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    12. 5:05 they might not have all of Juarez but they are there and isn't CDS stronger than CJNG in TJ or Baja California as a whole ?

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    13. 8:29 shit CJNG is moving merca through Juarez also, they are cool with linea 🤷🏼‍♂️

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    14. 1:46 CDS loose the Golden Triangle? You know Sinaloa Durango and Chihuahua make up that region right. Good luck trying to get CDS out of those states

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    15. 9:27 you are right but it's one thing to pay piso to pass merch then to actually have a physical presence in the border.

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    16. 9:45 the only state Linea cares about is Chihuahua. Presence in other states is useless for them.
      CDS can be pushed out of the triangle. Linea already giving CDS hell in Guadalupe y Calvo and Parral which are two close regions to the triangle CDS owns.

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    17. @6:48 exactly. This just proves they don’t need anyone for aid and assist and that these sinaloenses pop up outta nowhere like roaches but keep getting handled.

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  6. If you guys know of any active Chihuahua city-based cartel figures, let me know. It's been a long time since I wrote about about this area.

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    1. Silverio carrillo fuentes and el chuyin are the main bosses

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    2. Those are the leaders of the larger cartel groups. I meant guys local to Chihuahua city.

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    3. Alvaro carrillo fuentes alias el lapa tambien

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    4. El iker was jus captured in Guadalajara look him up hes a linea he gave up some names like el meño and others

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    5. German olivares i think is the boss for cds in el valle de juarez

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    6. @hearst el senor dela v is cds boss in chihuahua city I believe

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    7. @11:24 yup I just looked it up. That guy el meño his name manuel ponce Estrada is from guerrero municipal chihuahua. My parents know him my mom went to school with him he used to be independent but now works with la linea. He had a famous horse called la Estrella laberinto made a song about that horse. @hearst I hope you make a article about the capture of "El iker" it's worth it.

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    8. @hearts
      https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2024/04/21/detienen-en-jalisco-a-el-iker-miembro-del-grupo-la-linea-vinculado-al-cartel-de-juarez/%3FoutputType%3Damp-type&ved=2ahUKEwjK7sjbgNmFAxWyJkQIHbNABoQQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1qU5TRN16w8_G82VcBgyuG

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    9. @12:57 Yes I know about that guy too, really famous around that region. Lol when you're in Guerrero go to Velalo's Dogos,, best hotdogs I have ever tried!!

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  7. Attention all worldwide serial & thrill-killers: mexico is giving Carte Blanche. Hey you, sadistic fucks, mexico especially embraces YOU! Come for the murdering, stay for the comical police investigation antics.

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  8. Question, how common is the name Gaxiola?

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    1. 9:31 Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Sonora, BCN and maybe Durango.

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  9. Those investigators are not wearing proper plastic suits, foot and head covers and are contaminating the crime scene. No wonder there is a low conviction rate in Mexico.

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  10. Los Linces taking out los contras

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  11. So all 8 of the deceased were involved in organized crime? It's possible. Maybe some were involved in cartels, maybe none. But maybe some were innocents at the wrong place at the wrong time, or maybe some of these people were rounded up at the border trying to cross and then the cartel killed them claiming they were rivals? Who knows?

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    1. In Chihuahua it has not been known to happen frequently or at all that innocent migrants have been killed just because.
      Reason is that Chihuahua has always been a border crossing for migrants so their cause has always been understood.
      Forcing people into a cartel is also unheard of.

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    2. Crime groups in Chihuahua rarely pose a threat to civilians. Yet homicide rates are through the roof, so yes more than likely they were involved in something shady… the message on the cardboard pretty much reinforces that

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    3. It is being said that two of the victims where of Sinaloa state origin and that they were reported abducted a few weeks past although no names have been released as of today.
      One abducted from Flores Magon Chihuahua and the other from cd Obregon Sonora.
      It could be CDS vs CDS like some have speculate here also.
      It would also mean all were involved in shady shit.

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  12. All that meat on the floor, should be given to the poor stray dogs that go hungry.

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    1. Damn. There have been articles here where dogs are seen with body parts in their jaws. Some months back BB did one that happened in Zacatecas if I'm not mistaken.

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    2. 7:54 yes you hit the nail on the coffin.
      I took remember that article, where there was a street dog, a stray that was carrying a head, by it's mouth, I Guess no one feeds the stray dogs, that they find dismembered body parts and start chewing on them.

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    3. Sooner or later, fresh dead bodies will be everywhere, that the taco sellers will be using, meat parts they find in blankets, and people will be ordering more tacos.

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  13. Coming out in newspapers that all the victims here were migrant smugglers.
    CDS affiliated. Linea took them out more than likely.

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  14. El cumbias cell was the number one pecan jacker in delicias area

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  15. Everyone here is talking shit about La Linea and CDS and the truth is the following :

    CArtel de Juarez group La Linea founded by el JL de Culiacán Sinaloa

    Cartel de Sinaloa group Gente Nueva founded by Los Salgueiro and Los Salazar both families originally from Chihuahua


    So wtf are we fighting about exactly ?

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  16. The message is a bit odd. Seems the victims are punished for something, maybe not recognizing someone's authority. The welcome message, etc. Seems more of a statement than a threat to any specific groups.

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