Gulf Cartel Faction Group Metros Of Reynosa Plaza Boss Of Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, Ricky Segura "R53" Or "R57" Captured By National Guard And Army In Reynosa: Tamaulipas

 "Char" and "Enojon" for Borderland Beat 

August 29, 2024

SOURCE: EL GUZMAN

This past Thursday morning, August 29, 2024, Ricky Segura "R53" or "R57" was captured by military forces, which included a helicopter being used on a special raid in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Ricky or R57 is a close collaborator of Cesar Morfin Morfin "Primito" leader of the Gulf Cartel faction Group Metros of Reynosa, and Alvaro Noe Morfin Morfin "R8" second in command of his brother Primito. 

SOURCE: EL GUZMAN 

RICKY SEGURA 

Ricky Segura was the plaza boss of Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, which is about 2 miles across the U.S. border next to Roma, Texas. Miguel Aleman is a key plaza for the Group Metros of Reynosa, but recently has faced an onslaught of incursions from Cartel Del Noreste, as both rival groups try to have control of this key drug plaza. 

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A source close to the Group Metros of Reynosa said the following about the capture of Ricky Segura,

"El Primito gave him up to authorities because Ricky was creating too much conflict in the Miguel Aleman plaza, civilians were complaining about him extorting businesses, and raising the quotas so Primito sacrificed him to calm the waters. That is why today there were no roadblocks or burning of vehicles, and we were told that the radio frequencies got turned off so Ricky did not have time to react".

SEGURA OPEN LETTER

Segura would be named in an open letter that was published to social media on August 16th, 2023 where residents of the Los Guerra town of Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas would urge for the deployment of federal authorities amid the severe insecurity that would derive from the attempts at territorial control by the Northeast Cartel and the Gulf Cartel who deem the town to be a strategic point to conduct illicit activities, while advocating for security forces to locate the whereabouts of Segura for his alleged involvement in a series of crimes such as orchestrating attacks against residents of the town Los Pueblos. 

The constant violence would result in the forced displacement of around 50 families from La Guerra who would flee towards the City Miguel Alemán in an attempt to seek refuge from repeated attacks and threats by the criminal organizations, who had previously targeted residents as they attempted their escape but were supported by State Police and Mexican Military personnel.

Image By: VerdadTamps on Twitter (Original Letter)

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Ovidio Guzman Lopez Enters Witness Protection According to DEA Source

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A source from the DEA informed 'El Universal' that Ovidio Guzmán Lopez, son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, entered the protected witness program under the custody of the US Marshals and added that he will not be presented publicly, since his case is classified.

Guzmán López, known as "El Ratón," is no longer in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). His BOP file shows him as "Released" since July 23, 2024, a date since which his whereabouts are unknown. 

A source from the Department of Justice confirmed that the former co-leader of 'Los Chapitos' remains in U.S. custody and that his next court date is scheduled for October 1 in the Northern District of Illinois court. His brother Joaquin Guzman Lopez is scheduled for the same day for his first major court appearance in Chicago as he has retained the same lawyer and will appear before the same federal judge overseeing Ovidio's case. The brothers are Co-Defendants in the large superseding indictment.

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Osiel Cardenas Guillen, Former Leader Of The Gulf Cartel And Founder Of Los Zetas, Was released From Prison In The United States On Friday, August 30, 2024, But His Location Is Unknown

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE

AUGUST 30, 2024 

Osiel Cardenas Guillen, former leader of the Gulf Cartel, was released from prison in the United States on Friday, August 30, but his location is unknown.

U.S. government sources confirmed to the digital media Elefante Blanco that the drug lord left the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he was imprisoned for the last months of his 14-year sentence on charges related to drug trafficking, threatening agents and money laundering.

Currently, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons lists Osiel's location as “Unknown,” even though he has criminal proceedings pending in Mexico.

Cardenas Guillen, registered number 62604-079, was as of Friday in the USP Terre Haute prison.

In Mexico, he faces pending charges of organized crime and drug trafficking, but the Mexican government has not notified him of an eventual deportation.

Previous records from the same bureau suggest that Cardenas Guillen could have been released on July 1, 2024.

Osiel Cardenas, a former leader of the Gulf Cartel, was born in 1967 in Tamaulipas, and became the cartel's leader in the 1990s, expanding his control over drug trafficking in northeastern Mexico.

He was captured on March 15, 2003 by the Mexican Army and extradited to the United States in 2007, where he was sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges related to drug trafficking, money laundering and threatening federal agents.

SOURCE: RIODOCE 

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Ivan Archivaldo Guzman's Arrest Denied; Public Security Reports No Arrests

"Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from LUZ NOTICIAS 

WRITTEN BY: ESTHELA GARCIA 

AUGUST 30, 2024

Sinaloa's Public Security Secretariat denied the arrest of Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, leader of Los Chapitos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, in an operation by the National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA).

Clashes, groups of armed civilian “sicarios” in the streets and burning vehicles were the consequence of a “normal” operation by federal forces.

The Sinaloa Public Security Secretariat denied the arrest of Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, leader of “Los Chapitos”, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, in an operation by the National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA).

In an exclusive interview for Luz Noticias, Gerardo Mérida Sánchez stated that the violent events that took place on Thursday afternoon, August 29, with confrontations, groups of armed civilian “hired killers” in the streets and burning of vehicles, were the result of a “normal” operation by federal forces.

“I cannot confirm it, neither to you nor to the Sinaloa society. It is a note that yes, at some point it was mentioned, and it was mentioned by a national media, even from the central part of the state they have been asking us if we have knowledge of this event.

“The authorities are deployed here, in Sinaloa, as in the ninth zone, National Guard, those of us who are permanent as State Police, Municipal Police, we have no knowledge of any event of that magnitude,” he clarified. 

The war zone in Limón de los Ramos

He detailed that the violence was triggered after an aggression against military personnel in the area of Peñasco and Paredones, which resulted in a follow-up to the aggressors, who tried to block the arrival of reinforcements by setting fire to vehicles in the community of El Limón de los Ramos.

“There was an aggression against military personnel in the area of Peñasco and Paredones. The aggressors tried to block the advance of our forces by setting fire to vehicles in El Limón de los Ramos. Fortunately, we were able to control the situation with the support of the State Police, SEDENA and the National Guard,” stated Merida.

 In spite of the intense violence registered on Thursday, August 29, the authorities assure that there have been no casualties of military personnel, but neither have there been any arrests, and that the operation was part of routine actions.

In view of the alarm generated by the events, Merida Sanchez called on the population to remain calm and trust official information.

 “I ask the people of Sinaloa to remain calm and to adhere to the reliable information we are providing. The security forces are working hard to guarantee security in the city,” he stressed.

With security forces deployed throughout the city of Culiacán and rural areas, authorities reiterate that the situation is under control and that there is no reason for alarm.

SOURCE: LUZ NOTICIAS 

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Narco Blockades in Culiacan, Sinaloa Leads to Rumors of Ivan Guzman's Arrest

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

In August 29, 2024, clashes between armed civilians and security personnel were reported this afternoon in Paredones and Jesús María, north of Culiacán. There were also reports of a narco road blocks near Limón de los Ramos, where trucks were set on fire.

Several Mexican news outlets are reporting on the blockades and that they are the result of the possible arrest of the leader of Los Chapitos, Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, however no arrests have been reported.

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8 Police Officers Arrested for Providing Info to CJNG in Colima

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From a Proceso Article

According to the Colima prosecutor, the detainees passed information to the CJNG, manipulated the cameras of the municipality of Colima, and made false reports.

In a joint operation, state and federal corporations arrested eight active municipal police officers in Colima, including a woman, on charges of leaking information to the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), the State Coordinating Board for the Construction of Peace and State Security reported.

Seven of the detained officers worked as agents of the Public Security Directorate of the state capital, while the remaining one was a member of the security escort group of the municipal president of Villa de Álvarez, Esther Gutiérrez Andrade, announced the head of the State Attorney General's Office (FGE), Bryant Alejandro García Ramírez.

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Mexico Could Implement 'Faceless Judges' for Organized Crime Cases

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The judicial reform promoted by Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his party, Morena is generating controversy, protests and strikes by judicial workers. The most talked about issue has been the proposal that all judges be elected by direct vote at the polls. 

But this week a new factor of controversy has been added. Morena and its allies in the Chamber of Deputies approved the inclusion in the initiative of anonymous judges in order to protect judges who handle cases of organized crime. It is a measure with noble aims but has given rise to abuses that civil associations and international organizations have documented and denounced, as it violates the right to a trial before an independent, impartial and suitable court.

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National Guard seizes Grenades, Explosives, Long Weapons And Magazines From CJNG In Nayarit

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from EL OCCIDENTAL 

The seized goods were handed over to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office.

AUGUST 24, 2024

Elizabeth Ibal / El Occidental

During a patrol, members of the National Guard secured grenades, improvised explosive devices, long arms, magazines, useful cartridges and tactical equipment bearing the initials of the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation, in the municipality of Xalisco, Nayarit.

The federal agency announced on Saturday afternoon that the discovery was made during security and crime prevention patrols in the town of Trigomil in the municipality of Xalisco, Nayarit.

There, the national guardsmen participating in the National Public Security Strategy in the state of Nayarit received a citizen's report alerting them to the presence of armed persons on board a pickup truck in front of a construction site.

With the characteristics, the officers went to the site and with the proper security measures, they went there.

They then spotted a group of armed individuals who, upon seeing the officers, escaped and fired at the officers, but none of them were injured.

A security operation was implemented to locate them, but no one was captured, but a vehicle was secured in the interior of which seven 35 millimeter grenades were found; seven improvised explosive devices, one of which was in a suitcase.

They also found five long arms, 50 magazines, 930 cartridges of different calibers and tactical equipment such as backpacks, knapsacks and vests with the CJNG acronym.

The seized items were handed over to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office for further investigation.

SOURCE: EL OCCIDENTAL 

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14 Billion Dollars***, The Amount The US Seeks To Take From 'El Mayo'. UPDATED

"Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE

AUGUST 25, 2024

 

 The kingpin would face harsher charges if transferred to the Brooklyn courthouse in New York, where El Chapo was sentenced.

If transferred to New York, Ismael el Mayo Zambada would have to cede an estimated $14 billion and hope that prosecutors would not be so severe in charging him with trafficking fentanyl, a synthetic opiate that in 2021 caused the deaths of more than 105,000 addicts in the United States.

That would be one of the reasons why the defense opposes Zambada Garcia's transfer to New York, and that he would instead face justice in a court in the Western District of Texas, which is currently hearing his case, and where it is not clear whether the drug lord would have a similar amount confiscated, and he certainly does not face charges for fentanyl trafficking, although he does face charges of murder, kidnapping, drug trafficking, criminal association, money laundering and illegal possession of a firearm.

Another element that the New York court does not have is that he would not face Brian Cogan, one of the fiercest judges in the United States, who sentenced Joaquín el Chapo Guzmán to life imprisonment plus an additional 30 years during the so-called trial of the century.

For that reason, Zambada Garcia's defense filed a motion on Friday last week, a day after prosecutors requested his transfer to Brooklyn, that the kingpin not be taken to that district, but be tried in Texas, where he has faced charges since 2012, while in New York he was only charged a few months ago.

“There is no justification for the transfer to be applied as requested, since he does not argue why he should be transferred from the court in Texas, which has an ongoing case against him since April 2012, while the court in New York dates from February 2024,” says Frank Perez, Zambada Garcia's lawyer.

According to Perez, the U.S. Government is inadmissibly seeking to remove his client from the Western District of Texas based on an inadequate and unsubstantiated initial appearance request, without explaining why this decision applies in this particular case, nor citing other cases that establish why they want to transfer him.

“For the foregoing reasons, Mr. Zambada Garcia respectfully requests that the Court dismiss the Government's motion for initial appearance and stay of the speedy trial provisions in Texas,” reads the defense motion.

As noted in docket number 3:12-cr-00849, the indictment includes Chapo Guzman, and 22 other individuals, who allegedly worked as hitmen, commanders and coordinators to traffic drugs to the United States, such as cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamines, and formed a front to fight against the Juarez Cartel, which then had Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, the Viceroy, as its leader.

“The group led by Zambada Garcia and Chapo Guzman, had as its armed wing cells of hitmen known as Gente Nueva, Los Mexicles, Los Dobles A, and Los Artistas Asesinos, who carried out homicides, torture, kidnappings, and all kinds of violent activities in Ciudad Juarez and El Paso Texas, in addition to engaging in all kinds of drug trafficking,” reads the file, filed in a federal court in the Western District of Texas.

Unlike the case filed in New York, where only Zambada Garcia is charged, in the Texas case the indictment is a joint indictment, which makes the sentence less severe because there are 24 defendants, and all of them played an undetermined role.

In both courts Zambada Garcia could face the death penalty, if so requested by prosecutors, although according to experts it is unlikely to happen, because of the age of the defendant, because, although he faces murder charges, it is not seen that he could be sentenced to death for that charge, but for drug trafficking, mainly for trafficking and manufacture of fentanyl.

Other charges that Mayo will face in Brooklyn court include racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder, money laundering and various drug trafficking offenses, including trafficking cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine into the United States.

Until last year, the DEA had only charged Los Chapitos, as the only criminal group to traffic fentanyl, until, in February of this year, it included Zambada Garcia in the indictment. The New York court assures that the drug lord amassed billions of dollars in profits, and therefore estimates that he must pay 14 billion dollars to repair the damage done to US society.

Article published on August 25, 2024 in issue 1126 of the weekly Ríodoce.

 

SOURCE: RIODOCE  

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The New Bus Station, Chulavista, Oblatos, Santa Anita And Downtown Guadalajara Accumulate 60 Disappearances In 2024: Jalisco

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from EL OCCIDENTAL 

This information is derived from the search reports published by the State Search Commission.

Víctor Chávez / El Occidental

The five points in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area where most people disappear are the New Truck Station, the Chulavista neighborhood in Tlajomulco, Santa Anita in Tlaquepaque, Oblatos and downtown Guadalajara. These alone have accumulated more than 60 disappearances so far in 2024.

This information comes from the search reports published by the State Search Commission and from an exercise carried out by the researcher and former rector of the University of Guadalajara, Victor Manuel Gonzalez Romero.

He made a list of the 20 points where the most disappearances have been recorded, using a minimum number of six cases per neighborhood.

The list included the Americana, Libertad, Lomas del Paraíso, Morelos, San Juan de Dios, Santa Cecilia, Colinas del Roble, San Agustín and Las Pintitas neighborhoods. Each point with at least six disappearances so far this year.

With seven are the Heliodoro Hernández Loza and Santa Cruz del Valle neighborhoods; while with eight are the Huertas in Tlaquepaque, the Echeverría and Hacienda de Santa Fé.

These 20 neighborhoods add up to 154 disappearances in total, where only 51 have ended with a happy ending since the persons were found, but also in another five cases they were located already dead. 103 have not been located.

The center of Guadalajara reports 10 disappearances, with the location of four people, six of them have not been located. Six were men and four were women. Five of them were underage.

Santa Anita continues, in the limits of Tlaquepaque and Santa Anita, where 10 people have disappeared, only one was located. All 10 were men and all were of legal age.

With 12 disappearances, in third place comes the Oblatos neighborhood located in the east of Guadalajara with 12 disappearances, where 8 people were located, four were not. Seven were men, five women.

The Chulavista neighborhood in Tlajomulco reports a total of 14 disappearances where seven people were located, another one was found but lifeless. Of the total, 12 were men and 2 women, only one was over 18 years old.

And the case of the new Central Camionera, where it has been said by the government of Jalisco that most of them left of their own free will and where there are suspicions that they were recruited. There are 16 disappearances, five were located, 11 were not, and 14 were men, only two were women, only two were of legal age.

SOURCE: EL OCCIDENTAL 

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AMLO Announces “Pause” In Relationship With U.S. And Canadian Ambassadors

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from PROCESO 

The decision escalated to the refusal to engage in a dialogue requested by the U.S. diplomat, Ken Salazar, after speaking of the risks involved in the popular election of judges, magistrates and ministers, included in the reform of the Judiciary. 

WRITTEN BY: DALIA ESCOBAR

AUGUST 27, 2024 

MEXICO CITY (apro).- President Andrés Manuel López Obrador decreed a pause in the dialogue with the embassies of the United States and Canada in Mexico until they clarify that there must be respect in the decisions that correspond to Mexicans because it is in their Constitution. 

The decision followed the refusal to engage in a dialogue requested by the U.S. diplomat, Ken Salazar, after talking about the risks involved in the popular election of judges, magistrates and ministers, included in the reform of the Judicial Power. 

“That there be a clarification from them, however, that they express that in the matter of the Constitution of our government, in the application of our democracy, in the decisions taken by our legitimately constituted legal government, they have to be respectful”, he indicated.

He clarified that the relationship with both countries continues and that the pause only applies at embassy level, in spite of the fact that since previous days he assured that “it is not Ken Salazar”, but that the U.S. State Department is behind it. 

The relationship with Salazar “is still good, but it is in pause since he declared that. Pausing means that we are going to give ourselves our time, because hopefully the State Department, because it is not him either, what a coincidence that at the same time that they make a statement in Mexico through the embassy, the Canadians do it, which is also a shame for the government of Canada, it seems like an associated state, together”.

He considered that the attitude of the officials of both countries is because “they would like to interfere in matters that only correspond to Mexicans. It is from the State Department, the letter is from him (Ken Salazar), the relationship continues, but hopefully there is a ratification from them that they are going to respect Mexico's independence, the sovereignty of our country, as long as there is not that and they continue with that policy, there is a pause with the embassies”. 

Specifically, he said that also with Canada, “yes, of course they have to learn to respect Mexico's sovereignty, it is not just any old thing. We are not going to give them advice there, not to say what is right and what is wrong. We want them to be respected and for there to be a reciprocal relationship in terms of respect”. 

Again, he clarified that the pause is in the dialogue with Ambassador Salazar and not with the Biden administration because “it is only that they understand that it was imprudent to manifest themselves as they did”. 

Of the ambassador he recognized that “he is looking for us to talk. Imagine that he comes here -and I stress this is not a personal matter- he comes here, he is received by the President of Mexico, he is not Andrés Manuel, it is the investiture and suddenly he comes out to say 'I came to give you my opinion that the people of Mexico should not elect judges, magistrates, ministers because that is undemocratic, it complicates things even more', what a shame, now, as the philosopher would say: 'what a necessity', we better wait for time to pass”. 

“If there is no respect, as long as I am here, we will not allow any violation of our sovereignty. I am going to leave, there are already 30 days left, but as long as I am here I cannot allow our Constitution to be violated,” he added. 

President López Obrador considered that President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum will maintain this position because “any government has to defend the sovereignty of its people, besides, these are our things. What is more, the president-elect already said it and she said it well: 'Dialogue yes, but there are things that only concern our country”.

If we continue to allow foreigners to give their opinion on Mexican law processes, said the president, it is like allowing officials from any other country to do the same. 

At the beginning of these statements, the President said: “How can we allow the ambassador -with all due respect, this is not a matter of quarrel or enmity-, to give his opinion that what we are doing is wrong, but we are not going to tell him to leave the country, no, but we do have to read the Constitution to him, which is like reading him the card”.

SOURCE: PROCESO 

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More Underage Youths And Students Go Missing In Jalisco. Jalisco Is The 1st Place Nationally As The State With The Most Missing Persons In Mexico

 "Char" for Borderland Beat

This article was translated and reposted from INFORMADOR.MX 

AUGUST 25, 2024

WRITTEN BY: INFORMADOR.MX 

Aldo Gonzalez's parents at the demonstration. 

Aldo Gonzalez disappeared on April 13, more than four months ago, after he was last seen when he left his home to travel to the municipality of Tepatitlan. Since then, the whereabouts of the young student of the University Center of Health Sciences (CUCS) of the University of Guadalajara have not been known.

In total, 28 members of the UdeG have been reported missing and are still unaccounted for, confirmed the university, most of them students. 

One more student who was reported missing is a young man from the Tonalá Norte High School, Christian Alan Olvera, last seen on August 12 in that municipality. 

Others were located, for example, Gianina Michelle Juárez Vásquez, 16 years old and a student of high school 11 located in the Metropolitan Zone of Guadalajara, who was found alive on May 20; cousins Janetzy Medina and Kevin Ulises Sánchez were also found alive. 

However, UdeG is not the only institution affected by the disappearance of members of its university community; on May 3, the disappearance of Fernanda Cano, a student of ITESO, who was allegedly taken from her freedom in the Bugambilias area, was reported; fortunately, she was found alive on May 9. 

In addition to Fernanda, ITESO had another student reported missing, although in 2023 and, like Fernanda, the young man was found alive. 

The search collective Luz de Esperanza confirmed that among its members, there are relatives of a student from Universidad América Latina campus Patria, named Sergio Oliver Israel Díaz, who remains missing since July 11, 2012, almost 12 years ago.

UNIVA also reported that they have had cases of disappearance, but that all their students were found alive. 

Several of the missing students are underage, a population group that has been affected by this phenomenon: according to official figures from the State Registry of Missing Persons, in Jalisco there are more than 1,200 underage children under the age of 19 who were reported missing out of a total of more than 6,200 complaints filed. 

In the previous state administration, the report was 606 according to the national registry on the matter, that is to say, during the current state administration, the number of minors who are still unaccounted for has doubled.

“Fight until you find him”.

Dozens of people gathered outside Casa Jalisco to demand that authorities locate Aldo González Sevilla, a student at the University Center for Health Sciences (CUCS) of the University of Guadalajara (UdeG), who was last seen on April 13.

“There are no results. The Prosecutor's Office is working, they inform me that they are continuously carrying out operations, but it is already four months and 11 days since Aldo's disappearance. We want to ask the Government to support the Prosecutor's Office with more personnel, or more technology. I don't know what they need, but we do want the governor's support”, explained Israel Gonzalez, father of the young man.

Around 12:00 noon yesterday, the demonstration began on Manuel Acuña Street, with signs and posters demanding the authorities to be effective in locating Aldo.

So far the Prosecutor's Office does not have any theory nor has it presented any progress in the case, the boy's parents indicated.

“I have two other children, they are the ones who help me, and my husband, he is the one who has helped me a lot to get ahead. Aldo is a child dedicated to study, few friends, he is not a fighter, he is a sportsman. He is a good son. Don't forget him, fight until you find him. We have to find all our children, it is not fair that they are lost just like that,” added Leticia Sevilla, the young man's mother, on the verge of tears.

Aldo Gonzalez is a second semester student of the career Superior Technician in Dental Prosthesis.

On April 13 he was supposed to board a bus to go to Tepatitlán, where he is from, to visit his parents, however, according to the State Prosecutor's Office, the boy never arrived at the terminal. According to the law enforcement agency, Aldo disappeared in the Independencia neighborhood, in Guadalajara.

“We are here outside the governor's house, Casa Jalisco, to demand that the authorities not get tired and not stop looking for our compañero Aldo, because he has not been in the classroom for four months. Aldo, a student from Tepatitlán, who comes to the Metropolitan Zone in search of his dreams, in search of improving his life; and we cannot tolerate that after so many weeks, so many days, he is still not with his family. Aldo, like other students, still has not arrived home, still has not returned home,” commented Zoé García, president of the Federation of University Students.

Montalberti Serrano, UdeG's Security Coordinator, assured that, to date, there are 28 people missing from the university, including teachers, students and workers. In addition, eight of them have been found dead.

“To think that one of my children disappears is a nightmare, but we are a family that has faith in God and we know that my son will arrive,” concluded Mr. Israel.

BACKGROUND

“Max”, a victim of forced disappearance

In recent days, the search collective, Luz de Esperanza, announced the amparo sentence granted by a judge in which it was determined that the disappearance of Carlos Maximiliano Romero Meza, son of Liliana Meza and student of the University of Guadalajara, was an enforced disappearance.

On April 17, the Seventh District Court in Puente Grande ruled that there was participation and/or consent of State agents in the disappearance of Maximiliano when the young man was taken from his home, located in the La Tuzania neighborhood, in Zapopan, in 2020. 

Carlos Maximiliano was only 18 years old at the time of the disappearance. He was studying at the time the second semester of the Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design at the University Center of Art, Architecture and Design (CUAAD) of the University of Guadalajara.

“In Luz de Esperanza we received this sentence with a mixture of joy, sadness and hope in itself, being a milestone in our various legal processes in process, in which we seek hard that, first, the forced disappearance is recognized by the authorities in certain cases, given the constant denial, and denial of this situation, and to achieve progress in investigations. And secondly, that the necessary and optimal actions are taken to find our loved ones, and that we have access to the right to truth and justice,” the collective noted in a statement.

Liliana Meza, mother of the young man and leader of the search collective, hopes that the resolution will set a precedent for the investigations of forced disappearances in Jalisco. 

She hopes that “Max's case will be a precedent of a before and after with an enforced disappearance, because now there will be those who can be recognized and can really move forward”. 

Number of missing persons

Jalisco has the 1st place nationally as the State with the most missing persons in Mexico, according to the latest cut, issued on July 31, by the State Registry of Missing Persons, a platform enabled by the State Government.

6 thousand 200 complaints filed for disappearance in the State of Mexico.

15,103 people are missing in Jalisco.

1,252 underage persons under the age of 19 remain unaccounted for in our State at the present time. 

28 students and members of the community of the University of Guadalajara remain reported missing and are still unaccounted for. 

4 months since the disappearance of Aldo Gonzalez Sevilla, a student of the University Center of Health Sciences of the University of Guadalajara.

SOURCE: INFOMADOR.MX

 

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FGR Searches Fausto Corrales' Home, Missing Witness in Hector Cuen's Death & Relative of Recently Killed Cartel Members

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

On Saturday morning, elements of the Attorney General's Office (FGR) and the Mexican Army executed a search warrant at the home of Fausto Ernesto Corrales Rodríguez, the key witness in the murder of Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda, former rector of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), former mayor of Culiacan tied to the kidnapping and arrest of "El Mayo" last month.

Fausto Corrales has been missing since July 25, the FGR has not been able to locate him since the night of the murder when he provided his statement to Sinaloan authorities as to what had happened.

 

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The Turmoil Surrounding the La Nueva Familia Michoacana Top Leadership

 "Enojon" and "Char" for Borderland Beat 

Image By: López-Dóriga Digital (Image of La Familia Michoacana Leadership) 

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The Attorney General's Office And The Navy Conducted Searches In The Guadalajara Metropolitan Area: Jalisco

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from EL OCCIDENTAL 

A total of about 30 officers from the Secretariat of the Navy provided support.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2024

Elizabeth Ibal / El Occidental

The Attorney General's Office and the Secretary of the Navy carried out several raids on properties in Huentitán El Bajo and Nuevo México, in Guadalajara.

The officers from the Attorney General's Office headquarters in Mexico City and the marines arrived this Friday morning at the property related to an investigation file.

The search was carried out at the intersection of Volcán Sajama and Volcán Miravelles, after a judge granted the search warrant for the property located in one of the departmental towers.

A total of 30 officers from the Secretariat of the Navy supported the event, who were deployed in the surrounding area to ensure that it took place in a calm manner.

The presence of officers was also reported at the intersection of Yahualica and Juan Gil Preciado Avenue, in the Nuevo Mexico neighborhood. At that site, traffic was closed and another proceeding was carried out.

On Sunday, August 11, another security operation was carried out in the Santa Margarita neighborhood, where Héctor “C”, accused of being an accomplice of the former Federal Public Security Secretary, Genaro García Luna, was captured.

SOURCE: EL OCCIDENTAL 

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Regarding Immigration, US Borders are Expanding

 "Socalj" for Borderland Beat

The first U.S.-funded flight repatriating migrants who crossed into Panama irregularly occurred Tuesday. The flights, which carried both deported and voluntarily repatriated migrants, are part of an accord signed with the U.S. government last month.

Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino took office in early July promising to crack down on migration and "close" the dangerous Darien Gap connecting Panama and Colombia.

The jungle region saw a record number of migrants cross last year, more than half a million, with the majority headed for the United States.

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Navy Of Mexico Reports Largest Cocaine Seizure So Far This Six-Year Term In Port Of Manzanillo, Colima

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from PROCESO 

The operation, carried out in the southwest port of Manzanillo, seized 5.6 tons of cocaine that were being transported in three small boats.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2024

MORELIA, Mich. (apro).- The Mexican Navy, acting as Coast Guard, seized, in two different events, around 7.2 tons of presumed cocaine, as well as 1,100 liters of fuel, and 15 presumed suspects were arrested, informed the Ministry of the Navy (Semar).

In the first case, 126 packages with an approximate weight of 5.6 tons were seized, which, according to naval authorities, represents the largest seizure of the substance in a single event during the current administration.

The Semar informed that the operation, in which three smaller vessels were intercepted -where the fuel was also transported and where the detained persons were traveling-, was carried out southwest of the port of Manzanillo by personnel on board the vessel ARM Godínez (PO-132), with the support of a Panther helicopter.

In the other event, 32 packages containing approximately 1.6 tons of suspected cocaine, which was being transported aboard a small vessel, were seized southwest of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán.

This seizure was made with the support of the interceptor patrol vessel ARM “Regulus” (PI-1115), a Defender type vessel and a Panther type helicopter.

Both the detainees and the seized material were transported by sea to the corresponding docks, where they were handed over to the Attorney General's Office of the Republic (FGR), so that the ministerial authorities could complete the investigation.

Just last May 20, in Manzanillo, the Semar seized a shipment of approximately 1,618 kilograms of white powder with characteristics of cocaine, in 30 packages, as well as 11 cigarettes with dry grass with characteristics similar to marijuana and 1,150 liters of liquid with the characteristics of fuel, contained in 23 drums of 50 liters each.

The seizure was carried out by naval personnel during maritime and aerial surveillance operations involving a vessel, an aircraft and a helicopter of the Mexican Navy, approximately 135 nautical miles (250 kilometers) from Manzanillo, which resulted in the arrest of three people who were traveling aboard a smaller vessel.

Earlier, on April 24 of this year, the Semar announced the seizure of more than three tons of white powder with cocaine characteristics, at an approximate distance of 18.1 nautical miles (33.52 kilometers) off the coast of the port of Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan.

The drug was seized when Mexican Navy personnel sighted black packages floating in the sea waters, so they proceeded to their recovery, which resulted in 66 packages containing inside them brick-shaped packages with the alleged illicit cargo.

The suspected drug was handed over to the competent authorities for the integration of the corresponding investigation folder. 

On April 10, the maritime authority reported that, through the Fourteenth Naval Zone, based in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, attached to the Tenth Naval Region, located in Manzanillo, Colima, in two different actions, 1,969.86 kilograms of presumed cocaine hydrochloride were seized, and six suspects were arrested.

SOURCE: PROCESO 

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