“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
Today, Eric Valencia Salazar—a co-founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, known by the aliases "El 85" or "El Matazetas"—pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking. He is seeking procedural benefits or a reduction in his sentence, the details of which are scheduled to be announced on July 31 of this year.
Eric Valencia Salazar pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine from Mexico into the United States. A native of Jalisco, he was an associate of Mexican criminals such as Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel Villarreal and Óscar "El Lobo" Nava Valencia, and he played a role in the founding of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
This Tuesday, he appeared before Judge James Boasberg at the courthouse in Washington, D.C. Operating under the alias "El 85," he was arrested in Mexico on two occasions: in 2012 in Zapopan, Jalisco, and in 2022 in Tapalpa—the same municipality where "El Mencho" was killed.
Valencia faced only one charge: cocaine trafficking, to which he pleaded guilty more than a year after being extradited. The plea agreement aims to secure a reduction in his sentence or grant him procedural benefits. However, that determination ultimately rests with the U.S. prosecution and the presiding judge at the time of sentencing.
"El 85" is currently being held at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the first high-profile drug trafficker to reach a plea agreement among the nearly 100 individuals Mexico has extradited to the United States since February of last year.
Mexican authorities assert that Valencia Salazar became involved in cocaine trafficking as an operative for Ignacio Coronel—alongside former leaders of the Milenio Cartel, Óscar and Juan Carlos Valencia (known as "El Lobo" and "El Tigre")—and that he also participated in the founding of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) alongside Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho."
This alliance reportedly lasted until the latter—"El Mencho"—betrayed "El 85" by handing him over to Mexican authorities in 2012. Consequently, after securing his release due to procedural errors in his case, Valencia joined a CJNG splinter group known as the Nueva Plaza Cartel, which sought to curb the Jalisco Cartel's expansion, remaining active until his most recent arrest in 2022.
Valencia Salazar is scheduled to be sentenced on July 31; by that date, both the defense and the U.S. prosecution must have submitted their respective sentencing memoranda.
Source: Milenio
That video where they've got the Mayiza mob eating chocolate was fucking devastating. 🤣
ReplyDelete🤣🤣🤣 those Mayiza guys are the real Gilbertonas
DeleteThe proud douchebags of Nuff Nation demand to see this video, Don Sol!!!
DeleteRosalinda , 03 y su jefe el Maradona Valencia son los que van a mantener a las 4 letras como un super cartelon alv .. en alianza con el trebol , ivan y alfredo. El negocio sigue alv
ReplyDeleteWho cares? He done nothing but ride the coat tails of other mobsters.
ReplyDeleteThe judge is an Obama appointee who is also a part time woke liberal activist. He's the judge who "ordered" for all illegal immigrants deported so far under the evil orange man to be flown back into the United States for "due process". The same judge didn't say jack sh!7 when Obama deported over 2.7 million.
ReplyDeleteThese supposed bad asses are seeking protection from uncle Donald because if they go back to Mexico what they did to so many people is going to happen to them
ReplyDeleteI’m tired of everyone spreading false info. He never left CJNG he never blamed Mencho he’s CJNG through family. Cholo made a video begging him to help him which el 85 never did.
ReplyDeleteI bet this dude was happy to hear that Mencho got taken out. Nueva Plaza now has a chance to come back if any CJNG members drop out due to new leadership disagreements. Nuff Said!!!
ReplyDeleteWhy the f was he let go in Mexico? The judge was bought and paid for... The U.S should let him rot in prison as a lesson to those punks who are extradited.
ReplyDeleteOff-topic, but it's been 2 weeks since BB put out an invitation to readers to write their own stories.
ReplyDeleteNuff, Rubio, and some others responded that they were up to the task, and would soon be informing and enthrailing us with their indepth analysis of all things cartel related.
Lemme guess..
"Mañana?"
El Mencho didn't betrayed 85 and he didn't join Nueva Plaza to fight CJNG.
ReplyDeleteWhen 85 got arrested, CJNG burned Guadalajara just like when Mencho was killed. The main Roads in and out of Guadalajara, to prevent his transfer and slow down government back up. The cartel is not gonna go through all that trouble and heat trying to liberate someone that they had just handed over. When someone gets betrayed and handed over, they're caught alone like El Nini.
All the threats and messages in mantas and cartulinas where always signed by el molca or El cholo, or it was towards them and other enemies but never was there any threats mantas cartulinas from Mencho to 85 or vice versa. Also 85 wasn't just a leader, he was co-founder and someone like El Cholo is pretty much a nobody to him, he would not join Plaza Nueva and have his former employee become his new employer, and receive orders by someone he used to order around, same thing with El Cholo becoming the main boss on his new group wasnt gonna give up his leadership to someone just because henused to be his boss, definetly not after going to war against his former boss and last but not least like one recent famous popular corrido by some respected singers known for their authorized music says "Brazos armados que tengo,
Los Elite y los Guerreros,
A los amos del terror,
Los Delta y del Jardinero,
También del 85,
A las órdenes de Mencho"
El 85 was not a native from jalisco
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