"El Cuini" Transferred From Santa Martha, Mexico City To El Altiplano State Of Mexico Maximum Security Prison

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This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Abigael González Valencia, alias El Cuini, leader of the criminal group Los Cuinis, partners and administrators of the economic resources of the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation (CJNG), was transferred from the Santa Martha Acatitla Social Rehabilitation Center for Men in the Iztapalapa district of Mexico City to the Federal Center for Social Rehabilitation (CEFERESO), No. 1, El Altiplano, in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico.

The brother-in-law of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho”, leader of the CJNG, was transferred on September 6 by helicopter with the participation of personnel from Penitentiary Security, the Undersecretary of the Penitentiary System, the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) of Mexico City, as well as the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) and the National Guard (GN).

“At the moment, the reasons for his transfer from the prison in the eastern part of the capital to the maximum security prison are unknown,” according to media reports.

Abigael González, who was arrested by the Navy in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, in February 2015, faces criminal proceedings for homicide, money laundering, organized crime, arms trafficking and carrying weapons for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces, according to the Attorney General's Office (FGR).

Last July, in criminal case 45/2015, the head of the First District Court for Federal Criminal Proceedings, with residence in Jalisco, issued a second formal arrest warrant to Cuini for carrying a firearm.

SOURCE: RIODOCE

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Two CBP Agents in San Diego Arrested for Working with Mexican Cartel

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From a San Diego Tribune Article by Alex Riggens

Before their arrests in May of this year, two U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers appeared to be living large, according to prosecutors.

One had dropped thousands of dollars on luxury items from Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Burberry, owned a stake in a horse racing stable and was building a large home on a Mexican ranch.

The other had taken multiple European vacations and was about to attend a pricey boxing match in Las Vegas when he was arrested.

Prosecutors allege that it wasn’t their federal government salaries funding those lavish lifestyles. Instead, Jesse Clark Garcia and Diego Bonillo are accused of working for an unnamed Mexican drug trafficking organization to allow vehicles loaded with fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine to pass unchecked through their inspection lanes at the Otay Mesa and Tecate ports of entry.

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Follow-Up: Two And Half Hours Of Terror In Which They Even Used Explosives In Badiraguato: Sinaloa. September 4, 2024

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This article was translated and reposted from LOS NOTICIERISTAS

WRITTEN BY: ERNESTO MARTINEZ 

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 

Badiraguato, Sin.- The residents of the San José del Llano syndicate experienced two and a half hours of terror in the early hours of Wednesday, September 4, following a confrontation between armed groups in the central sector of the community, resulting in the death of two people and an abandoned pickup truck with bullet wounds.

Upon arriving at the place, the atmosphere was tense, the stores with their curtains closed, the gas station and the hotel deserted, while the doors of the homes remained closed and some residents were moving around on four-wheelers to carry out their daily activities, such as transporting cattle to the corrals.

As one moves along the main avenue that leads to the center of San José del Llano, a group of elements of the Mexican Army maintains a checkpoint at the height of the creek and in front of a gas station that has been out of service for several months, or even years, prohibiting the passage in vehicles and on foot to any person outside of any police corporation or the Sedena.

Further on, a yellow tape with the words “no trespassing crime scene” delimits the area where early Wednesday morning several armed men in various vehicles engaged in a gun battle for more than two and a half hours, using the trees and facades of houses to take cover from the hail of bullets.

“It all started at 1:30 a.m. or 2 a.m. and ended at 4:40 a.m., but name it, it was very ugly, the terror lasted for a while, we had to hide under the beds and behind the walls, but none of the ranchers were hurt,” said one of the residents who lives right in front of the site where the shooting took place.

At the site it was possible to confirm the presence of a lifeless body, which was covered with a blanket a few meters from the roof of the Cobaes de San José del Llano school, while between the school and the body was a white Toyota Tacoma abandoned with open doors and bullet impacts on the bodywork, tires and windows.

The body was covered with a sheet and was wearing black tactical boots. The rectangular-shaped explosive device that was thrown and did not explode was secured by Mexican Army explosives experts and was taken aboard an armored vehicle to the facilities of the Ninth Military Zone.

Hundreds of AK-47 and R15 long gun shells were found on the avenue and in alleys of the town, which were seized by the authorities. Unofficially, it was said that two other people lost their lives after these confrontations, but their bodies were abandoned in a community near the municipal capital of Badiraguato, so it is expected that in the next few hours the authorities will confirm or discard this version.

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The heavy-armed confrontation in San Jose Del Llano syndicate in Badiraguato, Sinaloa, at early dawn on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, was between rival groups of La Numerada del 22 against Hector Roman Angulo "El Pinto", who is allied with Aureliano Guzman Loera "Guano Guzman". 

La Numerada was led by now deceased Edgar Isabel Roman Martinez "El 22", who was famously killed on October 2023 inside a Culiacan medical clinic. El 22, was considered also a leader of La Vagancia or Cholo Vagos criminal cell from Guamuchil, Sinaloa, this because of his friendship with Orso Ivan Gastelum Cruz "El Cholo Vago" or "El Cholo Ivan" founder of La Vagancia criminal cell. La Numerada del 22 is considered an armed wing of the Los Chapitos or Los Menores faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. 

The information below was shared by Crux1469 on X, 

" Photos and videos of the hitman of La Numerada (Gente de El 22 of the Los Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa cartel) who was killed in a confrontation in San Jose del Llano, Badiraguato." 

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGE

SOURCE: LOS NOTICIEIRISTAS, BORDERLAND BEAT, CRUX1469

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"El Mayo" Agrees to New York Court Transfer

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Ismael Garcia Zambada, better known as "El Mayo" has agreed to move his case to New York after a federal judge had ruled the case should remain in El Paso. The federal judge denied the government's motion to transfer Zambada to New York from El Paso.

U.S. Attorney's Office filed a new motion Thursday, claiming Zambada and his attorney have agreed to move his case to New York. He was arrested on July 25, 2024 on a 2012 warrant issued in connection with a Western District of Texas indictment. In New York, the superseding indictment was filed in February of 2024.

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Two Police Officers From The Wixárika Community Go Missing: Jalisco

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This article was translated and reposted from INFOMADOR.MX 

Officers Heriberto Castro Montoya and Ricardo Bautista Hernández had a confrontation with criminals on August 27 and their whereabouts have been unknown since then.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024 

Two municipal police officers from Santa María de los Ángeles, in the north of Jalisco, and members of the Wixárika community, have been missing since Tuesday, August 27; the State Attorney General's Office informed that it has opened an investigation and assures that it is maintaining search operations in the region.

The events occurred in the early hours of August 27, when officer Heriberto Castro Montoya, 39, and his partner Ricardo Bautista Hernández, 42, responded to a report about the presence of armed persons on the highway from Santa María de los Ángeles to Huejúcar, at the crossroads leading to the town of Tenasco de Arriba.

Apparently, when the police arrived at the scene, they were shot at by several subjects and a confrontation began, but when they were outnumbered the officers escaped on foot through the zero, however, their whereabouts have been unknown since then.

Casto Montoya is originally from the community of San Andrés Cohamiata, while Bautista Hernández was born in the community of San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán, both in the municipality of Mezquitic.

SOURCE: INFOMADOR.MX 

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Alleged Leader Of A Criminal Cell Dedicated To The Sale Of Adulterated Medicines Captured In Guadalajara: Jalisco

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This article was translated and reposted from EL OCCIDENTAL 

In addition to the drug, the subject was seized with handguns and cartridges for firearms used exclusively by the Armed Forces.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 

Elizabeth Ibal / El Occidental

Elements of the Secretariat of the Navy and the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO), captured in Guadalajara an alleged leader of a criminal cell, dedicated to the sale of apocryphal medicines and the illegal trade of controlled medicines.

In a press release issued on Wednesday afternoon, the Semar informed that the arrest was made in a house located in the Panorámica Huentitán neighborhood in the capital of Jalisco, where on August 23 an operation was carried out by the federal authorities.

During the deployment of the agents, various oncological drugs were seized, as well as fentanyl-active substances, with an approximate value in the illegal market of ten million Mexican pesos.

They also seized cardboard forms (to assemble boxes of medicines), instruction sheets for their application and labels with seals of authenticity, whose value in the market, if sold, would be approximately more than one hundred million pesos.

In addition to handguns, cartridges for firearms for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces, colored wrappers containing cocaine and methamphetamine, money, cell phones and a vehicle.

The FEMDO will continue with the investigations to find the whereabouts of other people related to this case.

On that date, Navy officers conducted a series of investigations in support of personnel from the Attorney General's Office, including one at the confluence of Volcán Sajama and Volcán Miravelles, as well as at other sites in the city, but the results of these investigations have not been known until now.

SOURCE: EL OCCIDENTAL 

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Follow-Up: El Geras's Girlfriend Shows Off The Romantic Side On Social Media Of The Bloodthirsty CJNG Leader In Nochistlán, Zacatecas

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This video was published by dominio público

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 

EL GERAS

EL APA 

CJNG REGIONAL LEADER 

In one of the stories that El Geras' partner shared on the Meta platform, the woman shared one of the corridos they have made for El Geras: Comandante G, from the group Recluta.

El Geras, regional leader of the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation in Nochistlan, Zacatecas, who has provoked a wave of violence in the south of Zacatecas and north of Jalisco, has caused the displacement of many families. Due to his dangerous nature, federal authorities are offering a reward of 500,000 pesos for his capture. 

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Significant Other Of Gerardo Gonzalez Ramirez “El Geras” Or "El Apa" Shows Off The Romantic Side Of The Feared CJNG Leader In Nochistlán, Zacatecas

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This article was translated and reposted from dominio público

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024 

In one of the stories that El Geras' partner shared on the Meta platform, the woman shared one of the corridos that have been made to El Geras: “Comandante G, del grupo recluta” (Commander G, from the recruiting group).

Alongside his criminal activities as a lieutenant of the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation in Nochistlán, Zacatecas and other municipalities in the south of the state, Gerardo González Ramírez, “El Geras” or “Apá,” leads a family life that he shares with his partner, whom he pampers with large floral arrangements and other luxuries.

In images that readers sent to Dominio Público Noticias, El Geras' partner shows off heart-shaped and bear-shaped floral arrangements or the so-called “buchones bouquets” that the criminal leader has given her, especially on her birthday.

There are also photographs in which the woman appears with a leopard cub sitting in an armchair.

It should be remembered that at the end of June of this year, El Geras and some of his hitmen walked around downtown Nochistlán with a lion cub, which caught people's attention.

El Geras' partner has also shared photographs of her son, who accompanies her in high-end vans such as a Ford Raptor or another one that appears to be a white Mercedes Benz.

In another of the images, in which they are apparently celebrating a birthday, you can see a cake with the words “Gera” on it, a feline on one side and a doll on top that could be a reference to the criminal leader. A hand grenade can also be seen.

SOURCE: DOMINIO PUBLICO 

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CJNG Announces Its Arrival In Buenavista And Apatzingán, And Confirms Alliance With Three Michoacán Cartels: “Very Good Things Are Coming”. Official Alliance CJNG-Los Viagras-Los Blancos De Troya-Los De La Virgen

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This article was translated and reposted from NOVENTAGRADOS 

Apatzingán, Mich., September 3, 2024 - The Jalisco Cartel - New Generation (CJNG) announced with banners in the municipalities of Apatzingán and Buenavista, its arrival in those municipalities hand in hand with three local criminal groups, thus confirming the alliance of cartels seeking control of the state.

On Tuesday morning, banners signed by the CJNG appeared in the communities of Acahuato, Las Colonias, El Pájaro and Catalinas, as well as in the main square of Apatzingán, on Constitución de 1814 Avenue, and at the intersection of this avenue with Francisco I. Madero.

Other banners were located in Las Graditas, and on the monumental sign of Apatzingán, next to the monument to Lázaro Cárdenas.

The banners, addressed to “all our people of Apatzingán”, inform of the CJNG's alliance with the Viagras cartel, and its armed wing Los Blancos de Troya, as well as the group commanded by “Señor de La Virgen”.

“Very good things are coming for the region, peace is coming and we let civilians and other armed groups know that they should be calm, our war is only against the Knights Templar and those of Tepeque,” said the Jalisco Cartel.

It also threatened anyone who helps its rivals in any way, because if they do, “they will become our enemy.

SOURCE: NOVENTAGRADOS 

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Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan Gang Operating Across South America, Into Mexico and the US

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In the past few years, media outlets have reported violent incidents connected to the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) taking place in New York, Chicago, Miami and in Texas. The latest media frenzy involves at least two apartment buildings in Aurora, Colorado that have been allegedly taken over by members of the gang after a surveillance video went viral showing armed men patrolling and entering an apartment.

From its origins as a prison gang in Aragua, Venezuela, Tren de Aragua has quickly expanded throughout the Western Hemisphere in recent years with 5,000 members from South America stretching to the United States. 

With a particular focus on human smuggling and other extortion type acts targeting desperate migrants, the organization has developed additional revenue sources through a range of criminal activities, such as illegal mining, kidnapping, human trafficking, cybercrime, theft, extortion, and drug smuggling.

While they have not fully entered the level of other cartels in the drug world, they have taken advantage of Venezuela's corruption, pr and violence to smuggle migrants first into Colombia and more recently north to Mexico and the United States.

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Navy Conducts Land And Air Operations In The Badiraguato Mountains: Sinaloa

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This article was translated and reposted from LOS NOTICIERISTAS

WRITTEN BY: ERNESTO MARTINEZ 

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Badiraguato, Sin.- Elements of the Secretariat of the Mexican Navy conducted surveillance patrols by land and air during surprise operations carried out on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 3, with no confirmed gun battles between the Navy and armed individuals.

According to the information, shortly after midday, neighbors from communities near the San José del Llano syndicate reported the overflights of a Navy helicopter and the patrols of several elements aboard several units known as “fast” of that corporation through the streets of the aforementioned town, located in the vicinity of the area known as the Golden Triangle.

It was through several videos and photographs that neighbors of these mountain communities uploaded to social networks that the presence of the marines was made known and confirmed, but so far no authorities, not even the residents, have confirmed shootings derived from the presence of the marines.

The Secretariat of Public Security of Sinaloa informs:

It is known that elements of the Secretariat of the Mexican Navy are carrying out overflights in some areas of the mountainous municipality of Badiraguato, which are routine.

If more information is available, it will be released in a timely manner.

It should be noted that during the course of this Tuesday, the constitutional governor of the state of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, made a tour of the communities of El Hormiguero and La Apoma, belonging to the mountainous municipality.

FOLLOW-UP        BY: CHAR 

Rumors are swirling that the Secretariat Of Mexican Navy is going after a high-ranking Sinaloa Cartel leader. The name of Aureliano Guzman Loera "Guano Guzman" who has escaped dozens of raids is being mentioned as a possible target but as of right now, information is very fluid stay tuned for updates. 

SOURCE: LOS  NOTICIERISTAS, CRUX1469

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4 Edomex Security Directors Arrested, Linked to CJNG & La Familia Michoacana

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The August disappearance of the Director of Security of Temascalcingo, Agustín Oropeza Armendáriz,  has led to the capture of 4 Commissioners from the State of Mexico so far. Authorities have reported several are connected to organized crime groups, specifically the CJNG and La Familia Michoacana. One is said to have personally met with LFM leader "El Fresa."

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Second In Command Leader Of The Hyper Violent Criminal Organization "Cartel Del Noreste", Carlos Alberto Monsivais Treviño "La Bola Treviño" Is Captured; In A Stealthy Raid By Military Forces In Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas

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This article was translated and reposted from MILENIO 

Bola Treviño', Co-leader of Northeast Cartel and nephew of Z-40, arrested in Tamaulipas

Carlos Alberto Monsiváis Treviño was captured in flagrante delicto by members of the National Guard and the Sedena.

LA BOLA TREVIÑO

WRITTEN BY: ANGEL HERNANDEZ

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Carlos Alberto Monsiváis Treviño, alias Bola Treviño, was captured in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, in flagrante delicto by members of the National Guard and the Mexican Army.

The detainee is considered to be the second most important man in the Northwest Cartel, a criminal organization with a presence in Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Nuevo León.

According to investigations, Bola Treviño was in charge of organizing kidnappings, extortion, drug and migrant trafficking. He is even accused of orchestrating armed attacks against members of the army.

He is also accused of being the main generator of violence in Tamaulipas, particularly in the border area with the United States, to which he also sent illicit substances.

The detainee was transferred to Mexico City to face the charges against him before the competent authorities, given his high level of danger.

Who is 'La Bola' Treviño's family?

Carlos Alberto Monsiváis Treviño, El Bola, comes from a lineage of drug lords. His uncles were members of the Los Zetas cartel. 

He is the nephew of brothers Miguel Angel and Omar Treviño Morales, El Z-42 and El Z-40 respectively, historic leaders of Los Zetas.

Omar Treviño was described as someone who “loved to kill people”, as he gave free rein to his sadism when taking the lives of his enemies.

For this reason, Z-40 was one of the most bloodthirsty criminals in Mexico, as he even implemented a type of botox that caused death and was not detected in autopsies.

For his part, his brother Z-42 took over the leadership of the criminal organization after Miguel Angel's capture in 2013. His tenure was even more violent than the previous one.

This caused divisions within Los Zetas, until he was arrested two years later on his way home to Nuevo Leon.

SOURCE: MILENIO 

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Sedena Announces Large Arsenal Seized After The Confrontation In Paredones Syndicate Of Jesus Maria, Sinaloa, Allegedly A Cholo Vagos Or La Vagancia Leader Evaded Capture

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This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE 

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

On August 29, 11 firearms, 117 magazines, 5,920 cartridges, four vehicles and various tactical equipment were seized in the confrontation between military personnel and hired killers in the community of Paredones, in the Jesús María syndicate, reported the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena).

In a statement today, the agency said that military personnel, while conducting ground reconnaissance in the vicinity of the town of Paredones, located several vehicles and an undetermined group of people carrying firearms, who, upon noticing the presence of law enforcement forces, fled in an unknown direction.

Following the clashes, on Thursday afternoon, several vehicles were set on fire and used during blockades of the Mexico 15 highway at some points.

In the city of Culiacán, schools suspended classes and public transportation stopped working, so a large number of people walked home and a large number of businesses closed.

SOURCE: RIODOCE 

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One Of The Most Powerful Armed Wings Of The Los Rusos Criminal Structure In Mexicali Has Been Identified Named Jose Alonso Rocha Lazcano "El Caiman"

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This article was translated and reposted from LaMasakr3 on X

EL CAIMÁN 

LOS RUSOS

MEXICALI    BAJA CALIFORNIA     SAN LUIS RIO- COLORADO     SONORA 

"Security authorities have identified one of the most powerful armed wings of the Los Rusos criminal structure in Mexicali. 

Originally from Sinaloa, Jose Alonso Rocha, alias El Caiman, had been one of the most discreet cell leaders of the criminal structure of Jesus Alexander (Alejandro) Sanchez Felix / Juan Jose Ponce Felix alias El Ruso." Information via ZETA TIJUANA

SOURCE: LaMasakr3

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