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Showing posts with label Leobardo Garcia Corrales. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 3, 2025

Leobardo García Corrales "Leobas" High Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Leader Captured In Mexico City. El Leobas Operated In Elota And Cosala, Sinaloa. El Leobas Joined The La Mayiza Or MF Group After Deserting From La Chapiza Cartel

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was posted by LOS NOTICIERISTAS 

APRIL 3, 2025 


Culiacán, Sinaloa.- On Wednesday, April 2, Leobardo García Corrales, alias "El Leo," "El 18," or better known as "El Leobas" in the region, was arrested in Mexico City. He was a member of a criminal group in Sinaloa with its base of operations in Cosalá and Elota.

The operations were led by members of the Attorney General's Office and the Navy, in coordination with the Defense Ministry, the National Guard, and the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection.

In the statement issued by federal authorities, it is reported that the Tlalpan municipality was identified as the transit area for Leobardo "N." He has an extradition request and is wanted by US authorities. Therefore, fixed, mobile, and discreet surveillance was implemented.


That's how security agents located him on Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Boulevard in the Jardines de la Montaño neighborhood, where they stopped him, verified his identity, and arrested him.

Omar García Harfuch confirms
“In Mexico City, in an operation led by @FGRMexico and @SEMAR_mx, Leobardo “N,” alias “Leo,” was arrested. He was wanted by the @DEAHQ in the United States for being linked to drug trafficking for a criminal organization, in addition to organized crime, public health offenses, and illegal use of firearms and explosives.”

“With these actions, we continue working together to arrest fugitives from the law,” the message concluded.




US Offering Reward
The US State Department was offering $4 million for information on Leobardo García. According to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Sinaloa Cartel is largely responsible for the massive influx of fentanyl into the US in recent years.

According to the information provided in the US State Department's search report, "El Leobas" has described himself as a close associate of Ismael Zambada García and Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera.

After a couple of years in which García Corrales presumed the manufacture, sale, and distribution of fentanyl in various areas of the United States, on April 4, 2023, a federal grand jury in New York returned an indictment against Leobardo García Corrales and others, charging them with conspiracy to import fentanyl, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.


"El Leobas" is originally from Potrerillo del Norote, in the municipality of Elota. He would have turned 55 in 2025.

Two of his brothers were murdered in 2024.

On August 17, 2024, three bodies were found on the road leading to the municipality of Cosalá and the town of Conitaca, in the jurisdiction of the municipality of Elota. They were located near the town of El Aguaje.

Two of them were brothers of "El Leobas," Martín and José Ricardo García Corrales. According to the report, they were killed by gunshot wounds and showed signs of torture. The United States government was offering a reward for Martín, like Leobardo, who was found.


Sunday, August 18, 2024

Martin Brother Of Leobardo Garcia Corrales Aka "Don Leoba" High Ranking Member Of Los Chapitos Faction Of The Sinaloa Cartel, Is One Of The Executed For Whom The US Was Offering $4 Million Dollars Reward

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE 

AUGUST 17, 2024


Martin Garcia Corrales, one of the three men found murdered in Elota on Saturday morning, was wanted by the U.S. government, for whom it was offering a $4 million reward.

Garcia Corrales and his brother Leobardo are accused of being involved in the large-scale production of methamphetamine and fentanyl. They are linked to Ismael el Mayo Zambada and Joaquin el Chapo Guzman.

On November 14, 2022, according to the United States, Martin agreed to purchase hundreds of automatic rifles and other weapons, including grenades, a transaction paid for with fentanyl to be imported and delivered to the United States.

In September of that same year, Martin facilitated the delivery of about a kilo of fentanyl to an address in California.

On Saturday morning, three men, including Martin Garcia Corrales, were found executed and with traces of torture on a dirt road near the Mexico 15 International Highway in Elota.


FOLLOW-UP     BY: CHAR



The death of Martin Garcia Corrales, a member of the Sinaloa Cartel is undoubtedly alarming. The reason is either Martin was killed by his own bosses Los Chapitos, or Martin was killed by the Mayo Zambada faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. 

Martin worked under his brother who is considered a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel named Leobardo Garcia Corrales "Don Leoba". Don Leoba was described by the US government as a key operator for Ivan and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, who liked to brag about his closeness with the leaders of Los Chapitos. The current whereabouts or status of Leobardo Garcia Corrales are unknown, but in the upcoming hours or days, more information will be available. 


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SOURCE: RIODOCE , VIRAL SINALOAU.S. DEPARMENT OF STATE