Information Warfare Conducted By Armed Groups In Mexico

 "Enojon", "Pernicious Propaganda" and "Char" for Borderland Beat 

Photograph By VendettaTamaul1 on Twitter (Banner placed by 'Los Chapitos' of the Sinaloa Cartel Threatening National Guard personnel)

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Arrested El Paso CBP Officer Was Allegedly a La Linea Cartel Member

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat
From an El Paso Times Article by Daniel Borunda

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer allegedly involved in migrant smuggling on the El Paso border was allegedly a member of a Mexican drug cartel, a federal agent testified.

A federal magistrate judge ordered CBP Officer Manuel Perez Jr., 32, of El Paso, to remain jailed without bond at a detention hearing Thursday, Feb. 13, in federal court in Downtown El Paso. Perez is allegedly a member of the La Linea drug cartel.

Perez was fired from CBP after his arrest on federal human and drug smuggling charges on Feb. 8 by the FBI El Paso West Texas Border Corruption Task Force following a multi-agency investigation, court officials said. If convicted, he could face 10 years up to life in prison.

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Extradition Of Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, 'Viceroy', Brother Of ' El Señor De Los Cielos Or Lord of the Skies' To The U.S. Granted By Judge

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was posted by RIODOCE 

Author | Editorial Staff

Date | November 21, 2024

Time | 5:53 pm

A judge has given the green light for Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, alias “El Viceroy”, the former leader of the Juarez cartel, to be extradited to the United States, according to La Jornada.

Julio Veredín Sena Velázquez, seventh district judge for criminal amparo proceedings, annulled the amparo lawsuit and denied him the protection of federal justice with which the drug lord had sought to stop his extradition to the neighboring country for an indefinite period of time.

On July 27, 2023, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) granted the US government the extradition of 'El Viceroy', who is wanted by the Federal District Court of the Western District of Texas for money laundering and drug trafficking.

That same year, but in September, the same judge Sena Velazquez suspended the indefinite extradition of the brother of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, alias “El Señor de los Cielos.

In 2022, the Viceroy received an additional 20-year prison sentence, according to the Attorney General's Office (FGR), for organized crime to commit crimes against health.

In October 2014, Vicente Carrillo was arrested and placed at the disposal of a judge in order to be interned in the Federal Center for Social Readaptation 2 “Occidente”, located in Puente Grande, Jalisco.

SOURCE: RIODOCE 

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No Information From Prosecutor's Office On Alleged Death Of Leader Of The La Linea Jesús Salas Aguayo "El Chuyin"

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was posted by LA OPCION DE CHIHUAHUA 

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

WRITTEN BY: EDITOR M

Ciudad Juarez - The District Attorney's Office of the Northern Zone, informed that it has no information on the alleged death of Jesus Salas Aguayo, El Chuyin, who was identified by the DEA as the head of La Linea in the state of Chihuahua. 

Gabriela Cita, spokesperson for the prosecutor's office in Ciudad Juarez, said this morning that we have no information on the facts.

This agency would be in charge of removing the bodies and investigating the alleged murders.

Since yesterday, two versions have emerged, one that El Chuyin was executed by his own criminal group and the other that his death occurred due to a heart attack while traveling in a vehicle on the highway that connects Villa Ahumada with the Benito Juarez ejido.

Neither was supported by the authorities.

SOURCE: LA OPCION DE CHIHUAHUA 

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'La Gente Nueva del Tigre' Announces La Línea Members Will Be Killed Off. Narco Banners Are Left On Central Streets Of Guachochi; They Threaten To Take Over The Municipality: Chihuahua

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from LaMasakr3 on X

July 3, 2024

" La Gente Nueva del Tigre announces La Línea will be targeted. 

Narco banners are left on the central streets of Guachochi; they threaten to take over the municipality.

Guachochi, Chihuahua - Several narco banners with a message were left in the central streets of Guachochi; it was reported that the message threatened to take over the municipality in the next few days and threatened a curfew.

On Tuesday morning it was reported that several tarpaulins were found with a message from a criminal group operating in the municipality of Guachochi.

This generated the mobilization of the authorities in the place, who found them hanging on road signs in the center of the town, being personnel of the National Guard who secured the banners for investigation.

Inside the tarps, you can read the following message: 

To all the people who are supporting the pigs, please get out of Guachochi or face the consequences "We already have a list of who they are" The pigs that you are supporting are going to be worth a damn and you fucking pig of palapas along with your fucking cock suckers are going to get fucked up, we are fed up with pigs in Guachochi. A new owner has arrived  Sincerely,  Gente Nueva

From 10 pm onwards I don't want people on the street because we are not going to respond.

In view of this situation and due to the content of the tarpaulins, this morning a security meeting was held between the different levels of government.

This fact was brought before the different authorities, who agreed to send another group of Interinstitutional Operations Base (B.O.I.) to be implemented in the municipality of Guachochi.'

SOURCE: LaMasakr3

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Juárez Cartel Leader Captured

Photo by: Juan José García

By: Gregorio Prieto | Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat

After a huge operation in the municipality of Villa Ahumada in the state of Chihuahua, Jesús Salas Aguayo, "El Chuyín" was captured.  The operation consisted of 450 agents belonging to the federal police, the Attorney General's Office, and supported by the Mexican Army; as well as armored vehicles and six helicopters belonging to the Attorney General's Office. El Chuyin is identified as the successor of the former leader of the Juárez Cartel, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, alias El Viceroy.

DEA profile of Jesus Salas Aguayo

The operation started around 7:00a.m. on Friday with the goal of locating several criminals engaged in organized crime in the region who maintain control of the sale of drugs and who have eluded the presence of the police force.

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War of Words: La Linea denies killing activist

CHIHUAHUA.- By way of narco banners, the armed wing of the Juárez cartel claim that Chapo and his organization are the one's responsible for the recent murder of a human rights activist.

CHIHUAHUA, Chih.- 12/22/10 - La Línea accused the Sinaloa cartel and its leader El Chapo Guzmán of the murder of Marisela Escobedo, through the use of narco banners, according to sdpnoticias.com.

This happened almost right after members of the Sinaloa cartel offered to find Marisela's killers and directly accused La Línea and Los Zetas of the murder, in addition to suggesting that the state government was providing these two organizations with manpower and political aid.

The two banners were hung by La Línea around midnight this past Tuesday on Bernardo Norzagaray and Viaducto Díaz Ordaz boulevards, at the intersection of Paseo de la Victoria and Francisco Villarreal Torres.

Initial reports indicated that the municipal police who first responded to the scene and began to gather evidence, where mistaken as the ones responsible for hanging the banner, and were arrested upon the arrival of the federal police. After some confusion the two municipals were released without charges.

The Message:

"To Chapo and his boys Flaco and Marrufo: you are not fooling anyone, we know you pulled that bullshit with the lady in Chih, and you burned down a wood supply store to frame us and make us look bad. Don't act like bitches, why don't you come after us and leave the innocent women and children out of this. ATTE:_____________".

Interpol Releases Sketch of Marisela Escobado's Killer

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5 Sicarios Arrested in Police Slayings

Mexican police arrested five suspects in the killings of seven police officers and a bystander in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, authorities said Monday.

Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua - Mexican police arrested five suspects in the killings of seven police officers and a bystander in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, authorities said Monday.

The sicarios arrested were identified as: Antonio Espinoza Reveles, Germán Isau Ozorno Manuel, Daniel Escobar Bonilla, Gerardo Torres Estrada and José Luis Hernández Montañéz.

The suspects are members of La Linea gang, the enforcement arm of the Juarez drug cartel, according to a statement from a joint anti-crime task force in Chihuahua state.

The men confessed to Friday's ambush of two police patrol trucks as they were flagged down for help by an unidentified man, the federal, state and local task force said. Six federal police officers and one local police woman were killed.

The suspects also confessed to 36 other slayings since 2009 and to extorting money from at least 21 businesses, the task force said.

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Federales Vow to Fight Back After Deadly Attack

By Armando V. Durazo and Aileen B. Flores
El Paso Times

Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua - The ambush Friday in Juárez in which eight people were killed -- including six federal agents and a police officer -- may signal a new wave of intimidation against authorities, officials and experts said Saturday.

The attack, carried out in broad daylight by a group of hit men, solidified the resolve of Mexican federal police to fight back even though it was one of the deadliest attacks on authorities in the city since President Felipe Calderón launched the war on drug cartels.

Juárez officials said that the ambush will not deter them and that they will not be intimidated by the calculated and ruthless attack.

"They want to intimidate us. But now we are going to double our efforts to fight them," said José Salinas, spokesman for the federal police in Mexico City.

As a result of the ambush, he said, a new strategy will be used to "avoid similar ambushes."

"We will fight them," he said.

He did not elaborate on the new strategy.

Salinas said the attack on the agents was an act of desperation because authorities are winning the overall war. He also said the contingent of about 5,000 federal police agents will remain in the city indefinitely and will continue to pressure the criminals.

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The Brother of El Tigre Falls

Roberto Sánchez Arras was arrested in Chihuahua, his brother Pedro was captured in 2008, and is considered the third in command of the Juarez cartel

Villa Ahumada, Chih - The Mexican army arrested Roberto Sanchez Arras, brother of Pedro Sanchez Arras, "El Tigre," considered the third in command of the Juarez cartel or "La Línea," who was captured in 2008.

Authorities of the Coordinated Operation Chihuahua indicated that on February 18, 2010, military personnel of the operation succeeded in arresting Robert Sanchez in the town of Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua.

They reported that the capture was achieved based on citizen's tips and intelligence work, which required for the operations to move to the city, where they apprehended Robert Sanchez Arras, who is brother to Pedro Sanchez Arras, "'El Tigre."

Roberto Sanchez was in possession of three long rifles, four handguns, all weapons typically used by the Army, a fragmentation grenade, 22 magazines of different weapons and 992 rounds of different calibers.

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Alleged Cartel Ties to Massacre in Juarez

A suspect was arrested who testified before the MP that a man nicknamed "El Diez" ordered the killing of young people for allegedly belonging to a criminal groups of El Chapo, a rival cartel of Carrillo Fuentes.

Ciudad Juarez, Chih - A war between drug gangs was behind this weekend's massacre in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, that left 16 dead, including 10 teenagers, an official told CNN Tuesday.

The gunmen who opened fire on a party early Sunday belonged to the Juarez drug cartel, who believed that the partygoers were all members of a gang affiliated with the rival Sinaloa cartel, Enrique Torres, spokesman for the city's federal security operations, told CNN.

Details of the alleged motive came from a police interrogation with a suspect who was arrested Monday.

Military authorities arrested a suspect alleged to have participated in the killing of 16 people, mostly young students, on Sunday in Ciudad Juarez.

José Dolores Arroyo Chavarría, 30, testified that a man nicknamed El Diez "10" and El Doce "12"ordered the murders of the young people because they supposedly were "doblados", that is to say AA (Artistas Asesinos), an alleged rival gang of Los Aztecas.

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Sicarios Captured Before they Could Kill

Federal Police captured hired assasins before they could kill.

Ciudad Juarez, Chih - The federal Public Security Secretariat reported that elements of the Federal Police today arrested two suspected sicarios of the organization called "La Línea", who confessed at the time of their arrest that they had orders to carry out an attack to abduct a Federal Prosecutor in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.

The detainees are:

Agustin Herrera Ruiz 34 years old, alias "El Martín" a native of Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua and Raúl Corpus Mireles 25 years old and a native of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua

They were in possession of the following items:

A long gun AK-47
A 9mm handgun
3 chargers
73 cartridges
A 2000 black truck black
A gray pickup truck
A cell phone

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El Freak and El Salsa

The Italian mafia had such mafiosos as "Lucky” Luciano, "Al" Capone and "Don Carlo" Gambino. The Mexican cartels employs sicarios (hitmen) to do their bad deeds with names such as "El Freak" and "El Salsa." It would be comical if it wasn't so serious.

In Ciudad Juarez the Mexican army captured two men suspected of 45 murders,

The two men were injured on Friday during a shootout at a Social Security clinic where they intended to murder their rivals. The two fled, but were later captured by the military.

The men were identified as Arturo Arellano Corral, 26, aka "El Freak", and Solomon Bolivar Villa, 20, aka "El Salsa".

The statement said the detainees were gunmen from a cell of the Sinaloa Cartel operating in this border city under the command of drug kingpin Gabino Salas Valenciano, to assassinate rival Juarez cartel or "La Línea".

The report said the men admitted having committed at least 45 murders.

Last August, military and federal agents arrested four alleged perpetrators of 211 murders in Ciudad Juárez.

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Living the Life of a Police Target

Hours after the killing of a commander of the Municipal Public Security Ministry, officers of all police agencies were threatened by a message written on the wall of an elementary school. The message threatened retaliation against police officers for working with the army and allegedly supporting the cartel of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

The lawman, identified as Noel Rosales Martinez, 35, was shot dead yesterday morning with high-powered weapons, as he drove his truck down the avenue Francisco Villarreal Torres, at the intersection of Sorgo Street.

The incident alerted police agencies, especially the city police whose officers were instructed to "keep their guard up" to prevent further attacks.

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Mexican Drug Cartel Founders

Beltrán-Leyva Cartel Founders: Marcos Arturo Beltrán Leyva • Alfredo Beltrán Leyva • Mario Alberto Beltrán Leyva • Carlos Beltrán Leyva • Héctor Beltrán Leyva •

La Familia Cartel Founders: Nazario Moreno González • Carlos Rosales Mendoza • José de Jesús Méndez Vargas • Julio César Godoy Toscano • Enrique Plancarte • Arnoldo Rueda Medina • Servando Gómez Martínez • Dionicio Loya Plancarte • Rafael Cedeño Hernández •

Gulf Cartel Founders: Juan Nepomuceno Guerra • Juan García Abrego •
Current leaders: Osiel Cárdenas Guillen • Antonio Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillen • Jorge Eduardo Costilla •

Juárez Cartel Founders: Pablo Acosta Villarreal • Amado Carrillo Fuentes • Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo • Rafael Caro Quintero • Miguel Caro Quintero • Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo •
Current leaders: Vicente Carrillo Fuentes • Juan Pablo Ledesma •

Sinaloa Cartel
(Armed wing: Los Negros) Founders: Pedro Avilés Pérez • Héctor Luis Palma Salazar • Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo •
Current leaders: Joaquín Guzmán Loera • Ismael Zambada García • Ignacio Coronel Villarreal • Édgar Valdéz Villarreal (Los Negros) • Teodoro García Simental • Juan José Esparragoza Moreno •

Tijuana Cartel Founders: Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo •
Current leaders: Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano • Ramón Arellano Félix • Eduardo Arellano Félix • Francisco Javier Arellano Félix • Edgardo Leyva Escandon •

Los Zetas Founders: Arturo Guzmán Decena • Jesús Enrique Rejón Águila • Jaime González Durán • Heriberto Lazcano • Miguel Treviño Morales
Current leaders: Heriberto Lazcano • Miguel Treviño Morales •

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Finishing Off a Rival Gang, Juarez Style

The massacre of 18 people at a drug rehabilitation center near the Texas border is part of a final push by one drug cartel to finish off another some say.

The killings – the largest mass slaying in recent memory in the country's most violent city – raised a three-day death toll in Juárez to nearly 40, despite the presence of 10,000 federal troops and police.

"We're witnessing the extermination of the Juárez cartel," said Alfredo Quijano, editor of Norte a Juárez newspaper. It is a war between the entrenched Juárez cartel and the rival Sinaloa cartel. "The Linea, or Juárez cartel, is down to its last line of defense."

Sinaloa hit men are "killing people at will, hitting them like sitting ducks."

Last August set a record for killings in Juárez, across the border from El Paso, with more than 300 deaths, raising the city's total for the year to about 1,500, and it has surpassed 1,900.

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Three Sicarios are Forgiven for 211 Executions

Four men of the group "La Línea" who were arrested in August, and who authorities from the task force Operativo Conjunto Chihuahua say confessed to at least 211 executions in Chihuahua, were order held only for the crimes of paticipating in organized crime and possession of firearm restricted exclusively to the Army. The federal court did not formally charged them for the actual murders.

The federal judge had been appointed to hear the order of apprehension for murder against these sicarios (assassins for hire) but declined due to jurisdictional powers.

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Los Linces

Los Linces (The Bobcats) are former soldiers of the Army's special forces and are now the main group of assassins (sicarios) of the Juarez cartel or the branch cell known as La Línea which are headed by Vicente Carrillo Fuentes. Just like Los Zetas of the Gulf Cartel, Los Linces operate with military tactics, they move in cells of no more than five to avoid being detected and are usually armed with sophisticated first class combat weaponry and equipment.

Highly trained by the Mexican Armed Forces, Los Linces sole role is to execute targeted victims. They speak with no one within the criminal organization except for the kingpins of the Juarez cartel. Very few people within the Juarez Cartel know of their whereabouts or know anything about their identity, but inside La Línea they are feared.

This group of assassins consists of up to 80 active members. They are recruited from different parts of the country such as Sinaloa, Veracruz and other parts south. The federal Attorney General's Office (PGR) has not officially confirmed their existence but testimony from suspects that have been arrested and witnesses under the protection of the government have provided information of their presence.

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La Línea

The criminal organization is a straight line, they say. All the drug dealers, hitmen (sicarios), the police who protect them and the mules who carry the cocaine to the U.S. must all be aligned. The Juarez drug cartel created a new term used to describe their organization.

They call themselves "The Line" (La Línea). Nobody knows exactly why they used that terminology, but everyone likes to give its own interpretation and meaning.

And they all fear it.

"I am in La Línea," say druglords who suddenly seem to easily avoid any problems with police or are able to pass through check-points with no problems. "I have joined La Línea," new drug dealers confess to their friends when they join the organization. "In that truck are traveling members of La Línea", often people say who are familiar with the name.

It's a new terminology used often in Ciudad Juarez. But perhaps it's more than that, it's a concept.

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La Linea Active in the Valley of Juarez

A former Juárez police officer suspected in 18 murders and belonging to a drug cartel cell was one of multiple arrests during the weekend by the Mexican army, military officials said Sunday.

Ex-officer Miguel Angel Delgado Carmona, 39, and suspected accomplice Roberto Gonzalez Lazalde, 34, were captured Saturday afternoon after a vehicle chase following an extortion attempt of a Juárez funeral home, officials with Joint Operation Chihuahua said.

Soldiers with the Fourth Infantry Battalion began chasing the van moments after four men had delivered a note to the funeral home stating "Call today (a telephone number) without excuse, attention La Linea."

Two of the men exited the Dodge Caravan at a street corner and escaped.

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