Ex Tijuana Pitcher Esteban Loaiza arrested in San Diego in possession of more than 20 kilos of Heroin and Cocaine

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana article

Subject Matter: Arrest of Esteban Loaiza
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required

Reporter: Carlos Alvarez
The ex Mexican baseball pitcher, Esteban Antonio Loaiza Veyna, was detained this afternoon, Friday the 9th of February, in San Diego, California, United States, on charges of transporting drugs for sale.

The Sheriff's department of San Diego County, informed that the ex sportsman, 46 years of age, and born in Tijuana, Baja California, faces charges after being detained for possession of more than 20 kilos of heroin and cocaine, charges that carry a bail of 200,000 dollars.

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"El Z43": Hiding in Plain Sight in Mexico City

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Milenio Feb 11, 2018

Identified as the last of the active founder Zetas , the last of the "numbered" of the criminal organization, José María Guízar Valencia, "El Z43" , took refuge six months ago in Mexico City, where he was a regular gambler at horse races at the Hipódromo de las Américas.

That was one of the activities he carried out in the capital city , from where even with his diminished power,  he managed drug trafficking operations and organized crime in the southeast of the country.

"Z 43", for whom the US government offered a reward of $5,000,000 hid in the suite of a hotel in Colonia Roma, for which he paid a monthly rent of 20,000 pesos. Intelligence reports to which Milenio had access, reveal that at least since August 2017, Guízar Valencia had moved to Mexico City, but he did not completely cease his business as head of the Tabasco plaza for the Los Zetas cartel .

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Family contends Navy arrested a vegetable vendor after confusing him with "El Mayo Zambada"

Char for Borderland Beat republished from Cafe Negro-El Portal Politico de Sinaloa

Culiacán, Sinaloa.- The special group of the Mexican Navy that killed four assassins during a confrontation outside a party hall in La Limita de Itaje, was looking for Ismael El Mayo Zambada, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, and during the operation arrested a merchant, who was  confused with the alleged drug trafficker.

Relatives of Antonio Valenzuela Iribe, 70, who is one of the two detained by the Navy, reported that the arrest of the merchant was illegal, and that during the operation the sailors also simulated executing at least 10 young people who were in the party ordering them to say where the "M" (Mayo Zambada) was and where the weapons were hidden.

"The sailors grabbed my grandfather and put a hat on him and compared it to a photo. Then a sailor approaches me and says: what's that man's name?  I say: Antonio Valenzuela, why? And he tells me: he is not called that. And I answer again and I say: Who are you confusing with? And he says: “we're not confusing him, it's Mr. Mayo Zambada."

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Narcos create panic and terror in Acapulco colonias

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat  from Reforma

120 commercial establishments closed due to the situation of insecurity.

Acapulco, Guerrero.- Several colonias in Acapulco are paralyzed by the terror imposed by drug traffickers.

The paralysis occurs after 72 hours in which the port registered murders, fires of transport units, shootings and persecutions.

In the neighborhoods Jardín, Azteca, Almendros, Miramar, Jardín Mangos, Palmas, Tehuacán and Muro, a de facto "curfew" prevails from 8 o'clock at night.

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Seven killed, supposedly CJNG, after commando storms Jalisco restaurant

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat- from Koneocho  video from Milenio

7 Killed in El municipality de San Pedro Tlaquepaque in the greater Guadalajara area and last Saturday 10 killed in Guadalajara 

Social media is reporting that the uptick in Jalisco violence in the Guadalajara region, is a conflict between El Marro and El Cholo against Mencho.  Cholo and Marrro split from Mencho and now are at war with CJNG.

Take note that the many of those shot were armed.  The victims were said to be Menchos men.  A BB reader wrote that one of those killed may have been “El Flaco” and that he had a CJNG tattoo.

A commando killed seven people Thursday in the municipality of San Pedro Tlaquepaque, Jalisco.

The events occurred in the seafood restaurant "Don Cangrejo", located in the Guadalupana colonia, where at least 10 armed individuals arrived and, without saying a word, began shooting the patrons.

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Guachochi Chihuahua: El Gabacho Jefe de Plaza killed in confrontation

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat

Thursday afternoon the Chihuahua Public Prosecutor's Office announced a confrontation between state police and armed groups in the municipality of Guachochi, where one person died and another was injured.

According to the official report,  members of the Sinaloa cartel opened fire on state police officers conducting a routine patrolling of the area and during the clash a person identified as Rafael PV, alias "El Gabacho", was killed.  The deceased man is jefe de plaza for the region and operator of the Sinaloa cartel.

After a quick intervention of the troops assigned to the Division of Rural Operations, the capture of Julián GO was achieved, who is a member of the same CDS cell.

Weapons as well as packs of cocaine were secured.

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Corrido singer, Javier Reyes "El príncipe del Corrido" Gunned Down

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat  From Reforma,  and Facebook

Corrido singer Javier Reyes, known as "El principe del Corrido", was murdered early this Friday in Colonia San José, Tláhuac Delegation.

Reyes, 33, was known to compose a corrido for  the late leader of the Tláhuac Cartel.

Javier Reyes, was gunned down  in the streets of the Tláhuac delegation. The murder occured   between the streets of Hoja Seca and Luis Alcaráz, in the San José neighborhood. The singer is known to be the one who composed a corrido to Felipe de Jesús Pérez Luna, "El Ojos" leader  of the Tláhuac cartel, killed by federal forces last year.

It is also known that Javier Reyes, sang at parties organized by the son of El Ojos, whom they call "El MK". MK replaced his father as leader of the cartel. 

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CTNG: “El Kaibil” Detained After High Speed Chase

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Unimexicali  Feb 4, 2018

                                                    Jose Angel N, "El Kaibil", CTNG

Authorities in Baja California reported the arrest of José Ángel N, "El Kaibil", considered a priority criminal target due to his alleged collaboration with the Cartel Tijuana Nueva Generación and his probable involvement in homicides and kidnappings. 

Intelligence work of the State Preventive Police in coordination with the Municipal Police led to the location and detention of José Ángel known by the alias of "El Kaibil" who is alleged leader of a criminal cell dedicated to executions mainly in Playas de Rosarito in the Santa Fe and Campos neighborhoods.

"He had an active arrest warrant for the crime of theft of a motor vehicle and an admission to the Tijuana Social Rehabilitation Center," authorities said.

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Captured : “El Z 43 “, José Maria Guízar Valencia, US Citizen

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Milenio

José María Guizar Valencia was captured during an operation of the Navy and the Federal Police.

Feb 9, 2018

Since 2014 the United States has offered a reward of $5,000,000 for information leading to the arrest of "El Z40". Elements of the Ministry of the Navy in coordination with the Federal Police captured José María Guizar Valencia, "El Z43" , also known as "Charly", "Chema" or "Carlitos ", identified by the federal government as the leader of Los Zetas and one of the 122 priority objectives , revealed federal officials. 

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Fighting for the Plaza: CDS Vs CJNG in Pacific States

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Economiahoy

Feb 7, 2018
Extra Material from: Universal

Mexico, which in 2017, experienced its blackest year with 25,339 homicides, is living a reconfiguration of the map of violence with three municipalities in the western state of Colima among the most dangerous in the country, warned today the NGO Citizen Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice.

"There is a change in violence, in the configuration of the clashes between criminal groups; from the north of the country, which we had before in the states of Tamaulipas, Chihuahua and Coahuila, now it is moving towards Colima, in the Pacific Region," said the president of this civil entity, José Antonio Sanchez Ortega.

"The change towards the Pacific is due mainly to the fact that the Jalisco Cartel Nueva Generación (CJNG) and the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS) are fighting in this area for control of the plaza and drug trafficking routes " the expert said.

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Authorities and experts clash over presence of CJNG in Mexico City

Translated by El Profe for Borderland Beat from La Silla Rota
           
             

Official PGR reports contradict their current refusal to recognize the presence of the organization in Mexico City, while experts confirm it.

by RODRIGO GUTIÉRREZ GONZÁLEZ

Monday morning, narcomantas allegedly signed by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) appeared on Periferico between Rio Hondo and Chihuahua in the Progreso neighborhood of the Alvaro Obregon delegation; illustrating an alleged immersion of the criminal group in the capital.

After this finding, the question arises: Does the CJNG operate in Mexico City?

This is what the authorities say

According to a document of the Attorney General's Office (PGR) obtained via transparency, dated November 2017, the CJNG is the drug trafficking group that has the most presence in the country.

Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Nayarit, Guerrero, Morelos and Veracruz are the eight states where the criminal organization has been detected.

As for Mexico City, the PGR rejects the existence of a drug trafficking group with marked territory, thus ruling out the Tláhuac Cartel.

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Coahuila: Prison Chief caught on camera holding a weapon to the head of the prison dentist

Posted by LeChef for Borderland Beat  from Vanguardia

Israel Frias Luna, director of the Social Reinsertion Center (CERESO) of Torreón, has been relieved of his post

The State Security Commission clarified that Israel Frias Luna, director of the Center for Social Reinsertion (CERESO) of Torreón, has already been removed from his position, after the director appeared in images, threatening a doctor with a weapon while the two were the Coahuila prison.

On social networks, the images began circulating in which the prison chief appears in one of the images drawing his charge gun, and in a second image where it is placed on the head to Dr. Magadan, who is a dentist inside the prison. 

José Luis Chapa Reséndiz, Coahuila state security commissioner, reported that Frías Luna was immediately removed from his position as director of the Torreonense Cereso and is placed under investigation by the internal control body.

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San Luis Potosí: Attack leaves 3 dead and 4 wounded

Translated by El Profe from Valor Por Tamaulipas
                             

This morning a commando of heavily armed civilians with AK-47 assault rifles, commonly known as a goat horn [cuerno de chivo], riddled a group of people in the Morales neighborhood [of San Luis Potosí], leaving 3 people dead and at least one more seriously wounded, as authorities moved to the site of the attack and began with the corresponding investigation folder.

According to the facts, the violent incident occurred around 1 am at the intersection of Calle de la Plata and Morales-Saucito Avenue belonging to the Saucito neighborhood. In the area, a group of young people were chatting, when suddenly a truck with heavily armed civilians arrived and when they were a few meters away, took out the high-powered weapons and started firing at them.

After the attack, the gunmen fled at full speed to an unknown destination, while at the scene, three males lost their lives and one more had serious injuries.

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Photo surfaces of murdered priest posing with weapon at dance

Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat

21 killed in so far in President Peña’s presidential term.

6 Killed in Guerrero in less than 3 years

As reported in my previous posts, two priests were among 3 killed in an armed attack in Guerrero.

The murdered priests are Germain Muñiz García, a native of Apango and parish priest of the church of San Cristóbal, in the mining town of Mezcala. And Iván Añorve Jaimes, from San Luis La Loma, municipality of Tecpan de Galeana and parish priest of the Sagrada Familia church in the town of Las Vigas, municipality of San Marcos, in the Costa Chica region.

The two priests and their four companions, attended a popular celebration in the town of Juliantla, municipality of Taxco, and were attacked directly after leaving the event when they were travelling on the federal highway Taxco-Iguala.

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Sinaloa and Juarez Cartels behind the attack at the cock fighting ring

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Milenio article

Subject Matter: Sinaloa Cartel, Juarez Cartel
Recommendation: See link to article on the shootings

In the aggression at the cock fighting club Santa Maria, members of La Linea were after the two principal drug distributors in the State, according to the Attorney General of Chihuahua

🚨IMÁGENES FUERTE, SE RECOMIENDA DISCRECIÓN🚨

🚨IMÁGENES FUERTE, SE RECOMIENDA DISCRECIÓN🚨

▶ VIDEO | Así fue el ataque que dejó 6 muertos en #Chihuahua https://t.co/VToJCPVM7s #ClubGallístico #SantaMaría pic.twitter.com/eeO823lWh0

— Milenio.com (@Milenio) February 5, 2018

Reporter: Norma Ponce and Juan Jose Garcia
The Attorney General of Chihuahua informed that motive of the massacre in the Club Gallistico Santa Maria that left six dead and fourteen wounded, was a dispute between drug dealers of the Juarez and Sinaloa Cartels.

The Attorney Generals office informed that the members of the group known as La Linea were after Hector Murillo Tavares, El Cochiloco, and Josue Otero, two of the principal distributors of drugs in the State Capital and who are pertinent to the criminal group Gente Nueva of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Meanwhile, the investigation of the attack advances, and it is known that Murillo and Otera were sought by the authorities, and that the authorities considered them as the principal drug distributors in the North-west of Chuhuahua and one of the principal objectives of the Attorney General of the State.

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