The twins that betrayed El Chapo

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from an El Debate article

Subject Matter: The Flores Twins, El Chapo Guzman, DEA
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required

The Flores twins made a pact with the DEA to give evidence, they also contributed to the capture of 54 Capo's, reveal documents.

Reporter: El Debate Investigations, Laura Sanchez

Margarito and Pedro Flores are the same size, they speak alike. Both have slightly tilted left eyebrow and nostrils as if they inhale air deeply. They are so alike they can only be distinguished by finger prints.

For that afternoon in 2008, when Pedro spoke with Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, he had to clarify that it was not with him, that Chapo had met a few weeks before in the mountains of Sinaloa. That was his twin, Margarito. The narco trafficker most sought in the world gave out a large "oh" of realization.

The confusion was born when both decided to cut their hair to almost bald, and both had a diamond in their left earlobe. Or when Margarito shaved the fledgling mustache that made him stand out a little bit from Pedro.

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Zacatecas: Narco-mantas Hung in Calera Announce War for Plaza

Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat

April 5, 2016- During the beginning of this week, narco-mantas (narco-banners) were hung on a pedestrian bridge. The message was directed between organized crime groups.

The Cartel Del Noroeste (CDN) confirms the war that had been launched previously by their opponents, the Gulf Cartel (CDG), had finalized and warned that they will recover municipalities in Zacatecas.  Now the CDN responds with the narcomanta stating that they are ready to start and continue the war for the plaza as well as reporting on corrupt officials who are in collusion with organized crime, and that they are also going after them.

According to unofficial sources, the CDN required to request reinforcements to other states and municipalities in Zacatecas where they still have a presence to fight and to go against the CDG, the latter which uploaded a video to social networking sites showing a shocking video that was recorded in first person depicting them attacking an armed commando of the CDN with rifles.  The shootout shook throughout Ojocaliente a few days ago.  The white Ford that the CDN were traveling in was shot at by the CDG which is recovering much of the south of Zacatecas.  They are seen as the leaders throughout the area.  With the video they showed their opponents such as Los Zetas, the CDN, and others, to not occupy the areas and regions of theirs.  But the CDN doesn’t lower their guard and launched new attacks, and now with these narcomantas, it shows that the violence is expected to rebound again like in previous years where it didn’t let up.

Just 72 hours ago in Tacoaleche, another unidentified armed commando was attacked by another armed group with bullets, which left various men injured, leaving some fleeing to be treated in community hospitals in the region, the municipal police can’t go up against the heavily armed convoys; it requires the help of the PEP (State Preventative Police), SEDENA (Secretariat of National Defense), or SEMAR (Mexican Navy), who are suitable for this type of combat.

The CDG maintains its leadership in Zacatecas, occupying most municipalities, followed by the CDN who are advancing from the north, as well as Los Zetas who didn’t separate to form the CDN, who occupy some places in the north and south, as well as the center, to a lesser extent.  The CJNG (Jalisco New Generation Cartel) is present in the southern region, near Jalisco and some municipalities in the central north.

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The Reappearance of Autodefensas in Michoacán

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By: Francisco Castellanos J.  | Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat

“The society is fed up again with the government: the arrests of social leaders, such as the CENTE, of students, the 17 women of Múgica protesting today for the change of the City of Women approved by the BID for this zone.  The arrest, first of four classmates who were accused of being criminals, and then 17 more for protesting, in Úspero, for the gradual executions of autodefensas, of civilians, of paying dues; these were the reasons that triggered the decision to rise up again in arms and to ‘go up against the government at any cost’.”

This is the way several commanders expressed themselves, those that still remain in the areas of Coalcomán, Chinicuila, la Costa, Zamora, Jiquilpan, Sahuayo, Tancítaro, Pátzcuaro, Ario de Rosales, Los Reyes, Peribán, Yurécuaro, Aguililla, and 20 other more cities in the state.

Identified as “El Dorado”, the commander said that the current government led by Silvano Aureoles, is allowing another cartel to work, he doesn’t reveal which one, but they’re like Los Templarios, in executions, decapitations with messages, extortions, collecting of quotas, blankets announcing their presence, kidnappings, etc.

“A council of commanders and people who supported the first movement of February 24, 2013, after several meetings with merchants, producers, small manufacturers, not big ones, decided to reunite and soon we will rise up in arms again in order to liberate our people from organized crime.”

“Soon, Aureoles and the federal government of Enrique Peña Nieto will have their ‘little party’, it seems that there is no other way for those who hold power granted to them by the people; they don’t understand any other way besides violence and weapons.”

“This time we are better prepared and we are going to give them a lot of headaches, publish it, that’s why we called you, because we already know you and your media, you followed us in the shootouts, arrests, the taking of towns, and you always published the truth,” that’s why we called you, said another commander of Tancítaro.

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Video Gun battle between armed forces and Sicarios in Guerrero

Posted on Borderland Beat by Otis B Fly-Wheel from the Grillonautus Youtube Channel

Government Forces and Sicarios shoot it out in the mountains of Guerrero.

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Governor of Guerrero Calls for a “Silent Agreement” To Attract Tourists

Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat

Hector Astudillo Flores, governor of Guerrero, called for “strengthening the response in regards to insecurity” that exists in the state, but the help of “each and every one” is needed, he said, it should “enter a stage where we talk less everyday” to encourage tourism and employment.

Astudillo Flores said that it is necessary to make a “silent agreement”, to speak well of Acapulco, as is what had happened in Zihuatanejo.

“We want them to help us, for people to talk less about the unfortunate circumstances that the state of Guerrero lives through.  I was struck by what someone said the other day in Zihuatanejo: that they were well aware of what they live through, but that they were interested in having tourism and places of employment, and therefore every day in Zihuatanejo, everyone made an agreement of silence to the effect that tourism filled to 100%.  I think that the media play an important role, especially the local ones,” he said.

In the end, he sarcastically commented: “Thanks to all who are dedicated in bringing bad promotion to Acapulco.  Thanks.”

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Without opposition and with Dr Mireles in Prison, the CJNG has new plans for Tepalcatepec

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

Subject Matter: CJNG, Tepalcatepec, Michoacan, Tijuana, Baja California
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required

The Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion has expanded and consolidated its control of narco trafficking of drugs in Jalisco and its neighbouring States, they have rivals like Los Zetas and the Knights Templar. Now this group seeks to take control of Tepalcatepec but is also intent on control of the North of the Country frontier of Tijuana in Baja California

Reporter: Sinembargo Redaction
The Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion is seeking to control the town of Tepalcatepec, localized in the Tierra Caliente region of Michoacan, known for being the birthplace of autodefensas that marks three years since they took up arms to fight the Knights Templar who controlled this zone as one of their principal centres for drug distribution.

"The Cartel is trying to penetrate into the community and take charge of all the the city, they want to control the black market for cooking drugs, extortion of business owners, kidnapping and killing people", said Jueventillo Cisneros, Chief of the Fuerzas Rural and ex member of the Tepalcatepec autodefensas.

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Oaxaca: 6 People Executed In 48 Hours Including 4 Political Leaders

Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat

Oaxaca, Oaxaca April 2, 2016— During the past 48 hours, there have been six people executed, including four political leaders, just hours after starting off gubernatorial campaigns in the state of Oaxaca.

The State Attorney of Oaxaca reported that the deceased were reported as members of the PRD party (Party of the Democratic Revolution) and MORENA, José María Caña Antonio and Enrique Quiroz Quiroz, respectively, as well as taxi leaders Carlos Alberto Luis López and Ezquiel Cruz Castillo, and an alleged undocumented trafficker, Manuel Fuentes Matus, and an undocumented immigrant.

The victims were killed in the municipalities of Oaxaca, El Istmo, La Cuenca de Papaloapan, and the municipality of San Andrés Huaxpaltepec, a coastal region, a few hours after starting the electoral process for the election of the governor of the state.

It’s worth mentioning that in January, another MORENA member, Marcos Hernández, was executed in the same municipality as Quiroz Quiroz, in which the general secretary of the state committee party, Sesul Bolaños, demanded that the state government clarify the facts.

Source: Noventa Grados

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Federal operation nets 14 CJNG in Cancun

Lucio R. for Borderland Beat

Attorney General of Quintana Roo , confirmed the arrest of 14 people in three different operations, six of them related to the shooting that Wednesday night was recorded in the Fraccionamiento Paseos del Caribe in the region  514 of Cancun . The state attorney, Carlos Arturo Alvarez Escalera , said  in a  press interview,  that most of those arrested  belong to the Cartel Jalisco New Generation and have only been in the area for about a month, seeking to take over the plaza.  The Attorney General says that the others were members of CDG (Cartel del Golfo).

He said the action began around 9PM, at a residence, at the colonia mentioned above.  There was a shootout when the occupants resisted arrest.  No reports of deaths in the operation that netted 6.

Those taken into custody at the residence were; Alan Geovanni Vázquez Bernal, alias “Gordo” 18, originally from Reynosa Tamaulipas;  Miguel Hidalgo López, alias “Flaco”, 36, from Tuzantla, Michoacán; Eliazar Soberanis Fernández, alias “Eli”, 24, of  San Pedro Atecpan, Guerrero;  Luis Padilla Muñoz, 21,  from Santa María , Tamaulipas; Luciano Chávez García Lucio,  30, of  Petatlán, Gerrero and  José alfredo Chavarría Hernandez, alias “Mickey Mouse”, 20, from Reynosa, Tamaulipas.

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La China of Fuerzas Especiales de Los Damaso, denied amparo

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

Subject Matter: Melissa Calderon "La China"
Recommendation: Read this article on La China see link

A Judge from Baja California Sur rules that there have been no violations of the human rights of one Melisa Margarita Calderon, in a dictation of auto formal prison for the homicide of "Don Maleno". The alleged assassin could appeal the decision, dependent on the appropriation of Federal offences that are attributed to her, among these organized crime.

Reporter: Luis Carlos Sainz

A Federal Judge from the State if Baja California Sur denied an amparo of protection of justice to "La China", alleged chief of sicarios of Las Fuerzas Especiales de Los Damaso, who is currently imprisoned and being charged with the qualified homicide.

The ruling emitted in the trial of guarantees 969/2015 by a Judge of the Third District with base in in La Paz; "the justice of the union doesn't amparo nor protect Melisa Margarita Calderon Ojeda".

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Tamaulipas: 8 Suspects Dead in Attempted Ambush

Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat

Fuerza Tamaulipas (Tamaulipas Force) members took down eight alleged criminals in the town of Las Yescas, located in the municipality of Valle Hermoso.

According to the Tamaulipas Coordination Group, the events occurred yesterday afternoon when police officers were unexpectedly attacked by members of a criminal group.

In a statement, they said that in repelling the aggression in defense of their lives, the soldiers shot eight alleged criminals dead, two of them idenitified as José Gilberto Castro Arcos, 24, and Juan Carlos Alvarado Quiroz, 19, both originating from Matamoros.

The attack occurred at 13:55, when state police were carrying out patrols along the Victoria-Matamoros highway, and upon arriving at Las Yescas, they were attacked by armed men who were among weeds.

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