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Sunday, January 24, 2021

19 People, Including Migrants, Executed and Burned in Tamaulipas

"Buggs" for Borderland Beat

The charred bodies of 19 people, sixteen of them Central American citizens, were found in various vehicles in the town of Santa Anita, in the municipality of Camargo, Tamaulipas. In a statement, the Tamaulipas Attorney General's Office specified that it had already opened an investigation for the homicides of the burned bodies and vehicles.

It is said that on the afternoon of January 23, authorities from the Ministry of Public Security were alerted by a citizen of a report that a vehicle was on fire in a field in the town of Santa Anita.

Monday, October 26, 2020

Footage of state police attempting to rescue CAF's El Flaquito

 Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat  Thank You Gus

Baja Calfornia State Police attempting  to rescue "El Flaquito" leader of the Los Arellano Felix Cartel captured by Ministeriales, outside the Prosecutor's Office

Saturday, October 24, 2020

The Sinaloa Cartel and the 'Shark Case'

 Steve C Borderland Beat  El Universal


Through the company Corporativo Pesquero Velázquez, owned by Martín Velázquez Cuevas, the Sinaloa Cartel was transporting cocaine from Costa Rica in frozen sharks that were filled with the drug and transferred from Central America to the Port of Progreso, Yucatán, to later be transported to Jalisco. This operation, for which they slaughtered tens of thousands of sharks, lasted several years, at least since 2009 when a first shipment of sharks containing cocaine was seized in Progreso, by the Secretary of the Navy, until 2017, the year in which he was arrested. and accused the fishing businessman Velázquez.

This operation, in which drugs were also sent to Houston, Texas, and other parts of the world was called the "Shark Case" and is part of the arrests and blows to the Sinaloan cartel, documented by the Mexican government. The fishing company that worked for the Sinaloan drug traffickers reported deposits of 272 million pesos from 2007 to 2019 and withdrawals in the same period for 1,783 million pesos, while in its tax returns, the Corporativo Pesquero Velázquez only reported the accumulative income of 6.4 million pesos to the SAT, from 2014 to 2018. According to financial investigations from the federal government, this company received in its accounts transfers of 139.2 million pesos between 2018 and 2019, resources that it triangulated by sending them to the accounts of an individual identified with the Sinaloa Cartel.

Guanajuato: 21 killed in one day, 9 in León, which has become the hot spot

 Steve C Borderland Beat from AM

Guanajuato- Guanajuato experienced a violent day this Thursday, when 21 people were killed in different municipalities, including two merchants who died in an armed attack in the Piel de León area.



León was the city that registered the most victims this day, with 9 deaths in total.

Salamanca was the second municipality with the most victims.

• A cyclist was shot to death in the La Gloria neighborhood in said municipality.

• In that same municipality, a 15-year-old minor was shot to death in the San Juan de la Presa neighborhood; in addition, a man was injured.

• Around midnight, the body of a man was found in the Celaya - Valle de Santiago bypass near the La Luz community.

'Hot zone' in the Laja Region.

EL 85: Doing what drug lords do best

 Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat  from OZY

Narcocorridos, the Mexican ballads about drug trafficking and its attendant violence, have succeeded in making manifest an unshakable reality. The bloody day-to-day of drug crime is not what really gets criminals out of bed in the morning. The inevitable cinematic glamour masks the motivating principle behind drug lording and that, as Nelly once suggested, “must be the money.”

When Zhenli Ye Gon, a Chinese-Mexican associate of fugitive drug lord Érick Valencia Salazar, or El 85 as he’s known for reasons unknown, was raided back in 2007, authorities found $205 million in cash in Zhenli’s home. Just laying around.

Ye Gon extradited from U.S. back to Mexico

León Guanajuato: killed in EL Retiro neighborhood including teen

 Steve C Borderland Beat  en linea

An armed attack in the El Retiro neighborhood left three men dead and two wounded who later died while receiving medical attention, including a boy of approximately 17 years old.

The massive attack was registered in a workshop that is located in a three-story house on Tancítaro street, almost at the corner of Autlán, where neighbors made a report to the 911 Emergency System after hearing several detonations, around 9:30 p.m. hours this Thursday.

Police elements immediately moved to the place and upon entering they observed the five bodies of the victims, all face down and shot in the head.

CAF: Reports allege EL Flaquito arrested in Tijuana, with municipal police attempting to free him

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat TY Follower of BB via comments

A year ago Huerta was almost captured at the 1st floor of parking lots (E1) of the Grand Hotel Tijuana. A shootout ensued. Pablo Edwin Huerta Nuño aka “El Flaquito”, 28 years old and considered by the authorities as one of the most threatening criminals among drug trafficking operators in the Baja California Coast Zone, fled on foot from the scene where his brother (some say nephew) Ronaldo Alexis Huerta Nuño “El Bananas” was shot dead.  (image at bottom)

Pablo Edwin Huerta Nuño, CAF

“El Flakito”, “El Flaco”, “El 26”, “El Flash”

There are early reports of the capture of  Pablo Edwin Huerta Nuño, of CAF.  This is a big capture.

The arrest was made and as he was being held inside the FGR (Federal Attorney Offices) in Tijuana, allegedly municipal police made an attempt to free him.

Tijuana: The links of 'El Chucky'

 Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat  Zeta Tijuana

Among the belongings of "El Chucky" there were notes with contacts from the Social Reintegration Center, National Guard, Attorney General's Office, Mulegé municipal police, journalists, house rentals, and account numbers to which to make deposits.


On October 7, in the community of Santa Rosalía, Jazziel Huerta García and/or Reyes Jazziel Huerta García “El Chucky”, 29 years old, originally from Ensenada, Baja California, was captured. He had a warrant for kidnapping.

Authorities warn of the rise of Los Solís in the North Zone

In recent days, disappearances of young people have been reported in Guerrero Negro, El Vizcaíno, Santa Rosalía and Bahía Tortugas, although citizens confirmed that this crime also persists in Mulegé Pueblo.

"There have been hard blows to the criminal structure, however, a successor quickly arrives to continue operating on the site, and the control that has been evidenced goes from Ensenada, Baja California to Comondú in this State, unfortunately there are law enforcement authorities federal and local protection of criminals, this is how all containment work is complicated”, revealed a source to  ZETA from the Baja California Sur Security Board.

From the dismantling of criminal leaders such as Edson Reyes Reyes "El Chucky", Kevin Armando Martínez González "El Kevin" and/or "El Flash"; and recently Juan Manuel Lazcano Ramírez "El Tío", "El Apá" and/or "El Viejo", the North Zone has been in the sights, since they quickly rise to the top and there is no way to dismantle the organization.

Thursday, October 22, 2020

'Los Durangos' send threats to Caro Quintero's group via videos

 Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat TY Gus   Diario

A video circulates where narcos who call themselves Los Durango or Jinetes de la Muerte exhibited themselves on social networks displaying their powerful arsenal as they walk through the limits of the states of Sonora and Durango in Mexico and launch a threat to the group allegedly headed by Rafael Caro Quintero, alias el Narco de Narcos.

Later in the video, they exit  the truck and once again show off their weapons, ready to shoot, all this while listening to a narcocorrido.

While in another video, which everything indicates was taken from a live broadcast, the alleged leader of said criminal cell launches a threat:

“We are not going to leave until the town is cleansed, (…) all those who have been causing harm to people who live their life doing good, people who work, Just as they killed the footballer, also when they have gone to collect piso they have killed  innocents, the people in the restaurant,  people that have done nothing to you.”

Sinaloa Cartel: Narco banners hung in Zacatecas blaming senator for allowing CJNG territorial access

 Chivis Martinez  Borderland Beat   TY Gus

Also in a video message  “Operation MZ” (Mayo Zambada) of the Sinaloa Cartel announces its arrival in Nayarit.

Narco-banners were hung in Zacatecas, ‘signed” by CDS and point to the Zacatecas Senator David Monreal, as being responsible for given access to the territory to CJNG, causing violence to citizens.

The senators brother, Saul Monreal (below) denounced the narco messages as “dirty politics” implying the messages were a smear campaign of lies.  Saul Monreal is the mayor of Fresnillo.

The messages read: (thank you Sol)

Citizens of Zacatecas. You are not alone. We are still working for a better State, free of kidnappers, extortionists, and rapists who only harm society. David Monreal gave CJNG access to the territory,  which is being led by Audias Flores Silva aka El Jardinero. 

'If it’s drugs, you shoot and kill,' says the leader of one nation of his fight against drugs

 Chivis Martinez Borderland Bat TY Gus  Guardian

He calls it his war on drugs, others call it social cleansing as his death squads kill thousands of "suspects" on sight....

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has said he has no problem with being held responsible for the thousands of killings under his government’s war on drugs, adding that he was ready to face charges that could land him in jail, though not charges of crimes against humanity.

The president’s televised remarks on Monday night were among his clearest acknowledgment of the prospects that he could face a deluge of criminal charges for the bloody campaign he launched after taking office in mid-2016.

The killing of nearly 6,000 drug suspects have been reported by police but rights watchdogs suspect the death toll is far higher.

“If there’s killing there, I’m saying I’m the one ... you can hold me responsible for anything, any death that has occurred in the execution of the drug war,” Duterte said.

“If you get killed it’s because I’m enraged by drugs,” the president said. “If that’s what I’m saying, bring me to court to be imprisoned. Fine, I have no problem. If I serve my country by going to jail, gladly.”

The sons of “Chapo” against Rafael Caro Quintero in the incessant dispute for control of the Sonoran desert

 Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat TY Gus  Source

Now that Joaquín el “Chapo” Guzmán is in custody, it is his sons who have continued with the drug trafficking business and have tried to maintain and extend the dominions of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Currently, they seek to dominate the Sonoran desert, where there have been several confrontations with the Caborca ​​Cartel, led by Rafael Caro Quintero, who has also settled in the place.

In recent months, this area has increased its levels of violence due to the presence of criminal cells from both cartels that it constantly confronts in the municipality of Caborca.

An En Punto report by journalists Marco Antonio Coronel and Adrián Tinoco revealed that between January and August 2020 intentional homicides have increased 28% compared to the same period last year. That is, they went from 809 to 1,036 victims.

In an interview on the subject with the municipal president of the place, Librado Macías, who said that "it is something that has to do with the proximity that this region has with the United States, it is a very long border area."

He accepted that the sale of drugs persist in the municipality and the constant appearance of narcomantas that threaten to continue the wave of violence while one of the two cartels is the winner.

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

How Mexico's former defense minister, general Cienfuegos, fought the Zetas, and protected the Beltrán Leyva

 Steve C Borderland Beat La Silla Rota


During the government of Enrique Peña Nieto, the arrest and capture of leaders of cartels and criminal organizations had only four apprehensions of the Los Beltrán Leyva cartel, a group for which General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda allegedly worked through H-2 , according to the United States government.

The federal government's operations focused on the arrest of members of Los Zetas, del Poniente and del Pacifico, as well as in El Golfo, Juárez, Jalisco Nueva Generación and Familia or Caballeros Templarios. There are even captures of Los Arellano Félix.

According to documents from the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), the defunct Federal Police and the Secretary of the Navy (Semar), between December 1, 2012 and November 30, 2018 they were detained or killed in clashes. 109 of the 122 objectives contemplated by the National Security cabinet.

Among the captures or casualties of the Los Beltrán Leyva cartel are Daniel Fernández Domínguez, "El Siete"; Wenceslao Carmona Álvarez, "El Huerco"; Héctor Beltrán Leyva, "El H" and Víctor Hugo Aguirre Garzón, El Gordo, from the Independent Cartel of Acapulco, a cell of Los Beltrán Leyva.

Zetas Founder 'El Hummer' Confirmed Ready for US Extradition After Decade-Long Process

 "MX" for Borderland Beat

Los Zetas founding member Jaime Gonzalez Duran ("El Hummer") is ready to be extradited to the U.S., where he faces drug trafficking charges. This announcement was confirmed by a Mexican federal judge who revoked a motion issued by El Hummer's defense that intended to halt his extradition.

Although El Hummer was arrested nearly 12 years ago, authorities have been unable to extradite him to the U.S. His extradition process began in 2015 and has been filled with motions, suspensions and delays.

Should El Hummer be extradited, he would be one of the highest-ranking Zetas members to ever face trial in the U.S. The highest-ranking Zetas member imprisoned in the U.S. today is Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar ("El Mamito"), who was also a founding member.

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Celaya Guanajuato: The body of "Dulce" 13 year old abducted girl, discovered partially buried at a narco "safe house"

Steve C  Borderland Beat   Proceso


The body of missing girl named Dulce, a minor from Celaya who was searched for  after being abducted from her home since October 1, was found semi-buried by staff of the State Attorney General's Office when inspecting a house that served as a safe-house for an organized crime cell that was arrested after shooting at agents of the State Forces in that municipality.

The attack by the hit men occurred on October 9. Nine of them were arrested and brought before a judge.

It wasn't until Sunday 18 when the State Attorney General's Office revealed that when searching the home where the armed group was sheltered, a semi-buried young girls  body was found in the backyard. The body was transferred to the Forensic Service to carry out the autopsy and identification.

[Below are the subhuman bastards that had little Dulce then half-buried her.  They are charged with abduction, femicide, and homicide among other charges.  Let's hope Ducle receives justice, one way or another.]