Boxer Julio César Chávez says he told drug lords including El Chapo to 'go to hell' after they showed up without cocaine to party after 1992 victory over Puerto Rican legend Hector 'Macho' Camacho

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* Mexican boxing great Julio César Chávez said he first tried cocaine after he defeated Puerto Rican legend Hector 'Macho' Camacho on September 12, 1992

* Chávez told Mexican journalist Yordi Rosado that he gained access to the Type-A party drug while meeting a host of Mexican drug lords at an undisclosed location

* He said Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, Héctor Luis 'El Güero' Palma, Juan José 'El Azul' Esparragoza, Amado 'El Señor de los Cielos' Carrillo, and the Arellano Félix brothers were all present

* Chávez recalled how he confronted the drug lords, who were only worried about his victory and told them to 'go to hell' because the didn't have cocaine for him  

* He blamed his cocaine use for the shocking loss he suffered to Frankie Randall on January 29, 1994 which stopped his streak of 90 consecutive victories

He said Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, Héctor Luis 'El Güero' Palma, Juan José 'El Azul' Esparragoza, Amado 'El Señor de los Cielos' Carrillo, and the Arellano Félix brothers were all present

 Mexico boxing legend Julio César Chávez says he demanded cocaine from some of the world's most notorious drug lords after they showed up to a victory party without any.

Chávez said he was celebrating his win over Héctor 'Macho' Camacho at the Thomas & Mack Center on the night of September 9, 1992, and had a meeting with a veritable who's who of drug bosses.

Chávez said that Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, Héctor Luis 'El Güero' Palma, Juan José 'El Azul' Esparragoza, Amado 'El Señor de los Cielos' Carrillo, and the Arellano Félix brothers all showed up to mark his victory.

But the boxer says he told them 'to go to hell' because they did not have enough cocaine for his personal use.

In a recent interview with Mexican journalist Yordi Rosado, he said the drug lords were only worried asking him questions about the unanimous decision win against against Camacho. 

Chávez said: 'There were about one thousand years worth of jail time the day I defeated Macho Camacho. And they all wanted to meet me and I was standing in the middle. 

'All of them were talking about how the Macho Camacho fight played out until I got upset. All I wanted was coke. 

'There were about 300 armed bastards there, but nobody had coke. So I told them, "Since nobody brought coke, you can all go to hell".'

The drug lords abided by his demands and instructed their henchmen to fetch enough cocaine to continue the celebration.

"Julio César Chávez (pictured) told Mexican journalist Yordi Rosado that he first used cocaine following his September 12, 1992 victory over Puerto Rican boxing legend Héctor 'Macho' Camacho in Las Vegas"

Julio César Chávez (pictured) told Mexican journalist Yordi Rosado that he first used cocaine following his September 12, 1992 victory over Puerto Rican boxing legend Héctor 'Macho' Camacho in Las Vegas

"Julio César Chávez (right) improved to 82-0 with a win over Héctor 'Macho' Camacho on September 12, 1992 in Las Vegas"

Julio César Chávez (right) improved to 82-0 with a win over Héctor 'Macho' Camacho on September 12, 1992 in Las Vegas

The win was the World Boxing Council super lightweight champion's 82nd consecutive victory.

Chávez told the interviewer that while has always been open about his ties to the infamous drug lords, he eventually forged the relationships with some of the world's biggest drug suppliers because he had no other choice.

The friendships came along with gifts of more drugs and jewelry, which he was forced to accept.

'So they would send for me and if I did not go, they would take me. So it was better to be friends than enemies,' he said.

'That's why I am I alive, because I never got in their business. They knew I (did not) dedicate myself to that. I was all about the sport.' 

"Francisco Arellano Félix (pictured) founded the Tijuana Cartel, or Arellano-Félix Cartel as it is also known. Mexican boxing great Julio César Chávez considered him a dear friend. Chávez says he still has the diamond boxing glove pendant that the drug lord gifted him"

"Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán was one of the many Mexican drug lords who had a friendship with legendary boxer Julio César Chávez"

Two weeks following the eventful gathering - which was held at a location that was not disclosed by Chávez - some of the Mexican drug trafficking organizations who were present were involved in a violent conflict much to the dismay of the Mexican boxer.

'They always respected me. Even though they had a fallout, I was in the middle,' Chávez said. 'I was very good friends with the Arellano Félix (brothers) because I met (Francisco) 'El Pancho' Arellano through them.'

El Pancho, who was executed in 2013, once gifted Chávez a pair of diamond boxing pendants worth $80,000 which he still owns.

"Juan José 'El Azul' Esparragoza (pictured) is considered one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel. He was one of the drug lords who met with Mexican boxing legend Julio César Chávez following his September 12, 1992 victory over Héctor 'Macho' Camacho"

"Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel with Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, remains on-the-run and has never been arrested"

Mexican drug lord Hector "El Guero" Palma, one of the founders of the Sinaloa Cartel. He served almost a decade in a U.S. prison and was deported to Mexico in 2016

The post-fight party marked the first time Chávez tried cocaine thanks to the Mexican cartels and provided a glimpse of how his life and career started to spiral out of control.

'When I fought with Macho Camacho it was crazy. I felt that I had already won everything. I already had more than 20 million dollars in the bank. I had yachts. I had a private plane. I had mansions,' Chavez said. 

'Well I had everything that a human being wishes to have in life. Sometimes I felt lonely. I was always surrounded by a lot of people. I couldn't walk in the street because people were harassing me so much at that time. It was crazy.'

But the constant use of alcohol mixed with cocaine would begin to take their toll on his professional and personal life.

It led to multiple sleepless nights in which the married boxing champion partied and slept with numerous women in Mexico. 

Chávez remembered overdosing many times on cocaine, including one incident when he he was rushed to a local hospital after throwing up blood. 

He was conscious enough that he placed a cocaine delivery order for his workers who were standing by his bedside.

"Chavez remembered being on cocaine a month before his first professional loss as a boxer to Frankie Randall on May 7, 1994 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas."

Chavez remembered being on cocaine a month before his first professional loss as a boxer to Frankie Randall on May 7, 1994 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Chavez remembered being on cocaine a month before his first professional loss as a boxer - and the end of a 90-win streak - to Frankie Randall on May 7, 1994 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

He only decided to cut off using the drug three days before the fight to clear his system out for the pre-fight drug test prior to the weigh in.

'I kept winning because I was a very nice fighter. But when I lost to Frankie Randall, it was a very sad thing to be honest, because there I realized what I was really worth,' Chávez said. 

'Because when I lost I looked around me and I saw people crying. I said, 'Bastard, I lost.' I couldn't believe it. I lost.'

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Defendant In Aryan Brotherhood Prison Drug Sales Case Argued Feds Had ‘No Right’ To Search Contraband Prison Phone. A Judge Didn’t Go For It

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Case tied to interstate meth trafficking

Fresno, California - A federal judge struck down an attempt by an alleged Aryan Brotherhood associate to argue that the search of his contraband prison cellphone violated the U.S. Constitution.

Had U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd accepted the defense argument, it likely would have dealt a serious blow to a federal methamphetamine and heroin trafficking case aimed at members and associates of the all-white prison gang. Instead, Drozd ruled that federal agents didn’t even need a warrant to search inmate Kenneth Bash’s phone, but they got one anyway.

“In short, because he was incarcerated in state prison and not allowed to possess a contraband cellphone, defendant has failed to establish that he had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of that contraband cellphone,” Drozd wrote.

 “Regardless of his lack of standing to challenge the search of the contraband cellphone, federal agents obtained a valid warrant to search the contents of the cellphone, which cured any taint even if the initial download of that phone’s contents by state law enforcement officers were to be found unlawful.”

Bash was among dozens charged in federal and state court after an investigation into the Aryan Brotherhood and a white gang based in Fresno. Prosecutors allege Bash was a prison “shot caller” who worked with the Aryan Brotherhood’s Todd “Fox” Morgan to control drug sales inside and outside of prison.

Bash’s attorney, W. Scott Quinlan, argued in his motion to suppress that the cellphone evidence that Anthony Gonzalez, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, conducted a warrantless search of Bash’s phone and that the subsequent wiretaps were “fruit from the poisonous tree.”

The investigation involved probes into the Sinaloa Cartel as well as a group of drug traffickers in Montana who were also indicted on federal charges. Morgan and Bash were incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison’s B-Yard during the alleged offenses but Bash used a contraband cellphone to coordinate drug shipments on the outside, according to prosecutors.

The big break in the case came when Bash allegedly exited his cell holding the phone in plain view and a prison guard saw it, according to the guard’s report. Authorities also obtained wiretaps and even recorded conversations between Mexican Mafia and Aryan Brotherhood associates discussing how the police intercepted one of their drug shipments.

The federal and state operation was known as Operation Lucky Charm, an apparent tip-of-the-cap to the Aryan Brotherhood’s symbol, a shamrock.

The Eastern District of California’s U.S. Attorney’s office, which is prosecuting the case, has also filed still-pending racketeering and murder charges against other alleged AB members in 2019, including a fatal stabbing on the Salinas Valley B-Yard, allegedly committed by Brant “Two Scoops” Daniel. Like this case, much of that evidence is based on wiretaps and searches of contraband prison phones, and involves allegations that gangs were running massive drug rings from inside prison walls.

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Hidalgo, Texas: Mexican Cartel Loses $3 Million In Smuggled Meth During Botched Border Crossings

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge intercepted $3,066,900 in alleged methamphetamine and cocaine in two separate smuggling attempts.

“As cartels continue to attempt to smuggle narcotics through our border, our frontline CBP officers continue to remain vigilant and utilize inspections experience and technology to thwart smuggling attempts,” said Port Director Carlos Rodriguez, Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas Port of Entry.

On Aug. 24, 2021, CBP officers assigned to the Hidalgo International Bridge encountered a white Ford F-150, arriving from Mexico driven by a 18-year-old male U.S. citizen. A CBP officer referred the conveyance for further inspection, which included utilizing non-intrusive imaging (NII) equipment and screening by a (canine team). After physically inspecting the conveyance, CBP officers discovered 91.88 pounds (41.68 kg) of alleged cocaine concealed within the vehicle.

The next day, on Aug. 25, 2021, CBP officers assigned to the Hidalgo International Bridge encountered a tan colored Dodge Journey, arriving from Mexico driven by a 53-year-old female U.S. citizen. A CBP officer referred the conveyance for further inspection, which included utilizing non-intrusive imaging (NII) equipment and screening by a (canine team). 

After physically inspecting the conveyance, CBP officers discovered 168.45 pounds (76.41 kg) of alleged methamphetamine concealed within the vehicle.

CBP OFO seized the narcotics and vehicles. Both drivers were arrested and the cases remain under investigation by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI).

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Gunmen Shoot Three Men Then Burn Getaway Car In Mexicali, Baja California

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In Mexicali, Baja California, three attackers shot three men who had just parked in front of a gym. The attackers then fled the area, immediately burned their own vehicle and entered a secondary getaway car, then fled the area.

The Shooting

On the morning of August 30, 2021, a young semi-professional basketball player named Everardo Montoya Osuna arrived at a shopping plaza with a brand new client who had hired him to be his personal trainer. 

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El Paso, Texas: New FBI Boss Brings ‘Holistic’ Approach To Fight Against Border Drug Cartels

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Every kid has a hero, and in Jeffrey R. Downey’s case it was his father.

The Canton, Ohio, youngster grew up admiring his dad, William, an FBI special agent for 30 years. “That’s where I wanted to be someday when I grew up,” the now-adult Downey said.

He got his wish 18 years ago and today he finds himself as the special agent in charge of the federal agency’s El Paso Field Office.

One month into the job, he showers praise on this friendly, low-crime community which nonetheless happens to be in one of the busiest corridors for drugs, migrants, weapons, and illegal cash on the U.S.-Mexico border. 

Two drug cartels – Juarez and Sinaloa – and four major gangs operate across the border and are involved in the trafficking of dangerous synthetic drugs, murder, kidnapping and migrant smuggling.

“We’ve been very aggressive in investigating narcotics trafficking and the cartels across the border. We do that here at the FBI, but we do that in partnership with our local, state and federal partners,” he said. “That will continue as it has in the past.”

The crime and national security threat posed by the cartels – who smuggle any drug including the potentially deadly fentanyl as well as unvetted foreigners from all over the globe – is such that the only way to combat it is through extreme interagency coordination.

“We’re in constant contact, I would say on a daily basis, with other (Department of Justice) partners, DHS, ATF, Border Patrol, Customs, HSI. We work very closely in this community and we will continue that effort to bring people to justice,” Downey said.

Drugs and migrants flow north. Illegal drug cash and guns go south. The latter has been a thorn on the side of the Mexican government, whose attorneys last month filed a lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers over the gun violence in their country.

“In all the crimes we investigate we don’t just look at the narcotics, we look at the money, we look at the firearms, it’s a holistic approach. That won’t change how we investigate whether it’s illegal drugs, guns off the streets,” Downey said.

Mexican cartels often rely on El Paso gang members and individual “straw purchases” by individuals in need of money, security experts have told Border Report. Various interagency task forces are addressing this problem on the U.S. side, while the Mexican National Guard has started random roadside checks in Juarez.

“What I want to tell the community is the men and women of the FBI here […] are individuals who live in this community who care about keeping not only this community but our nation safe on a day-to-day basis,” Downey said. “I’m also impressed here by the partnerships among law-enforcement at federal, state and local level. I think that cooperation — that you don’t see everywhere — is extremely important to making sure we continue to keep our crime rates low and make sure this continues to be a safe community.”

Hate crimes trending down after 2019, 2020 spike

But there are many aspects to the job other than the fight against organized crime. The FBI also investigates white-collar crime ranging from Medicare and mortgage fraud to hate crimes and corruption in government.

Hate crime rose in the United States to a 12-year high in 2020, fueled by race bias. The FBI earlier this week reported 7,759 such incidents, a 6% increase over 2019.

The FBI defines a hate crime as an offense that is motivated at least in part by a bias against a victim’s race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender or gender identity.

Downey said hate crimes are going down in El Paso. This, despite a recent “uptick” in a West Texas district that stretches from San Antonio to here and the much-publicized allegedly racially motivated Aug. 3, 2019, mass shooting that claimed 23 lives at an El Paso Walmart.

The alleged shooter is yet to go to trial and the FBI deferred to the U.S. Attorney’s Office and to the El Paso County District Attorney’s Office for comment.

“We’ve seen a small uptick in 2019 and 2020 (but) here in El Paso from last year to the current year it’s reduced. We had seven reports of hate crimes last year and this year we have three, which I think it’s a compliment to the community,” Downey said.

The crimes for the most part are gender-based and race-based. Downey said there could be more, but people often don’t report them. On the other hand, what someone may interpret as a racial attack could turn out to be protected free speech.

Looking forward to more community outreach

In any case, the public needs more education on this issue and the FBI is willing to provide it.

“It’s important for us to reach out to talk to the community […] to educate the community about hate crimes and the importance of coming to talk to law enforcement if you think you’re the victim of a hate crime,” he said.

Downey replaces Luis Quesada, the former special agent in charge who started weekly public chats with his experts on community topics such as internet fraud and crimes against children. He says those talks will continue.

“That will be one of my (priorities), to make sure we are continually available to the community and educate them on any crimes that are out there. It’s important for us to spend time […] to understand the community we serve and (their) different views,” he said.

Downey has been with the FBI since 2003 with stints in Detroit, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. He was with the U.S. Secret Service prior to that.

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León, Guanajuato: Cartel Jalisco Video Of Dismembered Male

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A video follow up for the 3 dismembered individuals found on Sunday the 29th of August  has surfaced. The discovery was made in the the San José del Alto neighborhood. 

And as is standard procedure the personnel of the Criminal Investigation Agency have initiated their investigations. As well as gathered the macabre human remains.

The following film is graphic in nature. A bright yellow narco message can be seen. Followed by the dismembered corpse of a male whose limbs are sticking half way out of a black sack. 

Warning: Graphic Video

Narco message reads as follows:

To all the citizens and government personnel for the city of León. You are hereby warned that whoever gives aid to Manuel Reyna also known as ‘El DD’ or ‘La Loca’ will no longer be allowed to steal, extort, or sell drugs. 

This will be how your life ends if you choose to do so. The city of León as well as the state of Guanajuato already has an owner. And that is Mr. Mencho. Our strength lies in our unity. Brace yourselves you fucking faggots because the grand dick has arrived…

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Allende, Nuevo León: Authorities Discover 100 Kilos In A Raid

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Video translation is as follows:

Monica: The authorities are quite active. Because today the municipality of Allende becomes news. Mari Chuy has the details of a confrontation and a drug seizure there in Allende. Go ahead with your report Mari Chuy.

Mari Chuy: Good afternoon Monica and Mauro. In the municipality of Allende, a farm was searched where they found almost 100 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride distributed in 100 packages. Just as well 3 firearms, bullets, and 5 vehicles. One of those automobiles is a recent model and armored.

In addition, 2 people who were at the scene were arrested. This led to an investigation by the Attorney General of the Republic where Ministerial and Federal police went and completed a search warrant at this farm, accompanied by the Mexican Army and the National Guard.

They’re the ones who provided security in the area while this search was being carried out. The arrested individuals have already been made available to the authority to initiate the corresponding investigation folder. Along with the seizure. As we can see that’s quite a bit of drugs. 

Monica: 100 kilos of drugs. As of now, 2 people have been detained to start with the investigation folder. Mari Chuy we’ll continue to track this.This is what transpired in Allende today. 

Mari Chuy: That's right. It took place in the municipality of Allende at a farm. Well, as we can see the area looks affluent and very elegant. But it’s already been seized. 

Monica: Perfect. Thank you very much Mari Chuy. We will stay tuned to see what happens.  

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Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla: Authorities Discover Corpses Of Decapitated And Partially Burned Men

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The proceedings for the removal of the bodies concluded in the early hours of Wednesday and were recorded in the investigation folder FIR/IZUCARMAT-I/010468/2021

Beheaded, semi-burned and devoured by animals, the bodies of two men were located in the vicinity of the city’s landfill of the municipality of Izúcar de Matamoros.

Due to the conditions of the fact, the hypothesis is that the reason for the double execution was an alleged settling of scores between criminal gangs operating in the region.

The discovery occurred about 20 meters from the federal highway Puebla-Huajuapan de León, Izúcar-Huajuapan section, around 11:30 p.m. on the night of Tuesday, August 31.

According to initial reports, citizens located the bodies and alerted the police corporations, elements of the Municipal Public Security Secretariat arrived.

The municipal authority confirmed that they were the bodies of two men, the area of the discovery was guarded and cordoned off by police and elements of the National Guard (GN). The intervention of personnel from the Attorney General's Office (FGE) was requested.

It was reported that the bodies were in an advanced state of decomposition, partially burned and decapitated, which apparently were devoured by the fauna of the area.

Ministerial agents and experts began with the respective proceedings and during the early hours of Wednesday the bodies were taken, as unknown, to the municipal amphitheater for the autopsy of law.

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San Pedro, Nuevo León: 7 Policemen Apprehended For Kidnapping

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There are 7 police officers who were arrested for the crime of kidnapping, reported the Attorney General's Office of Nuevo León.

The police were active policemen at the time of their arrest, it was on July 22, in the municipality of San Pedro Garza García, where they responded to a call for help.

It was a report of damage committed in a house, where the victim was kidnapped, who was held captive for several hours.

The victim was then handed over to armed civilians, who demanded two million pesos from relatives to release her.

After learning of the facts, the Anti-Kidnapping Prosecutor's Office initiated the investigation of the facts and requested details from the Secretary of Public Security of that entity.

Thus, it was possible to obtain the arrest warrants of the 7 policemen.

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Puebla: Network Of Gas Thieves Is Protected By State Police And A Former Road Delegate In Amozoc, Puebla And Cuapiaxtla

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At the beginning of August 2021, a video circulated where you could see fuel thieves s who attacked State Police in the Bosques area of San Sebastián; leading them was José Juan Ramírez Valdés, brother of two state police officers who are protected by the former delegate of Roads, Jesús Gamez.

A family of State Police officers protects and is intimately linked to a gang of gas thieves who operate in areas such as Xonacatepec, Bosques de San Sebastián, in the capital of Puebla, as well as in the municipality of Amozoc.

At the beginning of August 2021, a video circulated in which fuel thieves appeared attacking State Police in the Bosques area of San Sebastián. The video went viral and it could be seen that the men who attacked the uniformed were quite violent, and that they managed to escape after assaulting the uniformed men. 

Information from the State Public Security Secretariat allowed one of the leaders of this group of gas thieves, who pretend to be delivery men of different companies, José Juan Ramírez Valdés, leader of this group of gas thieves.

José Juan Ramírez Valdés is the brother of the elements of the State Police Gerardo and Eduardo Ramírez Valdés, who have protected their fuel thieving brother even at the expense of the safety of their companions.

In addition, the Ramírez Valdés brothers are in turn protected by the former delegate of the disappeared State Road area, who was stationed in the Amozoc area, Jesús Gámez Rodríguez

Jesús Gamez Rodríguez, when the State Road area was disbanded, was sent to the Security Arch of Cuapiaxtla de Madero, where he has continued with his business, as well as with the protection of this gang that now also operates in this municipality.

Pagina Negra sources indicated that the area supervisor for the State Police, Agustín Cuatzil Daniel, also collaborates with them, protects them because they deliver an economic amount to continue with illicit businesses.

It is important to say that with the arrival of Jesús Gamez in the Cuapiaxtla area, there has also been an increase in clandestine takeovers and thefts of hydrocarbons as well as cargo trucks.

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León, Guanajuato, Dismembered Human Remains Found In 3 Different Points

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The findings were recorded in San Carlos La Roncha, Valle de San Carlos and Arboledas del Campo

In the places, it was mentioned that the remains, located in the three points, corresponded to two people. 

San Carlos la Roncha

At ten o'clock at night, the first report was received, where the location of a head was reported on Miguel Hidalgo Street and on the corner of Principal Street. A card with a criminal message was also found on the site.

San Carlos Valley

Only twenty minutes later, in the neighborhood located to one side, a white Styrofoam cooler was found outside an abandoned house and among the grass. This was registered in Valle del Sol Street. Authorities did not report which limbs were in the place.

Arboledas del Campo

Finally, 30 minutes apart, on Torre Molino street and the corner with Torre Perogil, more human remains were found.

In the places, it was mentioned that the remains, located in the three points, corresponded to two people, but it was not specified if they corresponded to men or women or how many people.

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Emma Coronel Could Betray The Chapitos, Sons Of Chapo Guzmán To Serve Life Imprisonment

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Among the negotiations to avoid prison for life is that Emma Coronel talks about the modus operandi of the Chapitos, sons of Chapo Guzmán, former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Emma Coronel, wife of drug trafficker Joaquín "el Chapo" Guzmán, former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS) "could jeopardize" her husband's children to serve life imprisonment and only spend a few years in prison.

This was assured by the Mexican weekly trial that cited sources of the Department of Justice, who pointed out, provided information about the case of the former beauty queen and influencer, who told them that information would be expected from her about the modus operandi of Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and Ovidio Guzmán López alias El Ratón or Nuevo Ratón, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar alias El Alfredillo and Joaquín Guzmán López known as the Chapitos or Los Menores.

This after the sentencing hearing against Colonel was postponed for 30 days, as announced by the Federal Court of the District of Columbia.

"The United States, with the agreement of Jeffrey Litchman and Mariel Colón Miró, lawyers for the defendant Emma Colonel Aispuro, respectfully postpones for 30 days the sentencing hearing scheduled for September 15, 2021," the Court said.

Thus, Emma Coronel's fate is still a mystery after last June 10 after almost four months of negotiations with prosecutors, as her lawyers reached an agreement for the former beauty queen to plead guilty to the three charges against her for conspiring to drug trafficking to the United States and money laundering.

Chapo Guzmán's wife could be sentenced to five years in prison - instead of the life sentence that would correspond to her on the charges against her - as a benefit of her collaboration (apparently in reference to talking about the modus operandi of Los Chapitos) and has the possibility of becoming a cooperating witness.

Because she is a U.S. citizen, like the twin daughters she had with El Chapo, Colonel could remain in the United States, under the protection of the Department of Justice, after serving the sentence that they dictate to her, of course, as long as she cooperates.

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Why Was Emma Colonel's Sentence Delayed In The United States?

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At the request of her lawyers and the District of Columbia Prosecutor's Office, Emma Coronel will receive her sentence on October 14 or later, instead of September 14 as expected.

"Due to other obligations that have arisen and the nature of this case, both parties (prosecutor's office and defense) believe that additional time is necessary to prepare adequately for the sentence," reads the letter from lawyers and the government, according to the Univision website.

Emma Coronel, during the trial of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. 

Among others, the lawyers of Emma Coronel, Mariel Colon Miro and Jeffrey Lichtman, as well as Arthur G. Wyatt, who directs the Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs section, among others.

It is reported that the letter stipulated that Emma, her lawyers and the prosecutors had received a draft determining their sentence proposed by a probation officer, but that neither party agreed and needed more time for everyone to agree with the decision.

Emma Colonel. (Instagram/Emma Colonel Aispuro.)

In June of this year Emma pleaded guilty to three crimes that were charged without the need to undergo trial: illicit association to traffic cocaine, methamphetamines, heroin and marijuana; money laundering and participation in transactions of properties belonging to a drug trafficker.

Emma Coronel was arrested at the Dulles-Washington airport on February 22 of this year and since then has been held at the Alexandria Detention Center, located in the state of Virginia.

Emma Coronel Aispuro, Wife of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Arrested

Emma Coronel, the day of her arrest. 

According to Proceso magazine, the fact that she has pleaded guilty "is an indication that she negotiated an agreement with the US Department of Justice to provide information on what she knows about the operations of the Sinaloa Cartel, in exchange for a benevolent sentence. ”.

The magazine proposes that Emma Coronel could receive a sentence of five years in prison instead of receiving life imprisonment, which generally corresponds to the charges against her "as a reward for her collaboration and even with the possibility of becoming a cooperating witness. ".

Wife of Mexican druglord 'El Chapo' arrested at US airport

Judge denies bail to Emma Coronel; she will remain imprisoned

"As a US citizen, like the twin daughters she had with Guzmán Loera, Coronel Aispuro will be able to stay in her country of birth under the protection of the Department of Justice, after serving the sentence handed down to her."

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Zacatecas, ZAC: Narco Message Left On A Mans Corpse

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Paramedics arrived minutes after the attack. The gunfire alerted the neighbors in the area.

A man was killed with at least 10 rounds in the Estrellas de Oro colony.

It was around 7 p.m. that an armed aggression was recorded on Constelación Can Mayor Street that left a person dead.

Police authorities mobilized after receiving several anonymous reports and confirming the attack.

The paramedics found the victim who was laying on a public road, but they were unable to save the mans life. 

When the Investigation elements arrived at the place, they also located a cardboard with a message alluding to organized crime.

Unfortunately, there is no information about the aggressors.

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Two Men Bound & Executed In Salinas, San Luis Potosí

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The bodies of two executed men were found in the municipality of Salinas, in San Luis Potosí state.

On the morning of August 30, 2021, the emergency services phone line received a call reporting the discovery of two bodies placed near a road at the San Luis-Torreón junction of Highway 49. The dispatcher sent out Policía de Investigación (PDI) officers to confirm the discovery. 

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