Sergio Villarreal Barragán, "El Grande", operador de los Beltrán Leyva en el DF y Morelos, no tolera que en sus territorios bajo control trabajen delincuentes dedicados a giros como el robo y asalto, de acuerdo con averiguaciones previas de la PGR.
En los dos últimos meses casi 40 personas han sido ejecutadas en Morelos, Guerrero y el DF, plazas atribuidas a los Beltrán, y varias de las víctimas fueron encontradas con recados firmados por "El Jefe de Jefes", que advierten que eran "traicioneros, rateros y secuestradores".
Algunas autoridades federales y locales sospechan que varias de estas muertes pudieron ser ordenadas por Beltrán Leyva.
Sobre "El Grande", la SIEDO cuenta con testimonios de algunos de sus ex colaboradores y testigos protegidos que lo describen más como un ejecutor que como un negociador, pues persigue y elimina con una voluntad implacable a sus presas.
El testigo protegido "Mario", uno de sus ex sicarios, relata en la averiguación PGR/SIEDO/UEIDCS/008/2007, que antes de llegar a Morelos y el DF, "El Grande" eliminó a varios ladrones en La Laguna, porque de forma innecesaria le "calentaban la plaza" y atraían la atención de autoridades.
"'El Grande' mató a Carlos Gavira, a su abogado y a su hermana, ésto porque Gavira era una persona que se dedicaba a asaltar establecimientos comerciales, y como tenía familiares en el noreste del país, Villarreal creía que pertenecía al grupo de 'Los Zetas'.
"Además, según la visión de Villarreal, con las actividades de los robos se 'calentaba' la plaza de Gómez Palacio", dijo el testigo.
Para deshacerse de este asaltante, "El Grande" primero habló con Antonio Tagle Gutiérrez, entonces comandante del Grupo de Apoyo Táctico de la Policía de Gómez Palacio, para que le sembrara unas grapas de cocaína a Gavira y lo entregara a la PGR como un narcomenudista.
Pero de acuerdo con el testigo protegido, Gavira acreditó ser adicto al alcaloide y obtuvo su libertad. Fue allí cuando "El Grande" envió a su discípulo más avesado, el pistolero Claro Burciaga "El Claro".
"Cuando Gavira salió de la agencia del Ministerio Público, junto con su abogado Élfego Rodríguez Galarza, a bordo del vehículo Dodge, tipo Cirrus, y atrás de ellos su hermana Perla Karina Gavira, Claro Burciaga, junto con otro sicario, dispararon contra los dos primeros nombrados y los mataron", relató "Mario".
"El Claro" luego secuestró a Perla Karina y la llevó a una casa de la ciudad de Lerdo, donde la torturaron y mataron. Al día siguiente tiraron su cuerpo en Matamoros, Coahuila.
El capo Arturo Beltrán Leyva "El Barbas" se fijó en "El Grande", iniciado como traficante de cocaína en la frontera con Guatemala, porque en el 2006 empleó estos métodos para hacerse del control del narco en La Laguna, en menos de un año.
Con un estilo similar al de "Los Zetas", de asaltar plazas mediante el terror y el ataque a mandos policiacos, "limpió" a toda su competencia.
"'El Grande', estaba tomando el poder de la ciudad (Gómez Palacio), se encargó de investigar a las personas que vendían droga fuera de la organización, a quienes llamaba 'Chapulines'; por ello, dio con una persona de mote 'El Cácher', quien vendía droga en grandes cantidades, dado que tenía contactos en la PGR.
"Empero, el propio Villarreal, junto con Claro Burciaga y Arturo Gorena, se encargaron de secuestrarlo, junto con un acompañante, a quien después liberaron; sin embargo, a 'El Cácher', después de torturarlo, el propio Villarreal lo ejecutó de un tiro en la cabeza.
"Villarreal llamaba a diversas personas que se dedicaban a comercializar con estupefacientes en Gómez Palacio, y les dijo que tenían que comprarle a él cocaína, a 13 mil dólares el kilo. Una vez implementada la logística, se repartían cerca de 37 kilos en las tienditas", contó "Mario" el 15 de enero de 2007.
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San Pedro Garza con el Barbas
El pasado 6 de octubre, Mauricio Fernández lanzó un ultimátum a los grupos del crimen organizado: O se retiraban de San Pedro antes de que tomara posesión o iniciaría una limpia para acabar con ellos.
Ayer, al asumir la Alcaldía, el panista sorprendió al auditorio al revelar que había sido encontrado muerto en el Distrito Federal el capo que había "pedido su cabeza".
Cuatro horas después, las autoridades capitalinas hallaron cuatro cuerpos dentro de una camioneta con placas de Nuevo León en la Delegación Miguel Hidalgo.
Trascendió que entre los ejecutados estaban los hermanos Héctor y Alan Mauricio Saldaña, conocidos como "El Negro" y "El Flaco", respectivamente, y dos de sus cómplices.
A "El Negro" se le atribuye la ola de secuestros de comerciantes y empresarios en la zona Valle, particularmente en El Centrito, cobrando rescates de hasta 5 millones de pesos.
También es el responsable de las crecientes extorsiones que se están dando en San Pedro.
De acuerdo a fuentes, los Saldaña operaban en San Pedro para el Cártel de los Beltrán Leyva, pero se separaron de este grupo delictivo tras las capturas de los cabecillas Omar Ibarra Lozano, "El 34"; Rodolfo López Ibarra, "El Nito", y Héctor Huerta, "La Burra".
"El Negro" habría sido el que "pidió la cabeza" de Fernández, quien recibió amenazas de muerte el 10 de octubre, cuatro días después de que en una entrevista con anunció la integración de "equipos de limpieza, de trabajo rudo", para eliminar grupos criminales, giros negros y puntos de venta de droga en el municipio.
Las versiones de que los hermanos Saldaña habían sido asesinados en el Distrito Federal comenzaron a circular desde el jueves por la tarde.
Fernández soltó ayer la noticia bomba sin más detalles en su primer discurso como Alcalde de San Pedro, cargo que ya había ocupado en el trienio 1988-1991.
Momentos antes, el auditorio celebró con aplausos las advertencias que, con su particular desenfado, lanzó Fernández a vendedores de droga, secuestradores y operadores de giros negros.
"(Quiero) anunciarles que vamos contra todo, que estamos preparándonos para frontalmente atender el tema", dijo ya como Alcalde alrededor de las 11:45 horas, en un fuerte discurso en el que no leyó apuntes.
"Por cierto, ahorita me acaban de informar que 'El Negro' Saldaña, quien aparentemente es el que estaba pidiendo mi cabeza, hoy amaneció muerto en el Distrito Federal y era el primer cabeza de secuestros en San Pedro Garza García", aseguró.
Con la voz a punto de quebrarse, dijo que dos hechos lo impulsaron a buscar nuevamente la Alcaldía: El intento de secuestro de una de sus hijas -en agosto del 2007- y un complot para secuestrar a dos de sus nietos.
"Les anuncio que me voy a tomar atribuciones que no tengo, porque vamos a agarrar el toro por los cuernos", advirtió.
"Quiero dejar por demás claro: En el tema de drogas lo confrontaremos frontalmente y cualquier lugar que se tenga noticia de su venta será combatido por este Gobierno municipal.
"No vamos a necesitar ni al estatal ni al federal. Directamente le vamos a entrar.
"Aquí la van a entender por las buenas o por las malas: No aceptamos ningún tipo de secuestros en San Pedro Garza García y la pagarán con su propia cara.
"Que lo entiendan (los criminales) y lo entiendan bien, por eso se lo estamos anunciando: No es un juego para mí, y creo que para todos nosotros, esto es una guerra y nosotros la vamos a ganar", expresó.
En entrevista posterior, Fernández dijo que el grupo de "El Negro" perpetraba al menos tres secuestros por semana en San Pedro.
"Era fundamentalmente el grupo de 'El Negro' Saldaña, que yo espero que ahora sí vamos a acabar de desintegrar", dijo.
Ayer, al asumir la Alcaldía, el panista sorprendió al auditorio al revelar que había sido encontrado muerto en el Distrito Federal el capo que había "pedido su cabeza".
Cuatro horas después, las autoridades capitalinas hallaron cuatro cuerpos dentro de una camioneta con placas de Nuevo León en la Delegación Miguel Hidalgo.
Trascendió que entre los ejecutados estaban los hermanos Héctor y Alan Mauricio Saldaña, conocidos como "El Negro" y "El Flaco", respectivamente, y dos de sus cómplices.
A "El Negro" se le atribuye la ola de secuestros de comerciantes y empresarios en la zona Valle, particularmente en El Centrito, cobrando rescates de hasta 5 millones de pesos.
También es el responsable de las crecientes extorsiones que se están dando en San Pedro.
De acuerdo a fuentes, los Saldaña operaban en San Pedro para el Cártel de los Beltrán Leyva, pero se separaron de este grupo delictivo tras las capturas de los cabecillas Omar Ibarra Lozano, "El 34"; Rodolfo López Ibarra, "El Nito", y Héctor Huerta, "La Burra".
"El Negro" habría sido el que "pidió la cabeza" de Fernández, quien recibió amenazas de muerte el 10 de octubre, cuatro días después de que en una entrevista con anunció la integración de "equipos de limpieza, de trabajo rudo", para eliminar grupos criminales, giros negros y puntos de venta de droga en el municipio.
Las versiones de que los hermanos Saldaña habían sido asesinados en el Distrito Federal comenzaron a circular desde el jueves por la tarde.
Fernández soltó ayer la noticia bomba sin más detalles en su primer discurso como Alcalde de San Pedro, cargo que ya había ocupado en el trienio 1988-1991.
Momentos antes, el auditorio celebró con aplausos las advertencias que, con su particular desenfado, lanzó Fernández a vendedores de droga, secuestradores y operadores de giros negros.
"(Quiero) anunciarles que vamos contra todo, que estamos preparándonos para frontalmente atender el tema", dijo ya como Alcalde alrededor de las 11:45 horas, en un fuerte discurso en el que no leyó apuntes.
"Por cierto, ahorita me acaban de informar que 'El Negro' Saldaña, quien aparentemente es el que estaba pidiendo mi cabeza, hoy amaneció muerto en el Distrito Federal y era el primer cabeza de secuestros en San Pedro Garza García", aseguró.
Con la voz a punto de quebrarse, dijo que dos hechos lo impulsaron a buscar nuevamente la Alcaldía: El intento de secuestro de una de sus hijas -en agosto del 2007- y un complot para secuestrar a dos de sus nietos.
"Les anuncio que me voy a tomar atribuciones que no tengo, porque vamos a agarrar el toro por los cuernos", advirtió.
"Quiero dejar por demás claro: En el tema de drogas lo confrontaremos frontalmente y cualquier lugar que se tenga noticia de su venta será combatido por este Gobierno municipal.
"No vamos a necesitar ni al estatal ni al federal. Directamente le vamos a entrar.
"Aquí la van a entender por las buenas o por las malas: No aceptamos ningún tipo de secuestros en San Pedro Garza García y la pagarán con su propia cara.
"Que lo entiendan (los criminales) y lo entiendan bien, por eso se lo estamos anunciando: No es un juego para mí, y creo que para todos nosotros, esto es una guerra y nosotros la vamos a ganar", expresó.
En entrevista posterior, Fernández dijo que el grupo de "El Negro" perpetraba al menos tres secuestros por semana en San Pedro.
"Era fundamentalmente el grupo de 'El Negro' Saldaña, que yo espero que ahora sí vamos a acabar de desintegrar", dijo.
Actualizada la historia del Ondeado M1
Actualizada por la nueva ofensiva de Arturo Beltrán Leyva
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New Developments
Another Bloody Milestone
The organized crime-related death toll for Mexico during 2009 surpassed 6,000 on Oct. 21, marking another unwanted milestone in the cartel war. More than a third of the total deaths in 2009 have occurred in a single city: Juarez, Chihuahua state. Indeed, the year has been the most violent since the Calderon administration took office in December 2006, surpassing the 2008 death toll of 5,700 earlier in the month.
While 6,000-plus deaths in Mexico in less than 10 months is unprecedented, it is neither shocking nor unexpected. The overall level of violence has increased since the end of 2008, due mainly to the ongoing conflict between cartels and between cartels and federal forces in Juarez and elsewhere in Chihuahua state, Guerrero, Michoacan, Baja California and Sinaloa states.
And there is no indication that the violence will taper off anytime soon. In fact, an even greater increase in violence is far more likely given the recent resurgence of Arturo "El Jefe de Jefes" Beltran Leyva and the Beltran Leyva Organization in southwestern Mexico, along with rumors of an impending conflict in Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon states between the Sinaloa cartel and Los Zetas.
LFM and Project Coronado
On Oct. 22, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced the results of Project Coronado, a 44-month multi-agency effort to disrupt the U.S. methamphetamine distribution networks of the La Familia Michoacana (LFM) organization. Project Coronado involved operations in 19 states, from Massachusetts to California, and resulted in the arrests of more than 1,200 individuals, including 303 LFM operatives and associates in the last two days of the operation.
While Project Coronado has no doubt impacted LFM's cash flow and ability to distribute its product in the United States, the effects of the operation should not be overstated. Conducted over almost four years, Project Coronado allowed LFM to gradually adapt to the pressure and adjust its operations in and around the United States. Indeed, the operation could account for the resurgence of LFM activity that we have seen inside Mexico since the beginning of the year, as the organization has likely been regrouping. It is also difficult to determine at this point how many of those arrested were core LFM members and how many were merely associated dealers.
Firefights in Tamaulipas
Several firefights have erupted over the past few weeks between suspected drug traffickers and members of the Mexican military in the border state of Tamaulipas, particularly in the border cities of Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa. The gun battles have closed down entire areas of the cities and paralyzed cross-border traffic. The most recent firefight in Nuevo Laredo occurred on Oct. 21 only four blocks away from the U.S. Consulate, prompting security officials to close the building.
These incidents are fairly common in parts of Mexico where there are higher concentrations of Mexican military personnel and members of drug trafficking organizations (DTOs). What has been most noteworthy is the coordinated response by fellow drug traffickers to the opening salvos. In many of the more recent incidents, drug traffickers exchanging fire with soldiers or police have been reinforced by other members of their groups, who arrive on the scene ready to fight after the shooting has begun. There have also been reports of non-military vehicles blocking access to parts of town where the fighting is taking place, which appear to be attempts to prevent the responding law enforcement and military personnel from accessing the areas. This tactic is not new, but it is typically used when high-value members of DTOs are targeted (such as Los Zetas' response to the capture of Jaime "El Hummer" Gonzalez Duran in November 2008.
While details of these coordinated actions have been difficult to come by (including the identities of those involved), the tactics employed by the DTOs suggest either that the organizations are on edge or there is a greater concentration of high-ranking members in the region. STRATFOR sources have reported that the Oct. 21 firefight in Nuevo Laredo involved a high-ranking and unnamed DTO member. Considering the rumors of an impending conflict between the Sinaloa cartel and Los Zetas, this could be indicator of events to come.
Indeed, should this be the case, the security situation along the South Texas-Mexico border could degrade very quickly, and the situation certainly bears watching.
Oct. 19
A bus driver was found shot to death on the side of a highway outside of Acapulco, Guerrero state.
At least a dozen people were injured as separate groups of miners clashed over a labor dispute in Zimapan, Hildalgo state.
Some 600 members of the Federal Police returned to Mexico City permanently from Joint Operation Sinaloa in Sinaloa state.
Members of the Mexican military seized more than a ton of marijuana from a truck in Apatzingan, Michoacan state.
Oct. 20
A firefight in Reynosa, Tamaulipas state, between members of the Mexican military and suspected drug traffickers left three people wounded.
Two gunmen were killed and two investigators of the Guanajuato State Attorney General's office were wounded in a firefight in Guanajuato, Guanajuato state.
An unknown number of municipal police officers in Playa Rosarito, Baja California state, were arrested for facilitating the escape of a man arrested for arms possession.
Four people were executed in two separate incidents in Tlaltizapan, Morelos state, by suspected drug traffickers.
Oct. 21
More than 300 members and associates of LFM were arrested in the United States in the final operation of the U.S. DEA's Project Coronado, a multi-agency operation targeting LFM's methamphetamine distribution network.
Eduardo Ravelo, a high-ranking leader of the prison gang Barrio Azteca, was listed as one of the FBI's top 10 most-wanted fugitives.
Eztel Maldonado, a leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and a member of the Chihuahua State Electoral Commission, was shot to death outside his home in Chihuahua, Chihuahua state.
A firefight between a group of armed men and members of the Mexican military took place in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas state, reportedly leaving two civilians and a soldier wounded.
An armed group of men dressed in Mexican military uniforms reportedly kidnapped four individuals in Tijuana, Baja California state.
Oct. 22
A shipment of 10 tons of cocaine was seized off the Pacific coast of Guatemala by members of the Guatemalan military with the aid of U.S. counternarcotics agents.
Carlos Adrian Martinez Muniz, second in command of Los Zetas in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon state, was arrested by members of the Mexican military after the vehicle he was traveling in was stopped by a military patrol.
The U.S. Treasury Department froze the U.S. assets of Edgardo Leyva, a high-ranking money launderer for the Arellano Felix Organization.
Members of the Mexican military discovered and dismantled a large synthetic drug laboratory in Chinicuila, Michoacan state.
Oct. 23
Three suspected Cuban nationals stabbed a Cuban-American to death in what is thought to have been a drug-related murder in Cancun, Quintana Roo state.
Four suspected members of Los Zetas were taken into custody by members of the Mexican military after the car they were traveling in was stopped by a military patrol in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes state.
Eight bodies were discovered in at least four shallow graves in Chilapa, Guerrero state.
Oct. 24
Jose Alfredo Silly Pena, an inspector in the intelligence branch of the Federal Police, was gunned down in Galena, Chihuahua state. Pena was head of an investigation into several murders in the Le Baron community in Chihuahua state.
A group of armed men executed Rodolfo Molina Quijada, the presumed leader of a group of gunmen, in Onavas, Sonora state.
Jose Clemente Felix Diaz, PRI leader in Topia, Durango state, was attacked by a group of gunmen and later died of his injuries after he was transported to a local hospital.
Two people were found dead after being shot multiple times in Coahuayana, Michoacan state.
The organized crime-related death toll for Mexico during 2009 surpassed 6,000 on Oct. 21, marking another unwanted milestone in the cartel war. More than a third of the total deaths in 2009 have occurred in a single city: Juarez, Chihuahua state. Indeed, the year has been the most violent since the Calderon administration took office in December 2006, surpassing the 2008 death toll of 5,700 earlier in the month.
While 6,000-plus deaths in Mexico in less than 10 months is unprecedented, it is neither shocking nor unexpected. The overall level of violence has increased since the end of 2008, due mainly to the ongoing conflict between cartels and between cartels and federal forces in Juarez and elsewhere in Chihuahua state, Guerrero, Michoacan, Baja California and Sinaloa states.
And there is no indication that the violence will taper off anytime soon. In fact, an even greater increase in violence is far more likely given the recent resurgence of Arturo "El Jefe de Jefes" Beltran Leyva and the Beltran Leyva Organization in southwestern Mexico, along with rumors of an impending conflict in Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon states between the Sinaloa cartel and Los Zetas.
LFM and Project Coronado
On Oct. 22, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced the results of Project Coronado, a 44-month multi-agency effort to disrupt the U.S. methamphetamine distribution networks of the La Familia Michoacana (LFM) organization. Project Coronado involved operations in 19 states, from Massachusetts to California, and resulted in the arrests of more than 1,200 individuals, including 303 LFM operatives and associates in the last two days of the operation.
While Project Coronado has no doubt impacted LFM's cash flow and ability to distribute its product in the United States, the effects of the operation should not be overstated. Conducted over almost four years, Project Coronado allowed LFM to gradually adapt to the pressure and adjust its operations in and around the United States. Indeed, the operation could account for the resurgence of LFM activity that we have seen inside Mexico since the beginning of the year, as the organization has likely been regrouping. It is also difficult to determine at this point how many of those arrested were core LFM members and how many were merely associated dealers.
Firefights in Tamaulipas
Several firefights have erupted over the past few weeks between suspected drug traffickers and members of the Mexican military in the border state of Tamaulipas, particularly in the border cities of Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa. The gun battles have closed down entire areas of the cities and paralyzed cross-border traffic. The most recent firefight in Nuevo Laredo occurred on Oct. 21 only four blocks away from the U.S. Consulate, prompting security officials to close the building.
These incidents are fairly common in parts of Mexico where there are higher concentrations of Mexican military personnel and members of drug trafficking organizations (DTOs). What has been most noteworthy is the coordinated response by fellow drug traffickers to the opening salvos. In many of the more recent incidents, drug traffickers exchanging fire with soldiers or police have been reinforced by other members of their groups, who arrive on the scene ready to fight after the shooting has begun. There have also been reports of non-military vehicles blocking access to parts of town where the fighting is taking place, which appear to be attempts to prevent the responding law enforcement and military personnel from accessing the areas. This tactic is not new, but it is typically used when high-value members of DTOs are targeted (such as Los Zetas' response to the capture of Jaime "El Hummer" Gonzalez Duran in November 2008.
While details of these coordinated actions have been difficult to come by (including the identities of those involved), the tactics employed by the DTOs suggest either that the organizations are on edge or there is a greater concentration of high-ranking members in the region. STRATFOR sources have reported that the Oct. 21 firefight in Nuevo Laredo involved a high-ranking and unnamed DTO member. Considering the rumors of an impending conflict between the Sinaloa cartel and Los Zetas, this could be indicator of events to come.
Indeed, should this be the case, the security situation along the South Texas-Mexico border could degrade very quickly, and the situation certainly bears watching.
Oct. 19
A bus driver was found shot to death on the side of a highway outside of Acapulco, Guerrero state.
At least a dozen people were injured as separate groups of miners clashed over a labor dispute in Zimapan, Hildalgo state.
Some 600 members of the Federal Police returned to Mexico City permanently from Joint Operation Sinaloa in Sinaloa state.
Members of the Mexican military seized more than a ton of marijuana from a truck in Apatzingan, Michoacan state.
Oct. 20
A firefight in Reynosa, Tamaulipas state, between members of the Mexican military and suspected drug traffickers left three people wounded.
Two gunmen were killed and two investigators of the Guanajuato State Attorney General's office were wounded in a firefight in Guanajuato, Guanajuato state.
An unknown number of municipal police officers in Playa Rosarito, Baja California state, were arrested for facilitating the escape of a man arrested for arms possession.
Four people were executed in two separate incidents in Tlaltizapan, Morelos state, by suspected drug traffickers.
Oct. 21
More than 300 members and associates of LFM were arrested in the United States in the final operation of the U.S. DEA's Project Coronado, a multi-agency operation targeting LFM's methamphetamine distribution network.
Eduardo Ravelo, a high-ranking leader of the prison gang Barrio Azteca, was listed as one of the FBI's top 10 most-wanted fugitives.
Eztel Maldonado, a leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and a member of the Chihuahua State Electoral Commission, was shot to death outside his home in Chihuahua, Chihuahua state.
A firefight between a group of armed men and members of the Mexican military took place in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas state, reportedly leaving two civilians and a soldier wounded.
An armed group of men dressed in Mexican military uniforms reportedly kidnapped four individuals in Tijuana, Baja California state.
Oct. 22
A shipment of 10 tons of cocaine was seized off the Pacific coast of Guatemala by members of the Guatemalan military with the aid of U.S. counternarcotics agents.
Carlos Adrian Martinez Muniz, second in command of Los Zetas in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon state, was arrested by members of the Mexican military after the vehicle he was traveling in was stopped by a military patrol.
The U.S. Treasury Department froze the U.S. assets of Edgardo Leyva, a high-ranking money launderer for the Arellano Felix Organization.
Members of the Mexican military discovered and dismantled a large synthetic drug laboratory in Chinicuila, Michoacan state.
Oct. 23
Three suspected Cuban nationals stabbed a Cuban-American to death in what is thought to have been a drug-related murder in Cancun, Quintana Roo state.
Four suspected members of Los Zetas were taken into custody by members of the Mexican military after the car they were traveling in was stopped by a military patrol in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes state.
Eight bodies were discovered in at least four shallow graves in Chilapa, Guerrero state.
Oct. 24
Jose Alfredo Silly Pena, an inspector in the intelligence branch of the Federal Police, was gunned down in Galena, Chihuahua state. Pena was head of an investigation into several murders in the Le Baron community in Chihuahua state.
A group of armed men executed Rodolfo Molina Quijada, the presumed leader of a group of gunmen, in Onavas, Sonora state.
Jose Clemente Felix Diaz, PRI leader in Topia, Durango state, was attacked by a group of gunmen and later died of his injuries after he was transported to a local hospital.
Two people were found dead after being shot multiple times in Coahuayana, Michoacan state.
Dan tiro de gracia a secuestradores
En un hecho inédito en el Distrito Federal, fueron encontrados cuatro hombres ejecutados junto con mensajes que los señalan como secuestradores.
Los cadáveres, con los ojos vendados, atados de pies y manos y con disparos en el cuerpo, fueron hallados ayer dentro de una camioneta con placas de Nuevo León en la Colonia Daniel Garza, en la Miguel Hidalgo.
Una fuente de la Policía Judicial del DF señaló que sólo uno de los ejecutados tenía el tiro de gracia, mientras que la versión de la Fiscalía de Homicidios de la Procuraduría capitalina es que las cuatro víctimas lo presentaban.
Junto a los asesinados fueron encontradas dos cartulinas escritas con plumón negro. La primera decía "JOB 38:15", mientras que en la segunda se leía: "por secuestradores, atte el jefe de jefes", de acuerdo con reportes de la Policía Investigadora del DF.
JOB 38:15 hace referencia a un versículo de la Biblia que dice: "Mas la luz de los impíos es quitada de ellos, y el brazo enaltecido es quebrantado".
Además, las cuatro víctimas presentaban en la espalda otro escrito hecho con plumón que decía "por secuestradores".
Alrededor de las 13:00 horas, los vecinos dieron aviso a las autoridades de que había una camioneta mal estacionada en General Sóstenes Rocha al cruce con Periférico y que se observaban unos bultos, dijeron policías preventivos del sector Tacubaya.
Los agentes reconocieron que acudieron al lugar hasta las 16:00 horas y que minutos antes ya había llegado ahí la Policía de Investigación con un agente del Ministerio Público, quien pidió una grúa para arrastrar la camioneta a la Fiscalía en Miguel Hidalgo.
Las víctimas tenían los bolsillos volteados y no se les encontró ninguna identificación.
Los peritos indicaron en sus reportes que la camioneta fue lavada perfectamente antes de ser abandonada y que los hombres tendrían por lo menos 24 horas de haber sido asesinados.
Fuentes de la PGJDF detallaron que expidieron un oficio de colaboración a la Procuraduría de Nuevo León.
"Estamos frente a una especie de ajusticiamiento, sobre todo por la clase de mensajes que se dejaron, muy del tipo religioso, y también valoramos la firma de las cartulinas, pues han aparecido en otros estados por otras ejecuciones", comentó un mando de la PGJDF que tomó conocimiento del hallazgo.
En las últimas semanas, más de 10 personas han sido ejecutadas de manera similar en Guerrero, Morelos y el Estado de México.
Junto a las víctimas se han encontrado cartulinas firmadas por "el jefe de jefes", en las que se señala que fueron asesinadas por dedicarse al secuestro.
Funcionarios de alto nivel de la Procuraduría capitalina señalaron que, hasta las 20:00 horas de ayer, las víctimas no habían sido identificadas y que el caso podría ser atraído por la Procuraduría General de la República.
¿Pura coincidencia?
Al mediodía, al rendir protesta como Alcalde de San Pedro, Nuevo León, Mauricio Fernández sorprendió al revelar que el capo "El Negro" Saldaña, quien lo había amenazado y a quien señaló como cabeza de los secuestros en ese Municipio, había amanecido muerto en el DF.
Cuatro horas después, las autoridades capitalinas encontraron a cuatro ejecutados en una camioneta con placas de Nuevo León y una cartulina en la que se leía: "por secuestradores, atte el jefe de jefes".
El pasado 6 de octubre, Fernández dijo que en su gestión operarán equipos de "limpieza y trabajo rudo" para eliminar grupos criminales y puntos de narcomenudeo, por lo que tres días después recibió amenazas de muerte.
Los cadáveres, con los ojos vendados, atados de pies y manos y con disparos en el cuerpo, fueron hallados ayer dentro de una camioneta con placas de Nuevo León en la Colonia Daniel Garza, en la Miguel Hidalgo.
Una fuente de la Policía Judicial del DF señaló que sólo uno de los ejecutados tenía el tiro de gracia, mientras que la versión de la Fiscalía de Homicidios de la Procuraduría capitalina es que las cuatro víctimas lo presentaban.
Junto a los asesinados fueron encontradas dos cartulinas escritas con plumón negro. La primera decía "JOB 38:15", mientras que en la segunda se leía: "por secuestradores, atte el jefe de jefes", de acuerdo con reportes de la Policía Investigadora del DF.
JOB 38:15 hace referencia a un versículo de la Biblia que dice: "Mas la luz de los impíos es quitada de ellos, y el brazo enaltecido es quebrantado".
Además, las cuatro víctimas presentaban en la espalda otro escrito hecho con plumón que decía "por secuestradores".
Alrededor de las 13:00 horas, los vecinos dieron aviso a las autoridades de que había una camioneta mal estacionada en General Sóstenes Rocha al cruce con Periférico y que se observaban unos bultos, dijeron policías preventivos del sector Tacubaya.
Los agentes reconocieron que acudieron al lugar hasta las 16:00 horas y que minutos antes ya había llegado ahí la Policía de Investigación con un agente del Ministerio Público, quien pidió una grúa para arrastrar la camioneta a la Fiscalía en Miguel Hidalgo.
Las víctimas tenían los bolsillos volteados y no se les encontró ninguna identificación.
Los peritos indicaron en sus reportes que la camioneta fue lavada perfectamente antes de ser abandonada y que los hombres tendrían por lo menos 24 horas de haber sido asesinados.
Fuentes de la PGJDF detallaron que expidieron un oficio de colaboración a la Procuraduría de Nuevo León.
"Estamos frente a una especie de ajusticiamiento, sobre todo por la clase de mensajes que se dejaron, muy del tipo religioso, y también valoramos la firma de las cartulinas, pues han aparecido en otros estados por otras ejecuciones", comentó un mando de la PGJDF que tomó conocimiento del hallazgo.
En las últimas semanas, más de 10 personas han sido ejecutadas de manera similar en Guerrero, Morelos y el Estado de México.
Junto a las víctimas se han encontrado cartulinas firmadas por "el jefe de jefes", en las que se señala que fueron asesinadas por dedicarse al secuestro.
Funcionarios de alto nivel de la Procuraduría capitalina señalaron que, hasta las 20:00 horas de ayer, las víctimas no habían sido identificadas y que el caso podría ser atraído por la Procuraduría General de la República.
¿Pura coincidencia?
Al mediodía, al rendir protesta como Alcalde de San Pedro, Nuevo León, Mauricio Fernández sorprendió al revelar que el capo "El Negro" Saldaña, quien lo había amenazado y a quien señaló como cabeza de los secuestros en ese Municipio, había amanecido muerto en el DF.
Cuatro horas después, las autoridades capitalinas encontraron a cuatro ejecutados en una camioneta con placas de Nuevo León y una cartulina en la que se leía: "por secuestradores, atte el jefe de jefes".
El pasado 6 de octubre, Fernández dijo que en su gestión operarán equipos de "limpieza y trabajo rudo" para eliminar grupos criminales y puntos de narcomenudeo, por lo que tres días después recibió amenazas de muerte.
The Return of El Jefe de Jefes
The Return of El Jefe de Jefes
Executions in Guerrero state have been on the rise over the past two weeks, with notes accompanying the bodies signed by a mysterious new player on the drug scene, "El Jefe de Jefes." It was not until the discovery Oct. 18 of five bodies accompanied by similar notes in the resort city of Acapulco, Guerrero state, that "El Jefe de Jefes" was identified as the leader of the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO), Arturo Beltran Leyva. The notes read, "This is what happens to thieves, kidnappers and traitors. Be careful, Manuel Torres. Sincerely, Arturo Beltran Leyva, El Jefe de Jefes."
More than 30 executions have been claimed by El Jefe de Jefes in notes left on or near dead bodies in Acapulco and Guerrero state and have contributed to Guerrero state's becoming one of the most violent in all of Mexico in recent weeks.
The BLO is known to have been very active in the Guerrero region and southwestern Mexico for some time since breaking away from the Sinaloa cartel and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera in late 2007. The group has maintained a relatively low profile since the beginning of 2009 after a very active 2008, when it organized a string of assassinations of high-ranking federal law enforcement officials in Mexico City in May 2008. The BLO intelligence apparatus drew national and international attention when Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched Operacion Limpieza in August 2008 and uncovered a vast network of federal officials who were on the BLO payroll for providing information regarding counternarcotics operations. All of this occurred while the BLO methodically executed operatives and supporters of Guzman Loera in the Guerrero, Morelos and Mexico states in an attempt to weaken the Sinaloa cartel's grip in that region. It appears now that the rivalry has been renewed between the BLO and the Sinaloa cartel, only with a different member within the Sinaloa organization, Manuel Torres Felix (who was referred to in the aforementioned note).
Manuel Torres Felix is a high-ranking lieutenant under Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia. Zambada Garcia and Guzman Loera are essentially partners in the Sinaloa cartel. Zambada Garcia's primary area of operations is the Pacific coast from Jalisco state down to Oaxaca, which includes Guerrero state, so it would come as no surprise to find a high-ranking member of Zambada Garcia's network, like Felix, operating in this region. Other organizations operate in the Guerrero region as well, such as La Familia and Los Zetas. One of these other organizations could be leaving the notes and attributing them to Arturo Beltran Leyva, but given the overlapping geography of the BLO and Zambada Garcia's operations and the bad blood between the two organizations, this is likely not the case (repercussions from posing as Arturo Beltran Leyva would be quite severe).
Given the violent nature of how the BLO pursued its campaign against Guzman Loera in 2008 and the body count in the current campaign, more notes, executions and overall violence can be expected in the Guerrero region. And further violence in and around Acapulco and Guerrero does not bode well for the struggling tourism-based economy.
Oct. 12
Four armed men robbed two fishermen in Culiacan, Sinaloa state. The thieves took their boat, 30 kilograms of shrimp and nets.
Morelos Federal Electric Commission employee Amelia Avila Vasquez was shot to death from a moving vehicle as she was driving through Cuernavaca, Morelos state.
Oct. 13
Soldiers raided the Laguna Technological Institute after receiving information that protesting students had firearms. Authorities found no weapons on the premises.
Unknown gunmen abducted a man in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, after a chase and 20-minute gun battle through Indeco Naranjo colony. Witnesses said another man fled from the pursuers in a stolen pizza delivery car.
Soldiers discovered that many firearms and a large quantity ammunition were missing from the Pueblo Nuevo, Guanajuato state, Public Security Secretariat office. The army conducted the search after former Mayor Jose Duran Gonzalez fired all public employees several days earlier.
Eight Mexican police officers were injured after two separate violent encounters with soldiers in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state. The policemen were shot and beaten after drawing their weapons on soldiers at a security checkpoint.
Fishermen discovered the bodies of two men believed to be Mexican army lieutenants in a lake near Acapulco, Guerrero state.
Oct. 14
Soldiers captured rifle ammunition, three vehicles and six kilos of cocaine in a raid on a house in Cuernavaca, Morelos state.
Four unidentified people executed a suspected drug trafficker near the Hotel Progreso in Cancun. Police did not immediately identify the victim, referring to him only as "Juan N."
Oct. 15
Unknown attackers shot Tiquicheo, Michoacan state, Mayor Maria Santos Gorrostieta four times and killed her husband as the couple drove to the municipal building.
Five people were executed before noon in Culiacan, Sinaloa state. One body was not immediately identified.
Two gunmen on a speed bike shot Pablo Gutierrez Baez as he exited a taxi on Agustin Yanez Avenue. Baez died minutes before reaching a hospital.
Gunmen attacked a police convoy in Tijuana, injuring three police officers. One of the injured officers, Jose Luis Torrijo Rivera, died Oct. 17.
Oct. 16
Police discovered nine decapitated bodies in an abandoned pickup truck in Acapulco, Guerrero state. A threatening message signed by La Familia was discovered near the bodies and severed heads.
The body of a naked man was discovered hanging from a pedestrian bridge over the Tijuana-Tecate toll road.
Oct. 17
Police in Tijuana discovered a decapitated woman who also had her hands severed. The body was found in a black plastic bag in a tunnel.
Oct. 18
One gunman died and four others were arrested after an attack on a police convoy in Tijuana. Three officers were injured.
Seven people were killed in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state.
Two men were killed by unknown attackers shooting from three cars in the Gomez Palacio shopping plaza, north of Durango.
An unidentified man's body was discovered in an irrigation canal in Culiacan, Sinaloa state. The body had several bullet wounds.
Executions in Guerrero state have been on the rise over the past two weeks, with notes accompanying the bodies signed by a mysterious new player on the drug scene, "El Jefe de Jefes." It was not until the discovery Oct. 18 of five bodies accompanied by similar notes in the resort city of Acapulco, Guerrero state, that "El Jefe de Jefes" was identified as the leader of the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO), Arturo Beltran Leyva. The notes read, "This is what happens to thieves, kidnappers and traitors. Be careful, Manuel Torres. Sincerely, Arturo Beltran Leyva, El Jefe de Jefes."
More than 30 executions have been claimed by El Jefe de Jefes in notes left on or near dead bodies in Acapulco and Guerrero state and have contributed to Guerrero state's becoming one of the most violent in all of Mexico in recent weeks.
The BLO is known to have been very active in the Guerrero region and southwestern Mexico for some time since breaking away from the Sinaloa cartel and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera in late 2007. The group has maintained a relatively low profile since the beginning of 2009 after a very active 2008, when it organized a string of assassinations of high-ranking federal law enforcement officials in Mexico City in May 2008. The BLO intelligence apparatus drew national and international attention when Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched Operacion Limpieza in August 2008 and uncovered a vast network of federal officials who were on the BLO payroll for providing information regarding counternarcotics operations. All of this occurred while the BLO methodically executed operatives and supporters of Guzman Loera in the Guerrero, Morelos and Mexico states in an attempt to weaken the Sinaloa cartel's grip in that region. It appears now that the rivalry has been renewed between the BLO and the Sinaloa cartel, only with a different member within the Sinaloa organization, Manuel Torres Felix (who was referred to in the aforementioned note).
Manuel Torres Felix is a high-ranking lieutenant under Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia. Zambada Garcia and Guzman Loera are essentially partners in the Sinaloa cartel. Zambada Garcia's primary area of operations is the Pacific coast from Jalisco state down to Oaxaca, which includes Guerrero state, so it would come as no surprise to find a high-ranking member of Zambada Garcia's network, like Felix, operating in this region. Other organizations operate in the Guerrero region as well, such as La Familia and Los Zetas. One of these other organizations could be leaving the notes and attributing them to Arturo Beltran Leyva, but given the overlapping geography of the BLO and Zambada Garcia's operations and the bad blood between the two organizations, this is likely not the case (repercussions from posing as Arturo Beltran Leyva would be quite severe).
Given the violent nature of how the BLO pursued its campaign against Guzman Loera in 2008 and the body count in the current campaign, more notes, executions and overall violence can be expected in the Guerrero region. And further violence in and around Acapulco and Guerrero does not bode well for the struggling tourism-based economy.
Oct. 12
Four armed men robbed two fishermen in Culiacan, Sinaloa state. The thieves took their boat, 30 kilograms of shrimp and nets.
Morelos Federal Electric Commission employee Amelia Avila Vasquez was shot to death from a moving vehicle as she was driving through Cuernavaca, Morelos state.
Oct. 13
Soldiers raided the Laguna Technological Institute after receiving information that protesting students had firearms. Authorities found no weapons on the premises.
Unknown gunmen abducted a man in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, after a chase and 20-minute gun battle through Indeco Naranjo colony. Witnesses said another man fled from the pursuers in a stolen pizza delivery car.
Soldiers discovered that many firearms and a large quantity ammunition were missing from the Pueblo Nuevo, Guanajuato state, Public Security Secretariat office. The army conducted the search after former Mayor Jose Duran Gonzalez fired all public employees several days earlier.
Eight Mexican police officers were injured after two separate violent encounters with soldiers in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state. The policemen were shot and beaten after drawing their weapons on soldiers at a security checkpoint.
Fishermen discovered the bodies of two men believed to be Mexican army lieutenants in a lake near Acapulco, Guerrero state.
Oct. 14
Soldiers captured rifle ammunition, three vehicles and six kilos of cocaine in a raid on a house in Cuernavaca, Morelos state.
Four unidentified people executed a suspected drug trafficker near the Hotel Progreso in Cancun. Police did not immediately identify the victim, referring to him only as "Juan N."
Oct. 15
Unknown attackers shot Tiquicheo, Michoacan state, Mayor Maria Santos Gorrostieta four times and killed her husband as the couple drove to the municipal building.
Five people were executed before noon in Culiacan, Sinaloa state. One body was not immediately identified.
Two gunmen on a speed bike shot Pablo Gutierrez Baez as he exited a taxi on Agustin Yanez Avenue. Baez died minutes before reaching a hospital.
Gunmen attacked a police convoy in Tijuana, injuring three police officers. One of the injured officers, Jose Luis Torrijo Rivera, died Oct. 17.
Oct. 16
Police discovered nine decapitated bodies in an abandoned pickup truck in Acapulco, Guerrero state. A threatening message signed by La Familia was discovered near the bodies and severed heads.
The body of a naked man was discovered hanging from a pedestrian bridge over the Tijuana-Tecate toll road.
Oct. 17
Police in Tijuana discovered a decapitated woman who also had her hands severed. The body was found in a black plastic bag in a tunnel.
Oct. 18
One gunman died and four others were arrested after an attack on a police convoy in Tijuana. Three officers were injured.
Seven people were killed in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state.
Two men were killed by unknown attackers shooting from three cars in the Gomez Palacio shopping plaza, north of Durango.
An unidentified man's body was discovered in an irrigation canal in Culiacan, Sinaloa state. The body had several bullet wounds.
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