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- La Barbie’s In-Law Pleads Guilty and Shares Secrets
- Armed Commmando open fire at Protesters in Los Reyes, Mich.
- 32 musicians from Iztapalapa disappear after a trip to Tlaxcala
La Barbie’s In-Law Pleads Guilty and Shares Secrets Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:49 PM PDT Chivis Martínez for Borderland Beat  The attention to the apprehension of Miguel Treviño Morales, a.k.a Z40, brings to mind another high profile capture that has faded from the headlines. Since his 2010 capture the American born narco boss, Edgar “La Barbie”Valdez, has been sitting in Mexico’s supermax prison; Altiplano No1 in Almoloya de Juarez, in the state of Mexico. Altiplano No.1 is the same prison that Treviño now occupies. It is the only prison in Mexico globally recognized as a true supermax prison, there has never been a successful prison break from No.1. .jpg) The dual citizenship holder, Mexican-American Valdez was born and raised in Laredo, Texas, who became involved with the enforcer group “Los Negros”, the group worked for the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel (BLO) under the leadership of Arturo Beltrán Leyva. Valdez rose to the top of Los Negros and its leadership by the time Arturo Beltrán Leyva, leader of BLO was killed in 2009. After the death of Arturo Beltrán, Valdez fought a bloody, prolonged war for control of the cartel that resulted in over 150 deaths. Valdez is accredited with employing methods of terror such as video-taping torture and decapitations. He is accredited with being the first to video tape decapitations and release the footage to the public. The videos found their way to narco blogs and other social media outlets. After the arrest of Valdez, his group collapsed by 2011. The peculiar behavior of Valdez, subsequent to his arrest, caused for speculation that he turned himself in and had cut a deal with Mexico, the US or both. The narco-polo wearing capo was exhibiting an “'I've got a secret” grin, that at times, even in his perp presentation, would cause him to bow his head from a fit of the giggles. The extradition request from the United States appears to be in limbo, and it is uncertain how the new administration of Enrique Peña Nieto will handle the request. Since charges are pending in both nations, he could be tried sequentially. Thereby, if convicted in one country, after serving his sentence, being extradited to the other, another trial and another possible prison sentence. It was thought his extradition was imminent in fall of 2012, at which time Valdez wrote a rambling letter declaring his detention was the result of "political persecution" by then president Calderon. Further he claimed that Calderon had called for a meeting with various cartels.  Some information about the interworking’s of the Valdez operation was revealed last week when Juan Montemayor, 47, pled guilty to U.S. federal charges of cocaine trafficking. Juan is the brother of Valdez’ father-in-law Carlos. Juan served as the primary contact person for one of the more significant U.S. customers, Manuel Coronado Espindola, of Atlanta Georgia. Juan’s plea document traces wiretaps, the operation of Valdez and his transition from a local dealer in Laredo to his move into Mexico where he became a major player in the Mexican drug war.  |
Armed Commmando open fire at Protesters in Los Reyes, Mich. Posted: 22 Jul 2013 05:54 PM PDT Borderland Beat From Various sources  We are getting news from Los Reyes, Michaocan where sources report that at about 1330 hours a convoy of heavily armed commandos opened fire on hundreds of protesters killing at least four or five volunteers who were comprised of the "community Police." It is reported that a large number of people are said to be injured from the gun fire.  Hundreds of members of the community had gathered around the city hall plaza to protest the presence of the organized crime, Los Reyes is a strong hold of Knights Templar who rule the region with violence. The protesters were going to take over the city hall and were wanting to relive of duty most of the municipal police.  The armed commando was said to be heavily armed with high powered rifles and shot at the protesters, mainly targeting the Community Police (CP) members providing security. The CP was wearing white shirts with a message of "For a free Los Reyes." Numerous victims were tended and the military and federal police arrived within hours to secure the town.There is a rumor ciculating among Twitter and Facebook that the commando responsible for the massacre are possibly municipal police of Los Reyes and the mayor of the town had fled the area during the protest. The news from the region is sketchy and the only news coming out is from social networks.  The governor of Michoacán, Jesús Reyna, through his Twitter account said that he spoke with the mayor who assured him that currently the town is in the control of the military and federal police. The military general Alberto Reyes has been assigned to provide security to it's citizens.  There have been increase violent activity in the region and there have been clashes between the CP and the Knights Templar (Caballeros Templarios or CT) who are resisting any effort from all fronts. The CT is fighting to regain lost territory in the region that has prompted President Pena Nieto to reinforce the region with forces from the military and federal police. People in towns around the region that have no security and can't rely on the municipal police are getting picked out at random and killed. Suspected members of the CT abduct citizens in the middle of the night and execute them before throwing their heads on the street or hanging them on the entrances to the towns.  |
32 musicians from Iztapalapa disappear after a trip to Tlaxcala Posted: 22 Jul 2013 02:19 PM PDT Borderland Beat  Nothing is known of the 32 musicians of La Devastadora Banda Imperial, and La Tremenda del Pueblo. Their families are desperate. They're investigating whether the kidnapping may be narco related. This scenario feels reminiscent of the disappearance of the 12 youths from the Zona Rosa bar Heaven in Mexico City and of course the tragic kidnapping/murder of Kombo Kolombia.  The missing 32 members of the two bands are between the ages of 15 and 40 years old. They departed from the capital on Sunday, heading to a town in the state of Tlaxcala, near the capital. Members of La Devastadora Banda Imperial were from the neighborhood Paraje Zacatepec, and La Tremenda del Pueblo came from the Santa María Aztahuacán neighborhood, in the Izatapalapa area, of eastern Mexico City. The members were hired by a person who sent a bus to transport them to play a party. According to the newspaper Excelsior , the bands were hired to play at a celebration in the city of Tlaxcala, about 150 kilometers from the capital. A group of friends went to Tlaxcala, to try to locate the musicians, but until now they were told that there had been no fiesta scheduled in that city.   "What we know is that the contractor explained that one of his conditions was that the two bands ride to the fiesta on the same bus, and they would provide the round trip transportation, and artists would caravan to the event." said the mother of one of the musicians. "All I know is that there was no Tlaxcala fiesta, the people arrived a few hours ago and no one knew of the bands. We do not know what to do or where to look," said an anguished parent by telephone. Sources: Univision, Sipse, Policiaca |
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