Borderland Beat |  |
- Badiraguato Mayor talks: Chapo's replacement, El Azul's "death", the whereabouts of Rafael Caro Quintero
- Mora Hipólito candidacy for federal deputy is still 'viable'
- Here's the secret code a Mexican drug cartel allegedly uses to communicate
Posted: 22 Feb 2015 12:31 AM PST Lucio for Borderland Beat-translated from El Pais and posted by siskiyoukid  Driving along the road we happen upon cows and men with cowboy hats riding on the back of old mares. We journeyed until in the distance, we saw the giant letters written on a hill, Hollywood-style, they read ‘BADIRAGUATO’. In this town of 32,000 inhabitants, located in the foothills of the Sierra in Sinaloa, where more savvy farmers grow marijuana instead of beans, the most famous drug traffickers in Mexico's history were born.  This winter, Mario Valenzuela is touring all of them handing out blankets, wheelchairs and messages like this to residents: "I come to ask them to be responsible citizens. In Spain or United States they have the same laws, but there they are enforced. That is the problem we have in Badiraguato and in Mexico in general." Valenzuela endures the midday sun at El Sitio de Arriba, a village which can be reached after crossing El Sitio de Abajo and El Sitio de Enmedio. His audience waited on the field where they are having the rally: women with children and the elderly. Before the interview in which Valenzuela (PRI, the ruling party) will talk about El Chapo, the mother of El Chapo, the flight of Caro Quintero, the cousin of Caro Quintero and the non-death of El Azul, play a guessing game with voters: " What is the name of the animal that flies with legs? ".
Q:What is the situation of Badiraguato a year after the arrest of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán? R:The problem is in the State (Sinaloa). An arrest of someone of the caliber of Chapo Guzman  Q. A year ago, you told me that you had a relationship with the mother of El Chapo. R.La señora (María Consuelo Loera) is thinner. On Wednesday of last week I was in La Tuna (a village of the municipality where EL Chapo was born).  She is quiet, stable. Today I did not see her, but the time before I went to a first stone ceremony (first stone laid commemorating a construction start) and to the Churchof which she belongs, (built by El Chapo, although he is Catholic, the church is Evangelical) and I was with her for a while. She invited me to join her for breakfast and I did so with much pleasure. It is not her fault what her child does. A. I don't know. What is certain is that El Chapo has a son, who is Ivan, also his brother, who is Aureliano [El Mudo], and I think that they would be in control before El Licenciado. Q.Have you seen presence of other criminal groups that want to take this plaza that belongs to the Sinaloa cartel? R.No. The hierarchy of these people isn’t local, it is essentially international. Q.They have detected methamphetamine laboratories in Badiraguato? R.They already produce synthetic drugs here. And that's bad, because in the end it is more harmful than marijuana. Synthetic drugs are the trend, as the plebes (young) say.  Q. Was his death a sham for the authorities to stop pursuing him? R.We have checked with his relatives and those who are close and they say no. Moreover, supposedly, the remains were transferred up here, I imagine, ashes or whatever. Q.Mexican intelligence believes that Caro Quintero - who spent 30 years in prison for the murder of a DEA agent and came out last year through a legal gimmick - freely hides in his village, La Noria, near here. R.It would be difficult to say, too bold.. They say yes. In February the Navy came with 18 helicopters. They badly beat the commissioner of the community, a first cousin of Caro Quintero. He is not guilty of anything just because he is his cousin. He told the marines that yes; it is true that Caro had been here; he came and they (the people) made a roast (BBQ). They went to greet him in La Noria, with much pleasure. When he was free Caro helped a lot on this road: he installed lights, he built a beautiful church, generated employment for the people. Of course, they treated him like a family member who had been in prison for 30 years. There are many hypotheses concerning Caro: he is working in the mines, that he is helping people, or that he is in control of the cartel. They say that he prefers to be eaten by the mosquitoes of the Sierra, than to return to prison. Q.in the mural of illustrious characters of Badiraguato that you are building will it include...? R. N’ombre! (Contraction of "no hombre" used like "no way") I will not put El Chapo there. I would say Peña Nieto is going up.  | ||
Mora Hipólito candidacy for federal deputy is still 'viable' Posted: 21 Feb 2015 09:02 PM PST Borderland Beat posted by DD from material at Red Politica and Movimiento Cuidano _interior_0.jpg) The ex-leader of the AUC, Hipolito Mora seeks political contest in the upcoming elections on June 7 despite being imprisoned. Dante Delgado , National Citizens Movement coordinator said a bid by Hipólito Mora,former leader of the AUC is "viable". Mora at this time is imprisoned after the confrontation in Apatzingán that occurred in December 2014, with elements of the Rural Force commanded by Luis Antonio Torres, El Americano. Last year before the confrontation on Dec. 16 which resulted in 11 people dead, Mora expressed his desire to contend as a candidate for deputyship in the elections of 2015, however he did not indicate what party he would prefer to represent. Different versions pointed to the Labor Party (PT) or National Regeneration Movement(Morena) as a possibility, however Citizens Movement (DD; a registered political party) gave to understand that they are with the ex-leader of the AUC as he seeks a seat on the federal council. Despite the legal situation and incarceration in which he was placed in 2014 , his lawyer Eduardo Quintero pointed out that amparos (legal protections) are available so that he is not deprived of his political and electoral rights and can seek election as a federal deputy.  | ||
Here's the secret code a Mexican drug cartel allegedly uses to communicate Posted: 21 Feb 2015 09:01 PM PST Borderland Beat posted by DD republished from Business Insider By Christina Sterbenz. To sell drugs and transport their profits, Mexican cartels need to stay off the grid. That means using ultra-secret communications. In a recent money-laundering case in Chicago, special agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Jill Dennewitz testified against 32 members of various Mexican drug cartels.
The cartel members often used blackberry messenger, or BBM, according to prosecutors. In one instance, Carlos Parra-Pedroza, also known as "Walt Disney" or "Don Walt," allegedly emailed a confidential HSI informant a list of codes to use while they talked. When they communicate, cartels likely spend a lot of time discussing shipment amounts and prices. Therefore, they created a system of codes that correlated with numbers. 62 = 0 83 = 1 71 = 2 49 = 3 57 = 4 66 = 5 35 = 6 21 = 7 18 = 8 96 = 9 The cartel members also used coded phrases that pertained more to scheduling. Make an appointment = let's go to the beach Appointment was made = it's warm Which day = [depends on the day] I am on my way = the beer are cold I am on my way back = I'm with my wife I am verifying = I have diarrhea Mercedes = ticket is complete Hamburger = is missing/short It's f***ed up = I like your sister They are following me and I have money with me = let's go to the movie theater Monday = Red Tuesday = Yellow Wednesday = Green Thursday = White Friday = Blue Saturday = Black Sunday = Purple During one conversation on Aug. 21, 2014, for example, Para-Pedroza told the informant: "The red one we'll start with 2 orders .... One is of 66 62 62 and the other of 96 62 62 .... Let's see if we can work all the colors. [Name redacted] and his brother go to the beach the whole week." That most likely means: On Monday (August 25, 2014), Looks like we'll start with two orders .... One is 500 (probably meaning $500,000) and the other one of 900 (probably meaning $900,000) .... Let's see if we can pick up the narcotics proceeds every day of the week. [Name redacted] and his brother make an appointment the whole week. The lawsuit claims that "Walt Disney" and his brethren laundered more than $100 million in drug profits using these methods |
No comments:
Post a Comment