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- Gulf Cartel plaza boss captured with 15 others in Saltillo, Coahuila
- Tijuana Drug tunnel discovered possibly with 10 tons of drug
- He Denied Their Existence; Eight Months Later, Fausto Vallejo Wants Dialogue
- CDG Leader Captured in Cancún
Gulf Cartel plaza boss captured with 15 others in Saltillo, Coahuila Posted: 31 Oct 2013 01:32 AM PDT Borderland Beat Elements from (GATE) captured 16 suspected members of the Gulf Cartel in southeastern Coahuila, including Julio César Aguirre Alday, 27, who was identified as operating boss of the Gulf Cartel in this region. They are suspected in connection with three homicides and for dealing drugs. According to the Prosecutor General of Justice (PGJ) the detention was the result of an action by GATE, whose elements while cruising by Manuel Acuña Boulevard, upon entering the intersection Jaime Benavides Boulevard in the Capellanía neighborhood, where they saw two vehicles: a Dakota pickup and a Lincoln Mark LT.  Finally, the subjects were detained and one of them, Julio César Aguirre, a Saltillo resident, was identified as the operating area plaza boss of the Gulf Cartel.  Julio César Aguirre Alday; Juan Alberto Aguirre Alday; Angélica Karina García; Ismael Lara Cruz; Hans Preisser Davila; Nicolás Solís Tamez; Rafael Herrera González; Edgar Eduardo López Torres; Dalila Selene Torres Mata; Jesús Ángel Salazar Mendoza; Gilberto Gallegos Mendoza; Luis Sánchez Hernández; María Vargas Ramírez; Joselin Jazmín Lozano Ramírez; Karen Marlene Hernández Peña and a minor named Eduardo.  The detainees are likely responsible for the crime of homicide, retailing, resisting arrest, and firing weapons. After their arrest, they secured from them 14 AK-47 weapons; an R-15, 120 chargers; for AK-47 rifle, of which 88 were found in their entirety.  The only insured item that links them directly to the Gulf Cartel is a hat with the acronym CDG and 30 other logos on a black material with the same insignia, and 12 telephones.  The Gulf Cartel criminal organization is present mainly in the north and east of Mexico, especially in the states of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas and Veracruz. "El Majon" Gulf Cartel Plaza Boss in Quintana Roo detained for the murder of 15 the Attorney General of Justice of the State (PGJE) announced that it will present charges against the alleged leader of the Gulf Cartel in Quintana Roo, Peter Ray Nunez El Mojon, for the murder of 15 people.  The State official said that the detainee is known only by the nickname of El Mojon, but his accomplices - who were captured previously - identified him as Miguel Angel Villarreal Barajas; However, at the time of arrest drug trafficker said to call Guillermo Martínez Martínez. However, he added, the true identity of the capo is Pedro rays Núñez, known by the nicknames of El Mojon, El Ferruco and the El Apa, 25 years old, originally from Tamaulipas. According to García Torres, for five years the detainee worked for the Gulf Cartel and operated as plaza boss in Quintana Roo, with greater influence in Cancun and Playa del Carmen.  It stated, in addition, that after the capture of El Mojon they arrested four more subjects for retail drug sales. They were released to the Prosecutor's Office and identified as Dolores González, 41 years; Maricela or Luz Manuela Reyes Diaz, 30; Abel Mario López Xicoténcatl, 21, and Francisco López García, aged 31. They seized 163 doses of marijuana, 374 rocks of crack and 10 bags of "raw" rock.  | ||
Tijuana Drug tunnel discovered possibly with 10 tons of drug Posted: 31 Oct 2013 01:05 AM PDT Borderland Beat  So far there are no reports of detainees. This new tunnel is near the Tijuana International Airport and was found in a warehouse. It has rails for moving drugs on carts. The hole in about 6 or seven feet in diameter with a metal ladder to get to the interior. The new tunnel is located just a few meters from the location where the first tunnel was discovered going between Tijuana and SanDiego in 1992. No new data yet. We'll update with more information as it becomes available. Source: Informador  | ||
He Denied Their Existence; Eight Months Later, Fausto Vallejo Wants Dialogue Posted: 30 Oct 2013 07:43 PM PDT  By: After eight months with the emergence of the community guards in Michoacán, the governor, Fausto Vallejo Figueroa, anticipates that amid the critical situation that occurs throughout the state, he will finally talk with the leaders of the self-defense groups that maintain their presence in at least six municipalities in the state. This occurs just after the violent weekend that the state suffered through, with the attempt to uprise a new self-defense group in the municipality of Apatzingán on Saturday October 26, when about 3,000 demonstrators were attacked in front of the town hall in the presence of the Mexican Army. However, since the emergence of the first armed civil groups in the municipalities of Tepalcatepec and Buenavista on February 24, the state government not only denied the existence of the groups, but was also responsible for minimizing the situation in the region of Tierra Caliente.  In an interview conducted by Revolución TresPuntoCero, José Manuel Mireles, leader of the Consejo Ciudadano de Autodefensa de Tepalcatepec (Citizens Council of Self-Defense in Tepalcatepec), warned that just like in his municipality, the citizens of Buenavista are armed to the teeth and ready for anything: “The church bells ring and in minutes we assemble 5,000 people in the main square of Tepalcatepec”, he said. However, the statements of Vallejo Figueroa and the previous governor Jesús Reyna García claimed that the presence of the self-defense groups have “diminished” and that also with the presence of the federal forces in the region they were “unarmed”. Nevertheless, Revolución TresPuntoCero also reported the presence of armed civil groupsin the regions of Tierra Caliente and Costa de Michoacán through photographs and videos that were spread throughout social networks. While the community police in Tepalcatepec and Buenavista were the pioneers, these armed civil groups were followed by those from Coalcomán, Chinicuila, Aguililla (July 26) and Aquila (July 24).  The reason why they decided to uprise, as reported, was because state and municipal governments have been indifferent with the charging of quotas to merchants, professionals, and even with the development of public works. It’s all because of the connection, which the self-defense groups report, the Michoacán authorities in all three levels of government, the Mexican Army, the Federal, Municipal police, are with the Knights Templar. Such as Vallejo Figueroa, who is accused of receiving funds from narcos for his political campaign as governor; as well as mayors and congressmen from the PRI throughout the entire state.
In addition, the former governor of Michoacán, Jesús Reyna García, who attended the funeral of the father of Nazario Moreno, “El Chayo” on Wednesday, July 24. Source: Revolución 3.0  | ||
Posted: 30 Oct 2013 06:44 PM PDT Borderland Beat  Cancun, Mexico, Oct 30 (EFE).- The suspected Gulf drug cartel boss in the Mexican Caribbean state of Quintana Roo was arrested by police in the resort city of Cancun, officials said. Miguel Angel Villarreal Barajas, aka "El Mojón", who was allegedly involved in 10 murders, was arrested early Tuesday, the Quintana Roo Attorney General's Office said. "Miguel Angel Villarreal Barajas has been linked to at least six open cases of executions related to the settling of scores between rival organized crime groups," Quintana Roo Attorney General Gaspar Armando Garcia Torres said. Villarreal Barajas faces charges in the murder of a high-level police commander, the AG said. The Gulf cartel boss was arrested by municipal police officers along with four other people as they drove around a poor neighborhood in a vehicle that did not have tags, Garcia said. Officers found powder cocaine and crack cocaine in the vehicle in packages that were ready for sale. Villarreal Barajas tried to flee but was detained, Garcia said. The suspect initially identified himself as Guillermo Martinez, but officers checked a database and determined that he was really Villarreal Barajas, who ran the Gulf cartel's operations in Quintana Roo, the AG said. The Gulf cartel is no longer as powerful as it was in the past, partly because of its break with  The Gulf organization, which mainly deals in cocaine, synthetic drugs and marijuana, mostly operates in northern Mexico and the country's eastern coastal areas. The cartel, like other Mexican criminal organizations, has branched out into kidnappings and running extortion rackets, targeting businesses. Mario Armando Ramirez Treviño, the Gulf cartel's leader, was captured by army troops during an operation in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas on Aug. 17. Ramirez Treviño took over the Gulf cartel's leadership in 2012. The Gulf cartel, one of Mexico's oldest drug trafficking organizations, was founded by Juan Nepomuceno Guerra in the 1970s and was later led by Juan Garcia Abrego, who was arrested in 1996 and extradited to the United States. |
