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Footage of Mayo Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez being detained on the tarmac at Santa Teresa Airport, in Dona Ana, New Mexico. This video was posted by therealfitfamelpaso on Instagram.

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Here is video footage showing the tail number of the plane which brought Mayo Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez to the US. This footage comes from Sun City SkyDiving in a now deleted Instagram story that was reuploaded by FitFam El Paso.

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Here's a quick overview of Nini's criminal history that I wrote for an old story: El Nini was allegedly involved in the personal security of Ivan Archivaldo Guzman at some point - at least according to "El Tiempo es Caro" (one of Nini's narcocorridos) which says “I have in my

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Chavo Félix is the son of Juan Francisco Félix Ojeda, alias “Panchon Félix”, a Sinaloa Cartel operator who worked under El Mayo and José Lamberto Verdugo Calderón. His father was tied to one of the largest cash seizures made in Mexico when Verdugo’s Culiacan safehouse was raided

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Mayo Zambada has at least ten children. Mayo had children with a woman named Rosario Niebla Cardoza, and those children are: -Jesús Vicente Zambada Niebla, alias “El Vicentillo” -Maria Teresa Zambada Niebla -Midiam Patricia Zambada Niebla -Modesta Zambada Niebla -Monica del

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One of the men arrested alongside Gulf Cartel’s José Alberto García Vilano “La Kena” was wearing a custom t-shirt. Here’s a quick breakdown of the meaning behind various parts of the t-shirt design.

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A new image of Mayito Gordo, the son of El Mayo, who was seen walking with a woman at San Diego SeaWorld. The photo was taken within the last few months. Full story here:

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In light of yesterday’s shootout in Sinaloa which involved either Chapo’s brother Guano or Gauno’s sons, here’s a chart showing the various siblings of Chapo. Emilio Guzmán Bustillos (father) María Consuelo Loera Pérez (mother) Armida Guzmán Loera (sister) Bernarda Guzmán Loera

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Ismael “Mayo” Zambada Garcia was recently arrested by the US. Many of us know parts of Mayo’s history, but rarely do we get to read about his life as one chronological story. My recent story aims to give an overview of Mayo Zambada’s history - a biography of the world’s most

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Los ranchos de Iván Archivaldo del cartel de Sinaloa.

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Now that José Alberto García Vilano "La Kena" is in custody, the man most likely to take over leading the Gulf Cartel - Matamoros faction is Armando López Garcés, alias "El Pajaro", who has been acting as Kena's right hand man. Here's a quick chart of some important Matamoros

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One of CJNG's top commanders, Audias Flores Silva, alias “El Jardinero”. He controls the state of Nayarit and he is currently leading the CJNG campaign to take more territory in Zacatecas.

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A photo of Ismael Zambada Garcia, alias "El Mayo", in US custody. Received from a federal source.

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Former Juarez Cartel leader Amado Carrillo Fuentes pictured with three of the sons he had with his wife Candelaria Leyva Cardenas. These sons are named Juan Gabriel, Julio Cesar, and Vicente Carrillo Leyva. Amado is known to have also had a son named Luis Fernando Carrillo

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In February 2000, Mayo ordered a hit on Tijuana’s police chief Alfredo de la Torre Marquez. Mayo’s son Vincentillo reportedly organized the logistics of the hit even though he was living in Spain at the time. On Sunday, February 27, 200, three vehicles of hitmen approached the

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These are the Sinaloa Cartel drug traffickers known as the Cabrera Sarabia brothers, which includes Felipe, Jose Luis, Alberto, and Alejandro Cabrera Sarabia. Alberto was killed in 2012 and Felipe will be in US prison for the next 20 years, but Jose Luis Cabrera Sarabia, alias

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The leader of the Gulf Cartel - Matamoros faction is José Alberto García Vilano, aliases “La Kena” and “El 19”. His right hand man is Armando López Garcés, whos is known by the aliases “El Pájaro” (or the bird), “El Pajarito”, “Bravo 1”, and “Escorpión 7”.

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La Kena was arrested alongside another Gulf Cartel figure named Jaime Humberto Escalante Soto. He goes by the aliases “Escorpion 45” and “Casco”. The only known photo of him is shown in the image attached, as reported by @loba_indomable and @MennyValdz

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Christian Espinoza Silver, alias “El Chato”, was a cartel member who worked for the Cartel Arellano Felix under the drug lord El Flaquito. On February 17, 2024, he was shot by an unknown man while he was laying low in the US city of San Diego. More on what happened here:

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Two of El Jardinero's reports are Alejandro Carranza Ramírez, alias "Chito Cano", who operates as part of CJNG's campaign in Zacatecas, and "Fresa", who allegedly focuses on managing the plazas of Nayarit.

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An expanded chart showing some of the top cartel figure in the Gulf Cartel - Escorpiones. More details on each man in the chart in the full story, linked below.

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Some lieutenants in CDG - Matamoros / Escorpiones, include the cartel figures Eutimio Chávez Ruelas, aliases “El Timo”, “Escorpión 24”, and “Ciclón 24”, as well as one of Tony Tormenta’s sons: Ezequiel Cárdenas Rivera, aliases “El Cheke”, “El Chubasco”, and "El Junior".

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If I see you guys watermarking over this footage as if its your own or not crediting the uploader, therealfitfamelpaso, who deserves credit, I will call y'all out.

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Photos of Mencho's brother Abraham Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Rodo", from the CJNG. Security analyst @David_Saucedo_ says that Rodo is "mainly in charge of drug shipments headed to the United States."

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Tío Lako is the brother of Javier Guerrero Martínez, a old friend of Mencho. Javier Sr died back in 2011. Tío Lako is the uncle of Leonardo, Javier Jr, and Adrian Alonso Guerrero Covarrubias, whose better known by the alias "El 08".

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Ismael Mario Zambada García, alias "El Mayo", the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel - Mayo faction. A US government source with knowledge of the situation recently told Borderland Beat that Mayo is far from being bedridden, despite Riodoce's recent claims otherwise.

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Photos of Mayo’s son-in-law Juan Carlos Felix Gastelum, alias “Chavo Felix”, taken throughout the years.

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Mayo Zambada’s sister Águeda, her daughter María Isabel, and her granddaughter Sarita were kidnapped by Cartel Arellano Felix hitmen in 2010. It all started back on July 30, 2010, when Lizeth Sillas Rocha, the sister of Juan Francisco Sillas Rocha, alias “El Sillas” was

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The leader of the Gulf Cartel - Matamoros faction, José Alberto García Vilano, alias “La Kena”, was arrested in the city of Monterrey, as confirmed by La Jornada newspaper.

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Yesterday, the US indicted Amberto Beltran Araujo and Mario German Beltran Araujo for conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs. Amberto and Mario are the nephews of Mochomo and Arturo. I made a quick chart showing how they relate to the rest of the Beltran Leyva family.

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Zetas Vieja Escuela are allies with the Gulf Cartel - Centro faction (Panteras) and the Gulf Cartel - Metros faction. They fight together against the Gulf Cartel - Matamoros faction.

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Here's a chart of some of the cartel figures to know in the Gulf Cartel - Matamoros faction / Escorpiones, including ones which get mentioned less like: Ricardo Zuñiga, alias "El Ciego” Alfredo del Río de la Fuente, aliases "El Ardilla" and "Escorpión 49" Gumesindo Pérez Maya,

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In one of the photos of the filming location, you can spot some graffiti. Now, it could be unrelated to the crime. But the graffiti could be the bible verse "A faithful friend is the medicine of life." Pretty grim stuff in light of what actually happened in the video.

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Adriana Meza Torres, the wife Ovidio Guzmán López, from the Sinaloa Cartel - Los Chapitos. More photos of her in my story linked below.

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A distressed mother told the cameras that her young son may have gotten caught in the shooting that killed Sinaloa Cartel's El Chore. But that mother was actually Chore's sister - Cecilia Carrasco Lechuga. Cecilia is also the sister of Jose Manuel Carrasco, alias “El Pato”, a

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José Alberto García Vilano, aliases “La Kena” and "Ciclon 19". He's the alleged leader of the Gulf Cartel - Matamoros faction, although there are persistent rumors that Osiel and Contador continue to send out orders to the group from inside prison.

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Sinaloa Cartel money launderer Blanca Cázares Salazar, who goes by the criminal alias “La Emperatriz”, is the aunt of Edgar Zazueta Cazares, who married Chapo’s daughter Griselda Guadalupe Guzman Lopez. She is also the aunt of the drug trafficker Jesus Abel Cazares Elenes, alias

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In 2006, after Calderón won the Mexican Presidential election, Mayo’s brother “Rey” and Óscar Paredes, the Zambada family lawyer, arranged to meet with the future president’s Secretary of Public Security – a man named Genaro García Luna. The men met, indirectly, at

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In June 1994, the Arellano Felix brothers attempted to kill Mayo Zambada by setting off a car bomb outside the Camino Real Hotel in Guadalajara. The brothers knew that Mayo was inside the hotel, attending a party held by Enrique Fernández Uriarte, alias “Kiki”. The Arellanos

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Eddie Escobedo, alias "El Mago" or "the Magician", was killed in a shooting on November 23, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. El Mago was allegedly a Sinaloa Cartel - Chapitos figure active in the Los Angeles area and he was said to be a friend of Chapitos leader Ivan Guzman.

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A CJNG figure named Juan Carlos Pizano Ornelas, alias "El CR", was arrested today in Jalisco. If you want to catch up on the details of CR's most infamous crime: the time when he had an Army Colonel abducted as he drove through Jalisco, on his way to a vacation, check out my

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A cartel vehicle that was seized in Tamaulipas featured the logo of a subgroup within the Gulf Cartel - Metros faction. The actual artwork of the logo is just a stock vector file, available for download. The text the Metros added to the logo alludes to various leadership

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Néstor Isidro García, alias "El Nini", the infamous Sinaloa Cartel Chapitos figure has been arrested according to official government records available online.

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Nemesio Oseuguera Cervantes, the leader of the CJNG, who is rumored to have died. But Kyle Mori, the leader of the DEA team focused on Mencho, said on a recent podcast that he "strongly believes that he is alive." Podcast citation, for those interested:

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Here's a chart of some of the cartel figures to know from the Zetas Vieja Escuela (ZVE)/Panteras/Metros alliance.

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Salvador Limón López, alias “El Chava”, the brother of El Cazador, is currently leading the cartel group Cazadores, which operates out of Altar, Sonora.

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One of the leaders of the CJNG Los Guerreros group is named Heraclio Guerrero Martínez, known by the alias "El Tío Lako" (sometimes spelled "Laco").

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The leader of the Zetas Vieja Escuela - San Fernando faction is Carlos Roel Collazo Rodriguez, aliases “Chuy 7”, “Chuy Sierra”, and “El Rambo”.

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Alfonso Peralta Medina, alias “El P1”, is the cartel figure who controls trafficking at the Mexicali - Calexico border crossing. He's the primary leader of the group “los Rusos” - who are backed by the Sinaloa Cartel - Mayo faction. El P1 is mentored by the founder of los

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Cartel Arellano Felix figure James Bryant Corona, alias "El Apache", the alleged second-in-command for Flaquito and the acting head of his cartel group.

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Mayo’s son in law Juan Carlos Félix Gastélum, alias “Chavo Félix”, seems to have adopted the children's character “El Chavo del Ocho” as a symbol which represents him in the cartel world.

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Another one of CJNG's top commanders. A man named Hugo Gonzalo Mendoza Gaytan, who goes by the aliases “El Sapo" and "El 090".

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The Sinaloa Cartel drug smuggling group “los Demonios” from Nogales, Sonora, are one of the groups who work under Mayo’s son-in-law Juan Carlos Felix Gastelum, alias “Chavo Felix”. Chavo regularly names Demonios as his men in the lyrics of the songs he commissions, however news

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When Flaquito was just starting out in the cartel world, he was a part of the Cartel Arellano Félix (CAF) group “los Pilotos”. Pilotos was led by Jose Luis Escudero Escandon, alias “El Quieto”, Jose Mellado “El Mesien”, and Crescencio Beltrán Murillo “El Chencho”.

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Some of the latest images available of El Mayo's son-in-law Juan Carlos Felix Gastélum, alias "Chavo Felix", who has slimmed down - allegedly due to bariatric surgery. He's one of the key Sinaloa Cartel leaders in northern Baja and Sonora.

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The US revealed a new photo of Sinaloa Cartel - Mayo figure Rafael Guadalupe Felix Nuñez, alias "Changuito Antrax", who hails from the original Antrax hitmen group. He currently leads CDS Mayo forces in the state of Colima.

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César Morfín Morfín, alias “El Primito”, the current leader of the Gulf Cartel group Los Metros. Although his men operate in Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, he reportedly lives in Jalisco. Primito is known to have spent his early childhood in Jalisco - but he was actually born in

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You can reconstruct the surfing trip that Jake Robinson, Callum Robinson, and Carter Rhoad took by tracking the locations that were shown in Callum's Instagram story. The three men reportedly met up together in San Diego and they drove down to the US-Mexico border, likely

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In 2018, Flaquito allegedly made a deal with the Arzate brothers. Flaquito agreed to hand over information on some of his own men - ones who had angered the Arzates. In exchange, the Arzates allowed Flaquito to establish a business relationship with the Chapito brothers. The men

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A closer look at the logo worn by hitmen working for Pablo Edwin Huerta Nuño, alias "El Flaquito" (sometimes spelled Flakito). The logo declares them members of Fuerzas Especiales de Flakito (FEF) or, in English, El Flakito’s Special Forces. See more in my latest story with

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Here’s a chart I made of the Cárdenas Guillén family tree showing how modern members like Ezequiel Cárdenas “El Cheke” relate to figures like Osiel Cárdenas, the former leader of the Gulf Cartel.

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Photos of Alfonso Peralta, alias "El P1", the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel group Los Rusos. The group's founder and namesake Jesús Alexander Sánchez Félix, alias "El Ruso", is believed to be semi retired.

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If you just want the super fast summary of what's going on in Altar, Sonora, then just know: Cazadores’ armed wing Deltas broke away from the main group. Sinaloa Cartel Chapitos decided to back Deltas. Deltas have allied with los Pelones. Meanwhile, Cazadores and their new armed

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Las casas de Ivan Archivaldo Guzman del cartel de Sinaloa en Culiacan, Sinaloa.

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Cartel figure Sergio Valenzuela Valenzuela, alias “El Gigio”, controls trafficking through the Nogales crossing on the US-Mexico border. He’s backed by the Sinaloa Cartel - Mayo faction and he's been indicted for the smuggling of multi-ton quantities of drugs, including

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Some early mugshots of the cartel leader Pablo Edwin Huerta Nuño, alias “El Flaquito”. The photos may have been taken when he was detained for driving without a license and illegal firearm possession in 2012, when Flaquito was 20 years old.

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This is Chore’s older brother, a man named Jose Manuel Carrasco Lechuga, alias “El Pato” or “the duck”. El Pato famously participated in stealing a military vehicle during the retaliatory violence unleashed after the 2019 arrest of Ovidio Guzman - one of the Chapito brothers.

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Sinaloa Cartel's Ivan Archivaldo Guzman allegedly owns or uses a condo unit in the Torre Peninsula building in Mazatlán, Sinaloa.

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Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, alias “Z40”, has spent a decade in Mexican federal prison. He's been transferred between the various federal prisons as part of “a precautionary inmate rotation program.”

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The rules of conduct given out to hitmen working for the Gulf Cartel's Grupo Escorpiones. The pamphlet was found in October 2021 in that state of San Luis Potosi and Army intelligence images of it were leaked by Guacamaya.

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The current cartel plaza boss of the Miguel Aleman region, which lies on the US-Mexico border, is Ricky Segura, who is referred to as “Metro 57” or “Delta 57” or “R57” or even “R 53”, depending on the source.

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More details about where the hitmen shot CAF member El Apache in Chula Vista, California.

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Maximiliano Aispuro Álvarez, alias “El Max”, is a cartel figure from the Sinaloa Cartel group los Rusos. He originally hails from Culiacan, Sinaloa, but he’s been operating in Mexicali since at least 2018. He’s been arrested four times, including in October 2022, but he has a

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Marco Antonio Paredes Jr, alias “El Marquitos”, is the cartel figure who controls the trafficking at the Agua Prieta crossing on the US-Mexico border. He's backed by the Sinaloa Cartel - Chapitos faction. El Marquitos leads alongside Leonel Toscano Cuevas, alias “El Tigre”.

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Gerardo González Ramírez, aliases "El Apa", "El Gera", and "El Güero", is a CJNG figure who operates in Nochistlán and challenges CDS forces in Teocaltiche.

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The plane seen appears to be a Beechcraft Air King and it seems to have the tail number N287KA, however, a reliable insider alleges that this was the personal plane of Joaquin Guzman Lopez and the plane has a cloned tail number.

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Sinaloa Cartel - Mayo figure El Ruso was almost captured by police in Mexicali but two FGR agents, who were actively acting as Ruso’s bodyguards, intervened and helped him evade arrest.

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Pictured is Sinaloa Cartel's Kevin Alonso Gil Acosta, alias "El 200". He is one of the men who carries out executions that Ivan Archivaldo personally orders, such as the 2017 murder of a beauty pageant judge.

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René Arzate García, alias “La Rana”, is the brother of Alfonso “Aquiles”. He's also associated with the Sinaloa Cartel - Mayo faction.

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An old haunt of Sinaloa Cartel's Ivan Archivaldo Guzman. He allegedly had a weakness for the drinks at La Michoacana, across from the famous Culiacan church Sagrado Corazon de Jesus. The location may have gone out of business in the last few years.

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Some of the airstrips outside the city of Culiacan, Sinaloa, which are allegedly used by Ivan Archivaldo Guzman or his associates in the Sinaloa Cartel.

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Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), Cártel de Sinaloa (CDS), Cártel del Golfo (CDG), and a coalition of local gangs called "los Tercios" are all fighting for territory within the city of Poza Rica, located in the state of Veracruz.

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@narco_noticias @Borderland_Beat Here, compa. A higher resolution version of the same image. It's easier to read.

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Larry Curtis Parker has now spoken out about being misidentified, giving an interview to Reforma reporter Peniley Ramírez, saying he has nothing to do with the flight which brought Mayo and Joaquin to the US.

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Larry Curtis Parker es un hombre de negocios que vive en Nuevo México. Tiene una compañía de asfalto y una pasión: cazar en México. Suele volar entre Nuevo México y Sonora a bordo de su Cessna 205,...

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Luis Alberto Beltran Lopez, a cousin of Ovidio Guzman and Joaquin Guzman, was recently found dead in a remote part of Tepuche, Sinaloa.

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Cristian Jael Barajas Lozano, alias “El Taquiza”, is Omega's younger brother. He's also active in Mexicali as a part of Sinaloa Cartel's Omegas, much like his brother.

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Felipe Eduardo Barajas Lozano, alias “El Omega”, from the cartel group Omegas, who work closely with the Sinaloa Cartel group los Rusos in the border city of Mexicali.

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Alfonso Arzate García, alias “El Aquiles”, associated with the Sinaloa Cartel - Mayo faction. He leads a cartel group in Baja California. Zeta Tijuana magazine claimed he made a pact with los Rusos to take over Baja.

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Mexican news agencies such as Milenio and El Financiero began producing content based around the government’s naming of Larry Curtis Parker.

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Two important lieutenants in the Zetas Vieja Escuela - San Fernando faction are Juan Nicolás Sintora Robles, alias “El Nico”, and Carlos de la Cruz (or Felipe de Jesús Alonzo Olmedo), alias “La Pawa” and “Sierra 4”.

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Two leadership figures in the cartel group Los Alemanes are José Pedro Bárcenas Martínez, alias “El Peter”, and El Aleman’s son Luis Alfredo Alemán Hernández, alias “El Mongol”.

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Prior to R57, the plaza boss of Miguel Aleman is presumed to have been Hugo Armando Salinas Cortinas, alias “La Cabra” or, in English, the goat. R57 reportedly took over after La Cabra’s arrest in April 2023. Both R57 and La Cabra are from the Gulf Cartel - Metros faction.

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2 months

Decent quality photos of the bombing can hardly be found on the internet anymore, so here are some Reforma articles with photos and some vintage postcards showing how the hotel looked in 1994.