Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. The municipality of Cadereyta Jiménez – a middle-class, industrial community where the bodies were found – is known for its broom factory, an oil refinery, and its historical role as one of the first places where baseball was played in Mexico. [101] It shows how the bodies were transported by a dump truck to the area where they were found; once the truck stopped, several young men dumped the bodies on the highway one by one. [27] In earlier instances, some of the victims turned out to be students, bakers, and brick layers—none of them with criminal records. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Find the latest Mexico news stories, photos, and videos. [112], The Mexican military detained eight Gulf Cartel members in the small, northeastern town of China, Nuevo León on 17 May 2012. "[17] Moreover, the new tactic of leaving huge body dumps may be used by the cartels to draw law enforcement into a territory to disrupt the activities of a cartel's rival in its home or disputed territory. [25] The practices of beheading victims in Mexico is believed to have come from Guatemala in the year 2000, when Los Zetas extended their criminal network into Central America and eventually incorporated with the elite jungle military squad known as the Kaibiles. Carlos Mario Jiménez Naranjo aka "Macaco" (born February 26, 1966) is a Colombian former drug lord and paramilitary leader. [107] The banners suggested that the massacre was perpetrated by the Gulf Cartel, saying that Los Zetas would have dumped the bodies inside the city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas (within the territory of the Gulf cartel), instead of in Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León, its own territory;[108] Los Zetas, however, assumed responsibility for the 18 killed in Jalisco and the 9 hanged in Nuevo Laredo. [31] Two trucks containing 35 dead bodies were found at an underpass near a shopping mall in Boca del Río,[32] having reportedly been abandoned there by armed men in the middle of the highway. These kinds of tactics are media measures taken by organized crime to solicit the attention of the public and their rival groups. Episode 8 41m. [99] In addition, SEGOB emphasised that as for the Monterrey casino attack and the San Fernando massacre, justice would be served.[100]. Edgar Jimenez, known as 'El Ponchis' (The Cloaked One) is believed to have worked as a hitman for a Morelos drugs gang, based just outside of Mexico City. Jimenez Lopez was affiliated with the Zeta Cartel at a very early age. [11] The organized crime groups often leave multiple bodies in public places as warnings to their rivals; these criminal groups have been fighting for the control of the drug corridors to the United States, the local drug markets in cities, extortion rackets, and human smuggling. Leyva has been blamed for the increase in violence in the region this year, said to be over his control for power. [27] These new cartel tactics were used for the first time by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in September 2011 when they dumped over 30 bodies on a busy avenue in the state of Veracruz. [14] The authorities have blamed much of the violence on Los Zetas – a cartel originally set up by ex-commandos that deserted the Mexican Army in the 1990s – and the Sinaloa Cartel, an organization originally headed by Joaquín Guzmán Loera (a.k.a. Depuis, il se serait transféré à Guadalajara (Jalisco), s'associant au cartel de Sinaloa. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. [109] The banners were immediately removed by the Mexican authorities. Its 71-year rule was "tainted by corruption," and critics have accused the PRI of making deals with the cartels to maintain peace in the country. Episode 7 43m. [24] His military-led approach shortly after taking office spiraled the violence in the country, and has eroded the support of Calderon's conservative National Action Party (PAN), which did not regain the presidential seat in the 2012 presidential elections. [51] At around 7:00 pm, Guadalajara police received numerous reports of vehicles abandoned in a major avenue with more than 10 bodies. En réponse, 10 membres du cartel de Sinaloa ont été tués par Los Zetas dans le territoire de leurs rivaux [9]. [73] The victims were all headless and dismembered;[75][76][77] none of the victims were shot dead. [79] The Mexican authorities in the area had to cover their mouths and noses for the same reason. 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[111], It was later proven that Los Zetas put up the banners to confuse the authorities of their involvement in the massacre. [87] The Mexican police have taken this spray-painted message as a reference to Los Zetas, which often leaves messages signed "Z" at crime scenes to intimidate both authorities and rivals. [48] At 07:00 hours, another burning vehicle was discovered in the northern city limits of Culiacán, inside which were four bodies handcuffed and clad in bulletproof vests. Play it now. In February 1985 Camarena was kidnapped by drug traffickers in Guadalajara, Mexico. [62][63] The decapitated bodies were found with a message allegedly signed by Joaquín Guzmán Loera, demanding recognition presence of the Sinaloa cartel in the area. A bullet through the back of the head, for example, signified that the victim was a traitor; a bullet through the temple, however, signified that the victim was member of a rival drug gang. [83] Nuevo León's security spokesman said that the 49 people were killed up to 48 hours earlier at a different location, most likely in the neighboring state of Tamaulipas,[84] and then transported by truck to where they were found. [69] The Mexican authorities confirmed that a message was left behind by the killers, presumably from Los Zetas and the Milenio Cartel. Mexican newspaper La Razon reported last month that El Ponchis was paid $3,000 for each murder he committed. "[101], On 15 May 2012 Los Zetas allegedly put up five narco-banners from bridges or in other public places of San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas[103] denying responsibility for the Cadereyta Jiménez massacre. A Blog del Narco article on 15 May 2012 pointed to a video recording uploaded on YouTube showing several members of Los Zetas disposing of the butchered bodies on the highway in Cadereyta. [23], The drug violence in the state of Nuevo León and all across Mexico has left more than 50,000 people dead since President Felipe Calderón took office in 2006. [118] In Guadalupe, Nuevo León on 18 May 2012, the operation led to the capture of Jesús Daniel Elizondo Ramírez, nicknamed El Loco (English: "The Crazy One"), a member of the Los Zetas. [23] Los Zetas, unlike the other traditional drug cartels, act like urban guerrillas; a police chief in Mexico explained how the Zetas would make anonymous phone calls to get the police out in the streets, block the road where the police were, and then open fire from all sides. [26] Others see the link with the religious cult of the Santa Muerte ("Holy Death"). A 14-year-old U.S. citizen suspected of being a hitman for a drugs cartel in Mexico has been captured. He said: 'These minors are still not fully developed and so it is easy to influence them, to give them a gun, pretending it is plastic, that it is a game'. [40][41] Four further bodies were confirmed separately by the state government of Veracruz. Fleeing: Jimenez was caught with his two sisters, Elizabeth (left) and Oliva (right) who were trying to get to San Diego where their mother lives. [70] In fact, the municipality of Cadereyta Jiménez is under dispute by Los Zetas, the Gulf Cartel, and the Sinaloa Cartel;[71] the area is a strategic point for human smuggling, drug trafficking, and oil theft. [48] As a response to the Sinaloa cartel incursions in Veracruz, Los Zetas carried out reprisal killings in the Guadalajara. [117], After the discovery of the 49 corpses, the Mexican military implemented "Operation Rastrillo" to coordinate the regional commanders in the states bordering Nuevo León to seal and prevent the movement of offenders into other areas of the region. Berta becomes suspicious of Don Sol's love life. The Jalisco cartel is one of the main distributors of synthetic drugs on the continent, according to the US government. Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar (July 26, 1947 – February 9, 1985) was an American intelligence officer for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). General elections were held in Mexico on 1 July 2018. Jimenez and his sister are suspected of working for the South Pacific Cartel run by Hector Beltran Leyva whose brother Arturo was killed by Mexican Marines last year. [113] Officials of the Secretariat of National Defense stated that the cartel members were captured during a military operation in the area in which cocaine was allegedly seized. Surveys showed that voters thought that the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled Mexico uninterruptedly from 1929 to 2000, is likely to control and put down the violence. [72], Initially, the Mexican authorities reported the discovery of 37 bodies early in the morning on 13 May 2012 in the town of San Juan, 75 miles (125 km) southwest of the border city of Roma, Texas. [15][16], Since 2011, Los Zetas and the Sinaloa cartel have emerged as the two main criminal syndicates in Mexico's drug war, with smaller gangs lining up on either side in a competition that now resembles a "full-scale war. In 2009, Baez Garcia also received multi-kilogram shipments of cocaine from two brothers-in-law, Canciano Marquez Mayorga and Candelario Tovar Garcia, who, in turn, were receiving the cocaine from a Mexican drug cartel. Cartel leader's body is found stabbed on a park bench just hours after he accused Mexico City's security chief of working with him to take down the Jalisco New Generation Cartel 19/03/21 21:23 But the former are heavily armed, while the latter's enforcement arm is weaker. [130], Two months after the arrests, the Mexican authorities have not been able to identify the victims of the massacre. [73] However, upon more detailed examination at the scene, the official figures reached 49 dead. Gov. [74] The bodies were discovered on the Mexican Federal Highway 40 at about 4 am, forcing the Mexican police and the federal troops to close the highway. The first public decapitation was carried out by La Familia Michoacana in September 2006, when several gunmen opened the doors of a bar in the Mexican state of Michoacán and threw five severed heads on the dance floor. [79] When the forensic experts began to pick up the bodies, they had to use facemasks because the intensity of the odor was intolerable. Hence, the bodies will most likely be sent to local cemeteries, although many civil organizations protested against this. Other young boys have been enlisted to work for the cartels who sometimes post videos of interrogations to expose the crimes of their rivals online. [95] According to the Mexican government, the two cartels have committed "irrational acts of inhumane and inadmissible violence in their dispute" and have created "the most definitive of all the cartel wars" in Mexico. The area has an industrial area with Nissan, Unilever and other factories and has rustic single-level concrete homes and some farms. Felix Gallardo played a key role in the formative years of Mexico’s cartels. Nonetheless, the two organizations split in early 2010, and have fought for the control of the trafficking routes since then. [57] At around 1:00 am on 4 May 2012, nine people were hanged from a bridge on the Fed 85D in Nuevo Laredo. The Sinaloa cartel and Los Zetas are "regional and cultural opposites," because the Sinaloa organization has been moving drugs north from the ranch country parts in Mexico into the U.S. for generations, while Los Zetas are newer arrivals from the more urban eastern coast. [78] According to the testimonies of several civilians from San Juan, late at night before the bodies were discovered, a foul-odor could be perceived from a distance, but none of them imagined that the stink actually came from dismembered bodies. [54] CNNMéxico stated that the message left behind by the criminal group said that they were going to "clean up Nuevo Laredo" by killing Zeta members. 'When we don't find the rivals, we kill innocent people, maybe a construction worker or a taxi driver', one teen said. Offenders under 18 are prosecuted in a separate legal system for most of their crimes. In 2008, there were about 4,500 inmates in jail - now there are 11,000 which has been accredited to the government's crackdown on the drug cartels. [85] In addition, he said at a news conference that a banner left at the site bore a message with Los Zetas claiming responsibility for the killing. Crime is one of the most urgent concerns facing Mexico, as Mexican drug trafficking rings play a major role in the flow of cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, and marijuana transiting between Latin America and the United States.Drug trafficking has led to corruption, which has had a deleterious effect on Mexico's Federal Representative Republic. [25] Now, decapitation is a tactic often used by the criminal organizations in Mexico—primarily by Los Zetas and its two main rivals, the Gulf and Sinaloa cartels. The boy was caught late last night as he attempted to flee to the U.S., having boarded a plane in the city of Cuernavaca. He was interrogated under torture and murdered. In an army statement, Jimenez admitted to killing at least seven people while under the influence of drugs provided by a cartel leader. Find out more about the greatest Mexicans, including 6ix9ine, Guillermo del Toro, Frida Kahlo, Salma Hayek and Eiza González. Jimenez said that he was employed by the cartel when he was just 11-years-old. "[90], El Salvador asked Mexico for the DNA results of the victims in Cadereyta to make sure if those killed were migrants from their country,[91] but as of July 2012, none of the bodies have been identified. Horrific video shows Mexican drug cartel decapitating five members of rival gang. [86] A large black "Z 100%" was spray-painted on a road sign close to where the bodies were found. But they are calls for both the overcrowded adult prison system and that for the young boys to be reassessed. [77] The bodies were taken to the hospital in the University of Monterrey for DNA testing and further investigation;[9][83] dozens of military men were ordered to guard the surrounding area. The Cadereyta Jiménez massacre occurred on the Fed 40 on 12–13 May 2012. [101] Over the dark scene in the videotape, a voice was heard on the background yelling: "How many are left? [98] The Mexican authorities then asked the population to stay calm, since the massacre took place in a remote area and in the darkness of the early morning. Read breaking headlines from Mexico on NBCNews.com. [71] The municipality of Cadereyta is the most violent municipality in the state of Nuevo León that does not form part of the Monterrey metropolitan area. [46][47] In the early hours of the morning in Culiacán, Sinaloa, they had set a vehicle ablaze. [119] According to the authorities, El Loco joined group of hitmen in 2008 that was looking to expand the presence of Los Zetas in Guatemala; during his time in Guatemala, he engaged in many armed confrontations with local drug traffickers, including one that killed Juan José León Ardón alias El Juancho, one of the country's most-wanted drug lords. [52] Reports identified twenty-six victims as alleged Sinaloa Cartel members, and mentioned that Los Zetas and the Milenio Cartel were responsible for their massacre. [125] The five individual graves, at a ranch known as 'La Gloria' just on the border with Tamaulipas and identified by members of Los Zetas, were exhumed by the authorities. Other cartels focus primarily in drug producing and drug trafficking, while Los Zetas often move into urban areas to diversify their criminal agenda and carry out a number of crimes. Attorney General Pedro Luis Benitez said that the young boys are easily manipulated. [26] Wherever it stems from, decapitations is "now a staple in the lexicon of violence" in the Mexican Drug War. [128], In the city of Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, the Mexican Navy arrested José Ricardo Barajas López on 3 August 2012, another cartel member responsible for the massacre. [96][97], The Mexican federal government issued a statement on 13 May 2012 condemning the attacks. Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. [81] Nonetheless, the victims are believed to be more than 25 years of age,[82] and many of them had tattoos of the Santa Muerte ("Holy Death") – a female skeletal grim reaper – which could facilitate their identification. [26] The Kaibiles had been trained to intimidate the local population with beheadings during the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996). [96] The Mexican government offers up to 30 million pesos ($2 million U.S. dollars) for information that leads to the capture of these mafia bosses. [29][30], On 20 September 2011, violence erupted between Los Zetas and the Sinaloa cartel in Veracruz, a strategic smuggling state with a giant gulf port. [17], The two-year rivalry between Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel has killed thousands of people since early 2010, and has grown increasingly bloody in recent months after the participation of gunmen loyal to Joaquín Guzmán Loera of the Sinaloa cartel. consumers. "[12] The cartels also fight for the control of local drug markets and extortion rackets, including shakedowns of migrants seeking to reach the United States. [20] The Sinaloa cartel and Los Zetas are "regional and cultural opposites," because the Sinaloa organization has been moving drugs north from the ranch country parts in Mexico into the U.S. for generations, while Los Zetas are newer arrivals from the more urban eastern coast. A 14-year-old U.S. citizen suspected of being a hitman for a drugs cartel in Mexico has been captured. [22] The Sinaloa cartel uses tit-for-tat attacks as a way of bringing down the newcomers; for Los Zetas, it is about maintaining their violent reputation – the organization's most valued asset. [110] The authorities stated that they have not formally accused Los Zetas for carrying out the massacre, and that they only stated the content of the banners found alongside the bodies. Guzmán, Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, has allied with the Gulf cartel to fight off Los Zetas and take control of their territories. The rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in Mexico. Edgar Jimenez, known as 'El Ponchis' (The Cloaked One) is believed to have worked as a … [56] Following the attacks, Joaquín Guzmán Loera – better known as El Chapo Guzmán – sent a message to Los Zetas that they would fight for the control of the Nuevo Laredo plaza. Mr Benitez added: 'They're persuaded to carry out terrible acts, they don't realise what they are doing'. Additionally, the Piedras Negras Prison (known as CERESO), which is under the responsibility of the government of the state of Coahuila, was converted into a center of operations for the Zeta cartel from 2008-2012. [4] The bodies were found in the town of San Juan in the municipality of Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León at about 4 a.m. on a non-toll highway leading to Reynosa, Tamaulipas. [66][67][68] Eighteen heads were found along the dismembered bodies; some had been frozen, others were covered in lime, and the rest were found in an advanced state of decomposition. She apparently disposed of her brother's victims by dumping the bodies on streets and freeways, officials said. They were apparently trying to get to Tijuana on the U.S. border to then travel to San Diego where their mother lives. [119][120][121] El Loco was the leader of an important cell within the Los Zetas that was responsible for the massacre. [93] And for more than seven hours, the stretch of Mexican Federal Highway 40 where the massacre occurred was blocked by federal agents and state police officers. "[116] Nonetheless, the Mexican authorities later confirmed that the actual perpetrator of the massacre was Los Zetas, and not the Gulf cartel. [48] During the night, 10 more bodies were found throughout several different municipalities. El Lazca) and Miguel Treviño Morales (a.k.a. [37] The Blog del Narco reported on 21 September 2011 that the message left behind was supposedly signed by Gente Nueva, an enforcer group of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the top boss of the Sinaloa cartel;[38] However, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel also claimed responsibility, and announced they were planning to take over Veracruz. [68], In 2012, the state of Nuevo León and its surrounding territories have become a battleground for a brutal conflict between Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel, two drug trafficking organizations from northeastern Mexico. border from El Paso, Texas. In effect, anyone who can be abducted from the streets is fair game for use in these mass slayings designed to "cause terror. [39] On 6 October 2011, again in Boca del Río, 32 bodies were found by the Mexican authorities in three different houses. [19], Much of the violence between Los Zetas and the Sinaloa cartel is the result of fighting over cocaine supplies from South America. [98] The Secretaría de Gobernación (Segob) offered its support to aid the authorities of the state of Nuevo León to find those responsible. After being taken into custody, Jimenez and his sisters were transported to a local office of Mexico's attorney general where the boy confessed to his role in gruesome killings to waiting reporters. Sinaloa cartel run by Joaquín “El Chapo” Gúz-man, and the Gulf cartel, based on the east coast. El Chapo) and Ismael Zambada García (a.k.a. [126][127][128] The authorities, however, said that the corpses found were "complete skeletons," ruling out the possibility of them being the victims of the Cadereyta massacre. [13] In addition, the discovery seems to echo several other mass murder events where the drug cartels have left large numbers of bodies in public places as warnings to their rivals. [94], The Attorney General of Mexico (PGR) attributed the escalating violence in the country to the criminal organizations headed by Joaquín Guzmán Loera (a.k.a. [24], In the 1990s, the drug cartels in Mexico did not cut off the heads of the victims. The siblings were living in a poor neighbourhood of Jiutepec, a working-class suburb of Cuernavaca, known as a weekend getaway for Mexico City residents. Edgar Jimenez Lugo, now 17, was released and flew to be reunited with family in Texas today, although Mexican officials hesitated when asked if he had been rehabilitated. El Mayo), who head the Sinaloa cartel; and to Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano (a.k.a. [18] Since late April 2012, Los Zetas has been under immense pressure by the alliance between the Gulf cartel and the Sinaloa cartel. By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 00:57 EDT, 4 December 2010, Caught: 'Child killer' Edgar Jimenez was captured by Mexican officials last night while trying to flee the country. [124], Upon the arrests of 17 May 2012, the Mexican military obtained information of the existence of five clandestine graves in China, Nuevo León. Gunmen suspected of being drug cartel members ambushed three vehicles occupied by Mormon U.S.-Mexican dual citizens on a highway in Sonora, killing nine, including six children. [122] Elizondo, however, disobeyed the orders of his leaders and dumped the bodies in the Mexican Federal Highway 40 instead of dumping them in Cadereyta's main public square, where it was previously planned. 7. [21] In addition, Los Zetas is a transient cartel without real territory or a secure stream of income, while the Sinaloa Cartel has a lucrative cocaine trade and the control of smuggling routes and territories. 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