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Sinaloa Cartel figure Ovidio Guzman is currently being listed as having been freed from US custody on the Bureau of Prisons website, bop.gov. 

His current listed release date is 7/23/2024, just two days before the major arrest of Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Mayo Zambada. 

According to Zeta Tijuana, citing sources within the US government, Joaquin Guzman, one of "El Chapo's" sons was also detained in Texas with "El Mayo." More information on "El Mayo's" arrest here.

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Zeta Tijuana and Proceso reports that Mayo Zambada has been captured in El Paso, Texas.

No US agency has confirmed the arrest.

Unverified sources allege the arrest was carried out by the FBI, rather than the DEA.

Reuters writes that “sources” say that Mayo is in custody. 

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From an AP News Article by Sonia Perez

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On July 13th, two video communications would circulate through social media where members of the ‘Mata Salas’ or ‘Gente de la Rueda’ would interrogate two captives, self identified as Omar Garcia Camacho and Carlos Manuel Camacho Ruiz, who they allege of operating for 'Los Salazar' and to be behind various violent incidents through various points of Sonora. 

During the first message, Camacho and Ruiz would claim they had been kidnapped from a store located near the "Charly Mechanic" shop along Colima street (Coordinates: 27.48541062241688, -109.94071032241708) where they allegedly sold methamphetamine for the criminal organization, with their captors showing off a rifle they obtained during the incident. 

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This article was translated and reposted from LUZ NOTICIAS 

This is the third address secured by the Navy on Wednesday, July 24 in the state capital.

WRITTEN BY: SEBASTIAN MARTINEZ 

Elements of the Secretary of the Navy conducted a search of a home in the Alturas del Sur subdivision in Culiacan, Sinaloa, during the night of Wednesday, July 24.

The search of the property was carried out after an operation deployed by federal elements on Juan Ley Fong street, between Cima del Huascaran and Cima del Bonete.

This is the third house seized this day.

This Wednesday is the third property secured by elements of the Navy in Sinaloa's capital city; in addition to the house in Alturas del Sur, two homes were secured in the Costa Rica syndicate this morning.

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This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE 

July 23, 2024

Luis Rodríguez Bucio, Undersecretary of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), announced on Tuesday that El Fantasma, who was arrested on February 9, 2013 in the Costa Rica syndicate, municipality of Culiacán, was being held for crimes against health and carrying firearms exclusive to the Army, but a judge granted him the benefit of early release.

“The reason for his release is early release for crimes against health and carrying firearms, he was notified of his release on Friday, June 28, he was given 24 hours for his release and was released on Tuesday, July 2, 24”, said the official.

He noted that Diana Montserrat Partida Arambulo, sixth judge of the Specialized District for the Execution of Sentences in Mexico City, was the one who granted him the benefit.

Rodríguez Bucio pointed out that the freedoms granted to el Fantasma and 191 other inmates detained for federal crimes, including a brother and two brothers-in-law of El Mencho, have been granted from 2018 to 2024 on weekends, when it is more difficult to prevent them from being released, given the difficulty of quickly locating investigation files that are open against them in state prosecutors' offices.

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EL FANTASMA 

SOURCE: RIODOCE, BORDERLAND BEAT  

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This article was translated and reposted from WRADIO

In order to help reduce the illegal activities of criminal groups with a presence in the region.

WRITTEN BY: ROCIO JARDINEZ HERNANDEZ

More than 300 elements of the Mexican Army were sent this Sunday by the Ministry of National Defense to enforce security in Colima.

According to the agency, this occurs derived from the actions carried out to achieve the objectives outlined in the National Peace and Security Plan 2018-2024 and in the Inter-Institutional Operations Plan “Security for the Development of the State”, in order to contribute to reduce the illegal activities of criminal groups with a presence in the region, as well as preserve and guarantee the freedom, order and public peace of the inhabitants of the state.

Through a press release, he said that “military personnel will act firmly at all times, performing tasks of dissuasion, prevention, patrols, reconnaissance and establishing military security posts, in order to generate an atmosphere of tranquility in the population, adhering to the provisions of the National Law on the Use of Force and respecting human rights at all times”.

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This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE 

JULY 22, 2024

Personnel from the Mexican Navy of the Semar in coordination with the Federal Attorney General's Office (FGR) located and dismantled in the vicinity of ElDorado, what is considered to be the second largest clandestine synthetic drug laboratory neutralized so far in the current Federal Government.

According to the data, the site was located when naval personnel and representatives of the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office were carrying out land surveillance patrols, approximately 198 kilometers southeast of the Eighth Naval Zone, based in Topolobampo, Sinaloa.

The authorities located 3,920 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine; 28,600 liters and 2,250 kilograms of precursor chemicals, essential chemicals and dual-use substances; as well as 28 reactors of different capacities; nine condensers; 19 distillers with a capacity of 500 liters; seven centrifuges; 124 plastic tubs of different sizes; 81 LP gas tanks of 30 kilograms; five submersible pumps; four motor generators; 28 current amplifiers; 23 fans; 60 aluminum rolls; 51 metal and plastic drums of 200 liters; 63 plastic drums of 50 liters; as well as diverse material presumably used for the elaboration of synthetic drugs.

In a press release, the Semar announced that the materials were destroyed on the site “with prior authorization of the competent ministerial authority, who integrated it to the corresponding investigation folder”.

According to the authorities, with this seizure, more than 1.5 billion pesos were seized from organized crime.

SOURCE: RIODOCE 

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This information was shared on X by Isaín Mandujano 

July 20, 2024

Armored monster vehicles have been mobilized in the region. The civilian population was pressured to carry out blockades and women and children from various communities in the municipalities of Comalapa, Mazapa de Madero, Amatenango de la Frontera, Motozintla, Bejucal de Ocampo, Siltepec, Bellavista, El Porvenir, Chicomuselo, Montecristo de Guerrero and Jaltenango de La Paz have been living hours of anxiety in the last few hours.

Cutting electrical wires to leave regions without energy, blocking roads with fallen trees, knocking down telephone poles, cutting water pipes, forced recruitment, and pressuring civilians to block roads and highways, are some of the strategies of organized crime in its struggle for control of territory in this region of the Sierra and the Border."

SOURCE: ISAIN MANDUJANO 

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This article was translated and reposted from AZTECA NOTICIAS 

WRITTEN BY: JAVIER GARDUÑO AND GABRIEL SIMES 

07/19/2024

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This article was translated and reposted from ZETA TIJUANA 

WRITTEN BY: EDUARDO VILLA

JULY 18, 2024

Regional music singer Tomás Ballardo turned himself in to US authorities this Thursday afternoon, July 18, at the San Ysidro border crossing.

The interpreter of “corridos tumbados”, which alludes to criminal groups and prominent figures involved in illicit activities, turned himself into the US justice system, which is accusing him of conspiracy and drug trafficking, according to federal sources from the neighboring country of the North.

The interpreter of melodies such as “Perro sin Cadena” and “La Reserva”, had for years been offering concerts and melodies that prioritized the image of criminal groups, mainly the Russians, but also alluded to other characters.

This Thursday he went to the customs offices and appeared in court to face the accusations against him.

Baja California authorities already had information against him, and even knew of an arrest warrant from the U.S. government, ready to be served.

Ballardo, who has more than 889 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify and some songs that reach up to 59 million plays, will face justice after a judicial process in the United States.

So far, further details about his arrest are unknown, but it is known that he had concerts scheduled in Mexicali.

SOURCE: ZETA TIJUANA