Rival Criminal Groups MF VS La Chapiza Burn One Another's Home Properties In Culiacan. More than Six Home Properties Intentionally Set On Fire And Vandalized This Monday November 25, 2024.

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was posted by LUZ NOTICIAS 

Fifth house shot and burned this Monday in Culiacan; home attacked in San Benito

The criminals used high-powered rifles during the attack.

11/25/2024

Armed individuals once again burned down another home in the San Benito neighborhood, south of Culiacán.

The events took place on Monday afternoon in a house located on De la Lechuguilla street, between Batalla de Puebla and Francisco Ramirez avenues, east of the Mercado de Abastos.

The criminals arrived and attacked the house with bullets and then burned it down; after they succeeded, they fled.

Numbers

This attack brings to five the number of houses shot at and burned in Culiacán this Monday.

FOLLOW-UP

BY: CHAR

Los Noticieristas news site based out of Sinaloa reported and confirmed that a total of six home properties were burned down and were shot at with high-caliber weapons.

SOURCE: LUZ NOTICIAS,  LOS NOTICIERISTAS 

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Mayo Flaco "MF" Gunmen Offensive Into Culiacan, Sinaloa. 65 Video Surveillance Cameras Destroyed By Gunfire In Culiacan In The Early Hours Of Monday Morning

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was shared by NOROESTE

WRITTEN BY: BELEM ANGULO 

NOVEMBER 25, 2025 

In the early hours of Monday, November 25, 65 video surveillance cameras were destroyed in Culiacan, when they were shot at by unidentified civilians.

This figure was confirmed by the Secretary of Public Security in Sinaloa, Gerardo Mérida Sánchez.

The cameras were destroyed in different points of the city in a simultaneous attack at around 2:30 am.

“Today (Monday, November 25) in the early morning, approximately 2:15, 2:16 to 2:42, a series of gunshots in several neighborhoods of this capital city we counted from the pure gunshot calls 31, 31 reports, these shots, this situation went directly to the surveillance cameras that are in the city and that c4 controls,” confirmed the Secretary of Security.

The cameras were destroyed at different points in the city in a simultaneous attack at around 2:30 am.

The state Security chief informed that the cameras will be replaced within a month and

“Unfortunately we were able to verify, handling figures at that time and now in the morning, a total of 65 vandalized cameras and I ratify for the situation that could be handled or could have been handled another amount, the amount that we have as c4 is that responsibility were 65.”

The state Security Secretary informed that the cameras will be replaced within a month and a half, due to the purchase process of these purchases.

“It is a fact that like all those that are relevant are not expected to happen as soon as it happens says one we have all this and we want to have control. I can also tell you that under this context, by direct indication of our Governor, Dr. Rubén Rocha Moya has already opened the budgetary need, and the work is already being done with the companies that can provide this material, that is to say, a bidding process must be called at the end, but to guarantee this work of replacement of cameras and to advance even more”, he stated.

This is due to the process of purchasing them.

“Yes, we are aware of what could happen later on, but as of today we are starting this procedure that in the end will help us to acquire the cameras that we need, the ones that have just been vandalized, and to be able to have some stock in that sense. The 65 will have to be replaced, but I also want to inform you, I want to tell you, that it is not an easy job, it is not a job of today for tomorrow for the day after, from one week to the next, this will take us an average of a month to 45 days, a month to a month and a half”.

The city of Culiacan currently has 412 security cameras, as it operated with 477 video surveillance cameras before the attack.

According to the report of the Sinaloa Public Security Secretariat, the destroyed cameras were located at the following locations:

Benjamín Hill Avenue and Pablo Macías Valenzuela

Avenida Benjamín Hill and Cruz Gálvez

Boulevard Las Torres and Benjamin Hill

Avenida Benjamín Hill and Francisco Tres Guerras

Las Torres Boulevard and Fernando Cuén

Pablo Macias and Sabanas

Boulevard Las Torres and Empaques

Boulevard Las Torres and Roma

Boulevard Las Torres entrance to the Feria Ganadera

Boulevard Las Torres and Jesús Kumate

José Limón and Enrique Félix Castro

Cuauhtémoc Roundabout (Canasta)

Paseo del Roble and Paseo del Álamo

Calzada Aeropuerto and AARC

Maquio Clouthier & Puerto Ensenada

Ensenada Port and Ohuira Bay

Puerto Ensenada and Puerto Escondido

Zapata and Maquio

USE Crossing

Kumate and Hacienda de la Mora

Alfonso G. Calderon and entrance to Los Angeles Hospital

Trébol and Costerita

Benjamín Hill and Aztlán

Forum

José Limón over bridge

Mexico Highway 15 and Hermes

Lola Beltran and street to Juntas de Humaya

Jeovanny Zamudio and Nakayama

Aztlán in front of Pemex

In front of Cetis 107 high school

SOURCE: NOROESTE 

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Mayo Flaco Gunmen Have Set The Navolato Plaza As Next Objective To Conquer: Sinaloa

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

NOVEMBER 24, 2024 

BY: CHAR

The Mayo Zambada criminal organization led by Ismael Zambada Sicairos, "Mayo Flaco" has kept its offensive campaign against La Chapiza ever since the war erupted on September 9, 2024, between both criminal organizations. The Mayo Flaco gunmen are clearly on the offensive and making incursions throughout La Chapiza-controlled plazas except for Culiacan as this has created too much heat from the government for the MF group. The MF criminal group's war objective seems to be conquering plazas controlled by La Chapiza outside of Culiacan. The Mayo Flaco "MF" group is surrounding the northern part outside of Culiacan, so Los Chapos will have a hard time moving outside of Culiacan. 

On the other hand, La Chapiza or Los Chapos seem to be defending their territories, and they are definitely on the defensive without a clear motive, or objective other than defending themselves from the MF group attack.

Shooting was reported in Ejido La Bandera, in Navolato

Different news outlets reported a shooting attack on November 24, 2024, in the small village of La Bandera in Navolato, Sinaloa, and that law enforcement authorities attended the report. 

A man's body was found with his hands tied behind his back, tortured, and with a message in Navolato, Sinaloa

With his hands tied behind his back, tortured and with a message, the body of a man was found in the waters of the river in the fishing camp Los Puentes, Navolato, this Sunday morning, November 24.

SOURCE

TRANSLATION 

BY: SOL PRENDIDO 

This will be the fate of every fee-collecting Chapo operatives. There’s a good reason why you guys are known as thieves. Keep abandoning your gunmen. You short-legged cowards need to come on out to face this bull. 

Sincerely, MF

SOURCE: JESUS COLIO, RIODOCE 

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La Chapiza Cartel Humiliates And Publishes A Video Of Casualties Suffered By Mayo Flaco Gunmen In Limits Of Sinaloa-Durango

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

La Chapiza or Los Chapos Cartel circulated on social media a grizzly video of heavy casualties suffered by Mayo Flaco "MF" gunmen in the limits of Sinaloa-Durango. The video depicts a pick-truck trunk full of naked dead bodies allegedly belonging to the MF criminal group. Both criminal groups once allied have suffered heavy casualties, however, the whole point of the La Chapiza group in publishing the video is to humiliate their rivals. 

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WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO

SOURCE: INFORMANDO SINALOA 

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The Symbology Used By Criminal Organizations In Mexico

  "Enojon" and "Char" for Borderland Beat 

(Alleged 'Los Chapitos' gunmen burning a MZ embossed hat)

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Jalisco-Cartel New Generation Armed Wing "Fuerzas Especiales Mencho" Or "FEM" Offensive Into Zinapecuaro, Michoacan. VIDEO

 "Char" and "Obscuro"

NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

SOURCE

The powerful armed wing of the Jalisco-Cartel New Generation, "Fuerzas Especiales Mencho" or "FEM" made an offensive attack on Zinapecuaro, Michoacan, with armored vehicles and mounted .50 caliber on the armored vehicles. The Fuerzas Especiales Mencho armed wing was founded by El Delta Maximo, and the fallen Miguel Angel Fernandez Valencia, "El M2". Both of the named individuals were given the task directly by CJNG Cartel founder, and supreme leader Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, "Mencho" to conquer Michoacan, and eliminate Juan Jose Farias Alvarez, "El Abuelo Farias". 

CJNG Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes reportedly agreed to an alliance with the infamous Los Viagras Cartel, among other criminal groups, now called Cartel Michoacan Nueva Generacion. This alliance has helped the Fuerzas Especiales Mencho criminal cell gain ground in Michoacan. 

The video below shows FEM in action in Zinapecuaro, Michoacan, making an incursion with armed vehicles and high-caliber weapons. 

GEOLOCATION 

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FEM IN ACTION 

SOURCE: PERNICOUS PROPAGANDA, MISTERIO

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21 Individuals Captured In The Municipality Of Ojuelos: Jalisco

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from EL OCCIDENTAL 

The military seized long arms, small arms, cartridges, magazines, and several doses of drugs.

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Román Ortega / El Occidental

The Attorney General's Office of Jalisco opened an investigation file against 21 people who were detained on Thursday afternoon in an operation carried out by federal forces in the municipality of Ojuelos, on the border with Zacatecas.

This arrest led to blockades with burned vehicles by criminal groups on the highway that connects the community of Pinos in the neighboring state with the municipality of Ojuelos, Jalisco.

Unofficial sources from the federal agency said that at the time of their capture the federal agents seized long arms, short arms, cartridges, magazines and several doses of drugs.

The criminal groups stopped drivers of private vehicles and cargo trucks, set them on fire and blocked the highway.

The detainees and the weapons were taken to the Attorney General's Office in Guadalajara so that the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office can investigate the case and determine their legal status.

So far, federal authorities have not officially informed the number of people detained, their identities or the reason for their arrest.

SOURCE: EL OCCIDENTAL 

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Semar Seizes Drums With Chemical Precursors, Ammunition, Tactical Equipment And Vehicles In Culiacán, Sinaloa. El Guero Reyna Compadre Of Ismael Zambada Sicairos "Mayo Flaco", Territories Raided By The Navy

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated from RIODOCE 

Author | Editorial Staff

Date | November 21, 2024

Time | 7:28 am

As a result of citizen complaints, Navy personnel attached to the Eighth Naval Region based in Mazatlan, secured chemical precursors, ammunition, tactical equipment and vehicles in the vicinity of Guamuchilera, Bacata and Tecomate, belonging to the municipality of Culiacan, on Wednesday.

The Secretary of the Navy announced that this action was carried out during aerial and land surveillance patrols carried out by naval personnel during the development of the “Operation Component Shield against Organized Crime” and in coordination with local authorities.

According to him, two 50 liter drums with probable chemical precursor, 25 drums of approximately 40 liters with unknown chemical substance, three drums and three gallons with chemical residues; as well as a 20 kilos bucket with probable precursor in powder form were seized.

Nine magazines, 111 cartridges, tactical equipment with two ballistic plates and two vehicles were also seized.

The chemical precursors were neutralized in the area by specialized personnel, while the seized material and vehicles were handed over to the Attorney General's Office (FGR) in the city of Culiacán Sinaloa.

SOURCE: RIODOCE 

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Extradition Of Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, 'Viceroy', Brother Of ' El Señor De Los Cielos Or Lord of the Skies' To The U.S. Granted By Judge

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was posted by RIODOCE 

Author | Editorial Staff

Date | November 21, 2024

Time | 5:53 pm

A judge has given the green light for Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, alias “El Viceroy”, the former leader of the Juarez cartel, to be extradited to the United States, according to La Jornada.

Julio Veredín Sena Velázquez, seventh district judge for criminal amparo proceedings, annulled the amparo lawsuit and denied him the protection of federal justice with which the drug lord had sought to stop his extradition to the neighboring country for an indefinite period of time.

On July 27, 2023, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) granted the US government the extradition of 'El Viceroy', who is wanted by the Federal District Court of the Western District of Texas for money laundering and drug trafficking.

That same year, but in September, the same judge Sena Velazquez suspended the indefinite extradition of the brother of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, alias “El Señor de los Cielos.

In 2022, the Viceroy received an additional 20-year prison sentence, according to the Attorney General's Office (FGR), for organized crime to commit crimes against health.

In October 2014, Vicente Carrillo was arrested and placed at the disposal of a judge in order to be interned in the Federal Center for Social Readaptation 2 “Occidente”, located in Puente Grande, Jalisco.

SOURCE: RIODOCE 

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It Was Juana From The Centro Neighborhood, The Woman Killed In A House Burned And Shot In Culiacan, Sinaloa.

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from LOS NOTICIEIRISTAS

WRITTEN BY: ERNESTO MARTINEZ 

11/21/2024

Culiacán, Sin.- The woman who died last night, Wednesday, November 20, after a shooting attack inside a house that was also intentionally burned in the Renato Vega Alvarado neighborhood, south of Culiacán, was a neighbor of the Centro neighborhood, according to authorities.

The lady was identified as Juana, 47 years old, residing in the Centro neighborhood of this city and in addition to having carbon monoxide (smoke) intoxication, she had two gunshot wounds to the abdomen.

According to the information, the attack occurred around 10 o'clock last night in a house located on Mina del Peñon Blanco street, between Límite and Segunda avenues of the neighborhood, which is located next to 22 de Diciembre and Villa Bonita.

According to witnesses, there were several armed men who arrived at the property in several pickup trucks and after entering the house where the woman lived, they shot at her on several occasions and then set fire to the house with gasoline, after which the gunmen fled in an unknown direction.

It was the neighbors themselves who helped the woman who was inside the burning house who alerted the authorities, so minutes later a group of paramedics and urban rescue technicians from the Gerum group arrived at the site, who helped the woman in the front yard of the house, but she no longer had vital signs.

The scene was attended by personnel from the different police forces and the State Attorney General's Office to confirm the facts where they found several R15 .223 millimeter caliber rifle cartridges, while personnel from the Forensic Medical Service removed the body and transferred it to the Semefo to perform the legal tests.

SOURCE: LOS NOTICIERISTAS 

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"CJNG Cartel", High-Ranking Mexican Leader Arrested on Charges of International Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering After Faking Own Death to Live in California Under Assumed Identity

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

PRESS RELEASE OF OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

NEMESIO RUBEN OSEGUERA-CERVANTES 

EL MENCHO 

A federal court in the Central District of California unsealed a criminal complaint yesterday charging Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa — a high-ranking member of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) and the son-in-law of the CJNG’s leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho — with international drug trafficking and money laundering offenses. Gutierrez-Ochoa was arrested in Riverside, California, on Nov. 19.

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Search For Cashier Of An Avocado Store “ Kidnapped” In Culiacan's Mercado De Abastos: Sinaloa

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was posted from LOS NOTICIEIRISTAS 

WRITTEN BY: BLANCA RIOS 

11/20/2024

Culiacán, Sinaloa - The missing persons search group Sabuesos Guerreras A.C. has activated an alert to locate María Alejandra, the cashier of the avocado store “KIDNAPPED” by unknown subjects on Wednesday, November 20, at the Culiacán Food Market.

Citizens are asked to report any information that may help to find her whereabouts.

The victim of the “kidnapping” was María Alejandra Aguilera Heras, 47 years old. At the time of the incident, she was wearing blue pants and a brown blouse.

The abduction was reported around 10:40 a.m. at a store called “La Herradura” where it was reported that at least two armed men arrived at the place in a white Chevrolet Spark vehicle and took Maria to an unknown destination.

SOURCE: LOS NOTICIERISTAS 

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A Military Man Shot At In Zapopan: Jalisco

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was reposted from INFORMADOR.MX

The military officer was shot in the head and was taken in serious condition to the Green Cross; he was on his day off.

By: Osiel González Hernández

November 19, 2024 - 2:34 p.m.

This afternoon, a member of the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) was shot at inside his truck at the intersection of Búho and Quetzal streets, in the Parques de las Aves neighborhood in Zapopan. According to unofficial information, the victim is a lieutenant of the Mexican Army.

The military officer was driving his truck when he was attacked by gunshot wounds by a person on a motorcycle. The military officer was shot in the head and was taken in serious condition to the Cruz Verde Niña Eva, located in Carretera a Colotlán, in Zapopan, to be later admitted to a SEDENA hospital.

The victim was on his day off when he was attacked. The causes of the attack and the whereabouts of the alleged perpetrator are unknown at this time. After being shot in the head, the soldier lost control of his truck and crashed into a retaining wall. Zapopan police officers arrived at the scene and cordoned off the area while awaiting the arrival of the Public Prosecutor's Office agents, who are already conducting the corresponding investigations to clarify the facts.

On October 31, members of the Mexican Army and the National Guard arrested Armando 'N', known as 'Delta 1' or 'Maximo', who is said to be the third in command of the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation (CJNG) in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, as well as the person responsible for the expansion of the criminal group in Michoacan.

Delta 1' was arrested in a non-violent operation in the Lagos del Country neighborhood in Zapopan. He controlled criminal operations in the federal prison of Puente Grande, where he coordinated a group of hitmen known as 'Los Deltas', a violent group involved in murders, kidnappings and extortion in Jalisco and other states in the country, reported SEDENA.

Armando 'N' was arrested in 2020, but was released without any explanation from the authorities. In addition to allegedly leading the group of hitmen, this time he is accused of being responsible for the operation of some money laundering businesses for the CJNG.

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SOURCE: INFORMADOR.MX 

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Mayo Flaco Criminal Group "MF" Make Incursion Into Imala, Sinaloa, A Plaza Controlled By Los Chapos Or La Chapiza.

 "Char" and "Obscuro" for Borderland Beat 

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

MF GROUP IN IMALA, SINALOA 

The Mayo Flaco criminal group made an incursion with innumerable armored pickup trucks full of gunmen in the early hours of Monday, September 18, 2024, from Sanalona, Sinaloa, a stronghold for the Mayo Zambada organization into Imala, Sinaloa, controlled by La Chapiza Cartel. Local civilians from Imala reported that the criminal group that entered vandalized several homes, an electricity outage was reported as a result of several utility posts forcefully knocked down, and gunfire was heard for about one hour off and on. While the MF group was causing havoc in Imala, military and local police, did not make a presence to control the situation; they showed up hours after the criminal group left. Important to note that Sanalona is about 17 kilometers from Imala although the MF group entered Imala there is no confirmation as of yet if they seized the Imala Plaza from La Chapiza or Los Chapos. 

IMAGES OF THE AFTERMATH IN IMALA, SIN

MF ON SOCIAL MEDIA 

The MF group published several videos on social media platforms, which showed their criminal activity in Imala, Sinaloa. In specific pictures the criminal cell posed in front of the town square 

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SOURCE: LUZ NOTICIAS, PERNICIOUS PROPAGANDA 

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U.S. Sanctions The 'Bonques Brothers' And Five Others; Accused Of Trafficking Fentanyl From Nayarit

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE 

Author | Editorial Staff

Date | November 19, 2024

Time | 1:32 pm

The US Treasury Department announced sanctions against the Bonques brothers' network and five other individuals, who smuggle fentanyl and other drugs from Nayarit, as well as being associated with the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation (CJNG).

The other five Mexicans sanctioned by the Treasury Department and members of the gang associated with the CJNG are José Adrián Castillo López, Luis Alonso Navarro Quezada, Erandiny Jazmín Arias Ponce, Araceli Castillo Peinado and José Sinue Castro Álvarez.

According to OFAC, the “Bonques Brothers” gang is led by Roberto Castellanos Meza, alias Beto Bonques, and is made up of his brothers; Ivan Atzayacatl, Giovanni and Juan Carlos, associates and close associates of CJNG leader Ruben Oseguera Cervantes el Mencho.

 The Bonques brothers have strong ties of cooperation with Audías Flores Silva, El Jardinero, the CJNG's regional leader in the state of Nayarit for the trafficking of all types of drugs and money laundering.

“The Bonques Brothers are one of the most prominent families in the state of Jalisco, dedicated to heroin trafficking, who during the 1990's played a preponderant role in controlling part of the market in the state of California,” according to OFAC.

The network that was subject to sanctions by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) alleges that the nine-person group is a key part of the CJNG's drug trafficking operations.

All of those sanctioned are subject to asset forfeiture and the freezing of bank accounts held in states and territories subject to U.S. financial laws, in addition to facing federal drug trafficking charges.

SOURCE: RIODOCE 

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