3.30.12UPDATE: TJ Kidnap Victim Kills 4, Escapes, Then Gunned Down by Police

3.30.12  UPDATE:El Chapo’s Man: Kidnap “Victim” Identified by "wife"..at bottom

Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat

Events unfolded yesterday in Tijuana that rivaled a movie made in Hollywood, adding to the strange scenario is the secrecy that has encased details from the public.  What is known is and the end of the drama five people were dead; a kidnapped person, two kidnappers, two men who were guarding a vehicle, one of the men was a retired Army officer the other a former Mexican policeman. The guards were the bodyguard and driver of an entrepreneur.

Photo/Noah Chavez El Mex

Reported by AFN, the incident began at 10:00 when the “victim” was taken to a safe house.  This is where things become incredible, the victim somehow managed to become free, was then able to grab a weapon, the weapon was an AK47.  He then killed the two kidnappers at the safe house and escaped.. 

After leaving the safe house, the seminude, handcuffed and now armed man, spotted a SUV a short distance away and eventually stole the vehicle after killing the two body guards who were guarding the SUV.  The two guards are not believed to be involved in the incident.

The State Attorney’s version is the victim then drove a short distance before confronting municipal police, at which time he began firing at them causing a shootout which ended in the victim’s death.

Four of the now deceased were identified formally by the Deputy Attorney General in Tijuana,  Ricardo Salas Bravo, as David Edgar Vargas and Javier Lopez Ortega Paredes suspected kidnappers,  Luis Enrique González Sifuentes, 41 years old retired Army lieutenant sub and Roberto Fernandez Uribe, 45, a former  police.

At the press conference called by the State Attorney, a statement was read and no questions were allowed.  Speculations have arisen from the strange case intensified by the lack of facts and answers from authorities.

What information was disclosed is the vehicle had been struck by several bullets and the man - said to be around 36 - was found  handcuffed by police handcuffs and holding the “Kalashnikov", AK-47 assault rifle.

The bodies of two people were discovered in the safe house, and in one of the rooms police discovered a 9MM handgun and another AK-47, 43 packets of marijuana, tactical gear, a marijuana press and a scale.

In the house where the bodies were found (alleged kidnappers), located were three shell casings, 7.62 x 39, known as "Kalashnikov", one at the foot of one of the deceased, two additional casings in the garage of the home and one on the street at the same address.

An inspection of the safe house revealed clothes saturated with blood in the laundry room.  That and other indicators not disclosed, left the detectives to conclude the room was used to torture people.

Not explained is why the victim fired on Municipal Police Elements, one version could be that the victim was a criminal who was kidnapped to be exchanged as part of a criminal negotiation with rival groups.

Comments on the AFN Blog:

Moreover, in comments left on AFN blog, one reader identifies the “kidnapped" who committed the murders, as "The Javy or G", however does not provide further details or whether he belonged to an organized crime group.

Another reader claims to have seen it all stating; as he walked towards an Oxxo  he heard noises "like rockets" when he ran into a man he calculated as 30 years, with a "Kalashnikov" in hand and shirtless.  He claims to have remained calm and pleasant greeting thee man with “good afternoon” and ran back to his home.  Later he learned the man ended up dead killed by police.

Unofficial Reports:

 AFN  has learned that the man, who  paid with his life after opening fire on local police, was "someone heavy", apparently linked to organized crime "and an expert weapons operator," this was proven with the way he handled a "Kalashnikov", although he was wearing police-type handcuffs.

Another report is he apparently  was deprived of his freedom to "get even" or  exchange him for something or someone not defined, with a rival group.

Sources used : AFN, El Mex

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UPDATE 3.30.12

El Chapo’s Man: Kidnap “Victim”  Identified by "wife"

A woman identifying herself as the wife of the kidnapped victim identified and claimed the body.  The woman identified him as Ramon Olivas, 52 years old from Sinaloa .  This is similar to the blog comments on AFN however those comments identified him as Genaro  Olivas, and others said he was known as “G”.

 

The age of 52 is far away from the statement from the authorities that claimed he was 36.  The woman was questioned by the state attorney. TJ media is reporting the 36 year old wife called him to TJ.  When he arrived in the city he was kidnapped by individuals who took him to the safe house, the same safe house in which he killed his captors.   His captors are presumed  to have been sleeping when he made his escape. 

 

Both captors were in the army and at least one was a deserter.  Olivas is linked to El Chapo, and is said to have been an  important figure in the Sinaloa Cartel described as a “heavy”.  Initially he was sent to TJ from Sinaloa by Chapo.

 

People in TJ are expressing fear that heavy violence will again erupt, if in fact Olivas was a heavy there may be retribution, especially since this event appears to be a set up that included many players, including the army and police.

If more information becomes available I will be sure to post it…Paz, Chivis