By Malcolm Beith and Nacha Cattan
Mexico’s government is waiting for results of DNA tests that would confirm the death of Juan Jose Esparragoza, known as “El Azul,” the second most-wanted leader of the Sinaloa cartel at large, according to a Mexican official.
The death was reported June 8 by RioDoce, a Sinaloa state-based news weekly. The Mexican official, who asked not to be named because the government has yet to confirm the death, said the authorities suspect Esparragoza died of a heart attack. The Interior Ministry’s press office said it had no additional comment after Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said June 9 that the government couldn’t confirm the death of Esparragoza at that time.
Mike Vigil, a retired former head of international operations for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, said Mexican federal security sources told him they contacted family members who confirmed Esparragoza’s death.
Esparragoza was the most-wanted Sinaloa cartel member at large after Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, according to a 2009 list distributed by the government of then-President Felipe Calderon. His death, if confirmed, comes three months after the capture of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who gained fame after escaping from a high-security prison and building up the Sinaloa cartel, named after his home state and known for beheading enemies or hanging their bodies in public places.
‘Solid Organization’
Esparragoza “has been a leader of the Sinaloa cartel for many years,” Alejandro Schtulmann, president and head of research at Mexico City-based political risk consulting firm EMPRA, said in a phone interview.
“The Sinaloa cartel is a very solid organization, and these three guys are the tip of the iceberg. There are many more people behind it.”
The heart attack occurred following a car accident, Vigil said in a phone interview from Washington, citing the Mexican sources.
How did they get DNA.
ReplyDeleteThey didn't, the government is full of it.
DeleteSame way they "confirmed" macho prietos death.
DeleteMacho ain't dead it's bs macho is a hitter that dude has balls wether you like it or not
DeleteRest In Paradise Azul...maybe in the Cayman Islands or in the Caribbeans somewhere, Mayo said its time to retire, smart people recognize each other, what a perfect retirement for these Sinaloan farmers
ReplyDeleteWhy do people glorify these dope pushers? These animals have done nothing but get rich offf the misery of others. Its nothing to be proud of if your products destroy society as a whole. I hope this man realuzed how worthless his empire of death was before he died. I've heard these fools say they'd rather be a lion for a day than a lamb that lives forever. I'll pass. May God bring peace to Mexico and all those effected by drugs everywhere.
DeleteFarmers? As in poppy or mota? Otherwise, bullsh*t.
DeleteGuys, guys...sarcasm. He's kidding. And yes when caught they all say they're farmers.
DeleteAzul kicking it with el green eyes <-----(guess who he is) in Puerto Rico for the rest of Thier lives azul ain't dead he's retired from the game now
ReplyDeleteCaro Quintero?
DeleteEs que se le suvio la azucar. I lo asustaron I se tomo una cialis con UN red bull I empeso a culiar I se le paro El corazon I hayi callo El pleve
ReplyDeleteThe kid in the pic is JCC Jr....
ReplyDeleteSo if he really did die how'd the Mexican government know. Wouldn't his people just buried him in secrecy.
ReplyDeleteTrue at 9:13pm I got my millions I want out all yall can kill each other I'm a start a new life somewhere else really really smart thinking they always said el azul was always the smart one that tried to talk his way out of everything instead of using guns
ReplyDeleteMayo is going to get in a horrific plane crash and his body will never be found. Should happen soon
ReplyDeleteWhat do u mean 'the dea said mexican officials contacted his family'?..they can do that but not capture him?..I guess it is easy to catch mexicos most wanted..corruption at its finest.
ReplyDeleteAs we speak im changing my college major to 'farmer'.I wanna be a farmer to have a retirement like these guys..the hell with wall street..farming is the IT thing now.
ReplyDeleteI hope he's not dead or retired. I'm not a CDS nut hugger or a fan boy of any cartel. I'm just worried about the bloodshed of innocents that will happen if he really is gone. Un brindis para un México unido -El Nemesis
ReplyDeleteThe Mexican Official who said they are awaiting DNA tests must be on crack himself. What would they test? His ashes? What an obvious scam! Azul's alive and has disappeared into retirement.
ReplyDeletebut why do you report the cds is this and that,at the peak of thier so called power ,even with government help,the cds never took over one single plaza in all mexico,as a matter of fact,the rivals like zetas and beltran would actually go into the heart of culiacan and kill top leaders fron the antrax all the time,check the reports,and remember tubutamba and nayarit where almost 50 cds members were slaughter all at once...the ones beheading and hanging people from bridges here in mexico were mainly the zetas,and even look now, la linea continues to eliminate the remants of cds in chihuahua....you people from the states have it all wrong,listened to too many corridos...sad...so sad...
ReplyDeleteDude, CDS is an international drug holding company. They don't give a shit about retail and other crimes. Plazas don't really mean much to them.
DeleteThis is actually true.. my wife's two cuzins n whole family got killed.. thay were killed by zetas. Right in culiacan. I member her family talking bout that city like if it was untouchable.. I guess not.. I've noticed people from there r to Danm flashy.. my family dislikes there family for that same reason
Delete@10:51- control of the plaza and routes is all that matters and the CDS is comprised of many Chapos,Azuls and Mayos. These 3 have just been on the DEA radar the longest but don't kid yourself thinking these 3 are the head of the organization. The money is counted in Culiacan, laundered in Mazatlan and Guadalajara, and pisos paid in DF. Very structured an stable.
DeleteMy respects to El Azul may he rest peacefully whereever he is.
ReplyDeleteThe stupidity of the mexican government how do you get dna from a dead body that was already cremated and ash scattered, even if they got some ash's how do we even its him, it could be an already be one of his dead relative
ReplyDelete@7:45 sinaloa was the most powerful cartel who dominated the game for the last decade. deal with it
ReplyDeleteTrue.. it was Juarez then CDG now CDS. but there times up. There crashing n on fire.. what cartels next.. Idk but u can tell cds is falling apart.. in ur words deal with it lol ;)
DeleteAzul and Nacho retired living in Dubai .
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think,or want.these a holes to be.retired.They are too stupid and.greedy.to retire.Hero worshiper
DeleteWhat if Azul was ready to retire and decided to make an agreement with the Mexican government? He has enough money to pull this stunt. Give Chapó and in return and "die". I mean Amado died during plastic surgery and no one could recognize him, what a coincidence right? Or maybe he didn't even turn Chapó in, just felt this is the perfect opportunity to exit. CDS has seen too many hits lately, more than the necessary for an internal cleansing. People will blame it on restricting but if you want to retire a narco, there's no better way than dying. Can you argue that?
ReplyDeleteif its really him, his ashes should be BLUE.. get it? hahahahaha
ReplyDeleteOff topic....
ReplyDeleteI know Mexicans like their footy as i do,,dont know whether any of you care but Mexico beat Cameroon in the World Cup today ? Hugo Sanchez anyone ?
Just sayin...
"Why do people glorify these dope pushers?"
ReplyDeleteCultural thing...
I'd rather praise a woman who struggled and raised 4 children alone into well rounded human beings ?
@ 10:22 the same way you idolize the goverment which are more corrupted then any cartel will ever be.
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ReplyDeletedamn straight we care...or at least many of us..
Mexico opened its 2014 World Cup campaign with a hard-earned 1-0 win over Cameroon in Natal, Friday. Striker Oribe Peralta swept home the winner in the 61st minute, after Giovanni Dos Santos’s shot bounced off the midriff of Cameroon goalkeeper Charles Itandje.
Should have been 3-0
Delete@ chivis u know where hermoso is from well la lagunera now he going to play for america aguilas aguilas
Delete@ chivis do you know where dos santos from he was born.in.monterey arriva el norte
DeleteGood start for el tri in their World Cup championship aspirations. It's going to be hard for any team other than the penta campeones Brazil to win the World Cup since their playing at home. Argentina would be the next possible potential world champion since their used to playing in the archrival nation. The U.S. team will have a difficult task to come out of their group since they have the always strong German team and Ghana isn't a walk in the park either.
DeleteWord was he was captured in Zapopan member.. then all of a sudden thay said it wasn't him.. I bet it was but he paid his way off.. then with all that's going on I bet he felt he couldnt keep going much longer so he left.. or for all I know he might be really dead.. just food for thought member he was supposedly captured
ReplyDeleteMaybe Azul just wanted to fake his death to go down and watch the world cup.
ReplyDeleteHe just chillin at the holiday inn,watching Sabado gigante ...
ReplyDeletepeople say cds is falling apart but every cartel is cds except cdg even juarez the jefes are from sinaloa im from chihuahua and here in chihuahua everyone worked independent until all this cartel vs cartel started everyone just paid cdj to pass loads through juarez or bought the loads in juarez and moved them north thats the deal between sinaloa and chihuahua in sinaloa everyone works together in chihuahua everyone works on their own at least they used to but in chihuahua theirs heavy people they just dont bring attention to themselves like the sinaloas but either way my respects to both... thats why in chihuahua many went to la linea and many went to cds they had to pick sides.. which is bs if you ask me...
ReplyDeleteEl uniko que nueztro general lazzcano Z-3 respetaba de todos estos sinalochas panochones titeres del gobierno era al AZUL x q este senor demostro que es hombre de palabra aya en coahuila con el general Z3
ReplyDeleteHe's dead he got shot that's the word!
ReplyDeleteinterview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzomg1GvAYw
ReplyDeleteLaredo Texas with gangsters of the mexican mafia (chicago)
ReplyDeleteNo pos wau I didn't know you kould get D.N.A 4rm ashes? They must have some very sophisticated lab equipment. AZUL is N BRAZIL watchN the world kup my komrads I seen him N the stands 2day BRAZIL vs.MEXIKO.
ReplyDeletenatural selection will take care of selecting the next best if needed, without el azul's say so, the greatest leaders have a lot of work to do in choosing wisely their heirs or their helpers, so we will have to wait and see, i only hope no politician from any party in mexico gets to be the boss of bosses until he dies, no police or military either...
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