The United States Department of State announced on Tuesday,
November 12, a reward of $5 million for information leading to the arrest of José
María Guizar Valencia, whom
they describe as a commander of a faction of Los Zetas in southern Mexico responsible for annually trafficking thousands
of kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine to the U.S. He is known to use the aliases of
"Amo", "Carlitos" and "Charly" (derived from Carlos, an alternate name he
has used), "Chema", and "Z43".
The Department of State lists his date of birth as November 1, 1979 in Tulare, California, making him an American national. A man by the same name and age was arrested in
January 2001 at the Lucio Blanco international airport in Reynosa, Tamaulipas for possession of 9.035
kilograms of cocaine found in his luggage. This José
María Guizar Valencia was reportidly from Palenque,
Chiapas. While there is some uncertainty, circumstancial evidence makes it appear they are one in the same person.
What is certain is that
"Z43" at some point was imprisoned in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, and escaped from there in
2005. He then fled to Huimanguillo, Tabasco,
where he went into hiding. The events of
his criminal career in the years thereafter have been unreported, but it is
obvious that he was a member of Los Zetas who climbed in stature and power
during that time.
His name began to surface on June 8, 2012, when Erik Cardenas Guízar, alias "El Orejón", was arrested while traveling on the Veracruz-Xalapa highway. "El Orejón" would go on to confess to being a member of Los Zetas in charge of money laundering through construction companies in Tabasco and Veracruz. Additionally, he provided testimony on the operations of Los Zetas in the region. In this testimony he mentioned that "Z43" was an associate of Mauricio Guízar Cárdenas, alias "El Amarillo", and of Maxiley Nadales Barahona, alias "Z19". It is worth noting that "El Orejón " claimed to be a cousin of both "El Amarillo" and "Z43".
On July 19, 2012, three
members of Los Zetas, among which was Pedro Hernández Hernández, alias "El
Chelo", were arrested in the municipality of Comalcalco, Tabasco. "El Chelo" would confess to being
an operations chief for Los Zetas who had previously been sent to Colombia and Guatemala by "Z43" to
negotiate drug trafficking.His name began to surface on June 8, 2012, when Erik Cardenas Guízar, alias "El Orejón", was arrested while traveling on the Veracruz-Xalapa highway. "El Orejón" would go on to confess to being a member of Los Zetas in charge of money laundering through construction companies in Tabasco and Veracruz. Additionally, he provided testimony on the operations of Los Zetas in the region. In this testimony he mentioned that "Z43" was an associate of Mauricio Guízar Cárdenas, alias "El Amarillo", and of Maxiley Nadales Barahona, alias "Z19". It is worth noting that "El Orejón " claimed to be a cousin of both "El Amarillo" and "Z43".
The information provided by "El Orejón" and "El Chelo" led to the arrest of "El Amarillo" on July 27 and, thereafter, "Z43", along with six associates, in Villahermosa, Tabasco, on July 31, 2012. In the report of his arrest, he was described as head of the Tabasco plaza. It is unclear how much time he spent in prison, though it was clearly brief, all things considered, which raises suspicion.
no wonder zetas are being lowkey these days if they movin thousands of kilos z42 must b lovin it
ReplyDeleteThey ain't moving anything big. Z42 is hiding like the rat he is. Whatever halcones are left here in NL are stealing cars and robbing people.
DeleteYea I can see your point, it makes perfect sense that BB is making stuff up. Every cartel has low level members that do nothing but steal and rob, you just dont know anyone high enough on the ladder
DeleteIf the US is having a case against him saying they are moving 1000's of kilos, then they are moving 1000's of kilos. Someone has to be bringing it in, because its definitely still around.
DeleteThe only people stealing cars in laredo are the fucking kids from the gulf crtel trying to make a little money because their bosses are broke... every time I go I see zetas riding in their trucks even if the soldiers ....
Delete12:36 pm how do you know they are zetas? Did you asked them? I live in La Ladrillera and also have family in Nuevo Laredo, I've seen lots of young men stealing and robbing, but there is no way to know who they work for, everyone knows there are no gulfos in nuevo Laredo, only zetas, but the zetas are also broke, even the Trevino women have moved across the border and are working as dishwashers and waitresses in a local taco restaurant, the older ones are living with some heavy gulfos on Las Minas neighborhood, and they are really either driving old ass cars or riding the public transportation busses.
DeleteThey're keeping a very low profile. Don't even speak to their neighbors.
Delete7:35 the trevino fam is not broke at all they have houses in many states in Mexico and pleanty of business the only family they have living in the United states live in Dallas... Just because your broke family is living in Laredo doesn't mean you know anything about what goes on there... As for how do I know those are zetas riding around I use to be one in my younger days and I have alot of relatives and friends who work for them all over Mexico and the US... The only thing you should take out of this comment is they are living their lives happily and you should just worry about making your own money your a nobody in this world they don't even know you exsist lol
Delete5:45 pm, Jose's wife was the only relative of the Trevino s living in Dallas, she now lives with someone else in Garland, Tx, many of them live in Laredo, by Las Minas Rd (fm 1472) They are broke some of them tried to go to college and asked for financial aid, didn't even have a car. So they ain't doing anything, and the young ladies are waitresses at a restaurant.
Delete5:45 pm Don't worry they know me real well, I flew for 3 years the Bell 212 helicopter for the PGR and I live on Dr.Mier Ave, 3 blocks from el Palacio Federal.
DeleteThey are far from financially broke. In the US and especially in NE Mex.
Delete5:45 that just shows me how little you know about them haha you don't know shit
Delete2:57 you don't know anything about them so just chill out its not like your going to do anything to them nobody is stupid enough to do some thing to the trevino fam they are very well protected
DeleteWhen is this gone stop. Never!
DeleteI never heard of him does anybody know if he is one of the original zeta members.
ReplyDeleteof the original 10? no he is not
DeleteChema Venegas!
DeleteNo the original Z43 eas killed you can see his interrogation where he is blindfolded in youtube
DeleteI would never want to work with anyone in a Mexican cartel because I bet there's not one of them with any backbone, I bet it takes the authorities about five minutes to get who ever they've busted to start snitching on their partners. Worthless snitches.
ReplyDeleteThey,'re not in the U.S buddy thats Mexico they pop your left nut with some pliers then shock your right one you better believe you gonna sing like a bird...
DeleteSince u have never met a man from a cartel then I suggest you keep your opinions to yourself, Por que? La mafia Nunca olvida
DeleteDude your getting flamed for sayin cartel players are all snitchers and rats.Didn't you know,they are all heroic figures to be admired and they are honorable.
DeleteThe guy's right. All you see is these guys telling on everyone they work for and everything they did for them. How can you call that honorable. Honorable was the old mafia they did not kill innocent people and did not mess with other people unless they were also in the life.
DeleteNo one said anything about admiring these people.Ya'll missing the point. Under extreme torture even the most "honorable" man will snitch.
DeleteSomething is off, or this guy is the Houdini of the Narco world
ReplyDeleteAlthough they got it right that there are large independent and autonomously controlled zeta regions, and within those the 50/50 is still divided as two orgs, (drugs vs extortions etc) each having their own structure. But trevinos still at the top of the pyramid.
Before Lazca's death, 40 essentially controlled the south from VC down. later he moved up to Sabinas and gave up the south to chema and omar who would travel as 40 did back and forth. when 40 was apprehended then omar stayed in NE Coahuila, so I am assuming he handed direct leadership in the south to chema/43. (guizar valencia)
just a rearrangement, but not to just one person. I don't know. There is so little out there since Lazca. Lazca was the flash show and tell who fed into the novela drama, trevinos are not. They believe in getting the job done with as little noticeability as possible.
another interesting note, chema is not on any previous mex or US gov chart of top zeta leaders
Hoping you guys can forward some info....
He's never been caught or doesn't appear in any organizational structures because he's probably been working as an informant for the DEA.
DeleteI agree with you Chivis after Lazcano's death the Zetas are very low profile mainly the leadership. Don't forget there are still a couple of OG Zetas out there like El Erotico, Jorge "El Chuta" Lopez, El Chocotorro, El Cuije, and Juan Vera Calva "El Vera". I know I am missing some more. El Erotico is still very active and supposedly he is in charge of el centro de Mexico.
DeleteMike
So the person above wrote that lazca was the flash while the treviños like to be less noticeable. How fucking wrong is that.while the cdg zeta war was all out miguel treviño used to ride around in an suv with a big ass z40 on the side. Do you think thats low key? Lazcano was lowkey treviño was the drama queen thats why chapo used to feel it necessary to leave mantas to el 40 even while lazcano was alive
DeleteHe is a tailor made fall guy ffor the Zetas. Quieren tapar el sol con un dedo. Los zetas estan reciclando las claves ahorra por que el z43 ya le dieron piso. Es un acuerdo con la DEA los trevinos continuan poniendo dedo presentamos a un buey como "jefe" con una recompesa de 5 melons que nadien va a poder cobrar ya que el bato esta muerto o no existe. La DEA con una de sus soluciones para proteger al soplon y a su hermano.
DeleteI think that if el resurrected 43 is able to slip thru the cracks, it's for a reason. What better way to throw the highest people off? El resurrected 43 gets made the jefe fall guy, knows about it, resents it, gets flipped to work for the DEA, & the highest guys get busted. Focus attention on the fall guy as a distraction, but go after the bigger fish (misinformation and disinformation). You just can't get away from law enforcement that many times without having inside help from an American organization hell bent on bringing down the entire madre. Those escapes & bribes seem too suspicious.
DeleteI think they finally realized that to survive long term terror and intimidation doesn't work. History is full of examples of the people eventually rising up and fighting against brutality (ie. Arab Spring, Pablo Escobar, Roman Empire). In Sinaloa everyone knows our Mayors, city presidents, etc are on Cartel payroll but we keep reelecting them b/c the Sinaloa drug business is about drugs - not robbing the poor and weak, rape, extortion, sequestedores etc like los Zetas and Golfos have to rely on now days; and as a result neither have political allies in DF which are necessary to control major routes with protection.
Delete@10:56 sorry bud El Erotico was killed many years ago El Cuije was captured in Puebla around 2010-2011 El Vera and Chuta might be around but I wouldn't count on it. The ones that are probably out there are El Chocotorro and maybe 2 others but not the ones you mentioned.
DeleteBorderlandBeat, maybe we need an update on the cartels.
ReplyDeleteAfter so many arrests and killings some bosses are gone.
Sort of "Who is Who" - who are the chiefs of the cartels NOW.
There is one Cartel and about 1/3 the number of gangs the U.S. Has in Chicago alone.
DeleteThere is one Cartel and several gangs that fight over the right to sell their drugs. As in USA the gangs change leaders regularly due to death and prison.
Deletez43 was killed years ago by la familia michoacana theres a video
ReplyDeleteZetas shell a town in your state and kill 300 and you're cheering for them, fucking zeta nuthugger
ReplyDeleteIm sure theres plenty dudes like him that are anonymous as shit and aren't even heard of. All these guys that got there name out there that we read about already got someone in line to take there place when killed or captured.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read stories like these, I always wonder how they're able to face each other for a truce. It must really suck to go to one of these summits knowing damn well that you could be whacked at any minute.
ReplyDeleteThey don't need to go to a summit to know that. Pretty sure most cartel members know that more than likely it'll only be a matter of time before they end up in jail or dead.
DeleteYes, an update on the cartels would be appreciated!
ReplyDeleteComandante carlitos hombre de mucha confiansa de z40 encargado de el trfico de cocaina proveniente de centroamerica
ReplyDeletePut your self out ther like the tacuaches corrido!
ReplyDeleteMy mother is from a town in guerrero where young guys kidnap people and parade em aaround town so the people can fear them they throw town dances and keep all the proceeds they tell people let me borrow ur csr and if u dont let em borrow it theyll take it and never bring it bakk
ReplyDeleteSounds horrible. I wouldn't want to live under that level of intimidation, especially if the perpetrators are some idiot scumbags who don't deserve any respect. Get you family on board with the Autodefensas. El Pueblo is rising up to clean up the country.
Delete"z43 was killed years ago by la familia michoacana theres a video"
ReplyDeleteTrue,but this is a completely different guy,at the supposed meeting in Coahuila arranged by Omar42 with BLO/Isidro,Fuentes,Mencho etc,there was a Z43 accompanying Omar42 for the Z which confused a lot of people.This must be the guy(Z43)no doubt a high up in the Zeta hierarchy,,who will now be flipping out his name and profile has been definitively outed?
i have info on both here
Deletehttp://www.borderlandbeat.com/2014/08/coahuila-drug-summit-of-zs-blo-cjng.html
I still think this 'alliance' is bullshit. If this really happened, how would anyone find out, let alone know who specifically attended?
DeleteWho is Reforma citing as their source(s)?
No one..
Who would be able to smuggle 9035 kilos in their luggage? (That is 9 metric tons or 19,919lbs - this guy truly is Houdini - or I guess he wasn't cause he was caught) Seeing as you could only carry up to 23kilos per person and will have to pay extra for any overweight piece thereafter, I would imagine it would have been less of a hassle and less just to pay the Army their 10k so that they could escort it to Reynosa much more safely.
ReplyDelete9 keys idiot 2.2 pound each key do the math stupid Fuck
DeleteLook again.its a period not a coma..siego!!
Deletelol....it's 9 point 035 kilos. 9.035.....not 9 thousand kilos lololololol
DeleteWhen I wrote this article I didn't take into account how confusing the decimal point can be. The actual amount seized was 9 kilograms and 35 grams, which I wrote out as 9.035 kilograms.
DeleteThrow out some decimals and kilogram weights and most U.S. citizens have the deer in the headlights look.
DeleteShouldn't don't take things so literally,they are all opinions to some extent.
ReplyDeleteTry not to be smart-asses all the time,they are posted stories that we then comment on.There is no need to be picking out the posters of the stories all the time?No wonder they get pissed off.
Miren bola de panochones el es mi tio el es el encargado de toda la operativas de los Z es el supremo comandante del Fuerzas EspecialeZ ZetaZ(Los que visten de negro con los logotipos de la Z).El es la mano derecha del señoron 42 y compadre del 40.
ReplyDeleteLas Golfas y Chaputos en mamado contra el en Jalisco, Zacatecas y otros estados La Letra esta mas fuerte que nunca la tregua ya se hizo las Golfas y Chaputas ya no saben que hacer Mexico es 100% Compañia Z!
DoZ FronteraZ saludos a mi Tio El Charly o mas conocido como el Z43
Mira Doz Nalgaz, el z40 ya lo traen de chachita en el penal, el z42 ya no trae nada aquí en Nuevo Laredo, cuando no anda joteando y escondido se la pasa juntando botes de aluminio para vender, y el gordito z43 trabajaba de lavaplatos en el Taco Bell en Tulare, California, ya no traen nada ya valieron , cuales señorones si parecen marranas paradas, ya deja de estar columpiandote de lo más ancho y ponte a jalar antes de que los guachos o marinos te truenen la cola como a todos los demás, si tienes suerte y los militares te pescan vivo te la.vas a pasar lavandoles los calzones a los más pesados en el bote o te la vas a pasar de muñequita de alguien.
DeleteHAHAHA Callate pendejo mi tio Z42 es la LMV de mexico ahora aki andamos en Fresno y aki con la Familia BeltraneZ Leyva que viven en Madera pinche Ojete LA segunda Letra y La Ultima Letra andamos bien PilaZ por el 99 como si nada.
Delete6:15 pm si andan todos zurrados escondidos en Houston pues ya no la hacen con los golfos. Yo corro todo el 5 desde San Diego, CA hasta Blaine, WA, al 99 ni me meto pues por allí son puros piscadores de uvas y camotes. Si todo México y US saben que la z42 lo dejo todo patuleco un guacho de un cuetazo, y aparte toma píldoras para el mongolismo pues esta retrazado mental. Ahí por el 5 cuando veas la GMC Sierra color negro placas de Sinaloa trata de alcanzarla, me dicen el Gúero Loco ahí te paso algo para las narices para que pruebes lo bueno.
Delete6:15 pm y que andan haciendo allá tan lejos del desmadre! Andan escondidas verdad chavalita, como México esta buen caliente se fueron para allá a pizcar manzanas. Bola de Culeis!!
DeleteIf you fuckin Z why you bitching each other?NL Z are all over that yard.Whats going on in Coca V and Monterrey Zeta Indepe WarriorZ LocoZ,whats up with Z young generation,you Z you should know
DeleteYou say it i got no reason to doubt it,just wish you wouldnt be so fuckin quiet on shit.You know very well people are interested in the Z?But weyyy,are you the dude who dont parlay wit the gringo?
DeleteSome gringos are sound,might find that out some time
Is this the same Charly as the one mentioned in this song?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW7Ly6DWvjI
No dude,nothing to do with him,this is Charly Quintero the young Z estaka leader out of Nuevo Laredo,many of his people have gone down mostly against Marinos.Remember the many pictures of NL ZetaZ?He was one of the commandates of all of them,he was killed 2013 by authorities
DeleteSome of you hate the zetas but yall got to understand The Zetas ain't no joke yes they are newer than CDS but boy they gain way more ground faster then CDS ever did. Z42 & his brother keep all the smart Zetas comanters & they turn in all the stupid ones to keep some heat off the main bosses. Easy math. Los Zetas will never disband even if 42 & 43 are caught. Look Z1, Z3 got kill z40 got arrested & they still thriving like nothing ever happen. Every cartel has rats & back stappers. Los Zetas are even working in the states but are very low key & work different. The Zetas is a powerful cartel & like it or not they are knocking CDS off there snakes boots. Now Z42 soldier's dont have that peace deal going on with R1 those zetas are Z50 Talibanes exZetas. Zetas puches tons of drugs like nothing they own sheriff's, ice agent's, DEA, & local police officers to help them push believe it or not money talks no matter who they are like they say con dinero baila el perro.
ReplyDeleteZetaz are killers that drug deal. Kill first deal drugs later. You guys act lihe Zetaz are the only ones killing innocents. Zetaz were started yo protect Osiel and actively hunt their enemy. If the politicians, police and military kill innocents then what makes you think that cartels won't do it too. It's part of the culture.
DeleteZetas are causing some rupture in the CDS cell stop being a chaputo lover bruh. They have taken turf away from them & with the help of Los BeltranZ & JuareZ & now JaliZco & Tijuana & MatamoroZ CDG faction. Every cartel & even the government kills innocent people, gangs here in the US do it too. LFM, LT, AFO they all been a small organization compare to CDS & CDS even at there peak. Pablo Escobar got kill long time ago & the Medellín Cartel is still alive & strong, Ociel Cardenas got arrested & CDG is still fighting strong.
DeleteHow ignorant and blind u bingo hall gals are. Any group foreign or domestic which champions Americas destruction in both philosophy and criminal activity has no future. Simply google hezbolla and zeta articles. ISIS boasts of its edge on west because some TREASONOUS DRUG ADDICTS AND SOME GREEDY PIGS keep dealing with them. Wheres all the zeta cheerleaders whom finance and support TERRORISM. Shame on you traitors.
ReplyDeleteSurely you don't mean to say the US is NOT complicit in this capitalist drug model?????
Deletehaha, this guy's funny. tell that to your government that has been financing and creating most of these so called 'terrorist' groups all over the globe, isis included.
DeleteI know dude,and did you know 7,11 was an inside job?Did you know they never made it to the moon?But,i know for a fact as you do that the lock ness monster if for real.I have heard that jurassic park is real and the US is lying to us all about it,and the leader of IS is a jewish agent sent by the US.Weally its all twue,weally ask millie?
DeleteBorat made us fall in love with chicken, and chivis made us fall in love with chivas, what is next?
ReplyDeleteCaught, killed, imprisoned, or decapitation. Those are a cartel's 401K benefits. Sign up today.
ReplyDelete" You have given in to the ways of White men for better or worse "
ReplyDeleteThat's all we need is another clown bleating about race,where do these losers crawl from?
El Mini Lic has sent a Delta Force trained Antrax sweeper team to eliminate z43
ReplyDeleteNice. Also Chapo wasn't caught and cdg is going strong?
Deletelol mini lic is too busy taking selfies.
Deletehow could anyone nuthug that idiot, seriously.
Why hunt Z43? El mini lic needs to stay in Sinaloa and protect the Sinaloa drugs. Chances are 43 is in Coahila and I doubt mini will want to get caught behind enemy lines. The thought of Sinaloa having a delta force in the first place makes me laugh.
Delete1:12 pm none of those gangs have and will never have a Delta Force type team.
DeleteNone of those drug addicted clowns have balls big enough like to halo/hiho from 36,000 ft, nor the balls needed to work in small teams and engage a much bigger enemy, like 10 against 150, Deltas are the beat of the best of the US Armed Forces, where about 1000 apply and only 1 or 2 are accepted, must have a rank higher than E-6 and at least 5 years of ranger or special forces experince, none of those ignorant would qualify. I don't even see a valid reason as to why bring the name.up.
Saludos a toda la jente de los angeles
ReplyDeleteHala madrid
This bastard is From Tulare Ca Wow
ReplyDelete@2:50 here, looking at you elmer fudd, did you know that many, too many of the "conspiwacy theories" are being proved true?
ReplyDelete--Take Win Scott, our man in mexico, the US ambassador who engineered the first mass murders on time for the mexico68 olympiads, with henry kissnger's school of the amerikka's graduates and the benevolent help of US nazi proteges, even taking part by not taking part of the kennedy assassination investigaion...
For his troubles, Winston Scott got murdered by the CIA in mexico for knowing too much, the CIA itself has relased the classified information, now that it is too late to punish the guilty parties, except for grand dame of international intrigue, murder and assassination for a commission, protected hero henry kissinger, war criminal, murderer, with 70 years of i punity under his belt...
--sorry mil massacres, i mean mil mascaras, no escaping this...
--Please note, i had no part of any statement until this, which means one thing, more people are waking up elmer fudd, and that ain't no conspiwacy...
Fed up with you man,your just a s racist loser you aint never gonna learn,you get a pass because your Mex-Amer or Mexican,but a racist prick is a racist whatever skin color,and we seeing that there are very many of your ilk,don't even read your long winded bullshit theories
DeleteWhat an ignorant sob.
DeleteEs de California y 100% PaiZa
ReplyDeleteDeja que lo pesque el Border Patrol, le quitan lo Paiza a macanazos y de regreso a México derechito a manos de los federales y a ayudarle a la z40 a lavar los calzones de los más pesados, hasta se van a pelear por acostarse con la Barbie.
DeleteThey should bomb the town he was born in. Just on gp.
ReplyDeleteThat's how u know they kill innocent people n make them say there something there not cuz clearly his alive n the name in the video is none of those listed
ReplyDelete