PGJE hunts the child killers of Las Fuezas Especiales de "Los Damaso"

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from  Zetatijuana article

[ Subject Matter: Sinaloa Cartel, Baja California Sur
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After the execution of a family on the Meliton Albanez common land, between La Paz and Los Cabos, the PGJE are investigating five suspects of the armed attack, who allegedly belong to a cell of  Las Fuerzas Especiales de "Los Damaso", responsible for killing children, women, and innocent men.

Raul Castillo de la Rosa "El Cochi" at right

Reporter: Zeta Investigations and Cortesia
The primary investigations of the PGJE after the execution of an entire family, on the night of 3rd of September in this location, point to a dangerous criminal cell of "Los Mataninos" or "The Child Killers".

According to the primary testimony of the three survivors, the five attackers wore military type uniforms which were colored marine blue, with the initials FED ( Fuerzas Especiales de "Los Damaso" and had a symbol of a Cockerel and two crossed rifles, after attacking their victims they boarded a Ford Mustang, colored red, on the river bed of a creek, just four metres from the asphalt of the La Paz to Cabo San Lucas Highway.

According to officials interviewed, the assassins had been tasked with executing a drug dealer on this land, Evelio Santiago Lugo "El Evelio", but in the armed attack they killed his wife and his two grandsons, a boy of four years old, and a girl of eight years old, also gravely wounding two teenagers of 15 and 16 years old respectively.

Agents from the PGJE immediately initiated an investigation, and after taking witness statements, physical descriptions of the Sicario's and the resulting ballistic testing, they compiled a list of suspects, who are members of the criminal cell of "The Child Killers", in which figure:



Raul Castillo de la Rosa "El Cochi", head of a cell of Sicarios of Las Fuerzas Especiales de "Los Damaso", with criminal operations in La Paz and Los Cabos.

His modus operandi is that of a known killer who has gained infamy for his grotesque form, coldness and blood-thirsty nature of the way he kills his victims.

Osvaldo Pastrana Zacarias "El Oso", alleged Sicario of "Los Damaso", and a known rapist and kidnapper in Guerrero State, and identified also as "El Negro Pastrana".

Alvaro Burgos Sauceda "El Cheque", alleged Sicario of "Los Damaso", well known for the sale, distribution and transit of drugs in Los Cabos.

Manuel Burgos Sauceda "El Chombi", brother of "El Cheque" and alleged Sicario of "Los Damaso".

Luis Medina "El Torito", son of a drug dealers identified as "El Toro Medina" in the town of Comondu, and alleged killer with "Los Damaso".

Not withstanding, investigating Agents of the PGJE, in coordination with Federal and Military Forces, work on the confirmation of more possible members of this dangerous criminal cell of FED, which during a recent series of attacks, have killed children, women and men completely innocent of illegal activities in the State.

The innocent people assassinated so far are as follows:

* On the 21st of August they killed a family employed by the Mine Roca Fosorica Mexicana, Francisco Javier Hirales Lucero and his wife, Victoria Berenice Cesena Zamora, leaving their 8 month old baby wounded, Diego Hirales Cesena, on the Calle Baja California and Francisco Villa in the Community of Chaemtla, in the North of La Paz. (Otis: see link to an article about these killings).

According to investigators the killers had confused the vehicle, killing the mother and father of this family, and leaving the wounded baby an orphan, along with his two brothers at primary school.

* On the 31st of August, during an attack planned to assassinate the drug dealer Juan Manuel Amezcua Lara "El Chilango", on Avenida Padre Kino and Jaime Bravo, in the Los Olivos Colonia, they killed the wife of a drug dealer, Nayla Daniela Placencia Rodriguez, where due to bad luck, two business people were injured in the cross fire, identified as Fernando Leonel Mucino Juarez, aged 32, and Maria Gloria Salgado Monroy, 65 years of age, who was shot in both thighs with an AK47.

* On the 3rd of September, during the assassination of the drug dealer Evelio Santiago Lugo "El Evilio", they killed his wife, Rubi Celia Torres Robles, 53 years of age, also his grandsons, Jesus Adrian four years old, and Alejandra eight years old. Also wounded were Osvaldo Alexis, 15 years old and Luis, 16 years old, both students and originally from Veracruz.


During the attack, only one of the seven occupants of the vehicle emerged unscathed, named Leonardo aged 12 years.

The killing

The most recent mortal armed attacked launched by the dangerous cell of "The Child Killers" occurred around 10 at night on the 3rd of September, when, according to witnesses, the aggressors were waiting for their victims aboard a white pick up on the shoulder of kilometre 19 of the La Paz - Cabo San Lucas highway.

The 5 Sicarios observed an approaching red vehicle of the drug dealer Evelio Santiago Reyes "El Evelio", and they made to immediately intercept him, they opened fire on the occupants, despite the cries of the woman and children inside the vehicle, who according to witnesses had said "don't shoot there are women and children on board".

Evelio Santiago Reyes "El Evelio

Witnesses assure that of the five Sicarios, four drew weapons. Two of them had pistols, and two had rifles, and the fifth stayed in front of their vehicle. After the aggression witnesses heard " Vamos, puro Damaso cabrones", or " We go, pure Damaso, assholes", their vehicle sped off and later was found abandoned a little further down the road with a breakdown.

At the scene of the crime, dogs of the PGJE, found a red mustang riddled with bullets, model 1997, with circulation plates CZP1392, with four dead bodies inside.

In the drivers seat was the drug dealer Evelio Santiago Reyes, and in the front passenger seat, Rubi Celia Torres Robles. In the rear of the vehicle was the body of Alejandra, 8 years old, who was wearing blue jeans and a gray blouse,

On the right side of the rear of the car was the body of Jesus Adrian, 4 years old and wearing yellow shorts and a red shirt.

The three survivors of the attack left the vehicle on foot and immediately tried to flag down other vehicles passing on the highway, they were transferred to the General Hospital "Juan Maria de Salvatiera" of La paz.

Two of the three survivors arrived at the Hospital with wounds, Osvaldo Alexis, 15, wounded in the left arm, and Luis with wounds to the body.

The third survivor, Leonardo, aged 12, was receiving medical treatment for nervous breakdown and pains in the stomach.

The Forensic Medical Services, said that the 4 people who died received multiple shots to the chest, stomach, face and head, and died instantaneously.

In a radius of approximately 100 metres of the vehicle, dogs of the PGJE located 16 spent cartridges of 7.62 x 39mm calibre, shot by an AK47 and 6 spent cartridges of .223 inch calibre shot by an AR15 rifle, 4 spent cartridges of .40 inch calibre and 13 cartridges of 9mm calibre

Original article in Spanish at Zetatijuana.