Michoacan: Barrio Azteca Founder-Capo, 'El Tablas' arrested, U.S. top ten most wanted

Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat  material from Reforma and FBI website

Accused in Juarez U.S. Consulate 2010 murders 

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The Army and the Attorney General of the Republic detained Eduardo Ravelo Rodríguez "El Tablas" in Uruapan, Michoacán, one of the 10 most wanted by the FBI and leader of the criminal organization "Barrio Azteca", linked to the Juarez Cartel .

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The alleged drug trafficker was apprehended along with Juan Arturo Padilla Juárez "El Genio" or "El Vaquero", Martín Alonso Bustos Rodríguez and Raúl Alberto Mendoza Coronado, considered as members of the closest circle of "El Tablas".

At the time of the arrests, executed during a search with judicial authorization, the suspects were in possession of small arms, chargers, and methamphetamine, which were seized, according to information from the PGR.

Ravelo Rodríguez was on the list of the 10 most wanted by the FBI, who offered a reward of up to $100,000 for information to find his whereabouts, he is accused of being  responsible for the planning and killing of three Americans in 2010 in Juárez. 

"El Tablas”, "has a provisional arrest warrant for the purpose of extradition to the United States..

He is considered a high-ranking founding leader of the criminal organization "Barrio Azteca", whose operating area is located in El Paso and Midland-Odesa, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.

This organization is an ally of La Línea, the execution  arm of the Juarez Cartel, in the dispute against the Sinaloa Cartel, of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, for the control of that border city.

 

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According to the PGR, "El Tablas" coordinated and gave instructions to several groups of people in charge of arms trafficking, drug distribution, surveillance, disappearance of people and those responsible for safe houses.

The PGR noted that Ravelo Rodríguez was placed at the disposal of the judge who ordered his provisional detention for extradition purposes, while his three alleged lieutenants were placed at the disposal of the Public Ministry to determine his legal status.

"The detention of these people was carried out in strict adherence to due process, at all times their rights were respected, in addition to the fact that no third parties were affected and no shot was necessary," said the Attorney General's Office.

Baby 7 months old carried from the scene unharmed

From previous pressers of the FBI:

Conspiracy to Conduct the Affairs of an Enterprise, Through a Pattern of Racketeering Activity; Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances; Conspiracy to Import Controlled Substances; Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments; Conspiracy to Kill Persons in a Foreign Country; Murder Resulting from the Use and Carrying of a Firearm During and in Relation to Crimes of Violence and Drug Trafficking; Murder in Aid of Racketeering Activity

The subject is accused of having ordered the murder of 3 people linked to the United States Consulate in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua .

The US authorities alledge that  Eduardo El Tablas Ravel  ordered the murder  of  an employee of the US consulate in Ciudad Juárez, Leslie Ann Enríquez Catton, along with her husband Arthur Redfels, and Jorge Alberto Salcido Ceniceros.

Eduardo El Tablas Ravelo  is between 48 and 50 years old, he calls himself Eduardo Acevedo, Eddie Ravelo, Eduardo Simental Ruiz, Eduardo Saenz, Eddie Rabelo, Javier, Antonio Rivas,  Santillán  Payan and Santiago.

The subject has a scar on his face and tattoos on his chest, abdomen and back, although the FBI  suspects that he may have undergone plastic surgery and altered his fingerprints.

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