Who is “El Carrete”, leader of “Los Rojos”, who declared war on CJNG?

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat from Radio Formula

Last May, a narcomanta appeared in Atlixco, Puebla, with which the “Los Rojos” cartel, commanded by Santiago Mazari Hernández, aka “El Carrete” or “El Señor de los Caballos”; and the  Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación  ( CJNG ) led by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias  “El Mencho” or “El Señor de los Gallos”,  declared war.

On the banner, " Los Rojos" threatened to go after “ El Pitbull "," El Primp "," El Andy "," El Crazy "and" El Felino"; In addition, they announced that “the mere lord of Cuernavaca Morelos and you, Secretary of Public Security José Martín Gustavo Ramírez Romero and the Secretary of Governance José Antonio Montiel Gonzalez, we’re going to show them what it is to control a place”.

Who is "El Carrete"?

He is the leader of the criminal organization “Los Rojos", since 2008 he has been pursued by the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena) and the Secretary of the Navy, who have failed to capture him, at least four times.

Santiago Mazari, who was born in San Gabriel Las Palmas, municipality of Amacuzac, south of Morelos, had links with the Beltrán Leyva clan until he became head of Plaza de Morelos.

In 2008 he was arrested, charged with crimes against health by Sedena; however, at the beginning of 2009 he was released, even though  he had been  found criminally responsible and charged with 5 years in prison and a fine.

In September 2009, the Army arrived in the community of San Gabriel Las Palmas in order to apprehend the leader of “Los Rojos”, however,  his 'hawks' had warned him and he fled to the El Progreso neighborhood, where he broke into a house, He changed his clothes and slipped away.

The following year, in 2010, he participated in a ride organized by his Uncle Alfonso Miranda, then mayor of Amacuzac, reveals El Universal.

A witness testified to the Attorney General's Office that “when 'El Carrete' began to grow, he went to Sinaloa and began using  (in Amacuzac) new trucks, fine horses, and from there he stayed to live again in San Gabriel Las Palmas,  breaking the peace of the town, with an uptick in  the town pf  many kidnappings and extortions, and he began to see that Carrete was armed with many people.”

In addition, he revealed that Santiago Mazari bought land where he had horses, although it was only to cover his true activities of kidnapping and drug trafficking, for which he has up to 300 people at his service.