This
Sunday, after several years of it being among the goods seized from narcos, the
Government of Mexico was able to auction the watch found made with remains of the
Titanic that was taken from the bloody narco Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez,
former leader of the Gulf Cartel.
The
watch was designed by the Swiss house
Romain Jerome that is recognized among all those fine watch collectors . The
reason is simple, it has a unique concept that is summed up in four words: «DNA
of famous legends».
The
jewels of this house really are part of the story because they are inspired by
it and are made with unique materials and the Titanic DNA is an example of
this, as they are watches that contain parts of the ship that sank in 1912 and
fused it with the steel with which they made the new gold and platinum relics.
Carbon
from the Titanic pieces was also used to create the dial painting and the
design of the hands is inspired by the anchor of the ocean liner. The result
was a limited edition of 2,012 pieces whose value ranged from 90,000 pesos to
2,000,000 and had a special diamond-encrusted model.
One of
those special watches came to the hands of drug trafficker Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, "El
Coss," who at one time was the top leader of the Gulf Cartel after Osiel
Cárdenas was captured.
During
his time at the head of the criminal group he commanded drug trafficking,
kidnapping, human trafficking and money laundering. Among the bloodiest events
attributed to him, the murder of Rodolfo Torre Cantú, candidate for the
governorship of Tamaulipas, stands out.
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| El Coss |
According
to an investigation made by the former Attorney General's Office (PGR) and the
Administration for Drug Control (DEA), it was " El Coss" who ordered
the murder after the candidate allegedly refused to protect the investments
that allowed money laundering coming
from the cartel.
In
September 2012, the Mexican narco was arrested by members of the navy in
Tamaulipas. On the day of his capture, the authorities secured; two gold chains;
a ring; a fang-shaped pendant; two coins, one of them in reference to John Paul
II; and two gold-plated firearms; one inlaid with diamonds and another adorned
with an eagle.
Agents
also secured 14 luxury watches, including a Rolex, a Ulysse and a Montblanc.
However, on that occasion the star artifact was the watch of the Titanic-ADN
collection.
It
took the Mexican government seven years to auction off the seized watch.
However, Sunday, July 28, the Property Administration and Disposal Service
(SAE) auctioned 148 pieces of jewelry; among them the precious watch with
remains of the Titanic.
The
Executive Director of commercialization of goods and real estate of the SAE
informed that the Romain Jerome men's watch had been manufactured with extruded
metal from the sunken ship and had a titanium steel case and a black rubber
pulse with 64 embedded diamonds. It was sold for almost 200,000 pesos. [only
10,360 USD]
What an expensive watch, too small for the asshole that bought it.
ReplyDeleteScary ass coward. Quick to try and make jokes of the little guy) that’s what fear does to people. Makes them a coward txtn. 😏smh
DeleteFunny how everyone replies as anonymous even you who calls another person a scary ass coward.
DeleteNow you have a response 🐔!
DeleteI enjoy watching AMLO speak... Say what you want about him but he is definitely doing a good job for the little time he's been in office.
ReplyDeleteAnd what has he done, exactly?
DeleteYoure right. But People who used to take advantage of the corrupted system wouldn't agree
DeleteIn order to understand what AMLO has done for "MEXICO" you'd have to either live there or be immersed in his daily early morning news conferences. Because the main U.S. media only channels in the bad and negativity of Mexico!!
Delete6:49 he's done a handful of things during his 6 months in office. For starters he has put confiscated items up for auction and says he will give that money back to poor communities. Whether he follows through or not is the real question. I like to think he will but only time will tell. He's confiscated several large narco properties and plans to turn them into schools and universities. Again, only time will tell if he is sincere or not. He stopped the construction of the new airport in Mexico city, which makes absolute sense. Why build a new airport over a dry lake when you already have a perfectly functioning airport. He supposedly cut the outrageous salaries of former Mexican presidents and the only one who complained was Vicente fox. From my understanding and I could be wrong, he has lowered the theft of gasoline from something like 500 incidents a month to 40 incidents a month and is in the process of building something like 5 or 6 new oil refineries. As 9:30 mentioned, the U.S media outlets won't mention that.
DeleteThanks Amlo for the great Security. Zero problems in 🇲🇽 anymore, never feelt saver.
Delete9:24 you remind me of Alejandro Hope, former member of Mexican intelligence CISEN (that replaced corrupt drug trafficking CIA puppet DFS) now working for Francisco javier garcia cabeza de cagadas de vacas, the new governor of Tamaulipas, but who has never found any crime like terrorism of state from any of the governments he has served, he dares criticize AMLO LIKE A HUNGRY Chayotero, he tried to infiltrate BB under his own name, but quit real soon without ever answering charges of his own corruption.
DeleteAlejandro hope now "writes hit pieces criticizing everything AMLO or durazo do, like he could do better but won't, even in far away tamaulipas.
Gracias presidente Calderón.
ReplyDeleteEl Coss got caught because of some female !!
ReplyDeleteComo siempre, por calientes les pasa
DeleteMost drug lords or average hoodlums on the run usually get caught that way
DeleteMany men are brought down by one
DeleteNot true,Coss got caught cause his hitmen were being chased by navy or marines and went to hide back at a stash house or secure property coss was at,idiots!
DeleteBro im from reynosa and 11:16 is right. the marina caught and interrogated one of el coss lovers
DeleteCOS was caught because he was hunted by a professional team of narco hunters that worked with the Marines. His buddy Gabby got caught in GDL and the info let the team to COS. The story will be told one day. Just not this day. 0
ReplyDeleteand then you woke up...
DeleteBy selling a few things the government has taken from cartels Amlo thinks he is fooling the people he is the same like others why does only the enemies of cjng get caught you go after el marro and other small groups that aint important to make it seem like you are doing something better for MX when it sould be the real bosses you need to get you know were they are and if you dont ask the USA the DOJ can tell you or help you find them MX can be better only if they want change
ReplyDeleteMexican government is so corrupt that I bet they planed that auction to suit them. Wouldn't put it past them if the auction was within those sell outs and they each claimed something from there to buy but at a fixed price.. $200,000 pesos for more than half a million of merchandise GTFO
ReplyDeleteJust 10k for that watch? Smells fishy.
ReplyDeleteJust 200,000 pesos for tax purposes
ReplyDeleteTomas was involved
ReplyDeleteIt was probably made of the ass end of the titanic cuz its butt ugly
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