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| Rafael Caro Quintero |
The deep-seated roots of influence of the Caro Quintero in Sonora demonstrate how powerful the surnames can be in a territory marked by drug trafficking. Today we will not write about Rafael Caro Quintero and his extensive history within drug trafficking in the Sonoran region, but we will talk about some characters that drive a new movement that maintains confrontations in the state of Sonora.
We are talking about relatives of Rafael, characters who grew up in the mafia environment and today maintain the hierarchical inheritance of the illegal operations that once made this family grow. We are talking about the powerful promoters and operators that maintain the war for Sonora against the Sinaloa cartel, especially with the children of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera "Los Chapitos" and his army of La Gente Nueva.
Their confrontations in the south and north of the state are their main objectives in the border with the United States. The wave of violence in cities such as Cajeme, Guaymas, Empalme, Hermosillo, Caborca and other municipalities are part of this war waged by the factions of both organizations.
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| "El Cadete" |
The leaders of the advances for the control of Sonora by the Caro Quintero clan are Jose Gil Caro Quintero "El Jogil, El Pelochino or "El Chino" and Juan Pablo Quintero Navidad. Jose is the son of Eulogia Quintero Payan and cousin of Rafael Caro Quintero while Juan Pablo is the son of the famous Emilio Quintero Payan and brother of Emilio Sajid Quintero "El Cadete" who is also the cousin of Rafael. Both control the territory in Sonora and parts of Chihuahua and are the ferrous competitors of the Salazar family of the Sinaloa cartel in both regions.
They are high-ranking operators and operate in low profile. Of Jose Gil Caro Quintero, it is known that on January 8, 2016, he was released from the Puente Grande Prison in Jalisco after serving a sentence for organized crime, and he is also suspected of forging an alliance with Damaso Lopez "El Licenciado" to plan the elimination of Los Chapitos that belong to the upper structure of the Sinaloa cartel. They were responsible for the abduction of both sons of El Chapo Guzman in Puerto Vallarta. Of Juan Pablo Quintero Navidad very little is known other than his kinship and that he is a key figure of the organization after the arrest of his brother " El Cadete."
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| Caro Quintero clan in Sonora |
This is why it is very probable that Rafael Caro Quintero may still be very still active and in command of family operations, although, others argue that he lives in hiding, threatened by governmental operations of Mexico and the US, who seek his recapture after a federal judge in Mexico ordered his prompt release.
What is clear is that the Caro Quintero family maintains hegemony over time within drug trafficking after an extended active life in the Mexican mafia environment.
Jose and Juan Pablo support the groups of Alfredo Olivas Valenzuela "El Chapo Olivas" or "El Alfa" in Ciudad Obregon and Rodrigo Paez Quintero "El R" in Caborca. They have also formed alliances in Chihuahua with factions of the Juarez cartel and its armed wing "La Linea." They are rumored to have strategic points of collaboration with cells of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). This might increase after the arrest of El Marro, allowing CJNG to take full control of the Guanajuato region while looking to expand north.
Independent Groups:
- In Obregon with the group of los Chapos Trinis or Los Alfas who was led at one time by Trinidad Olivas Valenzuela "El Chapo Trini," was executed in 2017 in Zapopan, Jalisco and Emilio Sajid Quintero Navidad "El Cadete" formerly Leader of the group who was arrested in 2017 while crossing the border. Organization is said to be led by brother of Trinidad Alfredo Olivas Valenzuela "El Chapo Olivas" who are both relatives of the singer Alfredo Olivas. Another relative in this case is Irvin Olivas "El Nomo" are part of the command structure. Miguel Enrique Aragon Camacho "El Telcel" is Operator and Head of sicarios for the organization. Others are Francisco Javier Duarte "El Antena" Operator for the organization in Bacum and the Yaqui valley, Alejo Olivas Valenzuela "El Miky," Bencel Aragon Camacho "El Tio," Alejandro Perez Ozuna "El Jarocho," Benjamin Quiñones "El Tigre," Mateo Quinones "El Pulpo" are some of the main operators and leaders for the organization. The group was born out of the famous freedom colonization of Ciudad Obregon, Sonora and have been suspected in executions and disappearances in the region of Ciudad Obregon.
- In Guaymas and Empalme a group calling themselves "La Plaza" who are led by Francisco Javier Espinoza Camacho "El Fino" or "El Picipi" who remains operational leader of the group. Others are Jesús Hernández Esquivel "El Oliver" who is plaza boss of Empalme, Juan Carlos Real Nieblas alias " El Mocho" who is also in charge of operations in sectors of Guaymas. This group is said to be responsible for executions and disappearances in the area of Guaymas and Empalme, as well as high profile murders in the coastal zone.
- In Caborca the group of the Paez family or the so-called "Caborca Cartel" and its armed wing "La Barredora 24/7," that is led by those close to the Quintero family who include Jose Rodrigo Paez Quintero "El R" and Oscar Pascual de la Rocha "El Chapon" or "El Chapo de la Rocha," both being regional leaders of the organization. Jesus Dario Murrieta Navarro "El Cara de Cochi" is boss of sicarios for the organization in La Perla del Desierto.
These are just some of the members who make up these groups.
There is talk of alliances in the Chihuahua region with cells from the Juarez cartel and its armed wing La Linea, especially in areas that are not in the control of the Salazar family of the Sinaloa cartel. With the group of the Bournes brothers who are said to be allied to La Linea and perhaps some cells of the CJNG in Jalisco and Veracruz.
Between both, Jose Gil Caro Quintero "El Jogil" and Juan Pablo Quintero Navidad are the major operators of these groups in the Sonoran region and form a part of the mountain region of Chihuahua that maintains a fight for the control of drug trafficking against the Salazar family of Don Adan, Alfredo and Crispin Salazar, leaders of the group in the region.
Their confrontations and executions have planted seeds of terror among the population. For example, both have attacked and conducted extensive executions against the municipal authorities in Guaymas, where the organization of the Salazars has executed police personnel who maintain collusion with the adversarial groups, in the same way, "La Plaza" responds similarly.
Executions come and go, the wave of violence has reached record numbers of murders in the state, surpassing the numbers of the war of the Beltran Leyva against the Sinaloa cartel after their breakup.
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| El Mayo, Los Caro Quintero vs Los Chapitos |
These characters with powerful surnames in the criminal sphere make us think of a new criminal structure within the state of Sonora, the intense war with the sons of Joaquin Guzman (Chapitos). The war between both groups for control of Sonora state and the low-profile participation of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia make for a new criminal battleground in Sonora.
He looks like mongol at first pic
ReplyDeleteHe had cool Keith Richards like hair when young.
DeleteComment 1: RCQ has a long lost brother known as GCQ, Genghis Caro Quintero. Great horsemen.
Delete2. Keith Richards died in 1982. It's just the drugs have been keeping his body in a standing up position for the last 38 years. Check out the youtube where Keith was ready to smack some guy with his guitar that bumrushed the stage and was coming toward mick. Tough guys
7:18 I used to know the guys name that got hit with the guitar, it's in the public domain. Lol the drugs are keeping him alive!
DeleteGenghis Caro Quintero. Lol! Perfect. 😂🤣😂
DeleteIt was rumored la linea was allied with narcos from Sonora and that came true. Now I hear rumors them being allied with The people from La laguna Coahuila, i wonder how true Would that turn out. La Linea is powerful
ReplyDeleteVCF was captured in Torreón, You do the math
DeleteThis is why the U.S. and Mexico want to take out La Linea by blaming them for shit like Los Lebaron. They are once again kicking Sinaloa ass and they are getting too powerful forming alliances with Sinaloa enemies.
DeleteUnderstand the U.S. wants one cartel only in all Mexico and if not Linea they blame CDN or Jalisco cartel or anyone but CDS for anything bad that happens in Mexico. Even if it happens in the heart of CDS territory.
Why is that?
Cartel de la Laguna
Delete6:02 every "new administration" that comes to power on the US, has to go through pleasing of the powers that be, or they will meet opposition to all of their agenda, Blackrock, Blackwater, Dyncorp, private security corporations hungry for governemnt contracts dedicated to pleasing Corporate Welfare Queens, because without government support their "Capitalist World" collapses...
DeleteI doubt La Linia or their enemies have any power like that
So is CDN still allied with La Linea? I doubt it because they dont like CJNG
ReplyDelete@11:45 nah
DeleteHow do we know Miguel Quintero is not involved in any of this?
ReplyDeleteLet us not forget that he was the original boss of Sonora.
lo que es el grupo de juan jose gil y el cadete no estan con los demas quinteros. aunque son familia esa es la pregunta del millon para donde se haria los demas quinteros hacia el lado de juan jos gil y cadete o al lado de guzman-zambada.. con guzmn-zambada llevan buena relacion rafa con mencho no tiene buena relacion.
ReplyDeleteEl Cadete al igual que MiniLic se entregó ala DEA porque participó en la jugada con los Dámasos cuando se hizo el levantón en PV. RCQ en una entrevista con Anabel dice que no es cierto lo que Sajid le está diciendo a la DEA de el, lo hace para negociar mejor trato. Busca información, usa la cabeza y entenderás mejor como está el pedo
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Deletepienso que fueron alfredito beltran/cadete/minilic con apoyo local. lo que yo supe que el cadete se entrego por que salio mal con juan jose gil.
8:32 tal vez salió mal con José Gil por el levantón y ya no lo pudo proteger. Cadete, MiniLic y un tío de el se entregaron a la DEA, Lic y Tito fueron capturados y la célula del CJNG/Los Bayos que los levanto les dieron piso. Tuvieron que dar algo a cambio los Chapitos por sus vidas, es imposible que no cedieran algo por lo que no se puede comprar
DeleteEl pelochino es firme con don rafa, para empezar el mero jale de el es en el sur.. oaxaca chiapas, tiene sociedad con el mayo y albino quintero, si le entra a los vergasos en sonora es por no dejar abajo a su familia, entiendan que el pedo entre los salazar y los caro viene por lo de Ivan paez caro, desde ahí se traen, no es simplemente pelear la plaza, los salazar mataron a ivan paez y los caro les contestaron matando a adán salazar hijo, los caro, los quintero, los payan son familias muy grandes y todos son malandros, solo mientan al pelochino y a Juan Pablo "25" pero faltan más que están en guadalajara, los hijos de juanjo quintero, hermano de don Emilio y a esos les gusta hechar plomo, y tienen billete para hacerle guerra a varios
DeleteSaluditos para la Ursula Mayor, que descansa alla por el Valle de empalme. Que sigan tocando Los de La Trave. Para los Marquez de el Rosales hasta el Cerrito al rato ay los wacho.
ReplyDeleteSaludos de maytorena hasta ortiz le das vuelta por santa mary, la trave hasta san fer.
DeleteEntonces los Caros, Páez y Quinteros están bien parados en Sonora, tanto que van arrasando con los Gente Nueva Salazar?
ReplyDeletesi
Deletesi, en sonora ya no quieren a los salazar
DeleteBiggs, Great article.
ReplyDeleteCorrect me if I am wrong, my understanding is that the RCQ generation is not the first generation of the extended families to be involved in the drug trade. Either by trafficking or farming contraband.
If this assumption is true how far back does this clan go? 1960s? 1950s? Earlier? It seems that most of the clan keeps a very low profile unlike Rafael and Miguel in the 1980s.
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2:00 PM Lucky Luciano was in Mexico in the early 20s buying cheap tobacco and Liquor around 1925 maybe earlier when the US fed started to intercept their shipments from Cuba, Europe and the Canadian government started making things difficult.
DeleteYou have to realize what made Lucky Luciano the godfather of organized crime he could almost predict the future. They weren't just supplying the east coast south east like Florida, New Orleans, but the west coast into California and any mid sized town with more then 20,000 people. Their was a cannabis, heroin and cocaine market but it was small you were still making lots of money but at the time it didn't compare to the liquor or tabacco market. Cannabis for the Mexican's mainly in Texas and california, Heroin for the blacks mainly in New York and Cocaine for the rich whites in Florida, New Orleans, California.
Their is an entire page of drug trafficking from Mexico that is missing from the 20s till today.
All the mexican heroing back then had to go thru the mob. Bugsy Siegel was in charge of that when he was killed. Most likely lucky was in mexico arranging heroin routes. And yes lucky luciano was the man. Hes voice carried more power than any mobster in usa history. Because he was liked by many and had the muscle and smarts to back it up.
DeleteCDG was already active in those days im assuming
Deletemy mom use to tell me about her uncles. "sembraban sus cochinadas" back when she was a little girl and she was born in 1939. Drug trafficking en La Sierra Madre Occidental is as old as time. People from that region have been involved in the drug business since the days of the mexican revolution, so it wouldn't surprise me if the Quinteros involvement dates as far back as the early 1900's.
DeleteThe chinese immigrants started the opium business, and the mexicans soon took over, after learning the farming side, but the trafficking to the US involved US government middlemen
DeleteThe Zunos of Jalisko imported the Sinaloan drug traffickers, to prop up the CIA-Litempos future presidente Luis Echeverria Alvarez ("el Halcón Presidencial") in-law of the Zunos, allied to giniral Marcelino Garcia Barragan, who had been governor of Jalisko allied of giniral maximino ávila camacho who had made Díaz ordaz presidente...both from Puebla...when the shit hit the fan, The CIA, DFS, US, and México blamed the fall guys for it all and the Guadalajara cartel ended bitting on the pillows in prison for about the last 30 years.
DeleteSINALOA style WAR, ACT cool like EVERYTHING is ok but SNITCH, KILL their SICARIOS and plaza bosses
ReplyDeleteZetas and MICHOACANOS call EACH other OUT WHILE SNITCHALOAS are scared to take it to next level 😆
bunch of weinies 😆
This guy you still with the same what is the next level to you Netflix?
DeleteThis dudes a clown 2:07
DeleteYeah yeah yeah, Sinaloa this and Sinaloa that. You can't seem to keep Sinaloa out of your mouth. Just remember Sinaloa started this shit. Arellanos, Amado Carillo, Caro Quintero, Chapo, Zambada, Beltranes, and any old school drug lord you could think of, all Sinaloenses. All them corridos your dad use to bump when you were a kid were about Sinaloenses mijo. Cuando los Michoacanos y Los Zetas van, Los Sinaloenses ya vienen. CJNG has a long way to go. Mencho was selling grams in the 90s while Mayo was moving tons in the 80's... So get off your high horse payaso.
DeleteAnd that makes u proud? To have a long line of pos losers drug traficantes? From pos sinaloa? U must be a pos loser too.
Delete@655 I'm just stating the facts. It's not my fault you have a hard time accepting them... 🤪🤪🤪
DeleteCaro Quintero me recuerda a mi abuelo 😂 no se quiere sentar y disfrutar todo lo que ha ganado. Han trabajado toda la vida y no saben que hacer sin el trabajo.
ReplyDeleteThey have always worked in this area, and they will continue to work in this area. But they aren't taking over anyting. And they aren't taking control of anything. And would be next to impossible to run the Salazar family out of there. Weather Mayo doesn't support them, or poses them, does it mean anything either. The trinis have been there forever doing business along with the family of caro Quintero.
ReplyDeleteIvan Guzman is powerful enough to hold his own. Nothing is gonna disrupt the products he sends north. . The things that people should be looking at that are evident, is Who The Mexican government has arrested for killing the Mormon family. Because every time you see one of these things happen, and there is a struggle for power, the government always has their hand in it somewhere. I don't believe Rapha got out of prison for no reason. I believe somebody had and idea for him. And I also believe that Rafael Caro Quintero was linked to the CIA. But we are not going to get into that right now. But I don't believe they're going to force the Guzman boys to do anyting. The Guzman boys are going to defend their territory. Did they worked too hard to make it be what it is. And I guarantee you that there is no shortage of drugs coming north through their Network. How do I know this?...... well, we will save that for another time.
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RCQ+CIA connection. They touched on this very subject in The Last Narc docu series that just came out.
DeleteCDC will remain in control of their territory, the western part of Sonora, along with their allies. If you believe they won't do as they please in these areas because of the Chapitos/Salazares/GN then you underestimate them. They have a corridor to ship north. They don't seem to be interested in Nogales, Naco or AP. Without being disrespectful but California is the best market hands down, there's simply no comparison in terms of the amount of money available in the Golden State compared to other states. Clients in the Midwest, use CJ as they are in good terms. Clients in the east coast will also receive their orders easily. Mencho has no interest in fighting Sonora as it's not necessary, everyone has a role in the supply chain.....
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Someone’s being doin there home work! ;)
DeleteI love your comments. However, you have said a couple things that are obviously way off Mark. First, Sonora is the Sinaloa cartel's front yard. There is so much money and finances that run through that area, it's almost unimaginable. That's why some very Heavy Hitters of always run that area. That's why Chapo kept a stronghold there forever. It's very valuable. As far as I can tell those taking on immigration law Guzman boys, you're sadly mistaken on that one. Caro Quintero is no position to take on those boys. Those boys have a lot more support than you think they do all the way into Columbia. This will come down to finances. chapitos have huge money. No I'm not saying that the cantados don't have some degree of financing. What I'm telling you is is that there is an established supply chain right there that brings in huge amounts of money. And it's silly for you to think that they're going to let anyone take that from them. It isn't stopping RCQfrom trying. But they haven't made a huge impact on Chapitos business. I know this first hand. In this case, you are wrong but I enjoy your writing style. And I enjoy the comments that you make. But Quintero is not making a move for California either maybe. All those people that are mentioned in these cases were all regional people from the area of Sonora and Chihuahua. Those people have established roots in several places, but their main roots are through Sonora. There are several Crossing points there. And they are well-established. The only problem is, they are going to take from nobody. They may, have their own piece of the pie. But they are taking any of these people's areas from them. And they are taking on the salazars straight heads up in Sonora. They will lose that battle. I enjoy the Articles bugs puts together, but way back in the Articles when he was writing about Sonora in the early articles he wrote, I told him that there were a bunch of things that he wrote that weren't correct. One of those things, was blaming the Paredes for the LeBaron family Massacre. I know firsthand that that wasn't true. And I told him it wasn't true. And I'm telling you all right now, that Rafael Caro Quintero isn't taking anything away from these people at all. And I will tell you a year from now again. This article does describe some accurate participants. But it also has a lot of speculation and conjecture. I absolutely guarantee you, did they don't have the juice to take on chapitos.
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I think ABK aka OG Shadow tries to make people think he knows it all, but he doesn't' know jack shit. When he says he knows it "first hand" is just what he has read on Twitter. I bet he probably has never set foot in Mexico. He lives a life watching narco shows on Netflix and considers himself an "expert," just like he does in his Youtube channel. There are are a dime a dozen of his kind on the internet, the internet experts who claim to know it all but show no substance. What a joke!
DeleteAnd I think maybe someday he can share who he is .... leave it at that
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DeleteTo be honest with you, I don't owe you any explanations. OG shadow, and I aren't the same person.
I do nothing on this site other than project what I know to be true that sometimes is different than what is published. I don't care if you don't believe any of it or not makes no difference to me. All I did was speak what I know to be true. And no matter what, I respect the site oh, and I do want to have a good relationship with them. Because what I think that they are doing is amazing. And no matter what it is very informative.
I don't think that mencho plays a part in this at all. There are too many people in that region that do not like CJNG. They let mencho in, mencho will fight for it for his own. Stranger things have happened, but somehow I don't think that's the case here.
ReplyDeleteRCQ's situation is bigger than Mencho.
DeleteThe Mexican federal government released him so that they dont have to extradite him to the USA. Miguel Felix Gallardo, Ernesto Fonseca, and RCQ will never set foot in the USA. What they know could bring down the mexican government as we know it.
@6:19 it can also bring down the whole facade of the WOD and the government who wants to keep it going at all costs
DeleteOye Buggs que chinga padre onda todo en punto, cuando vuelves a visitar Caborca? Te reservamos unas cheves guey!
ReplyDeleteOjala muy pronto :)
Deleteof his age group he last man standing
ReplyDeleteSo is El Mayo & perhaps El Azul if he retired.
DeleteSo is Azul really dead or still theories 🤔
DeleteSo Rafa and his family were part of the chapitos kidnapping??? I thought Rafa was part of the negotiation to have them freed
ReplyDeleteBasically the Hatfields and McCoys fighting over drug trafficking turf--village against village, town against town!
ReplyDeleteCaro would visit my grandmother he had a good relationship with some of my family members.
ReplyDeleteBale berga Sonora
ReplyDeleteI live in Hermosillo all my life and have family all over Sonora. RCQ has a real presence in Sonora and always has. The CDS cheerleaders try to make Los Chapitos more than what they are. I think if El Mayo and RCQ have joined in power, they can take them out completely of Sonora.
ReplyDeleteAs the great Dave chapelle once said “where is Sicario006 to make sense of all this?”
ReplyDeleteSicario is probably still sleeping, his mom hasn't woken him up for breakfast. "Hay que dejar al niño dormir". Being a couch hitman isn't easy, ya' know?!
DeleteThe payan family is a very big family they have been around seance the 1800 some of them served in the Mexican revolution with Emilio zapata however the black market started around World War Two when the American government asked the Mexican Government for permission to migrate the Chinese people so they could grow poppy in the sierra madre de badiraguato Sinaloa, they need it this plant so they could extract the morphine for their injured soldiers from war. Once the war was over and USA did not need as much morphine USA decided to turn morphine and mariguana ilegal. By this time their was a new generation of campesinos that the Mexican government would not help or the American government would not help in the sierra of badiraguato and the campesinos need it money to survive so they can eat and feed their families!!!!So who is to blame for the black market??? Who is to blame for the cartels???? Who is to blame for the use and abuse of many Mexican people ??? Who put a gun to santanas head and said, O firmas y nos das California y Texas y parte de Mexico o te mueres??? Who is to blame for all this deaths in Mexico ??? Who is to blame for the fast and furious guns that ended up in most cartels in Mexico??? Who declared war on drugs??? Who leagalized Mariguana as a recreational drug??? Who and why are they going after top Mexican mariguana king pins??? Who is taxing growers of canabis???who is charging doctors to be able to prescribe canabis???who is charging canabis dispensers to be able to sell canabis … who change the name and why from mariguana to canabis??? Who killed chegue bara in Cuba??? Who sealed jfk filled for over 20 years?? Know who is really corrupt??? It’s a big shame the Mexican people that have what it takes to change Mexico they are fighting for plazas and willing to die for plazas ??? They should all unite plazas and forces and declare a second revolution four their country and remove Mexicos corrupt government and choose one better for all mexicans so mexicans won’t have to leave there roots behind and have to flee their patria in search of a better future for their family members Mexico is so rich!!! And all it’s riches should be for and only the people of Mexico Viva Mexico cabrones y ponga sen la pilas!!!!puro pa lante!!
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