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Thursday, March 11, 2021

Judge Revokes Arrest Warrant Issued Against 'Chapo Isidro'

"MX" for Borderland Beat

Fausto Isidro Meza-Flores ('Chapo Isidro') 

Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR) issued an arrest warrant against Fausto Isidro Meza Flores ('Chapo Isidro'), but he was able to get it revoked by a judge in Los Mochis, Sinaloa.

The arrest warrant was issued by the FGR in May 2018 and alleged that Chapo Isidro was involved in organized crime and drug trafficking. Chapo Isidro's defense team issued a motion last December and claimed the evidences brought forward by federal authorities were insufficient. The judge in Los Mochis agreed and canceled the arrest warrant this week.

This is the second time that Chapo Isidro manages to revoke a federal arrest warrant. The first one occurred in 2013, when the FGR issued an arrest warrant under the same charges. The evidence brought forward included nearly ten confessions from suspected cartel members who worked with him. However, the judge said the testimonies were not sufficient and dropped the warrant.

US and Mexican authorities allege that Chapo Isidro is the head of the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) in northern Sinaloa. He reportedly commands Los Mazatlecos, a BLO cell responsible for smuggling heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana, into the US from the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Sonora, and Nayarit.

Chapo Isidro is no stranger to the world of the cartels, having been involved in drug trafficking since the 1990s. It is said that Chapo Isidro began his climb up the cartel corporate ladder under Amado Carrillo Fuentes, the legendary kingpin of the old Juarez Cartel. He was one of many who abandoned the Juarez Cartel when Carrillo Fuentes died in 1997. Chapo Isidro then joined the BLO.

With time he proved himself to be a skilled sicario, capable of daring, cunning and bravado. A skilled tactician with an eye for details, Chapo Isidro has had many successful operations which have propelled him to the status of other "old school" capos.

Throughout the early 2000s, Chapo Isidro was the right-hand man of Alfredo Beltran Leyva ('El Mochomo'). At that time, the BLO worked with the Sinaloa Cartel by smuggling narcotics into the US.

But things changed in 2008, shortly after El Mochomo arrest.

The BLO and the Sinaloa Cartel split after the Beltran Leyva siblings believed that Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman had been behind the arrest. Chapo Isidro led a violent war against them and police officers on their payroll. Over the years, the BLO suffered multiple high-profile arrests and/or deaths that weakened the group and splintered it throughout Mexico.

Matters got worse for Chapo Isidro in 2013, the year he was sanctioned under the Kingpin Act. Three companies he owned in the gas, construction, and automobile industry in Guasave, Sinaloa, were publicly uncovered and had their US-based assets frozen. In 2019, Chapo Isidro was placed on the FBI's international wanted list and was issued a US$5 million bounty.

If he's ever arrested in Mexico, Chapo Isidro will likely face a US extradition request and must answer for his outstanding drug charges at the US District Court in Washington, DC.

Sources: Riodoce; SillaRotaUSA v. Chapito Isidro; Borderland Beat archives


45 comments:

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    1. Pinchi juez. Damn judge will end up in the cell that is waiting for Chila, or dead, (preferred)

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  2. This guy is one of the smart capos. Lays low, makes his feria, and gives up enough money to buy his freedom. Everyone happy. Mazatlán is generally safe with him in charge. We had not heard from him in a while. Gracias, BB.

    - El Choclo

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    1. I thought that the Arzates runs Mazatlan

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    2. Don’t quote me for it but mazatlecos or whatever they are called have always had a presence in Mazatlan. Strictly business. They have a pact of non aggression with Sinaloa. Arzate arrived in mazatlan last year or so I think. They got kicked out of BajaCa. Isidros HQ is in el Guasave & Mochis predominantly

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    3. From what I know Chapo Isidro is in Northern Sinaloa, mainly Los Mochis and Guasave. Mazatlan is run by el Panu I believe,he works for los Menores. Panu's right hand man is el Kasco or el 81

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    4. Azartes just work from Mazatlan, they don't work/run the plaza.

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    5. Los chapitos run maza

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    6. 6:06 I dont think so

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    7. 6:06 chapo isidro controls it, and also north sinaloa, chapo isidro had the Hs in nayarit and since mazatlan is close by nayarit well he had the upper hand, now a days that cjng has nayarit they have truce with chapo isidro they know if they start a war against chapo isidro thats gonna probably be one of their toughest fight but since cjng and isidro dont really have beef and both cartels respect each other, there is no reason to start a war cause they do have palabra de hombres unlike cdsnitches, and thats the reason mazatlan es de los mazatlecos, plus when the chapotos hear the name mencho they pee their pants, they got ptsd after the puerto vallarta accident they dont want nothing to do against el señor mencho

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  3. This guy is a damn ghost. The next Zambada-like figure. Only a few like that still around that have been active since the 90s.

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    1. Isidro was violent with kidnappers until los Mazatlecos were caught and killed like dogs. There are 4 or 5 different “legitimate” who control everything and Gob Coppel has been protecting Isidro since 2017. But what will happen after June 6??? Especially if MORENO steal election

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    2. 6:10 you have been wrong before, i remember when the "Reforma Energetica" of EPN made your knees hopelessly weak, it was all a dirty trick, as proven by MORENA, full of corruption from videgaray, planted on the job with EPN by FECAL, all they did was guve free rein to the huachicoleros and hoping that PEMEX would go bankrupt for good this time...
      --What is your problem with MORENO?

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  4. Chapo isidro is a example of how gangster need to move..like a Ghost!

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  5. So curious to where he fits in now. There were many rumors that he came under the CDS banner under Mayo. If so, Mazatlan is a much different place these days..

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    1. Possible he would go under Mayo but Chapitos hell no.

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    2. 631 he has a truce with MZ and chapitos that foo is doing things right.. making paper and not spending g it on war

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  6. Cabalgando con peso en la vida ayudar mi familia es lo mas preciado💯

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  7. Animo compadres!

    Senor Mencho had put me in charge of negotiating an alliance with Isidro as well as Guerreros Unidos. All remnants of the BLO will soon be United with CJNG and together we will take Sinaloa, Sonora, Baja, etc we are gente nueva!!!!!

    Caballero de Jalisco🏴‍☠️🇲🇽

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    1. Stop it there is only one and his name is 006

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    2. It’s the same guy

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    3. I've been saying that for a while, it's the same dude, you can tell when the characters fight with each other

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    4. It’s a ploy by the journalists to “entertain” and maintain popularity. Canadian girl is the same person too.

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  8. Animo Sicarios
    Chapo Isidro apologized to Los Chapitos and kissed El Señor Mayo hand as a form of respect.
    He is now allowed to operate in specific areas of the Golden Triangle .

    Gente Nueva Intelligence services data link archives

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    1. It was the other way around. Mayo came asking isidro for help keeping Sinaloa safe while he was out fighting the cells of Mencho. Isidro was feared by CDS and took out a lot of high ranking members of CDS. Tubutama Sonora must give you nightmares lol

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    2. @5:00 true la clika de las nenas y las mayonesas en bola simplemente no pudieron sacar al chaparral isidro. El si es un hombre de respeto pinche sicario 006!!

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  9. This guys is the most interesting dude in the game currently. And that Asian el chapo guy who’s in jail now

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    1. I think asia chapo is more interesting. hes a criminal genius

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    2. Him and El-85

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    3. The invisible gangsters are the ones who really runs the shit

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  10. Didn't El Chapo isidro get chased down in monterrey back in 2013?

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  11. A judge in SINALOA revoked his ARREST warrant.. Yea.. not a SURPRISE here 😆

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  12. El guano. Chapos brother made a pact with chapito isidro... he controls alot of the sierra in sinaloa . Plus los beltranes back him up... he also operates in baja California sur.. and is cool with the Juarez cartel ..

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    1. El Guano isn't as powerful as his brother, but he seems to be a little smarter in the long run. He hasn't been caught and he's probably been trafficking almost as long as his brother El Chapo Guzman.

      I thought El Chapo Isidro was allied with the Zetas.

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  13. This guys is responsible for some of the most spectacularly successful ambushes of police, military and other narcos. Many deaths. Only in Mexico.

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  14. Last I heard THIS guy teamed up WITH th rest OF Sinaloas to go AGAINST MENCHO..
    MENCHO chased his PEOPLE from JALISCO and surrounding areas, there is a few old videos of THEIR trucks all shot UP..
    He is mostly in Monterey and Cuernavaca besides SINALOA.. He RAN from all the other spots he had presence IN..
    I DON'T think he likes confrontation

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    1. He doesn’t like confrontation??? You must not know anything about isidro. He went to war with Sinaloa and the government when BLO split from cds. Look up tubutama massacre, he was responsible for that. Also took out most of the antrax and kept el cholo Ivan out of his turf and took los mochis from him: but yea he doesn’t like confrontation

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    2. Michoacán has chapo Isidro by the throat right now!

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    3. Esos michaocanas don’t have their own turf on lock they too busy fighting each other @1:49

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  15. Can judges revoke stuff like this ?

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    1. Someone asked this on Reddit so I’m copying and pasting my response here:

      The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) can issue arrest warrants since its primarily role is to enforce federal laws across the country. If a criminal is taken to court (let’s say Chapo Isidro for this example), then the FGR would be the prosecution too.

      The FGR must respond to federal judges, who can accept, discard, and/or revoke their cases, sentences, warrants, etc. The FGR has to present criminal cases to judges all the time and have strong cases that judges can accept to go to trial.

      In this case, Chapo Isidro got his FGR arrest warrant revoked because the judge that would have handled his trial said that the FGR’s evidence against the defense (Chapo Isidro) were insufficient.

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  16. Santa Ana, Sonora super hot in the last 2 days, and sorrow ding areas, a lot of gum fights everywhere. Does anybody know what’s going on

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    1. That's el cazador turf. Probably la barredora 24/7 went in

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