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Friday, July 16, 2021

El Chapo's Security Chief 'El Cholo Iván' Is Close to US Extradition

"Morogris" for Borderland Beat

Jorge Iván Gastélum Ávila and/or Orso Iván Gastélum Cruz, alias "El Cholo Ivan".
Jorge Iván Gastelum Avila, alias "El Cholo Iván", the former security chief of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is closed to being extradited to the United States. 

A tribunal court in the State of Mexico announced this week that they refused to revert the extradition request issued against El Cholo Ivan.

According to court records, the US government issued the extradition request in May 2020. El Cholo Ivan was notified of this request two months later and was given 60 days to appeal. After his attorneys issued multiple motions, a federal court notified the US Embassy that they had approved his extradition on November 2020.

But El Cholo Ivan's defense team continued to appeal and sent their case to a tribunal court for a final decision. This week's announcement virtually sets El Cholo Ivan on a clear path to US extradition. 

Background 

Jorge Ivan Gastelum Cruz, better known as El Cholo Ivan, was one of the 122 priority objectives of the Mexican government. He was born in May 17, 1981, in the small town of Los Caballeros, in the municipality of Badiraguato, Sinaloa.

According to official information, he became involved in organized crime at the age of 14 by collecting cartel plaza payments, by orders of his dad, Honorio Gastelum Avila, alias "El Cobra", who was reportedly a hitman working for El Chapo.

Over the years, El Cholo Ivan also became a hitman and was later promoted to one of the top leadership roles in Culiacan.

In August 2005, he was arrested by federal agents in Culiacan. He escaped from prison in 2009 by walking out of the main entrance while the guards were hosting a party.

He was accused of the murder of two Sinaloa state cops in 2009 as an act of vengeance because those two officers were accused of killing his father.

In November 2012, the Mexican Army killed his girlfriend Maria Susana Flores Games in a shootout. She was a former beauty pageant in Sinaloa.

El Cholo Ivan was arrested in 2016 along with El Chapo and has been in prison ever since.

Sources: La Silla Rota; Milenio; Borderland Beat archives

125 comments:

  1. For as tough as El Chapo Isidro is this guy pushed him out of Mazatlan and Mochis

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    1. Chapo Isidro has always been in those plazas no one pushed him out

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    2. I agree with you this guy was a major problem..he raised hell on behalf of Chapo..I remember the stories about him back then he was definitely on a upward trajectory within the sinaloa Cartel no doubt he would’ve been a powerful faction leader/trafficker at this point had he no been arrested with Chapo another guy I remember from that time was dos Letras i think from BLO pretty sure he did a in depth interview that was posted here..anyway does anyone know whatever happened to that guy?

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    3. Dos Letras was killed years ago by the army. El Felino aka Gato who killed Macaco took over

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    4. He sure did take Mochis from the blo cholo wasn't scared of anyone

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    5. Isidiro would it Cholo for breakfast

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    6. at 6:12 PM
      Dos Letras was killed,there were pictures even on BB about his death,he lit up for a bit then got plugged

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    7. 6:07 Yes he did just remember where El Chapo was kicking it when he got arrested and I believe he got Mochis back as part of the truce agreement

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    8. El dos letras, got killed back in 2014. He was some what related to my family. I would always hear stories about him when I would go down to a town called cortinez. He was from estacion naranjo. He was also known as Chilo or el 02. He had some plazas locked down in Nayarit before all the bs war started and that when he came and cleaned plaza in Sinaloa with Isidro and Gonzales.

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    9. Pushed out? This guy is locked up on the verge of being extradited and Isidro is free.

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    10. @7:32 didn't the dude who killed Macaco get killed shortly after?

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    11. And Chapo isidrio is actually the only real leader in Sinaloa. This guy's No push over. He's Smart n Ruthless

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    12. 9:46 lol dude we were obviously talking about before he got locked up, as things stand right now I rather be Chapo Isidro than Cholo

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    13. Blo still runs everything from Guasave to Choix including la Mochila

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    14. Ok well that all cool n shit but he’s just another cds rat now only a matter of time

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    15. 12:27 cds is 💯 a shadow of its former self.

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    16. And you a blo bitch

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  2. He escaped Mexico prison in 2009 so slim chances his lawyers can keep him in Mexico.

    Whats Mexicos version of Supermax ADX Florence?

    La Chola Kathi

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    1. A bullet in the dome!

      La Sicaria Kathi

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    2. El penal del bordo or altiplano

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    3. Who said they had a version like that?

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    4. Before altiplano it was Islas Marías (shut down).

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    5. None of those are a version of ADX.

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  3. Can some put a list of chapito personal bodyguard?

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    1. I can tell you ONE thing..
      MOST of them are DEAD and the rest in PRISON.. They failed THE boss and El bravo got KILLED for 😴 WHEN they CAUGHT chapo the second TIME.. He was his best head of security BUT not so good after ALL.. He ended up with a bullet to the head IF I'm not mistaken

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    2. El Bravo was killed by Damaso El Lic . He knew Damaso would betray El Chapo.
      The Nose said it in the interview

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    3. They’re all in jail cuz he ratted them out like a hoe smh

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  4. Puras Gilbertonas de Sinaloa

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    1. Ya llegaron los Juan gabrieles de michoacan

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    2. He kicked isidro out of Mochis

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    3. Ya callate perro envidioso arriva Sinaloa y todo Mexico

      LM

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    4. Pinches sinalocas se mojan con este pendejo 😂😂

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  5. Animo Sicarios !
    Pura gente del Patron. El commandante Cholo Ivan stayed with El Señor till the end. He has been loyal to the Jefes.

    He has always been one of the BLO biggest nightmares.

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  6. Aca se va levantar de madrugada por pancakes y syrup. Desayuno juro y cama sudo,costoa de Chulo.

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  7. When is MENCHO being extradited? Ugh.

    Sensitive Kathi

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  8. No que muy brava y la Quinta verga. Ni las manos pusiste cuando te agarraron a tu mayate la chapa. Ni fierros cargavan ese Dia....mis respstos para los verdaderos hombres de huevos que en la Raya an quedado. No Como esta Bola de putas ratas.

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    1. Pendejo pedaso de caca los dos traían rifles 😂

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    2. Would you like to talk about all those negative feelings that seem dominate your cognition? I sense a lot of negativity on your part and that could not possibly be advantageous for you. Please seek a qualified therapist to explore your feelings of envy more in depth.

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    3. @2:37 Lo peor es que el vato en vivo probablemente andaría de lame huevos con el Cholo jajajajajaja

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    4. Y de que les sirvieron? Nomas para metérselos a uno y el otro 😂😂😂 @12:19

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  9. Does the average Mexican know about BB especially if their area's news mediums have been threatened into silence?


    Canadian girl💋

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    1. Most Mexicans don’t read or understand English, so no. But BB does have some readers from states like Jalisco, Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, Sonora, Nuevo León. Etc. I live in Monterrey (northern Mexico) and check a few sites out every other day or so, including BB. A few friends know of BB or have seen it at least.

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    2. I live in Mexico City and follow BB. Been around since 2013 or so.

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    3. Nice, my comment pointing out the obvious didnt make it on. Truth hurts.

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    4. 1053 I used to travel to Monterey from the New Orleans área. I had friends there but lost contact after hurricane Katrina. This was around 2005 before it seemed to become more cartel controlled. How is Monterey now? Is it safe?

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  10. R.I.P COMPA MAGUEY.

    COMANDANTE SARGY HAS CONFIRMED HIS DEATH.

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    1. He's alive bro, gracias a DIOS.

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    2. DON'T be a fool..
      He was ONLY being sarcastic..
      The PEOPLE'S CHAMP is still dropping those cu/VIAGRAS COWARDS!!!

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    3. Nope @7:16, he was talking in code that he had passed but somehow it was raining down in Tepeque. He called after the first live and said what happened. I'll stop it there before some people start crying about getting off topic

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    4. You idiot he ain’t dead it was all sarcastic talk he already interviewed him El Maguey confirmed that a bunch of his guys even his own cousin flipped in him cause they taught Maguey was done but hay Maguey para rato with 3 people and a papasos he managed to escape they sent in 200 trucks to get him y asi se la pelaron

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    5. You idiot he ain’t dead it was all sarcastic talk he already interviewed him El Maguey confirmed that a bunch of his guys even his own cousin flipped in him cause they taught Maguey was done but hay Maguey para rato with 3 people and a papasos he managed to escape they sent in 200 trucks to get him y asi se la pelaron

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    6. Ok guys do you understand Maguey was sold by his own people and is fighting against his own cousin "La Mancha" from what he said at Sargys?

      Sooner or later he will be whacked and I respect the dude but it was a case of wrong place wrong time. This administration is systematically whacking CJNG at most places or allowing it to happen - plaza wise -.

      Maguey should retire from the game but he might die fighting.

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    7. YEAH I WAS BEING SARCASTIC MYSELF, AHY MAGUEY PARATO.

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    8. It also goes to show, carteles unidos are a bunch of fucken idiots. Maguey was literally out numbered 3 vs 200 and they still couldn't make any significant impact? Other than loot destroy and kill 7 females including a 4 years old girl. Sad, but what was most important to the media(including bb) was the staged kidnapping of "el kiro" and his supposed rescue. Nobody bothered reporting the innocent victims,
      Maguey said it himself, if he wouldve kidnapped kiro he wouldve beheaded him instantly.


      PURA RAZA DEL COMPA MAGUEY

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    9. @11:05 so between 5-10 people, including his cousin, of the group turned bitch over the offer of 1million pesos to betray him like Judas Iscariot. He and several others survive an internal betrayal and an overwhelming attack by the contras to kill him and take over Buenavista and now he should retire from being a pistolero? It doesn't work that way. Those traitors are shitting themselves. Tepeques were getting rained on. The maricones from Los Reyes know what's lurking. You must be referring to Silvanos administration. How many days until he's no longer the governor?

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    10. EL maguey is a WARRIOR and he knows he WILL DIE fighting. He said it HIMSELF, you have to RESPECT a man like THAT..

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    11. Maguey is a bum

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    12. @1:01 El Kiro holds no importance for me. You obviously have that all wrong. Other media’s might have went with his predicament for your supposed logic. But the overall reason I put it up was not because of your misinformed presumption. Things are being done for free here, that should give you an idea of what distinguishes media capitalist sellouts from volunteers.

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    13. Dude ain’t no pistolero he’s pretty much under Delta1&M2 in Michoacán. Mencho knows he can’t afford to loose him.Thing is he’s not no punk and goes out and fights but in reality he don’t need to do that he could just be on the radio giving out orders Dudes been whipping they ass and he’s never had a huge crew but after this fuckery CU just pulled off he’s getting big time reinforcements this looks like it was Cau last stand and they couldn’t Clíp el compa Maguey he’s riding in his Apa’s helicopter now

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    14. Sol, what you said was well said. I hit reply in wrong place-h

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  11. Why is he getting extradited when he was only a bodyguard or was he selling drugs as well

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    1. Era in huevon drogadicto de mierda igual a la mayoría de sinajotos. No les gusta trabajar con sudor en la frente

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  12. My high interl sources from my tio who heard someone at a taco shop said chapito isidro has always been top dog In Sinaloa he runs Sinaloa and he pounded the table with his fist and drop the horchata ....gentlemen at the cashier kindly said no refills would you like to buy another one that’s when he knew chapito runs Sinaloa

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    1. @8:23 Troll all you want, Sinaloan capos in general are the biggest.

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    2. 11:44 you forgot to finish your sentence with the word Snitches.
      "Sinaloan capos in heneral are the biggest Snitches"

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    3. @7:44 Not really clown, Michoacanos are the biggest backstabbers among each other, prove me wrong.

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    4. 11:03 yea is between them michoacanos and sinaloans but i still think sinaloas take the crown 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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    5. Prove you wrong? There has RECENTLY been a couple posts about cds rats cooperating out of fear with Flores and chapo lol foh you prove me wrong shit head @11:03

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    6. 12:38 cds fans son gueyes que no les gusta leer nomas sacan su informacion de los corridos que son pura mentira y exageracion 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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  13. This is a scumbag of a socio/psychopath.

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  14. The US are extraditing his belly

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  15. Bro was crazed,anyone hear El Chapo tellin Ivan to be cool cause he was smacking cops around and Ivan was laughin his head off about it,rollin round keeping shit in order,Ivan was also asking for money off El Chapo cause they didnt have none ??

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    1. 9:07 yea when your high as fuck you act crazy 🤣🤣🤣

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    2. Yeah chapo was telling him to calm down cuz those cops were on the payroll. Cholo also said he was gonna go into guasave to go after Isidro and chapo told him to wait since they didn’t have magazines for the rifles yet. Foo was a nut

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    3. 10:58 PM
      Ok got that

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    4. Guys are right, chapo did Tell him to chill The f out.look It up

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    5. Too broke for weapons lmao broke ass hoes

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    6. No magazines? What kind of SICARIOS are they 😆

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  16. I dont know, sniff sniff i smell another snitch🤣🤣😭

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    1. @10:07 Surprise surprise Cinderella, Chapo's faction hasn't snitched and Cholo won't do it either.

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    2. 11:43 just wait until he gets to the usa 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 AAAASSSNITCHHHHH!!!! Sorry im alergic to snitches

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    3. Snitch on who? He's been locked up for half a decade. Anyone who he could snitch on, with any relevant info, is already locked up. US just stacking the deck on Emma? Doesn't make any sense. This sounds more like AMLO sending another bad hombre north, to make it look like he cares. JMO

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    4. Some of you fools crack me up worrying if he'll be extradited. SMDH. Who gives a rats ass. He's exposed to getting time for being a criminal, as simple as that "chavalones"

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  17. Why bring him to the USA at all let him rot in a mexican jail. Why USA tax payers keep footing the bill to try and jail this assholes. The fucking dea assholes and d.a. assholes that want him shld be charged for the trial and housing of this cocksucker and any other imported criminals like him. How the fuck do these ppl got the balls to think we shld lock up a criminal that never did shit in our soil unless your a terrorist fuck that tried some skim to do damage withing the usa.

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  18. But, but, in sinaloa they are all tall and white with blue eyes ! 😂 This cholo guy looks like a punjabi indian convenience store worker. And they want to call us southern Mexicans 'indios.' Que gente corriente y ignorante.

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    1. Yep mas que nada ignorante 🤣🤣🤣🤣 o y tambien son bien 🐁🐁🐁🐁🐁

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    2. 7:39 Oh of course, you couldn't forget about that, pinches ratotas de primera 🐀🐀🧀😂😂

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    3. They’re cheese connoisseurs too 🐀 lol pinche gente valen pito

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    4. Other than drugs another industry thats booming in sinaloa is the plastic industry 😂

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    5. 12:41 Them culiaconnoiseurs stay loving them cheese crumbs 🐀🧀🧀😂 lol

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    6. Look at these bums discussing men from other states just like their fata$$ Juan Gabriel look alike mommas pinches chismosas michoacacas ya dejen de pensar tanto en los chinolas hasta parecen jotos

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    7. Supéralo plebita! Cuando te bajes de la nuves por las drogas te recordarás quienes son los meros jotos! Sinacaca @6:19

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    8. 6:19 la gilbertona representa exactamente lo que son todos ustedes sinalocas😂

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  19. Sound like he’s got Info on los chapitos maybe why the US wants him 🤔

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    1. He's been in jail since he got arrested with Chapo, like 5 years ago. What info could he have, that's still relevant? Cholo is fucked. There's no fish to fry. I'm sure they will ask about Emma, but she's not a kingpin. He could only give info on people already locked up, or dead.

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    2. 9:14 and you seriously think cholo doesnt know shit about chaputitos?

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  20. Whatever happened to el fantasma? Another LT chapo had back in the day. Former military like bravo he supposedly died at the hands of the military in a confrontation in oso viejo. Then there was chatter of him being alive. He’s a shadowy figure for sure.

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    1. He is suppost to be in jail, not sure what jail but since he got captured have not heard of him

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    2. The real El Fantasma was arrested. There is an article here in BB about it.

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    3. el de oso es otro al fantasma lo agarraron en Costa Rica Sinaloa.

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  21. Here we go again, why do we want criminals housed in the U.S. leave them in Mexico 🇲🇽. Just the illegals leave them in Mexico 🇲🇽

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    1. So they can run shit in prison and get more people locked up, like schools ya gotta keep annendance up or the investors don't get paid, Prison Industrial Complex, duh! America, Fuck Yeah!

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    2. Gees 3:10 I have never seen a Mexican flag, wow grovy so colorful, hey man can you send me one dude. I love the colors, man your the best.

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    3. 10:36 yes exactly
      This idiots have no clue

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  22. testify against Emma, boom lighter sentence

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    1. Actually emma is coperating with the usa thats why we havent heard anything about her after she pleaded guilty a few months ago

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    2. @9:57 Stop spreading false info clown, she denied to cooperate long ago.

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    3. 9:57 You remind me of Trump, always lying about this and that. The Court system works by how she plead in the beginning, not guilty, in turn the next primarily Court will start the process, which is scheduled in a few months, but hey thanks for spreading false rumors.

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    4. 11:00, 1:21 i aint making shit up heard it from jesus esquivel who is a real reporter and he has been following her case since she got arrested, he even had an interview with emma during chapos court, look him up real shit! His name is Jesus Esquivel, read some of his shit and look at some of his videos, he is a true reporter and he nutt hughing no one

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    5. 2:17 PM

      Mexico City reporters are full of shit. Esquivel and Anabel are always making shit up. There is some truth in what they write, but they make up some elaborate conspiracy in their brain that makes no sense. Like Mayo being Cuban according to Anabel.

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    6. 2:17 such a nut hugger lol

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    7. 4:34 ok than i still believe them more than you, so whats your point? I gave you facts and you just discret them, i guess we will see when emma is sentence to what ever she gets.
      By the way Esquivel called everything that was gonna happened to chapo using common sence, and he also said chapo wasnt the real boss, he said mayo was but since the usa needed a scape goat chapo was gonna get what he got, read some of his ahit and learn a little bit more about cartels, he aint taking sides, he also called what was gonna happen to la negra before the sentence and guess what? He was right and now he is calling what is gonna happen to emma, i guess we will see, mean time i rather believe him more than you 😉 no hard feelings 👍

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    8. @4:34 MIZG being Cuban makes sense since he controls AMLO, according to the ultra brilliant CDS narco analyst on BB, and that doofus is all sentimental about Cuba's internal strife. Mayo El Cubano chico...

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  23. 10:38 pues si uso las patitas de rata no peleo el pinche mugroso fokemon . 🏃‍♂️ 🐀

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  24. 7:44 cuini is snitching as we speak

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  25. All these dudes talk to the feds here and in Mexico. That's his the ball rolls when your big time. So in All reality their All CHEESE EATING RATS. part of the game

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  26. News alert for you twelve year Olds. Members of big organizations are usually offered a deal. It just doesn't get any bigger than this organization and it's members. Try having some common sense youngsters.

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    1. Yes but this organization is known for jumping at these opportunities and even going out of their way to set them up smh that’s how vicentillo went down and chapo snitch on AFO like a hoe. Can’t forget Rey zambada, dañado etc etc

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    2. Yes but this organization is known for jumping at these opportunities and even going out of their way to set them up smh that’s how vicentillo went down and chapo snitch on AFO like a hoe. Can’t forget Rey zambada, damaso etc etc

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    3. 12:444 these CDS GROUPIES will try to justify snitching in every story

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