Female CSRL Boss Threatens CJNG With Two Human Heads In Guanajuato

"HEARST" and "Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

The female regional cartel boss “La Nina” left two decapitated heads alongside a narco sign in the city of Acámbaro, in the state of Guanajuato. The sign was from the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel (Cártel de Santa Rosa de Lima, CSRL) and the message threatened members of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation (CJNG).

November 23, 2021

At approximately 6:00 am on the morning of November 23, 2021, local residents of the city of Acámbaro, who had just left their homes for the day, discovered that a narcomanta (narco message sign) had been placed along with the decapitated heads of one man and one woman on Pino Suárez street. 

Acámbaro is a city that lies down in the south-eastern part of the state, falling more south than the larger city of Celaya. Acámbaro is located near the border between the states of Guanajuato and Michoacán.

Historically, Acámbaro has been controlled by the CSRL, one of the dominant cartel groups within the state, and has been contested previously by La Familia Michoacana (LFM) and currently by the CJNG. 

The residents who discovered the narcomanta reported it to the 911 emergency phone line. Municipal Police officers were dispatched to the area where they confirmed that human remains and a narco sign had been left at the location.

Photos that allegedly depict the sign and the human remains that were left at the location have emerged online. The sign shown in the photos read as follows, as translated by Sol Prendido: 

We already have everyone of you cowards who give support located. 

This here is a gift for all the turncoats who support the skinny Jalisco bitches. You faggot sellouts bit the hand that fed you.

We’re still in position, doing our thing. And the city of Acambaro already has an owner; it’s true father is the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel. 

Sincerely, 

La Niña

Only a few minutes after the Municipal Police confirmed the discovery of the human heads (one female, one male),  the emergency phone line received a report of the discovery of human limbs on Sabino Street, between Hidalgo and Morelos, also in Acámbaro. No photos of this alleged discovery have emerged online as of the writing of this story.

Photo of Sabino Street taken on November 23, 2021, the day of the discovery of human limbs. 

Both crime scenes were cordoned off by law enforcement authorities, local military personnel was called in to maintain the perimeter while forensic experts from the Attorney General’s office worked on documenting and collecting evidence at both locations.

Later that same day, at approximately 1:00 pm, two black bags with human remains were discovered in the Río Blanco extension (Prolongación Río Blanco) area of Acámbaro. A large number of soldiers, from both the National Guard and the Army (SEDENA), were called to the crime scene due to its close proximity to the Narciso Mendoza kindergarten and its sandboxes. 

Forensic experts from the Attorney General’s office were also called to this location and evidence was collected. Whether any of the human remains found at the three locations came from the same deceased person is currently unreported.

November 24, 2021 

At roughly 6:45 am on the morning of November 24, 2021, several bags were spotted by residents walking to work. The bags were suspected of containing a deceased human body. 

This marked the second consecutive day that human remains were left publicly in the streets of Acámbaro city. The locals who made the discovery reported it to the emergency phone line and within a few minutes police officers arrived on scene. 

Crime scene of Madero Street on November 24, 2021. The local PRI building clearly in the background.

They confirmed that several black bags, one of which had a human foot visibly sticking out, had been left leaning against a wall on Madero Street, in front of the local offices of the PRI political party. This location was also near Prepa Roja (or Red Preparatory High School). Whether a narco message sign accompanied the remains is unreported.

The crime scene area was cordoned off by police and National Guard soldiers were sent to guard the perimeter. Forensic experts documented and collected the evidence. The human remains were sent for autopsy at the Forensic Medical facilities in the nearby city of Celaya. So far, whether the remains were related to any of the ones found the day before is unreported. 

The Cartel Landscape of the Area 

Over the last month, the city of Celaya, as well as small towns south of Celaya have seen an uncommon uptick in cartel violence. This is possibly due to the CJNG contesting these territories which are currently held by the CSRL. 

As previously covered on Borderland Beat, the CJNG subgroup Grupo Elite is believed to have carried out a targeted execution of a man in the city of Celaya on November 9, 2021. Social media speculation alleges the target was a member of the CSRL. 

Immediately following the execution, police chased after and engaged in a gunfight with the CJNG hitmen, leading to the death of three of the alleged Grupo Elite members. 

Then, on November 11, 2021, in the small suburb of Celaya called Rincón de Tamayo, a vehicle with one to two people inside the trunk was burned. The victims inside the vehicle were found to be deceased by the time the flames were extinguished, although they may have been deceased prior to the start of the fire. The men who set the vehicle on fire left a narco message sign telling everyone that the state of Guanjuato belonged to the CJNG, signed by Grupo Elite. 

Seven days later in the same town of Rincón de Tamayo, four men were shot dead in the middle of the street. For more information on both incidents which occurred in Rincón de Tamayo, please see this previous story.

The cartel alias “La Niña” is Spanish for little girl. A local social media page called Gabo Nunez is claiming that the “La Niña” who signed the narcomanta is the alias of the girlfriend or wife of a famous CSRL cartel boss “El Teco” who is believed to be in prison. 

The Two "El Teco"s

Confusingly there are two imprisoned “El Teco”s in the CSRL with some ties to the area. The man with the strongest ties to Acambaro specifically is Emmanuel ‘N’, alias “El Teco”. 

He was arrested and indicted on December 22, 2020 for the homicide of a man in the Las Flores neighborhood in the city of Acámbaro. According to Milenio newspaper, the homicide occurred on the night of April 30, 2019, when the victim, who is identified as Marco "N" and was a lawyer, met up with El Teco, who arrived at the meeting accompanied by a group of hitmen. 

According to information from the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE), the men then began to threaten Marco with a firearm, rebuking him for not knowing the whereabouts of a certain unspecified person. As punishment for not knowing the person’s whereabouts, the armed men took Marco by force to a secondary location where he died from deep tissue trauma to the chest and abdomen. Marco was later found deceased, still wearing the handcuffs used to subdue him. 

Exterior of the Acámbaro furniture store following the execution of five inside.

Newspaper La Silla Rota reported that El Teco was later found to be involved in the homicide of five individuals who were all shot dead inside a furniture store located in Acámbaro by a group of hitmen on the afternoon of May 15, 2019. 

More recently, on February 4, 2021, a different CSRL regional boss Juan ‘N’,  alias “El Tecos” was arrested at an unspecified location for his suspected involvement in a shooting. 

The shooting in question resulted in the murder of eleven people at a bar called "La Cabaña del Toro" in Jaral del Progreso in September 27, 2020. 

Three of the eleven victims of the shooting in the La Cabaña del Toro bar in Jaral del Progreso. 

Just a few hours before Juan “El Teco” was announced as arrested, the arrest of the CSRL lieutenant Juan Refugio ‘N’, alias "El Barbas" was announced. The timing resulted in news stories covering the arrest of "El Barbas" and Juan “El Teco” together, although it is unclear if there is any relation between the two. 

El Barbas is of note because he has been tied to the May 15, 2019 homicide of five in Acámbaro. This makes him an alleged accomplice of the other El Teco (Emannuel).

FGE Official Page for El Teco - Emmanuel

FGE Official Page for El Teco - Juan

FGE Official Page for El Barbas

Warning: Graphic images below this point.

Sources November 23: Periódico Correo, AM, Zona Franca, Hora24, Gabo Nunez Post 1, Post 2 

Sources November 24: Periódico Correo, AM, Ojo-3  

Background Sources: Gabo Nunez Post 1, Post 2, La Silla Rota, Milenio, El Universal,  FGE Official Page for El Teco - Emmanuel, El Teco - Juan, El Barbas, FGE tweet, El Sol de Bajío

Photo Credit: Gabo Nunez, Calvarie_Locus

Further Reading: 

November 9 - Celaya CJNG Grupo Elite Shootings

November 11 & 18 - Rincón de Tamayo