"HEARST" for Borderland Beat
They're hunting down someone in Culiacán. Just days after Ovidio was captured, there was a large-scale military operation in the city and it is unclear which cartel figure authorities were targeting - or if they managed to arrest them.
Saturday Night Operation
On the night of January 7, 2023, two days after the capture of Ovidio Guzman, a military helicopter circled a neighborhood in the city of Culiacán.
Eerily, the helicopter utilized no lights, so residents could barely see it as it hovered above in the night sky, but the sound of it was unmistakable. News outlet Punto MX writes that the helicopter remained circling for over 40 minutes and that it was being used “in support of a ground operation”.
Videos from locals, which can be seen below, depict the large convoy of military vehicles which rolled into the Miguel Hidalgo neighborhood of Culiacán at approximately 9:00 pm.
What exactly soldiers did within the neighborhood is not clear. El Siglo de Durango writes simply that “federal forces and elements of the State Preventive Police deployed an operation in several streets in Hidalgo.”
In a video uploaded by Periódico Vivavoz, a man with a gun is seeming aiming up in the air, at the helicopter from a rooftop in the area.
At approximately 10:24 pm, Sinaloa’s Head of Public Security, Cristóbal Castañeda tweeted out that:
“At this time, authorities from the three levels of government are carrying out an operation in the Miguel Hidalgo neighborhood in Culiacán.
We ask you not to create misinformation.”
During this operation there were an exchange of shots between authorities and cartel hitmen. UniRadioInforma describes this by writing “continuous firearm shots were reported.” Some of these gunshots can be heard in the video filmed by a local, embedded below.
A 84-year-old man, named Isidro "N", who was on Mariano Escobedo street was hit by a bullet. Army personnel escorted him to a nearby hospital where he died hours later from the gunshot wound.
The operation continued past midnight, and at 12:08 AM, the Head of Public Security tweeted out that “As a follow up, it should be noted that, to date, no person has been detained, nor have any body parts been found. We invite you not to spread misinformation.”
The operation seemingly ended unsuccessfully and the soldiers were gone by morning.
An article written by the journalist Carlos Velázquez, which was printed by the publications El Financiero, Nacion 321, Novedades de Tabasco, Guardia Nocturna, and Lado, claims that the January 7th operation “sought to arrest Néstor Isidro García, El Nini.”
It should be noted, however, that the writer Velázquez, made no reference to having spoken to sources in law enforcement or the military, nor were there even mentions of speaking to locals in the article. He offers no reasoning for claiming the operation was targeting El Nini.
Sources: Head of Public Security’s Tweet, Follow up, El Financiero, Nacion 321, Novedades de Tabasco, Lado,Luz Noticias, Punto MX. La Jornada, Noticias En La Mira, K911 Noticias, Contrastando Ideas, Guardia Nocturna, UniRadioInforma, El Siglo de Durango, Hache News
Photo Credit: Noticias de Mexico, Los Noticieristas, La Sirena
Not possibly after el Nini. For sure they are after el Nini. Nini is a bad hombre and Mexico wants his ass. Se busca vivo o muerto. No como al Ratón 🐭 que lo querían vivo. By the way. People around Ovidios hose were complaining that military attacked the house with kids inside it is funny because the criminals know they are targets and decided to have children among armed sicarios. Also criminals don’t care about innocent town’s people when they steal vehicles to burn to create blockades.
ReplyDeleteSame as Iraq/Afghanistan. Same bs and same results.
DeleteMayo still snitching he let his own son go to remain free set up.chapo mayo is still around and alive cause he's fkn scum yeah they all are but he's lower then the low
ReplyDeleteYup. His brother and sons are free so he’s making the move.
Delete12:11 they are under witness protection in the US of A. 🐀
DeleteThat’s a smart move is you ask anyone who understands power, control, and maintaining leadership. Chapo should have done the same but he got horny and messed up.
DeleteAgree 💯 MAYO IS THE BIGGEST PIECE OF 💩
DeleteFucking kids. Dont know shit. El chapo was boss of his own faction but el mayo was always the top dog.
DeleteIvan wouldn't be in Culiacan days after his brothers capture, surely? Hope it is Nini, hope they get him too. Nice one Hearst.
ReplyDeleteHe very well could be. The worst thing you can do after a Bust- is move.
DeleteYou stay still. If He was in Culican when they got his Brother than it might be who they where after.
Yeah, that's true. I suppose they could have been in Culiacan at the same time and Ivan was unable to leave, but it just doesn't sound likely. Maybe they are closer than I realised, don't know much about those boys tbh.
DeleteThe General is now telling the cartels he demands a raise in his mordida!
ReplyDeleteEven after cleaning out Olvidio's casa of $$$, jewelry and anything of value, even took the gold teeth from the dead sicarios!
DeleteOvidio snitched already
ReplyDeleteWhat did CDS-Chapitos do for the government to hunt them down like this? Did they kill a general or something? Or the government is restructuring CDS?
ReplyDeleteA colonel recently died, no?
Delete10:57 guacamole hackers leaked data dumps that implicitly frame American and Mexican politicians in a hit rich pay to play power scheme that we call the drug war...
DeleteEveryone is cleaning 🧼 cartels, politicians, police, military
That no no money is everywhere and the real puppet masters aren't about to get caught
Besides, this is internal in Mexico and does not involve the USA or it's federal executive agencies.....
Maybe someone put fentanyl and kerosene in the Presidential Crack rocks in DC and got in trouble???
But I think this is more the Mexican government and the spectacular work of the Marina and supporting agencies to combat terrorism and narco-trafficking and stop the fent for real...
They don't want that shit either, and trust me they're selling fent in Culiacan too
10:57@ I heard they robbed the Colombian Cartels and then snitched....
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DeleteSEDENA has been in Culiacan for seven or eight years now trying to get the situation under control. They have learned a lot over the years and are becoming more effective. It's encouraging that municipal and state police are participating in the operation. SEDENA must have confidence in their abilities and honesty.
Sinaloa is probably the hardest state for an honest cop to survive in and Culiacan is probably the hardest city. It's undeniable that CDS has state and municipal police on their payroll, but there is a good chance that the majority of the police are honest. I think we are finally starting to see light at the end of the tunnel for Culiacan. It's only a matter of time before the government is in full control of Culiacan and residents aren't living under the thumbs of the narcos.
@Detroit hey, thanks for the positive encouraging mindset. You have such a beautiful Aura
DeleteCheck it out, what is everyone in Culiacan is in a Chapitos cult/ criminal enterprise and they all make fentanyl together to kill you
For CDS, it’s better for business if the “more” violent leaders are gone, leaving leaders who are more business oriented and experienced around. Yes Mayo is in Zac fighting Mencho but it’s another cartel as opposed to different factions fighting each other in the same group. Remember when M1(Manuel Torres Felix) got way too violent and fucked up heating up all of the plazas. They let the army go after him. Mind you he went out in a blaze of glory in which most other bosses don’t. Like I said, it’s a better business decision on their part. That’s if MZ gave him up. Most likely it was the Government sending a message right before Bidens visit, to try to make the govt look better after letting him go the first time.
DeleteI hope sedena gets that nini rascal y el tecato sir.
ReplyDeleteSeems like way too much effort and resources spent to try and capture Nini, I think something else is up…
ReplyDeleteThey almost caught El Nini, but the stupid guachos shot their own and El Nini got away.
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DeleteDo you have a news source for the wachos shooting one of their own?
Might make more sense being Ivan ?
ReplyDeleteivan not in sinaloa was in mazatlan or goes often but he probably in durango in the sierra rn no more going down to the cities for him
DeleteI would think nini would confront the military with his people. Looks like he's on his own now
ReplyDeleteKilling more Soldier’s is definitely not the move for el Nini right now.. best thing he can do is lie low and wait for all this to blow over.
DeleteHey HEARST, off-topic question: you mentioned a part 2 to the Zetas series that you have been working on with MX. I've been wondering, is it still in the works or just on the backburn for a bit since we've been having big news recently
ReplyDeleteSeregalin:
DeleteGood memory.
It'll remain on the back burner until news slows down.
DeleteI personally prefer to write about news rather than history - especially when it comes to topics like Zetas which have been written about extensively before. But thanks for asking. I'll keep it in mind since there's still interest.
I can imagine it taking a lot more effort. The extensive coverage of what's happening now is great to see, thanks!
DeleteJust what I've been wondering.. The first was great. News should take precedence, but there is definitely still interest Hearst.
DeleteMy first thought was Ivan would make sense after taking down Ovidio. Either they get Ivan or Ivan break him out imo.
ReplyDeleteI can't see any of them in Culiacan right now, or even Sinaloa.
ReplyDeleteHahaha Los Chapitos ran out of RPGs Javelins HIMARS and NASAMs from the Russian Mafia && the Ukraine War && the CIA.....
ReplyDeleteThey were ready to use "rocket launchers" to protect their fearless leader, El Raton, from the USAF in case Biden should send the American military after them..... 👍🪖👌🏽
The only war that america has ever won was against Panama and Grenada. Even the second world war Russia did all the destruction of the 3rd reich and the British and Canadians next to them. america only entered in 1941 when Germany was clearly defeated!
DeleteUS Special Forces Green Beret John Rambo defeated the Viet Cong in Vietnam.
DeleteListen to this dumb ass spout like he knows history. America only got in it when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. And yeah we ended World War 2 with the atomic bomb. And rearranged the world order. So while your sitting there looking like an uneducated dummy hating on United States know what your saying is true. Or you look like your some dumb kid trying to talk amongst men.
Delete@12:46 pm. Not true. The Vietcong was smashed through being decimated during the Tet Offensive and having it's leadership cadre liquidated by the Phoenix Program.
DeleteRussians destroyed Japan's main army in Manchuria while America took a few islands.
DeleteLooks like China, Russia, North Korea, iran and several other countries have a military pact, a 50 million man army that can be fueled and equipped to fight for years! Bad news for the failing empire!
The American think tank "Center for Strategic and International Studies - CSIS" concluded that the Chinese invasion of Taiwan will fail but at a huge cost to the US, Chinese and Taiwanese soldiers , such as thousands of dead, at least two sunken aircraft carriers, unleashing Taiwan's Navy along with its economy.“The United States and Japan are losing dozens of ships, hundreds of aircraft and thousands of soldiers. Such losses would damage US global standing for many years ," the report said.
DeleteIn most scenarios, the US Navy loses two aircraft carriers and 10 to 20 large surface ships. About 23,200 American soldiers will be killed in three weeks of war.
John Wayne defeated the Viet Cong. Haven't any of you guys watched the Green Berets.
DeleteThe Chinese won't invade Taiwan,they want to keep their riches and money.They are good businessmen .
DeleteBut anyways I'll order beef with black bean sauce and Peking duck.
@2:26pm ......You're *..........
DeleteIn one video it shows General Cienfuegos leaving a house with 2 duffel bags with cash spilling out the top! Of course, they never arrested anyone!
ReplyDeleteCienfuegos has dirty hands, since he is old school and got away with things in the past, Mexico considers him untouchable. Yes you will see him with money bags, lives in a Mansion, does whatever he pleases, they even had him freed from US prosecution, buy saying they will take care of him in a Mexican Court, only to set him free after a week
DeleteI got the duffels, where the cash at!!?
DeleteKing of Fent making moves while in custody
ReplyDeleteLa mayiza a de andar de pericos cantando donde se ubican los contras de la chapisa ahahaha
ReplyDeleteEl nini most likely broke now running and hiding.
ReplyDeleteIs there any confirming Nini was disciplined or benched in Culiacan last year?
ReplyDeletenini was benched because of a tunnel he was in charge of in baja got raided, it was a big lost rumored to have actually been stolen and blamed nini and Edwin huerta aka el flaco TJ
Deleteits said they snitched on big loads with only 15% cocaine (after they cut it) so it would test positive and kept the remaining coke
DeleteI don't think that's something you just get benched for.
Delete02:37 yup I heard same that’s crazy!! A lot of the bug thousand like 10 ton busts are front propoganda stunts to give up a certain weight of dope per year or quota or whatever
DeleteI seen Coast Guard board a boat that was filled with cocaine, but it wa all powder not in wrapped kilos — just mounds of powder in the hole
Crazy shit
@1024 you got a link to that bust?
DeleteWell done post Hearst.
ReplyDeleteHEARST, is there a BB piece on the reports/rumors that El Nini had fallen out of favor with Los Chapitos?
ReplyDeleteNot that I know of.
DeleteI thought we covered it but I'm looking back now and I don't see anything. These were rumors that popped up around Spring/Summer 2022 and to be clear, I'm trying to frame them as just that - rumors. Take them with a grain of salt.
DeleteStop believing anything on the Internet nini is still in good standings with chapitos
ReplyDeleteyes he is currently in good standings with pizza boys but he did get benched and is no longer or has been in charge of ivans security for a while.
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ReplyDeleteRemember how they hunted down Pancho Chimal and Güero Ranas after they ambushed the military convoy that was transporting “Bryan” to the hospital?……. That is exactly what they seem to be doing now vs El Nini. That man is going to get killed, soon. The military want him, because of the soldiers that got ambushed and killed last Thursday. They blame him.
ReplyDeleteWasn't it El Kevin?
DeleteChapitos need to stock up quickly with RPG’s or anything available to shoot down helicopters, because looks like they’ll be seeing them choppers above there head frequently now.
ReplyDeleteI bet. They’re probably suffering from sleep deprivation and possibly psychosis… scrambling avoiding helicopters Army Nacional Guard Marina Federales Municipal Police and everyone else come out the wood works on their ass
DeleteSometimes you just need to be a better person.
This is officially the begging of the hunt. Now that Ovidio’s off the table there is only $15 million USD remaining bounty for all the Chapitos.
Ovidio would have made the total reward for all brothers Los Chapitos was around $20 million US from DoJ DEA and I believe Biden has additionally targeted Los Chapitos and has increased or offered an additional bounty for their captures.
Sucks to be a Guzman right now.
I already miss El Raton, I get seperation anxiety and stuff
From boss of la chapiza security forces, to paisa cortando tomate y calabaza en sonora if he's lucky
ReplyDeleteYup we know who’s payroll the government is on CJNG
ReplyDeleteThey were after Panu. Markitos Toys cleans money for his compadre Nini
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