José Noriel Portillo Gil, alias “El Chueco”, one of the most sought after cartel figures in Mexico, has been found dead.
The Sinaloa Cartel (CDS) - Chapitos affiliated member became infamous nationwide after he killed two Jesuit priests in Urique, Chihuahua.
Warning: Some graphic images below this point.
The Remains
The body was located on Saturday, March 18, 2023, on dirt road in between the small towns of El Chinal and Picachos, in the municipality of Choix, in the state of Sinaloa. This is, notably, near the Sinaloa border with Chihuahua and close to Chueco's homeplace of Urique municipality.
Initial reports from Reforma allege he was executed. At least one gunshot wound is visible on his neck in images alleged to depict his remains.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reported that the National Guard and the Secretary of National Defense are investigating the remains in order to officially identify the body.
In June 2022, a baseball team sponsored by El Chueco lost a game in a regional, non-professional league. Chueco, a hot-tempered man, reportedly blamed the loss on a call by the game’s umpire.
The next day, Chueco visited the umpire’s residence – only to find that he wasn’t home at the time. The umpire’s brother Paul Osvaldo made an innocuous comment as Chueco was leaving which seemed to trigger his anger which led Chueco to kill Paul.
Chueco then drove to a small hotel in the center of town, where he partied in the lobby while consuming excessive amounts of cocaine. A 60-year old tour guide named Pedro Palma asked Chueco if he could quiet down so that his tour guests could get some rest. This request enraged Chueco and he attacked Palma, likely shooting him.
Palma, now severely wounded, fled the lobby and stumbled into the building next door, the town’s church. Two of the priests inside were attempting to aid the bleeding tour guide when Chueco entered the church, with a gun in hand. Chueco shot all three men dead, the tour guide and the two priests.
To read all the details of what happened, such as the kidnapping of Paul's family, what happened to the umpire, and the third priest in the church that day, please check out this previous story.
Update 11:25 CST
Newspaper El Diario de Chihuahua is reporting that their sources at the state Attorney General’s Office confirmed that the man found dead is El Chueco.
Diario further details that it was Choix municipal police officers who found El Chueco. They say 12 bullets were found near his body.
Update 11:35 CST
Los Noticieristas writes that the sister of El Chueco traveled to Sinaloa and viewed the remains. They report that his sister confirmed that the deceased was indeed, José Noriel Portillo, “El Chueco”.
Impacto TV alleges that the 12 shell casings found near the body were either 9mm or 7.62×39mm.
Update 11:45 CST
More images of the remains from GhostDeviil on Twitter.
Update 3:30 CST
El Pais writes that there were actually 16 -not 12- spent shell casings found near Chueco’s body.
They allege that by the time the human remains were noticed by a neighbor, who quickly called the municipal police, Chueco had already laid dead for 24 hours prior.
The state Attorney General’s Office announced that they would be DNA testing the body in order to verify the identity.
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This is what happens when you bring a lot of heat down on your plaza.
ReplyDeleteGet ready for Elmo's speech, somehow his speech writer and advisors, will say the 350 elite soldiers captured and killed him, when we all know he died in a shooting with a rival.
Delete1011 who is your speechwriter? You never fail to come up with crazy scenarios. El Chueco made himself a target. Chapitos condemned his actions and vowed to take action. The government arrested a lot of people in his circle. Stick to the facts and refrain from allowing your wild imagination to run loose on you bro.
DeleteThe fact that he was alive this long suggests it wasn’t CDS that killed him. If the CDS top bosses wanted him dead, it would have happened a while ago. More likely Chapo Isidro killed him to gain his plaza and look good for the people.
DeleteChapitos killed him otherwise there would be more dead because he always had people with him.
Deletealmo has not came out yet to claim credit for this one so his ratings can go up?
DeleteI want to see what the 3 ring circus is going to say mi grampa almo
I'm from temosachic Chihuahua and everyone knows how hot headed el chueco era still rip those pictures are s lil tough but I guess he had a short fuse and would kill you for the smallest thing and that's me being from a small town in chihuas
Deletehay nos vidrios basurita
ReplyDeleteJust another day for Sicario 006 taking care of business for his Patrones!
DeleteThe combat vest didn’t save him.
ReplyDeleteThe Vest did not have plates of Kevlar to protect him.
Delete@1:07 No they didn’t but when your shot in the neck breast plates and Kevlar don’t provide much protection.
DeleteHe died looking confused 😆
ReplyDeletesure, his friends from local police invited him to a walk and shoot him.
DeleteWho would not look confused :)
Killed by his own
DeleteHe left with a blank unexpected look
DeleteHe died as he lived.
DeleteSatan and his demons welcomed El Chueco with open claws. 🔥
ReplyDeleteQueso
Na he's in the realm of the dead now waiting like the rest for judgement
DeleteExactly..but when that day comes , i wouldnt want to trade souls with him.
DeleteSe creen muy vivos hasta que les vuelan el cerebro.
ReplyDeleteEl que a hierro vive a hierro muere.
Pinche vato pendejo!
His days as a "little bad ass" are over.
ReplyDeleteAndale culero!!! Merecias una muerte mas culero que eso
ReplyDeleteAwesome job Hearst following this story to the end.
ReplyDeleteIs Adelmo Nunez still allied with Chapo Isidro? I heard that he went back to CDS.
ReplyDeleteMan is that what it looks like, when someone is shot dead? Looks like he is staring at the sky.
ReplyDeleteThat's his own people, lured him to a spot and ended it.
ReplyDeleteHe knew that was coming, there's no way he could live after that kind of "mistake", the killing of two priests will on a coke binge.
Only people that could touch him was his own, they got tired of the military raids.
DeleteQuedo chueco
ReplyDeleteIvan guzman got to him
ReplyDeleteIncorrect
Delete1:59; 4:27 We don’t know that but the thought of Ivan exposed to shoot chueco is pretty out there.
Delete12:41 i don’t think he means Ivan carried the hit personally but get people did
DeleteThis is how you silence some one you dont want speaking about what those dirty little priests where doing
ReplyDeleteI'm really sick of seeing comments like this.
DeleteChueco got his chance to tell his side of the story and he did. You can read exactly what he said happened here:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2022/08/el-chueco-releases-video-in-which-he.html
In the video, he doesn't claim the priests did anything wrong, instead he describes the priests as innocent victims.
If the priests were involved in misconduct, he would have told us. Stop slandering dead priests.
Ofcourse you just believe his side of the story lol. You're a clown
Delete2:13: How about you try being silent? I really wanted to say please shut the "F" up tho, so whichever works.
Delete4:08
DeleteAnd your evidence the priest were dirty is?
Ovidio snitched!
ReplyDeleteIsidro strikes again
ReplyDeleteNothing to do with Isidro, it's clearly his own people that took him out. Dead on his own always had people around him.
DeleteIsidro doesn’t even run choix. It’s lemo nunez and chapos
DeleteLeño Núñez works with Isidro .. so yes Isidro could easily have called the hit if he wanted to , not saying he did
DeleteLemo Nunez doesn’t work with Isidro he works with Quintero/ Páez
DeleteYou can’t operate in northern Sinaloa without having some sort of agreement with Isidro , hes gotten that big ,even CDS has a truce with him
DeleteIsidro is pretty much back with cds. Listen to “de Los Mochis para Guasave-Bryan Díaz. Lemo was sending his people to help caborca cartel.
DeleteLemo Nunez is working with El R and the Caborca Cartel in fighting against los Chapitos. I'll repeat, Lemo is fighting to kill Chapitos hitmen.
Deletehttp://www.borderlandbeat.com/2022/09/chapitos-leave-dead-paez-caro-on-their.html
Whoever is in charge of Choix offered RCQ protection and then sold him out to authorities according to "a high-ranking DEA official" quoted by Proceso magazine.
https://www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2022/7/16/una-cadena-de-traiciones-llevo-la-captura-de-caro-quintero-289717.html
Does caborca cartel got any territory in sinaloa??
DeleteHearst well Lemo Nunez tends to switch up on his allies. He was with chapo than blo and quintero/ Páez
DeleteSo did the chapitos get him ? Idk where I read an article about chapitos going after him after he killed the two priests and the dudes after playing baseball.
ReplyDeleteLots of casing’s not much damage maybe he died of Fear
ReplyDeleteThis guy killed an American tourist in 2019 before the main stream news started reporting about every transgression against us citizens!!
ReplyDeleteHe was strangled. That’s why his eyes are wide open.
ReplyDeleteOnce dead they used him as target practice. Thats why there’s no blood. His heart was no longer pumping.
He has a gunshot to the head.
DeleteHe may have two gunshots to the head and he definitely has a wound to his right arm near his shirt sleeve but where's the blood? I think 5:51 is correct
Delete9:19 if you pay attention theres a lot of blood on the back of his head when he is on the ground, def a gun shot to the back of the head
DeleteFeed him to the hogs
ReplyDeleteIts pigs brick top
DeleteWhat s prick.
ReplyDeletePeople are dirt poor in Choix and Chueco was a 5 million peso sack of reward money walking around…people were suffering because of him including his own family / cartel…quite simply he was worth more dead than alive. It costs a lot money and influence to move freely around those parts of Sinaloa especially when wanted and if one person dislikes you they will rat you out and if you pay them they’ll will serve you up in a platter..this is true anywhere in Mexico
ReplyDeleteHis reaction looks like he need’s exorcism.
ReplyDeleteViva ALMO
ReplyDeleteViva El Pinocchio!
DeleteThere was rumors of chueco aligning himself with linea and even eating at a restaurant in a plaza controlled by la linea
ReplyDeleteNobody on their right mind qould want to do anything with the chuecos hot head, he was a hot potatoe
DeleteThat was false though
DeleteChoix sinaloa is blo territory he got hit by rivals
Delete11:31 choix isn’t blo it’s Lemo Nunez(allied quinteros) and also Chapos
DeleteThey never said where he was shot... Is it murder or suicide?
ReplyDeleteAll over some bullshit. He had his tactical vest on. I think someone summoned him and then executed him in front of their people as an example. The area he was in suggest he look for support from the contras
ReplyDeleteHe was burning guano
ReplyDelete