CARTEL WARS

Mexican
Changing Landscape along the South
Texas Border
South Texas CARTEL border WARS
January 2010 thru present
January 18, 2010 Reynosa
Mexico
Juan Reyes Mejia Gonzalez
shoots Concord.
January 18, 2010
reynosa, mexico
GULF CARTEL
ZETAS
Killed Concord &
Brother Victor Pena
Mendoza
Juan Reyes Mejia-Gonzalez
(A) “R1”
SAMUEL
FLORES BORREGO
(A) METRO TRES
Sergio Pena Mendoza
(A) “Concord” 2
MIGUEL ANGEL
TREVINO MORALES
(A) 40
January 21, 2010
reynosa – cumbres, mx
Reporting indicated that over 30 to 40 Zeta
vehicles had arrived in the area of Reynosa
and Cumbres, Mexico to prepare for war with
the Gulf Cartel if a battle was ordered by
Lazcano and/or Zeta.
The Sinoloa Cartel began to arrive into the
Reynosa area in support of the Gulf Cartel.
February 3, 2010
mexico city, mexico
Jose de Jesus
MENDEZ Vargas
“Chango
Miguel Angel
TREVINO-Morales
”Cuarenta”
LA FAMILIA HAS DECLARED WAR ON
LOS ZETAS
Heriberto
LAZCANO-Lazcano
“El Lazca”
February 7, 2010 Reynosa,
Mexico
Mexican military and Gulf
Cartel battle at 7/11 store.
February 7, 2010
reynosa, mexico
• Mexican Navy and Gulf Cartel gun battle
• Cartel parked at a 7/11 Store as Navy personnel
were returning from taking down a Clandestine
Lab at a ranch outside of Reynosa, Mexico.
• Cartel opened up on the Soldiers as they were
passing by,
• 3 soldiers killed – 8 wounded
• 3 cartel members killed – 4 arrested
• Navy seized large cache of weapons, vehicle and
cash
REYNOSA, MX
FEBRUARY 7, 2010
February 7, 2010
February 16, 2010 Mario
Alberto Ramirez “El Pelon”
arrested
February 16, 2010
Reynosa shootout
• Shootout between military and Gulf Cartel
resulted in arrest of plaza boss Mario
Ramirez aka El Pelon.
February 18, 2010 Shootout
between Gulf Cartel, Zetas
and military.
Miguel Angel
February 18, 2010
Nuevo Laredo Shootout
• Zetas and Gulf Cartel in gun battle.
• Military also engaged in battle
• Miguel Angel Trevino Morales aka 40,
believed wounded.
Omar Trevino Morales aka 42 believed
wounded and Carlos Moises Morales
believed killed. No confirmation.
Omar
Update: Omar Trevino Morales died from wounds 04-11-2010
February 22, 2010
Shootout at clinic in
Miguel Aleman
February 22, 2010
miguel aleman shootout
• Unknown high-ranking Zeta member
attempted to get medical treatment at
a clinic in Miguel Aleman.
• Shootout ensued with other unknown
Cartel rivals.
• One doctor was killed. NFI.
February 22, 2010
Vehicles marked with different
faction insignias.
February 22, 2010
source reporting
• Cartel vehicle markings to avoid shooting at
each other,
• CDG ----- Cartel del Gulfo
• XX -------- Eduardo Costilla Sanchez
• X -------- Antonio Cardenas Guillen
(Tony Tormenta)
• M3 -------- Metro 3 (Samuel Borrego)
• V or L ---- Los Zetas
February 23,2010
Threat made to U.S. Consulate
February 23, 2010
threat on u.s. Consulate
• Zetas made threat that they were capable
of bombing the U.S. Consulate.
February 23, 2010
gulf cartel banners
February 23,2010
Reports of Chapo
Guzman moving into
Monterrey.
February 23, 2010
Gulf Cartel merger
• Reporting indicates the Gulf Cartel
merging with La Familia Michoacana and
Chapo Guzman from Sinaloa.
Jorge Eduardo Costilla
Sanchez
“Coss”
Joaquin Guzman Loera
“El Chapo Guzman”
Antonio Ezequiel
Cardenas Guillen
“Tony Tormenta”
Jose de Jesus
MENDEZ-Vargas
“El Chango”
February 22, 2010
PREVIOUS INTELLIGENCE
• Cartel vehicle markings to avoid
shooting at each other,
• CDG– xxx ---Cartel del Gulfo
• XX -------- Eduardo Costilla Sanchez
• X -------- Antonio Cardenas Guillen
(Tony Tormenta)
• M3 -------- Metro 3 (Samuel Borrego)
• V or L ---- Los Zetas
Continued
Shooting between la familia cartel and federal police
El arco norte monterrey to nuevo laredo, mexico
hwy
March 10, 2010
Starr county, texas
STARR COUNTY, TX
MCALLEN, TX
Government of Mexico Navy
helicopter photographed hovering
over a residence in Starr County,
Texas 14 miles from the USMexican border.
March 16, 2008 Texas Governor
Rick Perry ordered phase I of the
Spill over of violence plan.
April 25, 2010
camargo, mexico
• Armed men from “40’s” Zetas in 15 vehicles
closed the Camargo, Mexico/Rio Grande City,
Texas Port of Entry.
• The Zetias robbed and assaulted over 20, Mexican
Port employees’
• Shot the port camera systems and kidnapped the
Assistant Port Director and a female employee.
• After releasing the employees, the employees
ran to the US Port of Entry in Rio Grande City,
Texas. At the same time there a reported bank
robbery.
• The Mexican citizens were interviewed and
released back to Mexico.
Week of may 1 thru 5, 2010
• Incidents
• Zetas and Gulf fighting in Cadillo Comals, Mx.
• Zetas using possibly Dynamite.
• Mier Mexico – Military against Zetas
• CDG against Zetas and Military intervention
• Los Guerras – Mexican Military against Zetas
• May 5, 2010
• Matamoros, Mexico
• Shootings between Military and Gulf Cartel
• Attempted arrest of Beto Fave
• Los Guerras, Mexico (west of Miguel Aleman)
• Approx 20 Zeta vehicles hidden in the Maquiladora
cartel BATTLES
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ZETAS
GULF
• LA FAMILIA
• CHAPO
• NACHO COLONEL
Why ?
Zeta Momentum
Trevino Factor
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TREVINO MORALES
MIGUEL ANGEL
Alias
• Cuarenta (40), L-40 ,“Mona”
Affiliation
• Non Military, Non Police
• Street Drug Dealer
• Assassin
Maintains control of drug routes to US
• Guatemala – Mexico
• Laredo, Dallas
Cell made up of 15+ operatives
Characteristics
• Ambitious
• EXTREMELY Violent
• Responsible for hundreds of
murders
• Respected
LAW ENFORCENT SENSITIVE
Where are the original zetas ?
Zeta Commander
Zeta Operations for the Gulf Cartel
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Bio-data
– DOB: 12-25-1974
– POB: Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mx
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Alias
– Zeta-3, Zeta-14
– “Lazca”, “Verdugo”, “Jetta”
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Helped form GAFE
– Ex Infantry
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Maintains control of drug routes to
US
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LAZCANO-LAZCANO
HERIBERTO
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Tamualipas
Veracruz
Nuevo Leon
Michoacan
Cell made up of 20+ operatives
Extremely Security Conscience
ZETA MEMBERSHIP YTD 2009
ARRESTED
HERIBERTO LAZCANO
CRUZ GALINDO
LAZCANO (a) LAZCA O
MELLADO (a) EL
VERDUGO
MELLADO, CLAVE Z-9
CLAVE Z-3
JESUS ENRIQUE REJON
AGUILAR (a) MAMITO,
CLAVE Z-8
SERGIO ENRIQUE RUIZ GONZALO GERESANO LORMEDEZ PITALUA GONZALEZ CASTRO
OMAR
TLAPANCO (a) TLAPANCO ESCRIBANO (a) EL
GUSTAVO (A) EL EROTICO
(a) PITA O MONO
O EL TLAPA
CUIJE
TONTO
CLAVE Z-18
ARRESTED
MARQUEZ AGUILAR
DANIEL ENRIQUE (A)
EL CHOCOTORRO
FLAVIO MENDEZ
SANTIAGO, (a) EL
AMARILLO
KILLED 030307
EFRAIN TEODORO
TORRES (a) EL EFRA
CLAVE Z-14
BRAULIO ARELLANO
DOMINGUEZ
(a) EL GONZO
CLAVE Z-20
DANIEL PEREZ ROJAS PRISCILIANO IBARRA
YEPIS
(a) “EL CACHETES”
CP 14/01-IV170/01 PROFUGO
MATEO DIAZ LOPEZ
(a) CMDTE MATEO
ARRESTED
ARRESTED 112008
REYNOSA, MX
JAIME GONZALEZ
DURAN (a) HUMMER
NABOR VARGAS
GARCIA
(a) LA DEBORA
ARRESTED 082006
ARRESTED 0905
SAN LUIS POTOSI, MX
ARRESTED 071806
ARRESTED
ARRESTED 0905 KILLED 012409
JALISCO, MX
CARLOS VERA CALVA LECHUGA LICONA
ALFONSO (a) CAÑAS
(a) EL VERA
CLAVE Z- 7
RAUL LUCIO HERNANDEZ
LECHUGA
(a) LUKI
CLAVE Z- 16
DIAZ LOPEZ ESTRADA
GONZALEZ EDUARDO
ARRESTED 042309
VERACRUZ, MX
RUBEN ACOSTA
IBARRA
“EL PELUCHIN”
GERMAN
(A) EL TATANCA
BAUDELIO MADRIGAL
MATEOS
(a) “EL BEDUR”
RAUL HERNANDEZ ALVARO SANCHEZ
BARRON
ESTEBAN
(a) FLANDERS
(a) LA MASCARITA
ARRESTED 022007
JOSE RAMON DAVILA
ISIDRO LARA FLORES
LOPEZ
(a) EL COLCHON
(a) EL CHOLO
ARRESTED
ARRESTED
ROGELIO GUERRA
RAMIREZ
(a) EL GUERRA
JORGE LOPEZ
(a) EL CHUTA
BENJAMIN TORRES
SOSA
(a) EL CHABELO
LUIS REYES
ENRIQUEZ
(A) REY, REX,
KING
CLAVE Z- 12
Statistics
Drug Related Killings in Mexico
(*year to date – April 27, 2010)
• 3,269 - (2010) Killings in Mx -
9 per day
• 7,724 – (2009) Killings in Mexico – 21.2 per day
• 6,756 – (2008) Killings in Mexico – 15.4 “ “
• 3,376 – (2007) Killings in Mexico – 7.3 “ “
• 2010 -
Military
24 Men Police
199 Women Decapitated
106
194
PGR Mexico – Reported through the US Embassy in Mexico City
Associated Press Mexico
El Norte News-El Milenio News & El Zeta News
Crime statistics in laredo and
surrounding areas 2006
(comparing homicide, aggravated assault)
12 0 0 0
10 0 0 0
8000
6000
11,648
5,023
4000
814
2000
0
376
21
1,414
119
20
1,961
22
L A RED O
H O U S TO N
SAN
A N TO N IO
C O RPU S
C H RIS TI
AU S T IN
HOMICIDE
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
Statistics from www.fbi.gov
CRIME STATISTICS IN LAREDO AND
SURROUNDING AREAS 2007 (comparing homicide,
aggravated assault)
14 0 0 0
12 0 0 0
10 0 0 0
8000
4,125
6000
865
4000
1,615
12,040
2,056
2000
0
10
L A RED O
351
H O U S TO N
122
SAN
A N TO N IO
HOMICIDE
Statistics from www.fbi.gov
17
C O RPU S
C H RIS TI
30
AU S T IN
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
CRIME STATISTICS IN LAREDO AND
SURROUNDING AREAS 2008 (comparing homicide,
aggravated assault)
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
13,132
4000
2000
0
958 294
10
LAREDO
HOUSTON
HOMICIDE
Statistics from www.fbi.gov
6,416
116
SAN
ANTONIO
1,525 2,306
19
CORPUS
CHRISTI
AGG ASSAULT
23
AUSTIN
Violent crimes in laredo and surrounding
areas
(HOMICIDE, RAPE, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT)
COMPARING 2006, 2007, 2008
24,564
2 5 ,0 0 0
2006
2007
2008
2 0 ,0 0 0
24,779
24,250
1 5 ,0 0 0
7,327
1 0 ,0 0 0
5 ,0 0 0
0
1,281
1,435
1,198
L A RED O
Statistics from www.fbi.gov
H O U S TO N
7,977
3,871
3,935
9,699 2,367 2,226
2,070
3,658
SAN
A N TO N IO
C O RPU S
C H RIS TI
AU S T IN
Laredo and Webb County Crime Clock, 2007
ONE
Murder
Every 28 days
ONE
Robbery
Every 25
hours
ONE
Rape
Every 4 days
ONE
Aggravated
Assault
Every 10
hours
ONE
Violent Crime
Every 7 hours
ONE
Index Crime
Every 16
minutes
ONE
Burglary
Every 4
hours
ONE
Larceny Theft
Every 49
minutes
ONE
Motor Vehicle
Theft
Every 6 hours
ONE
Property Crime
Every 36
minutes
Statistics from TXDPS Crime Information Bureau
Laredo and Webb County Crime Clock, 2008
ONE
Murder
Every 33 days
ONE
Robbery
Every
day
ONE
Rape
Every 4 days
ONE
Aggravate
d Assault
Every 9
hours
ONE
Violent Crime
Every 6 hours
ONE
Index Crime
Every 33
minutes
ONE
Burglary
Every 4
hours
ONE
Larceny Theft
Every 49
minutes
ONE
Motor Vehicle
Theft
Every 5 hours
ONE
Property Crime
Every 36
minutes
KIDNAPPINGS IN NUEVO LAREDO
2005-2009
Statistics from The Department of Homeland Security
MURDERS IN LAREDO AND NUEVO
LAREDO 2004-2009
Statistics from The Department of Homeland Security
Drugs seized in 2009
• Over 40,000 pounds of marihuana seized by
deputies. Over 13 million dollars street value.
• Over 5 million dollars of Cash seizures
• Over 558 arrests.
On 05-30-2010, 147 assault rifles seized in
Laredo, Texas
On 05-30-2010, 147 assault rifles seized in
Laredo, Texas
Seized by deputies on 06-02-10
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