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Wednesday, June 03, 2015

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Reporting the capture of “El Mini Lic”

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 03:20 AM PDT

Lucio R Borderland Beat  material from LineaDirecta and El Debate

According to "unofficial" information, in an operation by elements of the Marina, Mexican Army, and Federal police have captured in Dámaso López better known as "El Mini Lic". (above right)

López is the Godson of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

According to early reports that have transpired,  the Marina managed  the capture on the afternoon of Tuesday in a Mazatlán condominium complex called 'Peninsula',  in the Cerritos area of the  Sinaloa port.

After the capture the operation moved to Culiacán where López was supposedly transferred.

Residents reported police activity, including 4 Marina and Federal Police helicopters in the skies above the city.

El Debate confirms the presence of helicopters that arrived in Culiacán, and talk of an arrest being made, but also states no confirmation of an arrest. (image below of helicopter arrival is from El Debate)

RioDoce is reporting the operation at the condos, and the presence of helicopters at about 16:30 hrs:

"Federal Police Force and the Marina) Navy of Mexico conducted a search in the Peninsula condominium building, located in Sabalo Cerritos Mazatlan city from approximately 16:30.


The  Sábalo–Cerritos Avenue remained closed, at 21:00 Air movement was observed with the arrival of a helicopter.

About six units of the Navy guarding the roads.  Elements arrived at the site using non military vehicles including a dump truck, and wearing civilians clothing for the element of surprise.

Moments after going  inside the building, according to witnesses, reinforcement forces quickly followed.

RioDoce did report there were arrests, but did not elude to who the arrested may be.


Reports are very tentative; keep that in mind as you read this information.  While it does appear to have been a large operation, nothing is confirmed; however this is the information out there at this time.

The fall of "El Grande"

Posted: 03 Jun 2015 12:16 AM PDT

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana BCS Report and Video from Youtube.

[ Subject Matter: El Grande, BCS, Sinaloa Cartel, Los Pepillos
Recommendation: see link to his arrest article]

The afternoon of Thursday the 28th of May, Cruz Alonso Lozoya Uriate "El Grande" was detained after he initiated a gun battle with Agents of the PEP, Ministerial Police, Mexican Army and the Marines in La Paz


Reporter: ZETA Investigations and Cortesia

The afternoon of Thursday the 28th of May, Cruz Alonso Lozoya Uriate "El Grande" was detained after initiated a gun battle with Agents of the PEP, Ministerial Police, Mexican Army and the Marines in La Paz.

Around 18:30 pm, the Boss of Sicarios was circulating aboard a Chevrolet Suburban, colored white, plates CZN2016 of the State of BCS, with five accomplices.

They were patrolling around the Boulevard Pino Payas in the Fraccionamiento Villas del Encanto en La Paz, when they were spotted by elements of the State Preventative Police (PEP) Patrol 0775, who recognised the Boss of Sicario's and intended to intercept him, but when the officials marked the vehicle to stop, it didn't. The occupants of the vehicle then launched a grenade at the Police unit wounding one of the officers.




The criminals tried to flee, but the Police unit had called for support, 500 metres further, near the restaurant El Vado, they were intercepted by another unit, at this point the Suburban received five rounds fired into the drivers door, which was occupied by "El Grande".


At this point Lozoya Uriate and his five Sicarios got out of their vehicle with four rifles and three pistols. They decided to enter the restaurant mentioned that was full of diners, they didn't stay on the inside, they left the building at the rear, where they were met with diverse forces of Public Security, and a gun battle ensued that, according to testimony, lasted more than an hour.

(Otis: props to Think Tank from BB forum for this video)



At the end of the confrontation there were two Sicarios dead, two detained and one injured, that happened to be Luis Alonso Lozoya Uriate "El Grande", who presented two bullet impact wounds in his chest. The leader of the hit men was transferred to General Salvatierra Hospital, at the close of this edition, "El Grande" was in strong Police custody and his state of health is unknown.

The fifth accomplice, managed to escape the fire fight zone. From the criminals the Police managed to secure four rifles, including an AR15, three 9mm pistols, magazines, bullet proof jackets, and radios with the Municipal and State Preventative Police frequencies.

In the gun battle, one Agent was injured, the camera man from Canal 10, Adolfo Lucero, who was working covering the incident at the restaurant, suffered a heart attack when he saw the criminals running from the restaurant. He later died.

Many residents of La Paz were also affected as the Public Security Forces, put in a 10 block cordon around El Vado, for more than three hours.

According to the last crime map, elaborated Authorities Military and Federal, Cruz Alonso Lozoya Uriate "El Grande" was identified as head of Sicarios for Jose Francisco Ojeda Torres "El Pepillo", previous to this, he was a member of a cell headed by "Los Damaso", but when these were divided, he stayed with Ojeda and confronted his previous colleagues in the criminal cell "Los 28", led criminally by the brothers, Jorge, Felipe Eduardo and Carlos Guajardo Garcia.

There exists two detention orders against "El Grande" in Sinaloa and five more in Baja California Sur. In the middle of November 2014, ZETA published a report where we revealed that "El Grande" was the first objective of State Authorities, Federal and Armed Forces in La Paz (Otis: now named No Paz, by an anonymous commenter), who according to testimony and ballistic evidence from experts that work for the PGJE, had been identified as the principal responsible for kidnapping, torture, executions, burning people, decapitations and gun battles.

According to the criminal profile of "El Grande", elaborate the State Authorities, they consider him " extremely violent, hostile, dangerous, unstable and superficial and uses violence as a means for pressure or action.

The Sicario is originally from Culiacan, Sinaloa, born on the 3rd of May 1993, in his 22 years, first located in a recent crime map by Authorities Military and Federal as operations arm of Ranulfo Lopez Portillo "El Ranufo", Alejandro Sanchez Trejo "El Frane", Vidal Martinez Barraza "El Vidal" or "El Victor", and Jose Fernando Torres Montenegro "El Pepillo", principal bosses of the Sinaloa Cartel in La Paz.

The boss of Sicarios was identified during this past year in a gun battle on 1st of November in Calle Ramirez, between Manuel Marquez de Leon, and Miguel L Legaspy, in the Central Colonia of the State Capital.

Original article in Spanish at Zetatijuana


Two more Police forces disarmed in Jalisco

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 01:52 PM PDT

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Milenio article

[ Subject Matter: Alleged Municipal Police collaboration with narco's
Recommendation: Some knowledge of recent events in Jalisco would be useful]

State Public Security Forces will take charge of Policing in the Town's of Pihuamo and Jilotlan de los Dolores, informs the Attorney General

Municipal Police in Jalisco image courtesy of Flickr

Reporter: Jorge Martinez

Guadalajara. The Municipal Police of Pihuamo and Jilotlan de los Delores, in Jalisco, were disarmed and the security passed to State Forces, informed the Attorney General of the State.

La dependencia informed through their twitter account that the Governor Aristoteles Sandoval ordered in a preventative manner the disarming of the Police forces in these Towns.

The Attorney Generals Office detailed that the situation was under control, and that the State Public Security Forces would be in charge of the tiers of security.

They assure that more information will be given about the results at the end of the operations.

On 15th of March, The Regional One Force, took control of security in the Towns of Villa Purificacion and Union de Tula.

The Police that integrate various corporations were retained to be investigators, but after they were set at liberty because the Agent of Public Ministry could not prove links between the Municipal Police and organized criminals.

On the 8th of December of 2014 they ordered the disarming of the Police Forces of Cocula and Casimiro Castillo.

Original article in Spanish at Milenio

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