Contreras, the task-force chief, wrote CRIM Squad commendations; he calls them the best federal unit Ive ever worked with. That fall, they won the top state honor for cops who bring trafficking cases: the California Narcotics Officers Award. Vargas stayed on to supervise his section before drifting off to intelligence operations. We taught everything from intel to mobile surveillance. To be sure, those are givens of investigative policing but till CRIM Squad, no one did that at CBP. Police say they found At this point, everyones looking for Furcio, figuring theres a bloodbath popping off, says Vargas. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Sitting on that house, they spotted Tigre in a car. Breitbart News obtained access to the criminal investigation into Poblete Ramos 2011 arrest on the charge of kidnapping. Also known as Z-40, Morales reportedly executed perceived enemies of the cartel using the method of The Stew, or El Guiso. The Mexican Attorney General's Office announced Sunday afternoon the arrest of Jose Rodolfo "El Gato" Villareal-Hernandez, the alleged mastermind behind the murder of a drug No one told them how those captures linked to El Teo or his enemy, Fernandito, of the AFO. Their bosses and crews would think so, too, and go on about their business till the task force or DEA dropped the hammer. On evenings and weekends, hed prowl the web for open-source leads on fugitives. That kid they called Pelon? Navy marines stormed an upscale apartment complex and killed Leyva along six members of his organization in a two-hour gun battle. Related In light of their achievement, it seems like bad form to ask what all their labors had delivered. The associate later testified against Vasquez, claiming the cartel assassin took him to an undisclosed location where Vasquez was also keeping a family of three. Over there, off H Street, is the mini mart where Vargas CRIM Squad ambushed Furcio and a woman. Ranked among Americas safest, cleanest towns, its praised for fiscal health by good-governance groups, and exalted for both its beaches and civic stability. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias, File), Police officers surround the body of a coworker killed during a shooting with alleged drug traffickers in Tijuana, Mexico, late Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Line watch was the mission of most of its agents: waiting in their Broncos for illegals to cross, then chasing them down and cuffing them for deportation. By early 2009, Vargas was getting calls from the other top outfits in town. That botched abduction ended in a firefight between their hit squad and a Chula Vista cop. There used to be a gate there called Whiskey Two: a door in the wall that only the feds could unlock. We were soldiers bagging soldiers. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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Chilling footage of cartel interrogating cop before body found chopped up in bags. He was on his way over to burn down the house of a rival gangster. By all objective measures, its a model metropolis. A BRUTAL drug runner dubbed Cartel Queen has been captured by the Mexican army after allegedly kidnapping five people. Four of the dead men - including a wanted murder suspect - were dumped outside the new mayor's campaign office in Iguala, in Mexico's south-western Guerrero province. Then his cellphone rang: It was Teo. Seven of us sit there, sipping Don Julio and recalling the demons of yore. He and his extraordinary team of trackers a crew of six detectives in the Criminal Aliens Squad (or CRIM, for short) did something undreamed of in the nearly 100-year history of the CBP. (AP Photo/Antonio Sierra), Mexican forensic experts examine the body of 14 year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca under the Paso Del Norte border bridge in the city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Monday June 7, 2010. Terry Glavin: Theres a revolution going on in the Mideast. Nowhere is that riddle harder to solve than in greater San Diego. Mexican federal police say 10 of their officers were killed in the attack and several others were wounded. Well put trackers on your moms car and tail her to church, if thats what it takes to find you., For months, CRIM Squad members worked lead after lead, sitting on addresses from East Lake to Poway on tips from Vargas informants. Three generations of one family were killed in what is described as a "cartel-like execution" at a California residence known to police for drug-related activity. They could reach out and touch anyone on this side. So, too, did the other cops on his squad who spoke to me for this story, out of concerns for their safety and that of their loved ones. Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. Eventually, I heard something about wed played a part, but no one ever reached out and said so, says Vargas. #Celaya #Guanajuato La tarde de este sbado se registr un ataque armado en una iglesia mientras se efectuaba una boda en la comunidad de Pelavacas en Celaya. July 18, 2010. They arrested 21 suspects and seized 14 guns that day, and confiscated 60 keys of coke and methamphetamine over the course of the operation. I asked God, Please! (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias), A man looks at a body of an unidentified man who found dead with his arms and legs tied together by the side of a dirt road in Zapopan, on the outskirts of Guadalajara, Mexico Monday, May 24, 2010. Authorities identified one of the four victims as Rey Jose Poblete Ramos, a man with a lengthy criminal history. Pelon, however, wasnt holding drugs or guns, so they brought him to the station, then cut him loose. Vasquez repeated the same action on the parents. Youre the guys that sacked Furcio! In his confession, Yeyo admitted to heinous acts with deadpan indifference. On this side, the ones who worked their tails off after school; on that side, the ones who flaked in 10th grade and wound up on the yard. His name rang a bell; he was connected to Los Palillos, the gang that was shooting up San Diego. Pines and jacarandas shade the rutless roads that jog by ivy walls of gated enclaves. A Mexican navy official said that alleged drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva and three members of his cartel were slain Wednesday inside the apartment during a shootout with sailors. Cardenas was arrested in 2003 and is currently serving 25 years in jail in the US. The AFO sent their hit squads here to try and take them out, says Duncan, who led the Palillos investigation. Chihuahua State officials released a statement Tuesday June 8, demanding a full investigation into the death of the boy who was allegedly shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent after a confrontation, according to Mexican authorities. Dave Contreras, a boss with the Gang Suppression Team of the San Diego PD, asked for CRIM Squads help with Operation Stampede, a massive, task-force takedown of the Southeast Locos. There were drunken Friday dinners at Vargas house, the wives inside at the kitchen table, the cops on the patio, laughing their way through cases of Tecates. They left the cash to show that this was vengeance, not money, says Vargas. Released, he melted into the Tijuana streets literally, per one experts guess. Back at the office, Im filing my assault-on-a-federal-officer [report], and the supes like, Whatever. Eight men in armor poured out of a van with rifles. His men jumped onto task-force units with the FBI and DEA. My kids know:If something happens to me, the first call isto these guys. Back at the station, feds lined up in Vargas office. The country has been plagued by gang violence, with more than 300,000 murders since 2006. A 10-month-old baby and his 16-year-old mother have been identified among the six victims shot dead in a cartel -style execution in a home in Goshen, California. Editors picks One of Vargas neighbors was targeted by the Palillos. Joe Manganiello on Discovering Hes Part-Black and Descended From Slaves EL PASO A Mexican national was sentenced today to life in prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for his role in the Sinaloa Cartels operations. The garbage that terrorized this beautiful city.. One of the thousands of victims of cartel violence in Tijuana. Another was abducted. The FBI, DEA, ATF, Group One: Everyone but the Secret Service wanted a crack at Furcio. OU NEVER FORGET your first murderer, they say though few cops recall the killers they caught as charitably as Vargas does. Authorities identified one of the four victims as Rey Jose Poblete Ramos, a man with a lengthy criminal history. Three men with rifles opened fire. Jan. 16, 2023. The scariest of the bunch were Los Palillos, motivated by vengeance, not profit. Next to the bodies, that had their feet and hands tied and a plastic bag covering their heads, police also found a message allegedly from a drug cartel. Tigre did so. With a population of 1.3 million, 2,600 people died in drug-related violence last year and 500 so far this year, including two Americans recently who worked for the U.S. Consulate and were killed as they returned from a children's party. 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