Beltráns Floundering

Dec 22nd, 2009 | By Michel Marizco | Category: General News, Organized Crime

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THE BORDER REPORT

This morning, they killed the mother of the Special Forces trooper who died in the gunbattle with Arturo Beltrán Leyva. Killed her while she slept along with three others, all familymembers of Melquisedec Angulo Córdova.

This is the Beltrán Leyva legacy. No intelligence, no networks, pure violence. Mr. Angulo’s name was one of the only ones published in the media as being one of the men who went after Beltrán. That must be how they got his name or they would have targeted someone who actually posed a threat, say, the commanding officer who organized the attack. Angulo didn’t have a vendetta, he was serving his country when he went up against them.

A story has been widely circulated in the media of the Dec. 2 murder of Edgar Bayardo, the snitch who allegedly gave up Beltrán. My Mexican law enforcement people are telling quite a different tale that I’m trying to corroborate from up here but I know now that Bayardo was not the soplón.

This idiocy, of killing Angulo’s mother, confirms some of that. There’s no intel here, and I mean that in the smarts sense and in context of information-gathering. Getting to her and the rest of the family was a relatively simple thing. Follow the funeral to Paraíso, Tabasco and proceed from there. There was newspaper, radio and television coverage; the Internet’s full of stories of what the man did for his country and how he died. The funeral was yesterday.

When the acting chief of security for Mexico City was murdered in 2008, Beltrán’s people were blamed for that assassination as well. Inept killer, he used two guns but only one had a silencer.

The murder does nothing to further the Beltrán Leyva name. It is possible, of course, that some other organization, say, for instance, the Sinaloans, did the job in order to cast a shadow on their enemies. But the time to cast shadows and blame has passed. Beltrán is dead. And the Sinaloans, for all their own semblance of viciousness, maintain relatively decent public relations (so far, anyway). When the Beltrán people killed the son of a restaurant owner in a nasty shootout in Cd. Obregón a while back, a man came to visit the owner and told him his son’s killing had been avenged. The next day, three Zetas turned up dead in the canals outside the city. I know the story because I talked to the owner and to a journalist in the area.

Bad, bad move. They’re desperate, drowning; the cartel is headless. But a dead cascabel will still bite.

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ilegal December 22nd, 2009 10:16 am
nobody saw the vehicles in which the killers arrived o the house, but the authorities blame it on la letra, no pelones, nor fedas but letra, smooth move, lol!!
Esmerelda December 22nd, 2009 11:32 am
This piece has sent chills through me. I was almost in the same shoes as this young mans mother. Pure instinct kept me and my husband alive. Afterwards, I saw red spray paint had been sprayed on the curb in front of our home, never figured that part out. Its been a year and a half ago, so I assume interest has been lost. This is a time of the ruling of animals in Mexico. I hope Mexico’s people do more to fight back, evil like this cannot be changed, only destroyed.
YeYo December 22nd, 2009 12:17 pm
That is fucked up…That is some coward shit and that is why ABL had to go people that cant conduct themselfs in a proper fashion have no buisness with having so much power..Now that they are somewhat wounded the Gov should really go after them hard..Maybe this was done by some independant group with no such orders as to take out the hole Fam maybe they worked with ABLs people and did for their own sord of revenge because if you are a member of this oganization you would think that you might wanna play dead for a while so they leave you alone while you regroup..JMO
Rabbit December 22nd, 2009 12:42 pm
Now we know why Arturo is dead. Bad move from senseless idiots.
LOL December 22nd, 2009 1:42 pm
Mexico needs something like los PEPEs from Colombia!
vinotinto December 22nd, 2009 1:48 pm
cobarde el pueblo que dejo ser su pais tomado por narcos maricones
el perdido December 22nd, 2009 2:05 pm
No vinotinto no fue el pueblo, fue el gobierno. Es la historia de Mexico, repitiendose una y otra vez desde los tiempos de la Malinche.
vinotinto December 22nd, 2009 2:09 pm
“el perdido” looking at it that way I’d have to agree
ilegal December 22nd, 2009 5:02 pm
they gave chapo his navidad already. lol!!
move December 22nd, 2009 7:32 pm
Ok any Name Changer, were the people Arturo surrounded himself with a bunch of useless retards, yes or no?
D_nephew December 22nd, 2009 9:04 pm
im not going to defend stupidity……los ke se aventaron el jale son unos pendejos calentado mas el pedo pal “H”…..si el jefe estuviera vivo jamas hubiera permitido esta estupides….. me da aguite…….move 1-nephew 0…..happy?
T_R_C December 22nd, 2009 9:34 pm
Most of the US has very little knowledge of what is really going on in Mexico. I have been following the cartel wars for a long time and now I wonder if anyone really knows much. I was hoping that Arturo’s death might create some activity that might bring some order. I suspect this reaction is the Beltran Leyvas’ projecting that now they will be even more dangerous than before similar to how La Familia reacts when they are challenged. And as mentioned in the article, it could also be a sobotage act by the sinaloans or La Familia.

As much as I would like to, I can’t really put blame on Calderon because he was only trying to place honor where it should be rightly placed, on a man that gave his life for a cause.

I seriously doubt Mexico can maintain economically for another year without peace between the cartels because buisness and tourism cannot function with the chaos and fear that is so common in Mexico. Juarez has for rent sign on more than half of the buisness properties. They cannot survive without tourism. I would hate to own a hotel in a tourist resort in Mexico today. How about you? If this war goes on into March or April, Mexico is in real trouble.

I look to see the CIA take serious action if these wars continue. I am sure they are currently deeply involved and more than likely paid for and delivered the bullet Arturo met.

Looking back at cartel activity, Armado Corrillo Fuentes came to mind. They say that the guy was so violent because; one he was so full of himself, and secondly he was so full of cocaine for years and years. It got so bad in that time, if he or anyone else even thought you might snitch, they would kill you before you had the chance (severe paranoia and sociopathic behavior). It seems now we have einire cartels with the same philosophy.

Who is next is the real question. Which psycho goes down next? It will be the one that is creating the most chaos so change can come about with his “execusion.” This is not about getting rid of drug trade in Mexico. It is about getting rid of psycho cokeheads that have way to much power just like Armado.

And by the way, who care which one is the most powerful, it will be the one that is the most diplomatic that will prevail. That is the truth.
move December 22nd, 2009 10:25 pm
It’s more like MOVE 2 and Name Changer 0, why because you forgot to mention the death of Arturo. I told you Arturo was not going to last long.

I have been saying this. That Arturo’s days were numbered and the people around him were a bunch of useless morons. Proven right on both counts in one week. Guess all that gossiping between you and your supposed buddies in Mexico didn’t mean a thing, you still got your info all wrong. That’s what happens when you depend on rumors for info, even if you refuse to acknowledge that all you listen to are nothing but rumors by biased people pumping up their side.

Again Barbie was a playboy from Texas that sold some drugs, he had no business having the rank Arturo gave him, and Zetas are all a bunch of parasites and you can’t change their nature even if Arturo brought some of them under him.
T_R_C December 23rd, 2009 8:17 am
Illegal, it may have been a Christmas Party for El Chapo but if I were him, I would not throw a New Years Eve get together (LOL). I suspect intities more powerful than cartels are taking aim. That is for a fact, what happened to Arturo. These stupid wars are threating the US and Mexican economies and when that happens, the CIA takes action. That is, if the cancer does not get El Chapo first. The diplomatic jefe’ wins. Not the loud ones. I wonder what the effect on the DOW would be if something were to happen to El Chapo? I would imagine that the major corporations investing in Mexico would, well could you say “explode with enthusiasm.”
drift December 23rd, 2009 1:17 pm
ilegal the name changer……that should be mine and Vincent Hannah’s name……. LMAO.

You cant really call his guys useless, except for that one that was going to jump out the window. I mean they held theyre ground but Beltran should of taken the messages he was getting about the strange activity more seriously, but in my mind i think he was going to talk to the General he was going to meet up with as into find a way to get the hell out of Cuernavaca under some kind of convoy or see what military activity was going on
move December 23rd, 2009 2:23 pm
Name Changer is D_NEPHEW not ilegal or you drift, unless you think ilegal and D_NEPHEW are the same person which I don’t, their writing styles are too different.

Drift come on man, the people around Arturo did not hold their ground. Now I was not there to see what happened exactly, but from the pictures I saw Arturo did not have a gun next to him. He had a cell phone close to by but that’s it. None of the people around that I saw died with a gun on their hand. I think orders came down to kill Arturo not detain him.

Look Arturo is an emotional guy that had delusions of being untouchable. As soon as his brother got caught he wants to raid the prison to get him out, not with any plan no fuck that just storm the place and get him out NOW because he was too stupid to wait. Then he blames Shorty and Mayo for what happened to Mochomo and the sons of Shorty, the a money launderer lady, and M1 are killed, not anybody important just their kids. Even though there is evidence that Mochomo got snitched on by a some military men he was trying to flip onto his side.

Kills the people around him for kidnapping, even though they have been doing it for years already and the only reason he did it was to please the power in San Pedro. He could of been smart about it and given them so other type of work, or given them same work but in another place. Nope, his bright idea was to kill them and make it as public as possible. I can understand making it public the deaths of your enemies for psychological reasons, but killing your own that openly will make people around you questioned their loyalty. Think about it, you are out there risking your life and freedom for an organization that will turn on because some Mayor started complaining. If you are going to kill them do so quitely.

Then he surrounds himself with pretty boy yes men to protect him. Againg Drift if you had to chose between Bravo and Barbie to be in charge of security who would you pick? The Military Lieutenant or the playboy from Texas. Does giving Barbie that rank make sense? NO, FUCK NO!!!!

By the way Drift what do you think about a movie about Pablo Acosta aka el Zorro de Ojinaga starring Danny Trejo, the guy with the big ass Charra tattoo on his chest. Look up pictures on both of them and tell me if they don’t look like twins.
drift December 23rd, 2009 2:33 pm
i’d have to go with Aponte Bravo or even for that even Macho Prieto, ive been laughing at this whole thing with how you look comments, they’ve been funny as hell to me, i was telling myself what the hell are we checking out guys now? LOL! and i always thought that Danny Trejo looked like Pablo Acosta, they just need to give the book Druglord to a screenplay wrtiter to make it happen, if im correct Marco Antonio Haro is doing time in El Cereso at Juarez he was busted with a guy named El Sixto for selling little baggies, he got busted i think like 6-7yrs back in Juarez, Sixto was beat to shit in the photo and El Carnicero de Ojinaga was untouched
T_R_C December 23rd, 2009 2:59 pm
Move, The Life and Death of a Mexican Druglord by Terence Poppas was an exceptional book. And yes, Trejo is a perfect choice. It would be a great movie. He has been to prison 3 times in the old days in California. He for sure understands the culture.
I new a lot of the OJ crew back in the day and some of the crew before his time. I have been clean 21 years. That was a bachelors degree and 2 masters ago.
Ole school tradition ment something back then until Armado came along and changed things forever. This is what we don’t have now, legit plaza bosses.
interested December 23rd, 2009 11:41 pm
Just an observation, everybody is reacting to the killing of this marines family with anger. Everyone also agrees that this retaliation was a bad idea. Is it possible that this was a setup in order to get everyone againts them?
Dwight December 24th, 2009 5:42 pm
el perdido you can’t cop to that historia de Mexico, la malinche, blame it on the gobierno crap anymore. You can’t expect your government to support you if you don’t support your government. Cortez screwed the aztecs because the aztecs allowed it to happen. With the murder of Angulo’s mother, now is the time if there ever was a time to say “enough”. Otherwise the narcos will own you for generations to come.
Tantos January 2nd, 2010 9:39 pm
Dwight, Mexico is not a democracy, never has been. Ask some of the guachos from down south if they have any representation in the Mexican government. Why would they support the government when they are treated like slaves with no hope for their children to escape poverty? And why would they support a revolution like the Zapatistas in the 90’s? Why risk your life, when you can cross into the U.S, get a job, and your kids can go to school (and then maybe college)? Maybe their kid is the next Henry Cejudo, who knows?

Most Americans have no idea how impotent these people feel. They are just trying to survive. And it doesn’t help that the Catholic church ingrains in them that they should just suffer with dignity because it is all “God’s will.”
sw40 January 14th, 2010 11:05 am
just got back from a months vacation in parral chih,mex and let me tell u something , the government is deeply involved in the elimination of chapos enemys!the volience in the state is horrendous and the people are tired of narcos not only killing rivals but innocent bystanders including wives of narcos who have nothing to do with the war.No respect and honor they should be ashamed of themselves, eso no es ser hombre es ser cobarde.MEXICANS NEED TO STAND UP AND TAKE THE REIGNS FROM THEIR OPPRESSIVE CORRUPT GOV, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!! oh by the way the rumor is el chapo is hiding in the sierra of chih and durango everybody knows dat but the gov!!