¿Quien Puso a la Muñeca?
Aug 31st, 2010 | By Michel Marizco | Category: General News, Organized Crime
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THE BORDER REPORT
This story took me the better part of the night to root out from federal court cases but I like it. It’s easy to jump to conclusions but more importantly, it’s interesting to see what’s revealed about the intel that led to the fall of La Barbie.
On an August afternoon in 2005, Jesus Ramos, a truckdriver, was driving south to Atlanta and called Romero Roel Martinez, the Sinaloa Federation’s cocaine distributor for that region. Ramos told him he would meet Martinez and run a load of cash proceeds down to Texas.
The next day, Aug. 17, Ramos called to arrange a meeting in the parking lot of a closed warehouse in Atlanta. At 7:30 p.m., he pulled his semi-truck in and met with two men, Joe Lopez and Luis Trevino, who arrived in a white Nissan Maxima.
Trevino and Ramos loaded three Navy duffel bags stuffed with $2,533,635 into the cab of Ramos’ truck. Trevino and Lopez drove off and Ramos pulled away. On Aug. 18, the Georgia State Patrol stopped Ramos’ truck on I-85 south of Atlanta and seized the cash. Ramos initially denied knowing anything about the bags of money (kind of wonder how that conversation went … ).
On June 11, a U.S. federal judge unsealed an indictment against Edgar La Barbie Valdez Villareal and five other men.
“This indictment shows that we are not content simply to arrest and prosecute those in our district who work on behalf of the Mexican cartels to bring cocaine into the United States. We are committed to tracing the drugs back to the cartel leaders themselves, and we look forward to the opportunity to prosecute the sources of this cocaine in federal court in Atlanta,” boasted U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates.
The indictment also names Carlos Montemayor, 37, Juan Montemayor, 45, Ruben Hernandez, 38, and Roberto Lopez, 31, with money laundering and with conspiring to import and distribute cocaine.
According to the Feds: they gathered evidence during a January 2008 wiretap-based trial fingering La Barbie as the source of tons cocaine imported into Atlanta from 2004 to 2006. Evidence at the trial, the Feds say, demonstrated La Barbie’s people were moving about 200 pounds of coke a week during the summer and fall of 2005. All that, they said, came up by semi-truck to Atlanta after crossing through Laredo, Texas. Still more trucks were used to run millions in cash back to Mexico.
And then, on June 18, a week after the U.S. put the heat on La Barbie, Ramos signed the plea agreement in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, admitting to the initial allegations.
I thought this was interesting. The General Requirements of the plea agreement, a negotiation between Ramos and the U.S. Attorney’s Office were:
The Defendant agrees to cooperate truthfully and completely with the Government, including being debriefed and providing truthful testimony at any proceeding resulting from or related to Defendant’s cooperation . Defendant agrees to so cooperate in any investigation or proceeding as requested by the Government . Defendant agrees that Defendant’s cooperation shall include, but not be limited to : (a) producing all records, whether written, recorded, electronic, or machine readable, in his actual or constructive possession, custody, or control, of evidentiary value or requested by attorneys and agents of the Government ; (b) making himself available for interviews, not at the expense of the Government if he is on bond, upon the request of attorneys and agents of the Government; (c) responding fully and truthfully to all inquiries of the Government in connection with any investigation or proceeding, without falsely implicating any person or intentionally withholding any information, subject to the penalties of making false statements (18 U .S .C. § 1001), obstruction of justice (18 U .S .C . § 1503) and related offenses.
Now, I doubt Ramos was the man who gave up La Barbie’s locale in Mexico to the cops. First, he sounds like a drug mule, second, the case is five years old, third, if Barbie was dumb enough to let low-level mules know the addresses to his haciendas, he was a fool and was just asking to get popped. Fourth, these are general requirements, meaning they’re standard for satisfying the plea agreement. Fifth, Ramos doesn’t appear to be in protective custody (his plea agreement is a matter of public record, available to anyone with an online connection to the federal court database.).
Finally, even in the Feds’ own press release regarding the indictment, they mentioned El C-1 was already in custody. I don’t think you announce to the world that you have a snitch in custody. Or do you?
According to federal court records, Ramos was indicted Dec. 15, 2009 and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Ramos was arrested Feb. 8, 2010. The location of the arrest, according to the returned warrant: “DEA S. Texas/Laredo.”
It sounds to me, from the arrest locale, like the DEA knew exactly where Ramos was and were simply sitting on him in Laredo, waiting for the right time to effect his arrest.
What it sounds like to me is that the U.S. nailed Ramos in 2005, cut him loose, maybe to work for them, maybe not, then indicted Barbie and immediately turned over the information they had obtained to the Mexicans for Barbie’s arrest. Then the information was used to nail Barbie’s 11 socios in Colombia, making this a network of arrests that spanned three countries in a three-month time period. I haven’t seen a play like that since Operation Trifecta in 2004 that led to Mayito’s arrest.
I don’t know that Ramos was the dedo, but the circumstances of his arrest are certainly interesting. The Americans sat on him for five years. Then, they took him in, and months later, Barbie’s network in Mexico and Colombia goes down.
Seriously? Why must there always be some conspiracy theory!? Did you expect “La Barbie” to rule the world for the remainder of his existence had no one ratted him out!?
You people give these guys way too much credit sometimes (more often than not!).
If you check out El Universal’s website, you’ll see 2-3 more videos recently added where La Barbie is being interviewed…not the same daisyy guy who we first saw during the video of his presentation! He still remains somewhat calm (this is typical of criminals who actually find relief in being apprehended), but he looks sad, at times, knowing his world is crumbling!
Just my opinion!
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Good Chit..Marizco..
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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, MÉXICO
Las investigaciones de los cuerpos de inteligencia de Honduras establecen que Edgar Valdez Villarreal, sindicado como jefe de sicarios del capo mexicano Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, líder del cartel de Sinaloa, estuvo en Honduras y formó una escuela de matones en el occidente para eliminar a rivales de esa organización criminal y autoridades policiales.
Según informes de la Policía, las estructuras de ese cartel se hicieron notorias en el país entre 2007 y 2008 con la aparición de Villarreal, de nacionalidad estadounidense, quien estuvo comandando las ejecuciones de varios cabecillas de bandas delictivas enemigas en la zona norte y occidental con la colaboración de criminales hondureños.
“La Barbie” llegó a Honduras con unos doce sicarios mexicanos, dirigidos para él, para hacer una limpieza de contrincantes como hicieron en marzo de 2008 con once miembros del cartel de Zacapa en Guatemala. El crimen de los once miembros de esa organización criminal guatemalteca se produjo en el balneario La Laguna, de la aldea Santa Cruz, del municipio de Río Hondo, Zacapa. Los carteles de Sinaloa y El Golfo son los que controlan en Honduras y los otros países de Centroamérica el paso de la droga que envían de los países sudamericanos con destino a EUA. Las estructuras de la droga de Sinaloa y el Golfo operan en Honduras confabulados con organizaciones criminales como la de los carteles del Atlántico, Copán, Santa Bárbara y el Centro, compuestos por más de 20 familias residentes en la ruta del narcotráfico en Honduras.
Vínculos
La Policía colombiana desmanteló una red de narcotraficantes vinculada con el capo mexicano Edgar Valdez, alias “La Barbie”, a la que la guerrilla de las Farc proveía la cocaína que enviaba a Centroamérica, informó este martes esa institución armada.
Once personas que integraban la red fueron detenidas, entre ellas el mexicano Julio César Piña Soberanís, alias “Julio”, que según el informe policial era el emisario del capo mexicano Valdez. “Julio”, solicitado en extradición, fue capturado en la ciudad de Pereira, 360 km al oeste de Bogotá, indicó la Policía, que puntualizó que las capturas de las otras diez personas se llevaron a cabo en las ciudades de Bogotá, Medellín, Cali y Buenaventura. Según el informe policial, el frente treinta de las izquierdistas Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia le suministraba la cocaína.
La red enviaba “un promedio de tres toneladas de cocaína mensuales hacia Centroamérica, en la modalidad de camuflaje, lanchas rápidas y buques cargueros”, dijo la Policía. El desmantelamiento de la red se logró dentro de la llamada Operación Golfo, que comenzó hace 18 meses y tuvo como punta de lanza la captura en Costa Rica de Walberto Salazar Cuero, alias “Guavita”, responsable de recibir los alijos de la guerrilla provenientes de Panamá, explicó el informe oficial.
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anyone know about Manuel Fernandez “el animal” son being dead? i heard rumors, but yet again just rumors, but alto impakto has on a video that was just uploaded on utube yesterday “DEP Cachorro”
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APSIN Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 1:03 am
yes, lo mataron saliendo de un bar en culiaca…. diceeen ke por ello tienen secuestrada a la hija del chalo araujo….
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found this on another board thought it was interesting
I’m looking at the time line of events in the Beltran-Leyva cartel, since Rise mentioned that it’s very possible that Edgar “La Barbie” Valdez Villarreal may have tipped off the authorities, in Mexico, as to Arturo Beltran-Leyva’s whereabouts, the night he was killed by Mexican Navy and Marines.
La Barbie mentioned that he had attended meetings with Arturo and the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel (El Chapo, El Mayo, Nacho Coronel and El Azul), so these meetings took place before the fallout between the Beltran-Levya brothers and El Chapo Guzman. Shortly thereafter, Alfredo was arrested in January of 2008, and about two years later, in December of 2009, ‘coincidentally,’ Arturo was found the same way. Valdez Villarreal was nowhere to be found, while his boss was being cornered off.
So, if Arturo was under the impression that El Chapo was responsible for Alfredo’s arrest, even if they were family and that Alfredo was Guzman top lieutenant, then someone (potentially Valdez Villarreal) further confirmed or fueled Arturo’s sentiments towards Guzman. In doing so, he would have successfully pin them (Arturo Beltran-Leyva and Guzman) against each other, knowing fully well, or at least anticipating, that El Chapo would win against Arturo, Carlos, or Hector, which is exactly what happened. This would have cleared his path, or so he thought, of course.
Is it possible that he was responsible for Alfredo’s arrest? And influencing Arturo, Carlos and Hector in believing that Guzman was responsible? And finally, giving up Arturo in 2009? Oh, and not to mention the fact that Carlos Beltran-Leyva was captured only two weeks after Arturo’s death.
Well, at this point, anything is possible. Especially since Mr. Valdez Villarreal was adamant that he, “didn’t wanted to take orders from anyone.” He certainly wasn’t taking orders from Carlos, Hector, or Alfredo, who is currently in custody.
Think about it, Guzman is far more preoccupied with business than he is with making enemies within his own cartel. What would he gain by giving up Alfredo? In fact, he lost one of his best lieutenants and the fallout instigated a war between the remaining Beltran-Leyva brothers and got his son killed.
All the while, what did Mr. Valdez Villarreal gain? Very simple, it’s evident that he wasn’t going to take orders from Carlos or Hector and he intended to branch out on his own (after dividing and conquering), which is the equivalency of more money and power. Indeed, very well played.
Think about it: Valdez Villarreal came into the picture and the Beltran-Leyva cartel slowly crumbled; it’s possible that he played both sides (he played the Beltran-Leyva cartel against Sinaloa and the authorities) and he played them well for a chicken-shit kid from Texas. And now he’s going to play the rest of his cards by giving the U.S. government information they need with regard to Guzman-Loera, Zambada-Garcia, Esparragoza-Moreno and only Beltran-Leyva brother left, Hector.
Again, not bad for some loser kid from Texas. Alfredo and Arturo should have known better; what are the odds that he’ll be Alfredo’s cellmate?
It’s wild right? But analyze the events and how they transpired and how far and fast he was up on the top of the food chain.
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ricky Reply:
September 4th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
YUp ,i agree vehemently! This guy is smart & im guessing while he us locked up in federal prison ,lets say below 10 years if sentence. He will walk out of the cell laughing & collected millions while most of the tops folks end up dead,carcerated, or off the payroll books. I’m guessing the movie will be very interesting on the ending portion. He is safer in the u.s. My analysis was simple,he made up his concerns to chapo,to splid & counter hate towards beltran. That way once they start hitting each other he can relocate quietly & kick back see all the action from notimex.
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mike Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 10:51 am
that was on borderland beat a verrrryyy good website i look at
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