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Leader of Gente Nueva
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Leader of Gente Nueva
Jesus Gregorio Villanueva Rodriguez, aka "R5" was killed in Sonora today.
The Sinaloa Cartel lieutenant was in charge of Hermosillo operations.
Villanueva was travelling in his 2012 Passat Volkswagen, in the Hermosillo Colonia Pimentel at around midnight when the shootout occurred.
He was with his 16 year old girlfriend, Karely Inzunza Aguilar, who suffered two gun shots. They were on the way to buy fast-food when confronted by unknown assailants.
The two were transferred to the hospital where within one hour the 33 year old Villanueva was pronounced dead. The girlfriend was not seriously injured from the bullet impacts she received
Information for this post is from el Debate. Though a reader gave the heads up early this AM neither he or I could find anything. I think this is a foto of R5, that is what my folder has it labeled as.
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by Chivis Martinez
Villanueva was the long time leader of Chapo's enforcer group "Gente Nueva" (New People). His operation base was out of Hermosillo, Sonora.
He was involved in a violent clash in the Sonora city of Tubutama, in July 2010. At the time reports of up to 100 GN vehicles marked with an "X", with a red rag attached, convoyed a single lane, isolated road between the cities of Tubutama and Saric, Sonora. At the time it was the last remaining route controlled by BLO.
BLO discovered the plan by GN to convoy and attack BLO. BLO knew that is they could wait until the convoy was at a certain point, trapping and attacking would be something like shooting fish in a barrel, because they could seal off both ends and there were no side roads that they could escape from.
BLO and Zetas had their alliance so BLO called on their help in the plan. The plan worked brilliantly in the BLO perspective, and in the aftermath 29 dead GN were scattered about the roadway, before they could escape. BLO saved their route. It was reported that police, both former and serving were among the BLO group.
This was 12 miles from the US border.
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by Chivis Martinez
Villanueva was the long time leader of Chapo's enforcer group "Gente Nueva" (New People). His operation base was out of Hermosillo, Sonora.
He was involved in a violent clash in the Sonora city of Tubutama, in July 2010. At the time reports of up to 100 GN vehicles marked with an "X", with a red rag attached, convoyed a single lane, isolated road between the cities of Tubutama and Saric, Sonora. At the time it was the last remaining route controlled by BLO.
BLO discovered the plan by GN to convoy and attack BLO. BLO knew that is they could wait until the convoy was at a certain point, trapping and attacking would be something like shooting fish in a barrel, because they could seal off both ends and there were no side roads that they could escape from.
BLO and Zetas had their alliance so BLO called on their help in the plan. The plan worked brilliantly in the BLO perspective, and in the aftermath 29 dead GN were scattered about the roadway, before they could escape. BLO saved their route. It was reported that police, both former and serving were among the BLO group.
This was 12 miles from the US border.
