Chivis Martínez for Borderland Beat
The Mexican government Treasury department, has placed for sale one of the seized properties belonging to the late Sinaloa capo Arturo Beltran Leyva, aka "El Barbas' or 'Jefe de Jefes".
The property has some notoriety, because in December 2009, the house was used for a lavish "posada" (Christmas party) that ended abruptly due to the arrival of an operation by the Mexican Navy. The navy operation was to capture the Capo, but he managed to escape.
At the home was singer Ray Ayala, politicians, various guests, 40 prostitutes and 11 party organizers.
At the home was singer Ray Ayala, politicians, various guests, 40 prostitutes and 11 party organizers.
"El Barbas" escaped arrest after a violent pursuit on the road from Cuernavaca to Acapulco, where his safety shield was led by at least 12 ex-military, using assault rifles, a grenade launchers and thousands of rounds to leave a trail of wrecked vehicles and resulted in the death of two federal agents.
SCHP determined that the federation should receive for the property at least 13 million 989 thousand pesos or roughly 1,070,360 USD. The property is over 5 thousand 500 square meters, of which are mostly gardens and open spaces and only 892 square meters in construction.
The property's address is 124 del Fraccionamiento Paseo de las Mandarinas, in the subdivision of Los Limoneros in the town of poblado de Ahucatepec, located in upscale Cuernavaca.
Six days after the party, Beltran Leyva was killed in a confrontation with the Navy in the Altitude complex near the center of Cuernavaca.
The sale property is not currently accessible to the public, and administrators have installed three guard houses to prevent onlookers from entering the street where the house sits. .
The SAEB placed the property on sale, as well as two other properties seized by the Attorney General's Office (PGR) that were offered for sale through Banrural and Fiderca, in Morelos.
Below is at the party house
and below a video of the shootout that ended his life