Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from an El Debate article
Subject Matter: Pancho Chimal
Recommendation:See linkto article by BB Reporter J on his death
With bursts of gunfire, and the sounds of Sinaloa bands and with Manta messages for the local population, Sinaloa Cartel says goodbye to Francisco Javier Zazueta Rosales, alias Pancho Chimal.
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Yesterday morning Fransisco Javier Zazueta Rosales, aka Pancho Chimal, was buried in Aguaruto, Culiacan, who was killed during a sustained firefight between Federal Forcecs and suspected criminals in Tepuche.
After a finger print test was carried out, authorities confirmed it was Pancho Chimal. Pancho Chimal was the leader of a group in Villa Juarez, Los Chimales; he is credited with having given the order for the ambush of the Military on September 31st of 2016.
Pancho Chimal was also credited with being one of Ivan Archivaldos bodyguards. In social networks there is a video circulating where he is given the last goodbye to the sounds of Sinaloa bands and with bursts of gunfire from a white vehicle in which the remains of Pancho Chimal were being carried. The escorting vehicles were decked out with Mantas that said;
Pancho Chimal rest in peace old man
A million with the old timer, puro Pancho Chimal
Pancho Chimal , the million
Jose Esparragoza Monzon, "El negro", Jesus Pena Gonzalez, "El 20", Alfredo Limon Sanchez, "El Limon", Rafael Guadalupe Felix Nunez, "El Chanquito Antrax", and Fransisco Javier Zazueta Rosales, "Pancho Chimal", managed to escape from the central penitentiary of Culican.
Zazueta Rosales was a bodyguard of Ivan Archivaldo, bother of Alfredo Guzman Salazar, Los Chapitos, sons of Joaquin "El Chapo Guzman".
Allegedly, Ivancito required protection since 2014, but unofficial sources indicate that Zazueta Rosales was also head of security for Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
The army attribute to Pancho Chimal, the rescue of "El Kevin", Julio Oscar Ortiz Vega, another of Los Chimales, who was injured by soldiers when attacked by the army in Badiraguato on the 30th of September of 2016.
To achieve that, they committed the worst ambush that has been made against the armed forces,
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Original article in Spanish at Debate
Subject Matter: Pancho Chimal
Recommendation:See linkto article by BB Reporter J on his death
With bursts of gunfire, and the sounds of Sinaloa bands and with Manta messages for the local population, Sinaloa Cartel says goodbye to Francisco Javier Zazueta Rosales, alias Pancho Chimal.
Yesterday morning Fransisco Javier Zazueta Rosales, aka Pancho Chimal, was buried in Aguaruto, Culiacan, who was killed during a sustained firefight between Federal Forcecs and suspected criminals in Tepuche.
After a finger print test was carried out, authorities confirmed it was Pancho Chimal. Pancho Chimal was the leader of a group in Villa Juarez, Los Chimales; he is credited with having given the order for the ambush of the Military on September 31st of 2016.
Pancho Chimal was also credited with being one of Ivan Archivaldos bodyguards. In social networks there is a video circulating where he is given the last goodbye to the sounds of Sinaloa bands and with bursts of gunfire from a white vehicle in which the remains of Pancho Chimal were being carried. The escorting vehicles were decked out with Mantas that said;
Pancho Chimal rest in peace old man
A million with the old timer, puro Pancho Chimal
Pancho Chimal , the million
Jose Esparragoza Monzon, "El negro", Jesus Pena Gonzalez, "El 20", Alfredo Limon Sanchez, "El Limon", Rafael Guadalupe Felix Nunez, "El Chanquito Antrax", and Fransisco Javier Zazueta Rosales, "Pancho Chimal", managed to escape from the central penitentiary of Culican.
Zazueta Rosales was a bodyguard of Ivan Archivaldo, bother of Alfredo Guzman Salazar, Los Chapitos, sons of Joaquin "El Chapo Guzman".
Allegedly, Ivancito required protection since 2014, but unofficial sources indicate that Zazueta Rosales was also head of security for Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
The army attribute to Pancho Chimal, the rescue of "El Kevin", Julio Oscar Ortiz Vega, another of Los Chimales, who was injured by soldiers when attacked by the army in Badiraguato on the 30th of September of 2016.
To achieve that, they committed the worst ambush that has been made against the armed forces,
Original article in Spanish at Debate