"El Tribi" CJNG cell leader detained
To understand the killings in Tijuana, you must understand, to a degree, these men. The detainees, the ones whose name dance across narco mantas, glistening in the morning sun, whose names line the pages of ZETA, whose songs are published on Youtube, and played in private parties, and mariscos spots, with pistols in their waists, newer model vehicles, cocaine, meth, alcohol in their systems...
Tribi, one of these men, was detained today, with a weapon and crystal meth, in neighborhood in Tijuana. He is said to be operating in Ciudad Jardin, El Cortez, Altamira, Los Altos, among others. It was reported he was arrested in San Antonio de Los Buenos. Heavy violence and killings are routine in those neighborhoods.
"El Tribi", whose name has long rang in the circles mentioned above, appearing even in the latest edition of Zeta. Jesus Salvador Padilla Rodriguez, is one of the main crystal meth distributors in the Western area of Tijuana, under the line of Javier Cabera Beltran, known as "R4", "JP".
These are the men responsible for much of the violence in the city, as their counterparts in the structure of Sinaloa are before them. Tribi, has been in Tijuana since at least 2003, selling crystal. Over time he gained power and influence, and his own crew of killers and tienderos. He survived the war of 2008 and 2009, avoiding arrest, or death, as Teo and Inge purged the cities of each other's loyalists.
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| Banner found in 2013, in Playas De Tijuana, naming "New Cartel De Tijuana" members. |
He likely flipped to Sinaloa, when they arrived to the city in the aftermath of Teo, Los Aquiles, Los Tigres, Los Atlantes, Los Chapitos Uriartes, Los de Guero Chompas. There are always disputes and unhappiness in business. These are exploited. They promise money, product, weapons, to use them as leverage to open up the city. Start with a few retail spots, then start taking out the others. Start with paying the muncipales, end with the whole city on the payroll.
CTNG/CJNG is just the latest model, most of the CJNG are Tijuana crystal meth distributors who ran neighborhoods for Sinaloa, and jumped to CJNG, under the promises, I am sure, of independence and respect from their lords and masters en La Perla. Now, CJNG pushes into the city, further each month. It began in 2013 with a banner, declaring the cartel de Tijuana, Tribi was mentioned. From this, CTNG was formed, and it wasn't long til they were sponsored by those from La Perla.
Tribi was arrested in August 2015, in possession of 80 grams of crystal, as the CJNG/CTNG/CDS war began to escalate, from killings in colonias, to a citywide battlefield, of executions, ambushes, betrayals, floors sticky with blood and dead friends, whom were lured to their death. He was released in early 2016, and returned to his place, at what would be the bloodiest year in Tijuana's history.
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Though, it has been easily matched already, as August has seen over 900 killings in the city, which was the grim toll at the end of 2016. Tribi will maybe be released again, his contacts are still good, his money still spends, his friends still answer. He may see the streets again, soon. He will be executed one day. If he survives the killings this year, and next, and the one after, he will not survive when his friends change on him, and he no longer enjoys protection, and the next generation comes for him, and old man, no longer respected, or needed.
You can see the fate of these men if you look long enough, they are executed in their businesses, caught taking their children to school, they are cleaned from the city, when they are labeled the dirt that needs to be removed. These are cycles, and this is just one stage.