Translated by El Profe for Borderland Beat from El Debate
Oaxaca.- On social media networks, a video of a convoy of heavily armed men crossing the main streets of Loma Bonita is circulating. Through loudspeakers, they boast that they belong to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and that they are there to stay.
In the images a long line of vans is observed cruising through the streets of the town; some witnesses said that there were seven vans and that they are heard with loudspeakers saying that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel had arrived.
Repeatedly, the voice of a man was heard during the drive saying, "We are from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, bastards."
Finally, they left a banner in the surroundings area to emphasize that "they’re going for the extortionists and kidnappers", and that the town should not fear them because the cartel has nothing against them.
Sajid Quintero Navidad [El Cadete], cousin of the Mexican capo Rafael Caro Quintero, was arrested this month by US authorities at the San Ysidro international border crossing, the Southern District Attorney's Office reported [Friday, October 27].
The arrest is one of the largest arrests of a Mexican trafficker on US soil, according to prosecutors.
"With this action, one of the most important drug traffickers in Mexico will be brought to justice," said Alana Robinson, interim federal prosecutor for the Southern District of California.
In September of this year, a grand jury filed charges of conspiracy to import controlled substances and money laundering against Quintero Navidad and shortly after, on October 11, he was arrested when he tried to cross from Tijuana (Mexico) to San Diego ( California).
US authorities were looking for Quintero, alias "El Cadet”, 36, for his links with Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, one of the leaders of the Sinaloa cartel.
The arrest comes after an investigation by the Federal Drug Agency (DEA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), focused on "leaders, lieutenants, associates involved with money laundering" of the Rafael Caro Quintero criminal group and the Beltrán Leyva organization.
In 2014, Quintero Navidad was filed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department as a major trafficker who coordinated the transportation of tons of cocaine from South America to Mexico and then to the United States.
Sajid Quintero faces three criminal charges and, if found guilty, could face a minimum sentence of ten years for each of them.
His cousin Rafael Caro Quintero is wanted by the United States Government after being released from a Mexican prison, who are offering a million dollar reward to anyone who provides information about his whereabouts.
A convoy of trucks with armed men drove around through the main streets of Loma Linda, Oaxaca, and left a message on a banner. "Let's go get the extortionists and kidnappers"
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| A video circulated on social networks of a convoy of vans with heavily armed men driving through the streets of the town of Loma Linda, Oaxaca (Photo: Twitter). |
In the images a long line of vans is observed cruising through the streets of the town; some witnesses said that there were seven vans and that they are heard with loudspeakers saying that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel had arrived.
Repeatedly, the voice of a man was heard during the drive saying, "We are from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, bastards."
Finally, they left a banner in the surroundings area to emphasize that "they’re going for the extortionists and kidnappers", and that the town should not fear them because the cartel has nothing against them.
Sajid Quintero Navidad [El Cadete], cousin of the Mexican capo Rafael Caro Quintero, was arrested this month by US authorities at the San Ysidro international border crossing, the Southern District Attorney's Office reported [Friday, October 27].
The arrest is one of the largest arrests of a Mexican trafficker on US soil, according to prosecutors.
"With this action, one of the most important drug traffickers in Mexico will be brought to justice," said Alana Robinson, interim federal prosecutor for the Southern District of California.
In September of this year, a grand jury filed charges of conspiracy to import controlled substances and money laundering against Quintero Navidad and shortly after, on October 11, he was arrested when he tried to cross from Tijuana (Mexico) to San Diego ( California).
US authorities were looking for Quintero, alias "El Cadet”, 36, for his links with Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, one of the leaders of the Sinaloa cartel.
The arrest comes after an investigation by the Federal Drug Agency (DEA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), focused on "leaders, lieutenants, associates involved with money laundering" of the Rafael Caro Quintero criminal group and the Beltrán Leyva organization.
In 2014, Quintero Navidad was filed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department as a major trafficker who coordinated the transportation of tons of cocaine from South America to Mexico and then to the United States.
Sajid Quintero faces three criminal charges and, if found guilty, could face a minimum sentence of ten years for each of them.
His cousin Rafael Caro Quintero is wanted by the United States Government after being released from a Mexican prison, who are offering a million dollar reward to anyone who provides information about his whereabouts.