The Sinaloa Prosecutor’s Office reported through your Facebook account that one of the three bodies found on Saturday in a dirt road in that state is that of Aréchiga Gamboa, who founded and led ‘The Anthrax ‘, a powerful armed arm of the Sinaloa Cartel. Ten days before, this gunfighter eloped of his house arrest in California, after serving a seven-year sentence for drug trafficking.
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The body of Aréchiga Gamboa was identified by his relatives on Sunday and an investigation folder for the crime was opened, the Prosecutor from Sinaloa said. At the moment, the cause of death has not been revealed.
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“One of the victims is the same one who was in the custody of the US government, and who failed to comply with precautionary measures derived from a criminal process,” the agency said, referring to the drug trafficker. “Collaboration is maintained with federal, diplomatic, and US consulate authorities,” he adds.
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Several questions remain in the air about this crime. One of these is why I wasn’t in the protected witness program from the United States government, which usually takes care of those who report the operations of organized crime groups, and who ordered the murder.
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Without confirmation in the US
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has not confirmed the murder of Aréchiga Gamboa. “We have no comment,” said Kelly Thornton, a spokeswoman for the Southern District of California with the federal attorney general’s office, in response to a request sent by Univision News.
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The Mexican press reported this weekend that the body of the gunman was found on Saturday inside a luxury truck parked on a dirt road in Culiacán. The Prosecutor’s Office also confirmed on Monday that the bodies of her sister, Ada Jimena Aréchiga, and her brother-in-law, Juan García, were found at the scene.
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The first versions handled by the Mexican press indicate that they were ambushed when they were at an address in the Guadalupe Victoria neighborhood, in Culiacán. The house was left with marks from several bullet wounds and the garage door was completely destroyed.
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El Chino Anthrax had agreed to remain on supervised release for five years, but on May 6 he escaped from his house arrest in San Diego. He was only under the government’s radar for a month. They feared that it was hidden in his native Sinaloa. It is clear that a group of gunmen found him before the authorities.
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Revenge of the poster
The strongest line of investigation into the murder of Chino El Chino Anthrax ’is that it was a revenge of the cartel itself for his cooperation with the Department of Justice (DOJ), a legal strategy that helped him reduce his sentence on conspiracy charges to distribute cocaine and marijuana.
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The former chief of hitmen for the Ismael boss po El Mayo Zambada ’was sentenced in December to seven years and three months in prison in a court in San Diego, California. He also agreed to hand over a million dollars. He was facing a life sentence and a $ 10 million fine.
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He was released on March 3, due to his good behavior in prison and because the time he spent in custody since his arrest in the Netherlands in late 2013 was discounted.
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It has not been released at this time what information he provided to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as part of his plea agreement. Frank J. Ragen, who was his attorney between 2014 and December 2019, was not available for an interview.
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At a court hearing on May 15, 2015, ‘El Chino Anthrax’ accepted, responding “Yes sir” who was a member of the Sinaloa Cartel from 2005 to 2013, that he had direct communication with the leaders of the criminal group, that he “used violence” against enemy cartels and that he became a millionaire.
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At the same hearing, he pleaded “guilty” to importing more than five kilos of cocaine and 1,000 kilos of marijuana, and confessed that he coordinated with other drug lords to send the merchandise to the US from Mexico. He did not reveal who his accomplices were, or who his bosses were.
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What is known about the Zambada hit man?
Vicente Zambada Niebla, alias ‘Vicentillo’ and son of ‘El Mayo’, told US authorities that ‘El Chino Ántrax’ started working for the cartel in 2004, when he was 24, as a driver for his younger brother Ismael Zambada Imperial, alias ‘Mayito Gordo’ and who is imprisoned in California while his criminal process progresses. Others say he entered drug trafficking at age 19.
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Aréchiga Gamboa had more responsibilities in 2008, when the war against the clan of the Beltrán Leyva brothers, Los Zetas and the Juárez Cartel began. He then became head of hired killers and his criminal cell, ‘Los Anthrax’, was characterized by its high level of violence.
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At one time he was an ‘Vicentillo’ escort and had around 20 hired assassins under his command. Some claim that he was also the main bodyguard of ‘El Mayo Zambada’, who leads a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.
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“‘ Chino ’told me that since 2007 he had also been working on the transport of drugs from Culiacán to the border and was bringing money back to Culiacán. He tried this system to move other people’s drugs and money and charge them for the service, “says the Zambada newspaper that published the book. The traitor.
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‘Chino Anthrax’ was in the DEA peephole from the collaboration of ‘Vicentillo’ in 2011, which also led to the life sentence of drug trafficker Joaquín Cha El Chapo ’Guzmán.
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The Zambada gunman captured the attention of the press, because he used social media to show his extravagant lifestyle. He was still climbing the cartel, but was detained at the Amsterdam airport on December 30, 2013. A few months later he was extradited to the United States.
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In a San Diego court, ‘El Chino Anthrax’ said he was sorry for his criminal life and promised to regenerate upon release from prison. He started off on the wrong foot when he fled to Mexico a month ago.
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