California: Arrestan a red de pandilleros ligados a narcos mexicanos

California: Arrestan a red de pandilleros ligados a narcos mexicanos

Después de tres años de investigación y de minuciosamente seguir las pistas, las autoridades lograron desactivar una red de narcotraficantes en California, asociada con la Mafia Mexicana y La Familia de Michoacán, y que operaba en las cárceles estadounidenses, de acuerdo con Noticiero Univision.

Unas 44 personas fueron arrestadas y se espera que más arrestos se produzcan en las próximas semanas.

Lo más interesante de este operativo, que se llevó con éxito de acuerdo con las agencias federales implicadas, es que la Mafia Mexicana logra controlar el negocio de las drogas desde atrás de las rejas en California.

Este alianza de narcotraficantes distribuía metanfetaminas y marihuanas en el sur de California. La mercancía salía desde Mihoacán, México, lograba ser pasada a través de la frontera con Estados Unidos e ingresar a territorio estadounidense, donde las pandillas callejeras la recibían, distribuían e incluso controlaban el dinero de los proveedores michoacanos.

En el operativo participaron agentes de de la DEA, de la ATF, de la oficina del alguacil de Los Ángeles y de la policía de Long Beach, California, entre otros.

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A group of women of Los Zetas drug cartel are presented to the press at the Mexican Navy headquarters in Mexico City on April 17, 2011. The women were arrested with Omar Estrada Luna last Saturday. Estrada is accused of having planned and ordered the killing of 72 migrants on August 2010 and having ordered the slaughter of more than 145 people, found in mass graves in San Fernando. The battles between drug lords have claimed more than 35,000 dead across the country over the past three years, according to official figures. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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A young girl (2L) alleged member of 'Los Zetas' cartel drugs is presented to the press by Police in Guadalajara, Jalisco State, on August 6, 2011. The girl was arrested with other alleged members of 'Los Zetas' cartel drugs after a combat with members of Mexican police. More than 40.000 people have been killed in rising drug-related violence in Mexico since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed soldiers and federal police to take on organized crime. AFP PHOTO/Hector Guerrero (Photo credit should read HECTOR GUERRERO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Mexican Army soldiers custody (from left to right): Juan Carlos Garza Rodriguez, aka 'El Juanillo', Carlos Alberto Oliva Castillo, aka 'La Rana' and Irasema Lopez Garza, alleged members of the drug cartel 'Los Zetas', during their presentation to the press at the National Defence Secretaryship headquarters in Mexico City, on October 13, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Alleged members of Los Zetas drug cartel(04 of14)
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Alleged members of Los Zetas drug cartel (from L to R) Abraham Barrios Caporal, aka 'El Erasmo', Jhonny Enriquez Carmona, aka 'El Guiler', Luis Cabrera Velazquez, aka 'El Ronny or Camaleon' and Ramon Evangelista Martinez, aka 'El Cangrejo' are presented to the press in Mexico City, on June 30, 2011. Barrios Caporal is accused of killing some of the 70 Central American immigrants murdered on August 2010 in San Fernando, Tamaulipas state. AFP PHOTO/ Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Fourteen alleged members of 'Los Zetas' drug cartel and seized weapons are presented to the press in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, Mexico on February 15, 2012. More than 40,000 people have been killed in rising drug-related violence in Mexico since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed soldiers and federal police to take on organized crime. AFP PHOTO/Julio Cesar AGUILAR (Photo credit should read Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Ten alleged members of 'Los Zetas' drug cartel are presented to the press in Monterrey, Mexico, on February 9, 2012. More than 40,000 people have been killed in rising drug-related violence in Mexico since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed soldiers and federal police to take on organized crime. AFP PHOTO/Julio Cesar Aguilar (Photo credit should read Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Mexican Army soldiers escort Luis Jesus Sarabia Ramon (L), aka 'El Pepito' or 'Z-44', an alleged leader of Los Zetas drug cartel, and Jose Rolando de los Santos Herrera, during their presentation to the press in Mexico City on January 13, 2012. According to authorities, Sarabia is accused of ordering the attack against US employees of Immigration and Customs (ICE) of last February 15, 2011 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in which one was killed and another injured. AFP PHOTO/Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Raul Hernandez Lechuga (C) aka "EL Lucky(08 of14)
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Raul Hernandez Lechuga (C) aka 'EL Lucky', is presented to the press along with other alleged member of drugs cartel 'Los Zetas', in Mexico City, on December 13, 2011. Hernandez was arrested in the state of Veracruz by members of the Mexican Army. AFP PHOTO/RONALDO SCHEMIDT (Photo credit should read Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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View of ammunitions seized in the arrest of Raul Hernandez Lechuga (not in frame) --an alleged member of drugs cartel 'Los Zetas'-- on display during a presentation to the press, in Mexico City, on December 13, 2011. Hernandez was arrested in the state of Veracruz by members of the Mexican Army. AFP PHOTO/RONALDO SCHEMIDT (Photo credit should read Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Soldiers of the Mexican Army escort Alfredo Aleman Narvaez, aka 'El Comandante Aleman', an alleged member of the drug cartel 'Los Zetas', during his presentation in Mexico City on November 17, 2011. Narvaez was arrested during a military operation in Fresnillo, Zacatecas State, and according to a statement he was in charge of the drug cartel operations in San Luis Potosi. AFP PHOTO/Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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The member of Los Zetas drug cartel Edgar Huerta Montiel, aka 'El Wache', is presented to the press by the Mexican Federal Police at their headquarter in Iztapalapa, on June 17, 2011. Huerta Montiel is accused of the kidnap of two truck with 70 Central American immigrants and to kill at least ten of them on August 2010, and having responsability in the slaughter of more than 145 people found in mass graves in San Fernando, Tamaulipas. AFP PHOTO/ Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Omar Estrada Luna, aka 'El Kilo', of Los Zetas drug cartel, is presented to the press at the Mexican Navy headquarters in Mexico City on April 17, 2011. Estrada Luna, who was arrested last Saturday, is accused of having planned and ordered the killing of 72 migrants on August 2010 and having ordered the slaughter of more than 145 people, found in mass graves in San Fernando. The battles between drug lords have claimed more than 35,000 dead across the country over the past three years, according to official figures. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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A Mexican Federal Police stands guard as embers of drug gang 'Los Zetas' Margarito Mendoza and Carmen Zuniga are shown to the press in Mexico City on October 22, 2010. During their arrest, in the municipality of Cardenas, state of Tabasco, 73 high-powered weapons, 12 grenades, 2275 bullets and 2 kilos of cocaine were seized. AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Alleged drug traffickers of the gang Los Zetas, Hector Raul Luna, aka 'el tori' (L) and David Eduardo Fuentes, aka 'el chile', are presented to the press in Mexico City with an assortment of seized weapons, on June 10, 2010. Luna is accused of attacking the headquarters of the U.S. consulate in the city of Saltillo last October 12, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)

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