Los Erres Site of Origin Tijuana, Baja California Territory Mexicali Tecate Tijuana Rosarito Partners Sinaloa Cartel Opponents Government of Mexico SEDENA Army Navy National Guard of Mexico Baja California State Police Criminal Groups: Jalisco Cartel New Generation Tijuana Cartel
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Felipe Eduardo Barajas Lozano el «Omega», criminal servant of Ismael el «Mayo» Zambada, was arrested when he was driving drunk with friends in the golden region of Mexicali, detonating a weapon a few meters from the house of Governor Marina of Pilar Avila Olmeda. Despite being one of the most important generators of cruelty in Mexicali, he does not have an arrest warrant in Baja California. Authorities are examining whether he will be moved to Culiacán, where he faces a femicide charge, or whether he will be recruited by FEMDO
With no arrest warrants against him, with money and hit men at his command, with full control of countless police officers and criminal occupations in much of rural Mexicali, there was only one way to stop Felipe Eduardo Barajas Lozano: in a haphazard operation.
Who are ‘The Russians’?
The so-called ‘Russos’ are a criminal cell of the Zambada Mayo Cartel and were named in reference to the alias of their leader Miguel Ángel Gaxiola Quintero, popular as ‘El Ruso’.
According to Sedena documents, leaked by the Guacamaya group, ‘Los Rusos’ broke relations with Los Chapitos in 2019, when they refused to take part in the so-called Culiacanazo, a criminal act with which they obtained the release of Ovídio Guzmán .
CRIMINAL CELLS IN THE FIGHT
The CJNG recruited drug traffickers from Baja California in 2015 and has been fighting the operators of the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS) and the Arellano Félix Cartel (CAF) for seven years.
In fact, on April 23, «El Ranchero», an unrecognized operator of the Sinaloa Signboard, threatened to «clean up» the cells and rival ads. On May 7, six bandits recently arrived from Sinaloa were arrested and denounced: “I come from Sinaloa to clean up the plaza, because those from La Novedosa do dirty work, leaving bodies, shelters and charging people and companies for places. They told us to be there and receive orders from the ‘Ranchero’, and he was going to tell us what to do”.
Tourist victims of drug trafficking
On the night of November 11, Jorge Morán, ex-notero and collaborating photographer of the member of the congress of deputies Alejandrina Corral, Fernando Rodríguez, Bioengineer graduated from the Autonomous School of Baja California, and their friend Cristina, traveled from Mexicali to the recently premiered Jaime Maussan street, located in the city of La Rumorosa, in Tecate. He did this with the intention of taking a photo, according to our Jorge Morán account in a letter published in his communities.
After taking a picture at that site and getting into their vehicle, at almost midnight, a white Nissan March van with armed people inside approached the young people and threatened them, with which they promised to escape from the premises. . However, the assailants opened fire on the tourists, injuring Fernando and Jorge and, for their part, throwing them off the trail.