“Char” for Borderland Beat
Oscar Balderas, a journalist specializing in organized crime, told how Heladio Cisneros, a suspect in the death of the former vigilante leader.
Who is ‘La Sirena’, Hipolito Mora’s alleged murderer?
Oscar Balderas said that 26 days before the murder of the businessman he had a telephone conversation with him, in which he confessed that “if ‘Los Viagras’ killed him, it would be the end for ‘La Sirena'”.
The reporter said that Mora had a black notebook in which he wrote down important events in La Ruana and on the last page he wrote the alias of his killer, along with his initials “HC” for Heladio Cisneros.
The journalist said that the former vigilante leader told him: “The one who is going to kill me is not going to withstand the pressure from the government. They will kill me and the people of La Ruana will take it upon themselves to take up arms or get caught. None of his political friends can save him.
According to Balderas, this character “has allies in the local public service,” which has saved him from prison or death.
“Those who have known him since he was a teenager remember him obsessed with the wealth of the Amezcua brothers, the founders of the Colima Cartel who were pioneers in the synthetic drug business in the Pacific,” he explained.
Since he was young he was involved in drug trafficking with the eight Sierra Santana brothers.
“Along with them he learned about the cockfights that were organized in Zirándaro, Guerrero, which were attended by caciques, narcos and assassins with PRI membership credentials, such as the feared Rogaciano Alva, whom he admired for his ability to generate votes, bullets and drugs,” he added.
However, “their world expanded further” when ‘Los Viagras’ introduced ‘Americano,’ a self-defense leader who became a methamphetamine trafficker.
“The two hit it off to the point that the former took charge of the latter’s security and became the promoter of a group that would ruin the armed civilian movement against Los Caballeros Templarios,” he described.
He also recounted that he supported the idea of creating an armed column called “Los Perdonados.”
“From Los Viagras he absorbed the knowledge of receiving wads of cash to overturn elections,” he recounted.
As if that were not enough, Óscar Balderas reported that ‘La Sirena’ has been arrested four times: “Once in 2014, twice in 2018, once in 2019. He has come out of all of them well, with his assets intact and his influence secured”.