“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
A captured operative from the Los Deltas / Los Pelones mob narrates on camera some cold hard truths about the crews he was running with in the state of Sonora.
And what he has to say isn’t anything good about leaders Erick Cabrera Cabrera aka El Delta 1 or Omar Felix Loayza aka El Pelón.
Granted that his confession on film has obviously been edited and appears to spontaneously jump from one scene to another. Most of what is gone was in all probability too damaging to be heard for his captors.
Interrogator: What’s your opinion on the Pelones and El Memos mob?
Captive: The Pelones and Los Memos sir? Well, when you’re the boss of a plaza you’re supposed to take care of your men sir. It’s always a good thing if you’re trying to make money. But there are ways to go about doing this.
Unfortunately, these individuals here are just fucking up beyond belief sir. When they’re not killing off innocent civilians they’re burglarizing homes. I personally experienced having to fucking pillage through peoples homes because of orders from my commander.
And it wasn’t just having to steal everything from these homes. It also included tearing up the walls in the hopes that we would find some hidden booty in there. I mean, there was this fucking lunacy of grabbing money from the townspeople, something that didn’t even belong to the leaders.
They were also pulling over particular vehicles just because they didn’t know who they were. I have to be clear about this. And they would talk to them with authoritative voices instead of treating them with respect.
In addition, whenever a call comes over the radio of someone asking for assistance or help. Instead of going out to help, these guys just stand there with their fucking arms crossed. They didn’t know if it could be a trap or what during these moments.
The weird thing is that we’re supposed to be at the ready to act whenever someone needs help. Not just when a commander or one of the top bosses is asking for you to go out and perform. The truth is that for me personally these guys are nothing more than a gang of cowardly rats sir. This is my personal opinion about them.
Interrogator: Who all is giving you guys support?
Captive: We’re being supported by Commander Kelux from the state forces. They’re doing this from their own patrol vehicles. They’re expecting a big hit to go down. (Scene appears to have been cut off here before his last statement)
Interrogator: Who killed the teachers?
Captive: The teachers were killed by the Los Pelones mob.
Interrogator: Why?
Captive: They didn’t want any unknown vehicles coming in from out of town. These automobiles are known as 09’s. A green light was given to shoot on sight whoever refused to stop at one of our checkpoints.
Interrogator: How exactly are you guys recruiting all of the people who have been deceived…