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| “El Teo,” housed at Altiplano prison was transferred to a hospital in Toluca. Ovidio Guzman Lopez was not, a Central American man who is also named Ovido was the inmate transferred to the hospital as well. |
The other inmate was identified as Teodoro García, alias “El Teo”, a former ranking member of the Tijuana and Sinaloa Cartels.
According to what was reported, Eduardo Teodoro suffered in 2010 from fungal skin problems, anemia, and cardiovascular disease. A year later, he presented oral discomfort. García Simental’s health deteriorated over time because according to the Zeta Weekly, El Teo has also been treated for a chronic peptic acid disease while reporting discomfort in the urinary tract.
Who is “El Teo”?
The ladder of positions within the Arellano Félix organization led him to become the chief of operations for the Tijuana Cartel in 2004. However, when Eduardo Arellano Félix was arrested by federal forces in 2008, El Teo began a dispute to lead to the drug trafficking group.
The main disputes occurred with Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano, alias El Ingeniero, son of Enedina Arellano Félix. Despite beginning his criminal career with the Tijuana Cartel, the drug trafficker left the organization to join the Sinaloa Cartel, which was then headed by Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán and Ismael El Mayo Zambada.
Once in the Pacific Cartel, García Simental had Santiago Meza López, alias El Pozolero or El Chango, as a subordinate, accused of dissolving the bodies of his rivals with caustic soda and water, for which he is credited with the murder of 300 people from 2000 to 2009. El Pozolero was at number 20 on the FBI’s most wanted list.
According to the Mexican authorities, El Teo operated in several municipalities in Baja California, mainly in Tecate, Ensenada, Rosarito, and Tijuana, places where he used the kidnapping of merchants and businessmen to finance his criminal group. The executions of public servants and municipal, state, and federal agents are also attributed to him.