“Char” for Borderland Beat
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Los Chapos, Los Chapitos, or La Chapiza Cartel interrogated a captured hitman sent from Durango to fight in Sinaloa to support the Mayo Flaco faction of Sinaloa Cartel. The name of the hitman being interrogated by La Chapiza is Gabriel Diaz Gallegos who claims to be working for the powerful armed wing Los Flechas from Durango. The two main leaders of Los Flechas are Francisco Javier Angulo Labrador, “El Flechas”, or “Franck 38” and Guillermo Aragon Labrador, “El Cholo Flechas”.
VIDEO TRANSLATION
BY: SOL PRENDIDO
Sicario: Give me your full name.
Captive: Gabriel Diaz Gallegos.
Sicario: How old are you?
Captive: 25.
Sicario: Where are you from?
Captive: Canantlán, Durango.
Sicario: Who do you work for?
Captive: I work for the Cabreras mob, the Mayiza Cartel.
Sicario: How much are they paying you there?
Captive: 15 thousand pesos.
Sicario: How long have you been working?
Captive: Two months.
Sicario: How much have they paid you so far?
Captive: Nothing. They don’t pay.
Sicario: Why’s that?
Captive: They don’t bother paying or feeding us. They don’t even bring us water to drink. Once in a while we eat tuna. This shit isn’t even worth it.
Sicario: Why not?
Captive: These guys don’t bother coordinating properly for our meals. We’re having to rely on drinking water from whatever stream we come across.
Sicario: Who are your immediate bosses?
Captive: The immediate bosses are Flechas (Francisco Javier Angulo Labrador aka El Flechas) El Carlin, El Balilla, El Taliban, and La Avestruz.
Sicario: What area were you in when the young men detained you?
Captive: In Loberas, Sinaloa.
Sicario: Why did you allow yourself to be captured?
Captive: They guys I was with abandoned me. We were being pursued with drones and that’s why I just gave up. All of the Chapos gunmen were well armed. That’s why I allowed them to detain me.
Sicario: Who shot the State Police director?
Captive: The order was given by Flechas. The hit was carried out by Cholo Flechas (Guillermo Aragón Labrador aka El Cholo Flechas)
El Junior, El Panini, and El Jerungias.
Sicario: Why exactly;y was he shot?
Captive: There was supposedly a high ranking Chapos commander among them who was well armed.
Sicario: Was it the municipal president from Concordia, Sinaloa?
Captive: Yes.
Sicario: Did you guys find out about this afterwards?
Captive: Excuse me?
Sicario: Did you guys find out about this afterwards?
Captive: Yes. But according to our guys we were told that a high ranking commander from the Chapos mob was there among them. This was the reason they wanted to kill everyone there.
Sicario: Who gave this order?
Captive: It was El Flechas. He in turned ordered the Flechas gunmen to carry it out.
Sicario: How many people have you guys killed?
Captive: More than 25 individuals within a two day period.
Sicario: Who all is in La Pataca, Sinaloa?
Captive: That’s El Güero Manuel.
Sicario: Is it just him alone?
Captive: It’s just him along with fifty gunmen.
Sicario: What advice would you like to send to your buddies and the citizens of Durango?
Captive: Things out here are not as people say. Much less how they’re framing it. In addition, they don’t pay. I’ve been here for two months with no pay. Apparently we can’t leave this area for three months. Once that rotation ends we’re supposed to get paid. Even then once we rotate out we’re having to return here. Many individuals are being forced back
Sicario: Where all are is everyone being brought back?
Captive: From the town of Canantlán and the neighboring ranches. Just as well from the city of Durango and La Mancha.
Sicario: What exactly do you mean force?
Captive: We’re being forced back to work.
Sicario: So, everyone is obligated to return?
Captive: We’re being obligated to come back to the frontline.
Sicario: Are you guys short on gunmen or what?
Captive: Nobody wants to work anymore because these guys are cowards.
Sicario: Are they afraid of the Chapos gunmen?
Captive: Yes sir they’re afraid of the Chapiza cartel.
At this point within the broadcast someone can be heard coaching the captive on what to say: ‘the Chapiza mob is in charge here’.
Captive: The Chapiza mob is in charge here…
GABRIEL DIAZ GALLEGOS