“Char” for Borderland Beat
This article was translated and reposted from LOS NOTICIERISTAS
JUNE 27, 2024
WRITTEN BY: BRANDON SAINZ
Culiacán, Sinaloa – The National Registry of Arrests confirmed the capture of Rey David Santiago Vargas “El Oso”, following coordinated air and ground operations by the Mexican Army and the National Guard in the municipality of Culiacán.
It was at 18:03 hours on Thursday, June 27 that the official arrest status was published, where he was defined as being transferred to Mexico City to be presented before the corresponding authorities. He will be arriving in the next few hours to be officially presented, being guarded by federal forces.
The arrest was achieved during the early hours of Thursday morning after several actions were carried out by elements of the National Guard and the Mexican Army supported by armored units known as Rhino in operations carried out in the Miguel Hidalgo neighborhood on Mariano Escobedo street, between Andres Tello and Antonio Nakayama, as well as on Los Sauces avenue. Also by air with Armed Forces helicopters flying at low altitude and with the lights off.
It was also confirmed that tasks were carried out in the Hacienda de la Mora subdivision, along De las Torres Boulevard. Unofficially it was said that similar operations were carried out in the Guadalupe neighborhood of this city, but shortly after dawn, the elite groups that made up the operations withdrew. So far the results of these actions have not been disclosed in detail.
The arrest record details “El Oso” as a man of 1.65 meters tall, medium build, short dark brown hair, wears glasses, sparse beard, white t-shirt, denim shorts, black and white sneakers, and has tattoos on men and chest, which allude to Saint Death and a skull.
Who is “El Oso”?
Rey David or Jesus Antonio, “El Oso”, the authorities place him as one of the leaders in security matters within the criminal organization and was arrested in October 2016, but managed to take a process in freedom until it was proven his responsibility in crimes against health, kidnapping, extortion and illegal possession of firearms, so the authorities re-arrested him a year later, in October 2017 and it is unknown if he was released again or escaped in the Culiacanazo of 2019, but he was arrested again this morning.
FOLLOW-UP BY: Char
El Oso or Bear was a former Los Damaso member and lieutenant of Damaso Lopez Nuñez Aka El Licenciado. In 2017, when the war erupted between Los Chapitos and Los Damaso, El Oso sided with Los Chapitos sons of Joaquin Guzman Loera. El Oso has been captured twice but released shortly after by authorities. While it was rumored that El Oso was a former Mexican military special forces member, Ocran Leaks Youtuber confirmed this until recently. El Bravo, El 50 or El Sony, El Fantasma, El Oso, and El Titan or El 40, are all former military special forces personnel who joined the Sinaloa Cartel.
REY DAVID SANTIAGO VARGAS ‘EL OSO’