This article was translated and reposted from REGENERACION MX
WRITTEN BY: ALAN BERNAL AVENDAÑO
AUGUST 2, 2024
RegeneraciónMx, August 2, 2024. Luis Cresencio Sandoval, head of the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena), confirmed the dismantling of two criminal cells linked to Jesus Esteban Machado Meza, alias “El Güero Pulseras”.
During the morning conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, it was indicated that the criminal is one of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada’s operators in Chiapas.
During the president’s security meeting and morning conference, Sandoval informed that the intelligence work of the Sedena led to the arrest of 21 people, as well as the seizure of military material, drugs, and vehicles in operations carried out in Tapachula, Chiapas, on August 1.
“These operations are part of our strategy to reduce violence in the region,” said the head of Sedena.
In the first event, six people were arrested, and in the second, 15 alleged criminals.
Among the seizures were 29 7.62 caliber long arms, 227 magazines, 5,829 cartridges, 296 doses of cocaine valued at 75,776 pesos, six vehicles without a theft report, one vehicle with factory armor plating and two properties.
“El Güero Pulseras” became “El Mayo’s” plaza boss.
According to reports, “El Güero Pulseras” began his criminal career in Chiapas; after the alleged betrayal of Ramón Gilberto Rivera, alias “El Junior”, to the Sinaloa Cartel.
El Junior” died after an attack on June 7, 2021, which allowed “El Güero Pulseras” to become a plaza boss for “El Mayo” Zambada.
At the time, it was reported that Sinaloa Cartel cells attempted to impose quotas on local groups.
According to newspaper reports, “El Mayo” Zambada paid $10 million for the Chiapas plaza; he bought the complicity of high-level officials, including Gabriela Zepeda Soto, head of the local Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection.
