Judge Kinkeade sentenced Rueda-Medina to 520 months in federal prison on the drug conviction and 240 months in federal prison on the money laundering conviction, to run concurrently. Do your homework.. el tisico had open the doors for them in Michigan. There were also arrests by state authorities in California, Nevada, North Carolina and Georgia. We believe that we have initiated a crippling effect to those members who are still loyal to the Mexican Mafia criminal organization., Larry Miranda, Chief of the Office of Correctional Safety for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said: One of the most chilling aspects of this investigation was the budding relationship between the Mexican Mafia and the La Familia/Knights Templar, showing how two powerful organizations attempted to combine their efforts to control prison facilities and the communities in which we live. La Familia Michoacana, (English: The Michoacn Family) La Familia (English: The Family), or LFM was a Mexican drug cartel and an organized crime syndicate based in the Mexican state of Michoacn. Get information about how to check in with your local ICE Office here. An additional six defendants were already in custody prior to todays takedown in connection with state charges. Project Coronado Results in Nearly 1,200 Arrests During 44-month Operation, Seizures of Approximately 11.7 Tons of Drugs and $32.8 Million in U.S. Currency, the increases in cooperation between U.S. and Mexican authorities in recent years, we are taking the fight to our adversaries. 31 relaciones: Antnez (Michoacn), Atentado en Morelia de 2008, lvaro Colom, Caballeros Templarios (crtel), Crtel (organizacin ilcita), Crtel de Jurez, Crtel de Sinaloa, Crtel del . La Familia Michoacna emerged in the wake of a battle for control of Michoacn between the Gulf organization and a group known as "El Milenio." The Gulf organization had used its armed wing, the Zetas, to oust rivals from the state, and the Zetas had trained members of La Familia to assist them in this endeavor. It doesn't kill women. Look into El vicentillo, that's El MAYO son turned snitch (twice) He told the court he was given the green light by DEA and all he had to do was turn in people who were involved in the game.You think he snitched on his own? [51] 20 municipal officials have been murdered in Michoacn, including two mayors. The governor's half-brother Julio Csar Godoy Toscano, who was elected July 5, 2009 to the lower house of Congress, was accused of being a top-ranking member of La Familia Michoacana drug cartel and of providing political protection for the cartel. The Kingpin Act blocks all property and interests in property, subject to U.S. jurisdiction, owned or controlled by significant foreign narcotics traffickers, as identified by the President. According to preliminary reports obtained by La Silla Rota, personnel from the Undersecretariat for Police Investigation and Intelligence made the arrests on Avenida Ferrocarriles Nacionales, between Calle Esto and Calle Otoo, near the old Refinera 18 de Marzo. The .gov means its official. [13] However, his authority was disputed by the cartel co-founders Enrique Plancarte Sols and Servando Gmez Martnez (La Tuta),[19] who formed an offshoot of La Familia calling itself Caballeros Templarios (Knights Templar). Rueda-Medina was arrested on July 11, 2009, by Mexican law enforcement. Outside of the United States, the operation resulted in the arrest of more than 1,900 members. According to court documents, La Familia controls drug manufacturing and distribution in and around Michoacn, including the importation of vast quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States. A lock (LockA locked padlock) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. Flores Camargo moves large quantities of high grade marijuana and cocaine through the I-75 corridor for distribution in Detroit, supplying the city and its outskirts and suburbs. It once was the fastest-growing cartel in the country's drug war and is a religious cult-like group that celebrates family values. The La Familia cartel is a violent drug trafficking cartel based in the state of Michoacn, in southwestern Mexico. A note found at the scene where the bodies were dumped stated Vengan por otro, los estamos esperando (Come for another, we are waiting for you). [38], On July 16, 2009, Servando Gmez Martnez (La Tuta), the cartel operations chief, contacted a local radio station and stated: "La Familia was created to look after the interests of our people and our family. [58], Multi-agency investigations such as Project Coronado were the key to disrupting the operations of complex criminal organizations like La Familia. 10:24 hey pendejo!Your talking about the beginning of how la familia was formed.I'm talking about after El Mas Loco and El chango got rid of zetas in michoacan.They were looking to expand and were reaching out of michoacan. RSF a pu confirmer que les journalistes ont disparu dans une zone trs difficile, trs complexe, contrle quasiment 100% par la Familia Michoacana, un groupe criminel local. "ATFs arrest of defendants in Project Coronado highlight the almost inseparable link between illegal trafficking of firearms and narcotics between the U.S. and Mexico," said ATF Acting Director Kenneth Melson. Todays enforcement efforts will help to reduce the damaging impact of this brutal organization by arresting key members and associates of the La Familia cartel and disrupting their distribution networks in the Los Angeles area.. President Caldern stated that the country's drug cartels had grown so powerful that they now posed a threat to the future of Mexican democracy. "Multi-agency coordinated investigations such as Project Coronado are the key to disrupting the operations of complex criminal organizations like La Familia. Various defendants are charged in six other counts in the indictment that allege substantive narcotics-distribution offenses, five of which relate to methamphetamine and one of which concerns marijuana. La Familia Michoacana, (English: The Michoacn Family) La Familia (English: The Family), or LFM[3][4] is a Mexican drug cartel and organized crime syndicate based in the Mexican state of Michoacn. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. La Familia has also bought some local politicians. It is alleged that La Familia used proceeds from the sale of drugs to purchase or obtain hundreds of firearms that were then moved illicitly to Mexico.". When asked what La Familia really wanted, Gmez replied, "The only thing we want is peace and tranquility." A second indictment unsealed this morning concerns the Mexican Mafia and its control over the Florencia 13 criminal street gang in south Los Angeles County. The government of Mexico assisted in this investigation, and in securing the extradition of the defendant to the United States. This particular district lies in the southeast corner of the nation's capital. currency. [39] It also sells unlicensed DVDs, smuggles people to the United States, and runs a debt-collecting service by kidnapping defaulters. The matazetas turned in to CJNG. Official websites use .gov La Familia fue un crtel de drogas con sede en el estado mexicano de Michoacn. Get it right!! [57], On October 22, 2009, U.S. federal authorities announced the results of a four-year investigation into the operations of La Familia Michoacana in the United States dubbed Project Coronado. He carried a "bible" of his own sayings and insisted that his army of traffickers and hitmen avoid using the narcotics they produce and sell. Jose Rodriguez-Landa, also known as Fox and Fox Tapia, 49, of Michoacn, an alleged Mexican Mafia member currently in custody in a Los Angeles County jail; Michael Moreno, aka Boo, 55, of Fresno, an alleged member of the Mexican Mafia, who was arrested this morning; Fred Anthony Montoya, aka Fast Freddy, 46, of Antioch, California, an alleged Mexican Mafia member who is currently in custody in a California state prison; Freddie Montes, 44, of Castaic, an alleged member of La Familia, who was arrested this morning; Luis Gerardo Vega, aka Little and Little One, 30, of the Pico-Union district of Los Angeles, an alleged Mexican Mafia member who is currently in custody in a Los Angeles County jail; Manuel Larry Jackson, aka Cricket, 49, of Monterey Park, an alleged Mexican Mafia member, who was arrested this morning; Jimmy Ruben Soto, aka Rube and Old Man, 77, of Visalia, an alleged member of the Mexican Mafia, who was arrested this morning; Raymond Lozano, 36, of San Diego, an alleged Mexican Mafia associate who is currently incarcerated in a federal prison; Efrain Isak Rosales, aka Tucn, 35, an alleged member of La Familia who resides in Michoacn and who is currently being sought by authorities; Sonia Apodaca, aka Shorty, 44, of El Monte, an alleged secretary of the Mexican Mafia, who was arrested this morning; Claudia Garcia, aka Giggles, 42, of the Gramercy Park district of Los Angeles, an alleged associate of the Mexican Mafia, who was arrested this morning; Adam Rios, aka Blanco, 35, of Slymar, an alleged associate of La Familia, who was arrested this morning; and. [43][44] Among the 44 detained was Rafael Cedeo Hernndez (El Cede), the gang's second in command and in charge of indoctrinating the new recruits in the cartel's religious values, morals and ethics. Una vez aliado con el Crtel del Golfo como parte de los Zetas, se separ en 2006 para fundar su propia organizacin. The indictments targeting the Mexican Mafia and the La Familia drug cartel are the result of an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department; and the Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)/Southern California Drug Task Force, a federally funded group led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The michoanazo just messed up michoacan instead of helping it, now it's more bloody and everyone fighting for power like in Tamaulipas after the fall of Guillen..Catching big capos doesn't solve anything, it just makes that area more violent and cartels split and fight for power. Individuals indicted in the cases are charged with a variety of crimes, including: conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana; distribution of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana; conspiracy to import narcotics into the United States; money laundering; and other violations of federal law. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal government site. On July 13, 2009, a group of 12 Mexican officers were kidnapped, tortured and murdered. The Familia Michoacana then emerged as a self-styled vigilante group, turning against the Zetas and attacking addicts and dealers of methamphetamine, the drug that is now its biggest moneymaker. "[27] The cartel may have direct or indirect ties with devotees of the New Jerusalem religious movement, which is noted for its concern for justice issues. [3][dead link], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Nueva_Familia_Michoacana_Organization&oldid=1132096814, This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 06:54. An official website of the United States government. The indictment that outlines the Project and related drug trafficking activities names 13 defendants, eight of whom were arrested this morning. The Mexican justice department stated in a report that Gonzalez Moreno has made Eldredge's book Salvaje de Corazn (Wild at Heart) required reading for La Familia gang members and has paid rural teachers and National Development Education (CONAFE) to circulate Eldredge's writings throughout the Michoacn countryside. Anyway, during that time michoacan cartels ALL made a truce to fight their ENEMY the ZETAS.. CDS benefit big time because they would snitch on them to the DEA so DEA can let them operate. La Familia Michoacana, (English: The Michoacn Family) La Familia (English: The Family ), or LFM is a Mexican drug cartel and organized crime syndicate based in the Mexican state of Michoacn. La Familia tore itself apart from the Gulf Cartel in 2006 (it even announced its foundation . [52] In May 2009, the Mexican Federal Police detained 10 Michoacn mayors and 20 other local officials suspected of being associated with the cartel. The second leader, Nazario Moreno Gonzlez, known as El Ms Loco (English: The Craziest One),[9] preached his organization's divine right to eliminate enemies. This follows from statements made by three young men arrested for crimes against health and bribery in the Azcapotzalco neighborhood. The indictment alleges that participants in the Project sought to give La Familia members free rein to sell methamphetamine in Southern California and to provide protection for incarcerated cartel members in exchange for money and methamphetamine going to Mexican Mafia members. El flaquito was a big dog within El golfo before he went to prison. Crteles Unidos (English: United Cartels ), also known as La Resistencia (English: The Resistance) is a Mexican criminal enforcer squad composed of well-trained gunmen from the Sinaloa Cartel, Gulf Cartel and Knights Templar Cartel originally formed to expel the Los Zetas Cartel from the states of Michoacn and Jalisco. More than 3,000 agents and officers operated across the United States to make the arrests during the two-day takedown. We do not publish all comments, and we do not publish comments immediately. Individuals indicted in the cases are charged with a variety of crimes, including: conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana; distribution of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana; conspiracy to import narcotics into the United States; money laundering; and other violations of federal law. The following agencies provided special investigative assistance: U.S. Osiel started off recruiting Guzmn Decena (Z1) then he recruited the other GAFE deserters. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. This indictment charges 31 defendants and alleges violations of the federal racketeering (RICO) statute, as well as a host of narcotics, firearms, and fraud offenses. The infusion, which more than tripled the number of Federal Police officers patrolling Michoacn, angered Michoacn Governor Leonel Godoy Rangel, who called it 'an occupation' and said he had not been consulted. La Familia is philosophically opposed to the sale of methamphetamine to Mexicans, and instead supports its export to the United States for consumption by Americans. More than 300 federal, state, local and foreign law enforcement agencies contributed investigative and prosecutorial resources to Project Coronado through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces. According to Mexico Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna, it recruits members from drug rehabilitation clinics by helping addicts recover and then forcing them into service for the drug cartel or be killed. According to federal and state sources, La Familia Michoacana has been increasingly involved in Michoacn's politics, impelling their favorite candidates, financing their campaigns, and forcing other parties to renounce their candidacies. CDS looking weak son Chaputas fucking up the federation, 4:06 and CDMX isn't a big plaza? [54], Three days later, on July 14, 2009, the cartel tortured and murdered twelve Mexican Federal Police agents and dumped their bodies along the side of a mountain highway along with a written message: "So that you come for another. The investigative efforts in Project Coronado were coordinated by the multi-agency Special Operations Division, comprised of agents and analysts from the DEA, FBI, ICE, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. They were planing on getting guanajuato, Guerrero. Authorities in Mexico City detected an alliance between the Sinaloa Cartel and La Familia Michoacna. 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