'Los Oaxacos' Assassin Squad Leader Killed in San Quintín, Baja California

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Alexis Barrón Medina, alias “El Pelirrojo” (The RedHead) or “El Pecas” (The Freckled One), identified by security forces as the assassin squad leader of Los Oaxacos gang in San Quintin, Baja California, was killed this past weekend.

Reports indicate that Barron Medina arrived at a hospital in San Quitin after he was shot three times by unknown assailants. Investigators say they are unsure where the attack occurred. Barron Medina died shortly after he was received at the clinic.

Members of Los Oaxacos warned on social media that there would be retaliation for Barron Medina’s death.

Public information about Los Oaxacos is limited. Local media outlets say that it is a small gang based in Baja California, particularly in Tijuana, Ensenada, and San Quintin municipalities.

San Quintin municipality was formed in February 2020. It was originally part of Ensenada. Much of the violence in these two municipalities are due to a gangland dispute between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), the Sinaloa Cartel, and various other gangs.

As reported by Borderland Beat, various factions of the Sinaloa Cartel are fighting for control of Ensenada since the September 2020 murder of Víctor Manuel Murillo Padilla, alias “El Chatarras” or “El Negro”.

Los Oaxacos were reportedly born in Tijuana sometime in the early 2010s by members from Los Talibanes and/or Los Chamulas, a faction once headed by Israel Osuna Abarca, alias “El Paisa” or “El Chamula Mayor”.

In 2012, the leader of Los Oaxacos, Hector Antonio Salazar Monzon, alias “El Oaxaco”, was murdered. He worked under Alfonso Arzate Garcia, alias “El Aquiles”, high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Sources: Ensenada Net; Zeta Tijuana (1); (2); (3); (4); (5); Calvarie Locus (Images)