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"Los Pelones" the criminal cell that is terrorizing Cancún

Saturday, August 25, 2018 12:18

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Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat from Silla Rota by Alejandra Galicia

“Los Pelones”(the bald-headed ones, baldies), the band that terrorizes Cancun Is linked to homicides and extortions at nightclubs and bars in Cancun, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum.

Translation by “Cruz” fro Borderland Beat

Cancun, Q. Roo- The nightlife just isn’t the same in Cancun. The drug dealing, extortion, and kidnappings have changed the image of the popular tourist location.

The dispute for the plaza (turf, seat) has obligated the authorities to reinforce their surveillance in the city to maintain the security of the tourist.

“Los Pelones” is a criminal cell which the government of Quintana Roo attributes for the increase in violence.

This band is behind homicides and extortions against nightclubs and bars in Cancun, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum. They also have several operations in the northern part of the state, where they extort businesses. They are also behind numerous homicides in the area.

The cell, belonging to the Gulf Cartel, made their presence known in 2017. They were dealt a harsh blow in the last few days: the detention of Francisco Javier “N”, alias “El Fefe”.

He is a member and also one of the leaders of “Los Pelones” he was detained July 27th along with drugs and firearms.

According to the District Attorney office, “El Fefe” is tied to at least 20 homicides and with “cobro de piso”(protection fee) of nightclubs.

J.R.L.L., “El Chaparro” (le shorty) was detained on August 5th. He is yet another member of the criminal organization “Los Pelones”. This individual who controlled the sale of narcotics in the area known as “El Crucero”(crossroads) located on Avenida Lopez Portillo(Jose Lopez Portillo) in Cancun.

According to the anti-drug division of the Federal Police, “El Chaparro” used the hotel Casa Blanca (white house) to sell drugs, he is also associated with executions within “El Crucero”.

That is to say, these individuals in addition to their underlings had their base of operations in the abandoned hotel where they stored drugs, weapons, and money.

At the time of “El Chaparro’s” arrest, he was found with 21 baggies of cocaine, 12 of crack and 3 of marijuana.

“El Chaparro” after being detained.

Spikes of Violence

In an interview for LA SILLA ROTA(the broken chair), the State District Attorney, Miguel Angel Pech Cen explained that the spikes of violence in Quintana Roo has had a 93% increase in homicides, and that several of the murders are in relation to a shift in criminal cells in the sale of narcotics(wholesale) and narcomenudeo (typically dub sacks,grams etc.).

During the first semester of 2018, from January to July, 337 homicide investigations have been opened, 126 took place in the southern zone, while the bigger portion of the homicides took place in the northern zone. According to the authorities, the crimes were carried out with cold steel and firearms.

The death toll is still not higher than it was in 2017 when the district attorney of Quintana Roo opened 519 homicide cases in the entire state.

The person in charge of FGE mentioned that in the state, the main crime that the people belonging to these criminal organizations get arrested for is the sale of drugs, extortion, taxing businesses, and also for the control of bracelets sales at nightclubs and discos in the tourist zone that is also linked to the sale of drugs.

According to the DA of Quintana Roo this 2018 there have been some important detentions made with the intention to diminish the violence in the state, some of those being, members of Los Pelones, Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco Cartel New Generation, like Dioney Rolando alias “El nene”(baby,baby face), presumed operator of the Sinaloa Cartel who tried to cross the border with Belize along with 4 others.

Also, on August 1st in Cancun 8 young adults were arrested, members of the Cartel Jalisco New Generation, with several high caliber firearms, vehicles, and motorcycles.

One of the main obstacles for the homicide investigation corporation is that it is difficult to get information because in most cases the victims or witnesses refuse to declare, which causes a delay in the investigation process.

According to the official, of the total of illicit activities related to criminal entities, 72% of them happen in the towns(township) of Benito Juarez, Solidaridad, Tulum, Lazaro Cardenas, Isla Mujeres, Cozumel, and Puerto Morelos, and 28% of crimes come from towns in the southern part of the state like Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Jose Maria Morelos, and Othon P. Blanco.

Pech Cen argued that the detention of members of criminal entities is a strong blow to the delinquency developed by Specialized Prosecutor that handles crimes related to drug dealing(crimes against the health), they are prepared none the less, because once they are arrested, there is a shift within the criminal groups that are ready to be made.

About the increase in violence in the executions of the homicides, he thinks that this is used by the criminal groups as a tactic to throw off the investigation made by law enforcement, by copying acts of violence made throughout the central and northern part of the country.

“Sometimes these same criminal groups attempt to divert the investigation by copying these models of execution (violence) use by other criminal groups. Because the first parameter of investigation is determining the way that the person died, under what circumstances.”, said the District Attorney of Quintana Roo.

The criminal groups that the government of QRoo recognizes.

In the 2016-2022 Plan for State Development which was presented by the governor of Quintana Roo, Carlos Joaquin Gonzalez in 2017, it explains the problem or the “criminal dynamics” that the entity faces.

In the state government official report, the presence of cartels, cells, and local criminal bands is mentioned. In Benito Juarez, Solidaridad, Othon P. Blanco, Cozumel, and Felipe Carrillo Puerto. Mention in the report are the activities of, drug dealing, human trafficking, merchandise trafficking, ambulantaje (informal commerce, business) and pirateria (sale of knock offs, pirating goods).

According to the 2016-2022 Plan for State Development, the Sinaloa Cartel and the CJNG operate in Cancun and Chetumal and they have a reduced presence in other towns within the state. The same report mentions that the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas don’t have a clear structure in the area and they are spread out in different related cells.

JGM

Source: http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2018/08/los-pelones-criminal-cell-that-is.html

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