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Misael Torres Urrea, commonly referred to by his alias El M2, was born on 1991 or 1992 to Javier Torres Felix (alias "El JT") and Agapita Urrea. [a] [2] He had at least four siblings: Joel Torres Jiménez (sometimes spelled Joel Torres Urrea), [3] [4] María Luisa Torres Urrea, [5] Marisol Torres Urrea, [b] [6] and Jesús Javier Torres Urrea.
Alberto Capella is a Mexican law enforcement officer and former Tijuana's Commissioner of Police or Secretary of Public Security (Secretario Municipal de Seguridad Pública) of the municipality of Tijuana. [1] Made famous for his tough stance against Mexico's notorious drug industry, which in the past had been virtually non-existent in Mexico.
Benjamin was arrested on 9 March 2002 by the Mexican Army in the state of Puebla, Mexico. [9] He had a $2 million USD bounty for his arrest. [5] Authorities are not sure where Benjamin's money went, beyond some real estate investments in Tijuana.
La Mesa State Penitentiary is a prison in La Mesa, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It is considered "one of the most notorious prisons in Latin America". [1] The prison was built for 2,000 inmates and had 2,500 inmates in the 1990s, but the number increased to over 7,000 by the 2010s. [2] Prisoners have committed offenses ranging from theft ...
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (known as "El Padrino" and "El Jefe De Jefes"): The founder of the modern Mexican drug trade, former leader and founder of the Guadalajara Cartel, one of the first Mexican cartels which was formed as an alliance of the Sinaloa Cartel, the Tijuana Cartel, and the Juarez Cartel.
Currently, the majority of Mexico's smuggling routes are controlled by three key cartels: Gulf, Sinaloa and Tijuana—though Tijuana is the least powerful. The Tijuana cartel was further weakened in August 2006 when its chief, Javier Arellano Félix, was arrested by the U.S. Coast Guard on a boat off the coast of Baja California . [ 11 ]
He is the son of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, who was one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords. He was arrested in Mexico City on 19 March 2009 [9] and extradited to the United States in February 2010 to stand trial on narco-trafficking-related charges. [10] [11] He was sentenced to 15 years in prison on 30 May 2019. Due to his cooperation in ...
1911 - Magonista rebellion of 1911 erupts in Northern Baja California, Tijuana is occupied by the Magonistas for several weeks. May 8/9 - First Battle of Tijuana; Magonistas capture Tijuana. June 22 - Second Battle of Tijuana; Mexico recaptures Tijuana; 1914 - El Hispano Americano newspaper begins publication. [3] 1916 - Hippodrome opens. [4]