Sinaloa Cartel's La Rana Linked to Murder of the Surfers and Other New Information

By HEARST 5/15/2024 12:01:00 PM



The Attorney General's Office (FGE) has found that “La Rana”, from the Sinaloa Cartel - Mayo faction, controls the region where the three surfers were killed and he is likely using it to unload drug shipments from South America.

La Rana and his brother Aquiles are also known to control the drug dealing in El Maneadero, where one of the perpetrators was found with a dealer-level of meth.

So no matter how you slice it - it comes back to La Rana and El Aquiles.

The Daily Beast published Sinaloa Cartel propaganda which alleges 5 the cartel group found and turned in the people who murdered the surfers.
The Daily Beast ran the allegation as the article's headline despite there the claim being so implausible that it borders on being outright false.


La Rana’s Subordinate Luis Zazueta Controls The Area Where the Surfers Disappeared

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The FGE found “these dirt roads are controlled by members of organized crime, by drug cartels.”

The FGE said “the area that connects La Bocana with San Juan de las Pulgas and Punta San José is an area inaccessible to the general public” and that “only those that are protected or involved with criminals can safely enter the area.”

Although the FGE acknowledged the area is controlled by cartel groups in the state’s private Security Roundtable meetings (which Zeta Tijuana attends), the FGE has not yet acknowledged this publicly.

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Instead, the FGE and its leader, Attorney General María Elena Andrade, insist in press conferences that there are no signs of cartel groups being involved in the homicides of the surfers.

The FGE investigation of Santo Tomas found that it was controlled by the Sinaloa Cartel – Mayo faction, more specifically naming “Rene Arzate Garcia, alias ‘La Rana’.”

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La Rana, and his brother Arzate Garcia, alias “El Aquiles”, are known to be some of the most powerful drug lords in Baja California.

They are primarily known for operating in the city of Tijuana, but they also have a strong presence in Ensenada and a lesser presence in Tecate. They also have an alliance with los Rusos, the cartel group in charge of Mexicali, so the Arzate brothers have a hand in every major city in Baja California.



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https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/05/sinaloa-cartels-la-rana-linked-to.html