Fausto Isidro Meza Flores

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In this
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is Meza and the second or maternal family name is Flores.
Fausto Isidro Meza Flores
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Fausto Isidro Meza Flores alias "El Chapo Isidro", is a Mexican drug lord and leader of

Beltrán Leyva Cartel and was the right-hand man of Alfredo Beltrán Leyva
before he got incarcerated in United States.

Criminal career

Early life and ascension

Meza Flores (known in the criminal world as El Chapo Isidro) was born on June 19, 1982, in

Beltrán Leyva Cartel. As a member of the Beltrán Leyva brothers, he proved to be a "skilled hitman, capable of daring, cunning and bravado."[3] When the leader Arturo Beltrán Leyva was gunned down and killed by the Mexican military in December 2009, many within the cartel deserted and left to form an independent criminal organization with Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as La Barbie. Meza Flores, however, remained loyal to the Beltrán Leyva brothers and possibly forged an alliance with Vicente Carrillo Fuentes.[3]

Tubutama, Sonora shooting

A fierce gunfight between members of the

Beltrán Leyva Cartel (with the support of Los Zetas and Los Mazatlecos Meza Flores' men) left about 30 dead in the town of Tubutama, Sonora in northern Mexico on July 1, 2010.[4][5] The drug gangs clashed just a few miles across the international border with the U.S. state of Arizona – an area notorious for being a smuggling route for narcotics and human trafficking.[6] Reportedly, Meza Flores and a drug trafficker called Arnoldo del Cid Buelna (known in the criminal world as El Gilo) were the ones that carried out the surprise ambush attack on the gunmen of the Sinaloa Cartel.[3] Eleven late-model, bullet-ridden vehicles were found at the scene, along with dozens of assault rifles. Some of the vehicles had "X" painted on their windows, a method often used by the Mexican drug trafficking organizations to distinguish their vehicles from those of rival drug cartels during armed confrontations.[7][8]

Los Mazatlecos era

His gang,

Choix, Sinaloa. However, the operation left two soldiers dead and twelve of his gunmen killed, including his right-hand man Omar Alfonso Rubio (alias "El Chonte"). On December 12, 2013, one of Meza Flores's top lieutenants, Ignacio "Nacho" González was arrested in Guasave, Sinaloa by the Mexican Army.[13]

Status

Meza Flores is a fugitive wanted by the United States government on drug trafficking charges. The FBI is offering a US$5 million bounty.[14] His last known residence was in the state of Nuevo León, where he was reportedly seen with some of his family members at a youth basketball game in San Pedro Garza García on January 19, 2013.[15]

Kingpin Act sanction

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury announced on January 17, 2013, that they froze the assets of Meza Flores, seven of his family members, and three companies that had connection with his criminal organization through the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (sometimes referred to simply as the "Kingpin Act").[16]

Businesses included in the sanction
Name Registration # Type Location Citations
Autotransportes Terrestres S.A. de C.V. N/A Automobile Guasave, Sinaloa [2]
Auto Servicio Jatziry S.A. de C.V. 12577 Gas station Guasave, Sinaloa [2]
Constructora Jatziry de Guasave S.A. de CV. 13554 Construction Guasave, Sinaloa [2]
Family members of Meza Flores
Name Alias Birth Status Relationship Citations
Fausto Isidro Meza Angulo N/A March 27, 1962 Fugitive Father [2][17]
Angelina Flores Apodaca N/A July 21, 1958 Fugitive Mother [2][17]
Araceli Chan Inzuna N/A February 8, 1985 Fugitive Wife [2][17]
Flor Angely Meza N/A September 20, 1989 Fugitive Sister [2][17]
Pánfilo Flores Apodaca N/A June 1, 1969 Fugitive Uncle [2][17]
Samuel Flores Apodaca El Pelón October 23, 1962 Fugitive Uncle [2][17]
Agustín Flores Apodaca El Niño June 6, 1964 Arrested Uncle [2][17]

See also

References

  1. ^
    OpenSanctions.org: Fausto Isidro MEZA FLORES
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "MEZA FLORES: Drug Trafficking Organization" (PDF). Office of Foreign Assets Control. January 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Chapo Isidro: A History". Borderland Beat. July 9, 2012. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "El juego final de "Poncho Arce". Ríodoce (in Spanish). November 7, 2011. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  5. ^ Pedraza, Iván (July 2, 2010). "Sicarios de los Beltrán Leyva y Zetas atacan a gente del Chapo en Sonora". Milenio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  6. ^ "21 die in Mexican gang gunbattle near Arizona border". NBC News. July 1, 2010. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  7. The Associated Press
    . July 5, 2010. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  8. ^ Beckhusen, Robert (November 9, 2012). "Mexican hitman claims cartels bought guns from US Border Patrol". Wired UK. Archived from the original on November 20, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  9. ^ Durán, Martín (August 22, 2012). "Capturan a tres "mazatlecos" vinculados con matanzas de El Fuerte". El Noroeste (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  10. ^ "Ficha EU a rivales del cártel de Sinaloa: los Meza Flores". Milenio (in Spanish). January 17, 2013. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013.
  11. ^ Castillo, Gustavo (May 2, 2012). "Los Beltrán Leyva declaran la guerra al Chapo por el control de Sinaloa". La Jornada (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  12. ^ Otero, Silvia (January 17, 2013). "EU pone en lista de narcos a familia rival de El Chapo". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 20, 2013.
  13. ^ "Cae lugarteniente de "El Chapo Isidro" en Sinaloa". Proceso (in Spanish). December 13, 2013. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  14. ^ FBI Most Wanted: FAUSTO ISIDRO MEZA-FLORES. FBI. Accessed: 19 November 2018.
  15. ^ Cedillo, Juan (January 21, 2013). "El rival de 'El Chapo' señalado por EU no tiene cargos en México". CNNMéxico (in Spanish). Turner Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  16. ^ "Treasury Designates Additional Sinaloa-Based Drug Trafficking Organization". United States Department of the Treasury. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g "EU anuncia sanciones contra cártel de los Meza Flores en México". El Occidental (in Spanish). Organización Editorial Mexicana. January 17, 2013. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015.
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