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Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel
Cártel de Santa Rosa de Lima
File:Cártel de Santa Rosa de Lima logo.png
Logo of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel
Founded2014
Founded byDavid Rogel Figueroa
Named afterSanta Rosa de Lima
Founding locationSanta Rosa de Lima, Mexico
Years active2014−present
TerritoryGuanajuato
EthnicityMexicans
Leader(s)José Antonio Yépez Ortiz
Criminal activitiesDrug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, robbery, murder, arms trafficking
AlliesGulf Cartel[citation needed]
RivalsFile:Los Zetas logo.png Los Zetas
Jalisco New Generation Cartel[1]

The Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel (Template:Lang-es) (CSRL)[2] is a Mexican criminal organization from the state of Guanajuato. Founded in 2014, it was initially headed by David Rogel Figueroa aka "El Güero" and then by José Antonio Yépez Ortiz aka "El Marro".[3] They mainly earn their income from oil theft.[4] In June 2020, it was reported that government raids and turf wars with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel resulted in the Santa Rosa de Lima losing much of their territories in Guanajuato, Querétaro and Hidalgo and all of their "soldiers."[2] However, cartel members still maintain a small presence in certain municipalities of Guanajuato, such as Villagrán, though they are not active in organized crime.[2]

History

The name of the Cartel refers to the town of Santa Rosa de Lima located in the municipality of Villagrán in Guanajuato. There, the organization was born, which has expanded throughout the entity and even in adjacent parts of the state with Querétaro and Michoacán , where its main activity is the theft of fuel, registering 1,696 milking points during 2017.[5] Others activities carried out are extortion of small and medium-sized entrepreneurs in cities such as Celaya, Irapuato and Salamanca.[6]

On March 3, 2019, authorities from the state of Guanajuato, supported by federal forces, launched the “Timon Strike” operation against the organization, bringing up to 42 detainees up to now, in addition to recovering more than 100 vehicles and searching 25 properties. This operation resulted in a wave of violence generated by the dispute of the territory with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.[7][8][9]

Organization and criminal activities

The cartel is commanded by José Antonio Yépez Ortiz and has a nearby circle made up of 14 people including their families. Its financial operators are presumed to be the uncles of "El Marro", with Santiago "G" aka "Bachicha" the main operator. The authorities also identify Juan Manuel "A", Artemio "E" aka "El Temo", Eusebio "G" aka "El Titis", José Alejandro "J" among others.[10][11]

Map showing the cartel's main area of operation: the "Bermuda Triangle" region in Guanajuato and the location of the Salamanca refinery through which many of the oil pipelines siphoned off by the cartel depart.

The Santa Rosa de Lima cartel stormed the state with greater force during the year of 2017, which can be noticed by a video published through social networks, where the Marro, surrounded by more than a hundred armed people, with tactical team, only allowed to the armed forces, challenged the CJNG and the other criminal organizations that operate in Guanajuato. After this announcement, a great deal of insecurity has been reported in the area, which even President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed that since his government started (on December 1, 2018) the state of Guanajuato has been reported as one of the most violent entities, confirmed by Criminal Traffic Light.[12] The report states that more than 28,816 homicides were committed during 2018, which meant an increase of 15% compared to 2017 being the worst rate of the last 20 years, since the federal actions against criminal organizations began of the country in 2000.

On March 9, 2019 there was a mass shooting at La Playa Men's Club, a nightclub in Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico. 15 people were killed and between 7-9 were injured. The authorities only reported fourteen deaths hiding the real figure. The attack was due to reports about the sea in the interior of the place and for not paying a floor charge. Witnesses described the attackers as a group of armed men who arrived in three CJNG vans. Previously the owner of the place had received patent threats from the CJNG for the collection of floor.[13][14][15][16]

On October 29, 2019, Marco Antonio Flores Martínez, aka El Ñecas, was arrested, who planned to place a bomb on a plane, as well as detonate a Pemex pipeline in response to the operations that the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador launched. at the beginning of his government in December 2018 against the cartel.[17][18][19]

The Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel was accused of a bomb attempt at the Pemex refinery in Guanajuato on June 25, 2020, after several of the cartel's leaders were arrested five days earlier.[20]

Demise

On June 11, 2020, Óscar Balderas, a Mexican journalist and expert in organized crime, revealed to Insight Crime journalist Victoria Dittmar that government crackdowns and a turf war with the rival Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) resulted in the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel losing a signficant among of land in Querétaro, Hidalgo and even their native state of Guanajuanto.[2] According to Balderas, “The most recent outbreaks of violence have been the execution of the last soldiers [of the CSRL].”[2] However, some Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel members still remain in certain municipalities of Guanajuato, such as Villagrán.[2] However, the area was not known for still being active in organized crime.[2]

On June 22, 2020, it was reported that Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel leader José Antonio “El Marro” Yépez's mother María Ortiz, sister Juana “N,” and cousin Rosalba “N,” were among 26 Santa de Lima Cartel members arrested in Celaya, Guanajuato on June 20, 2020.[21] María Ortiz, who was a financier for the cartel, had more than 2 million pesos (US $89,500) on her when she was detained as well as approximately one kilogram of a substance believed to be methamphetamine.[21] Those arrested had arrived to receive their weekly payroll.[21] The newspaper Milenio confirmed that in addition to these 26 arrests, at least four other people with links to the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel were arrested after raids on properties near the border between Celaya and Villagrán, the municipality where the criminal organization has been based.[21] However, El Marro managed to escape the Celaya raid and afterwards posted at least two social media videos, one where he thanked people who sent tire fires so he could escape arrest and another where he decided to consider entering into an alliance with the Sinaloa Cartel following the arrest of his mother.[21] On June 23, 2020, it was revealed that the CJNG had sent assassins to kill El Marro on many occassions, including at his sister's wedding earlier in the year.[22] It was also revealed that demise that Santa de Lima Rosa Cartel's demise, the CJNG was struggling to gain influence in territory controlled by the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel as well.[22]

References

  1. ^ anónimo (May 5, 2020). "El ocaso del Cártel de Santa Rosa de Lima: porqué la organización del Marro se desmorona". infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/jalisco-cartel-dominate-mexico/
  3. ^ "Enterate:¿Cuándo y cómo surgió el Cártel de Santa Rosa de Lima". El Universal. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  4. ^ Dalby, Chris (15 February 2019). "Mexico's Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel Risks Burning Too Bright, Too Fast". InSight Crime.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Descubren sobres de "nómina" de Cártel de Santa Rosa de Lima". El Universal. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Extorsiones del Cártel de Santa Rosa de Lima, sin distinciones en Guanajuato". Televisa.News. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  7. ^ ""Golpe de Timón", el operativo con el que se busca detener a "El Marro"". Infobae. Retrieved 22 November 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  8. ^ "Capturan a 42 delincuentes tras Golpe de Timón en Guanajuato". Milenio. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Cuatro claves para entender la operación Golpe de Timón". La Silla Rota. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  10. ^ "¿Quiénes son los líderes del Cártel Santa Rosa de Lima y Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación detrás de la violencia en Guanajuato?". Vanguardia. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  11. ^ ""El Marro", su hermana y los otros líderes del Cártel de Santa Rosa de Lima". Infobae. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Dónde nace el cártel Santa Rosa de Lima". El Economista. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  13. ^ "15 killed in Mexico nightclub shooting". www.euronews.com. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Nightclub shooting 'leaves 14 dead' after gunmen open fire on dancefloor". The Independent. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Commando kills 15 in Salamanca, Guanajuato, bar attack". Mexico News Daily. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Governor rebukes federal government for freeing suspected gangsters". Mexico News Daily. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  17. ^ "Integrantes del Cártel de Santa Rosa de Lima planeaban poner bomba en avión". W radio. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  18. ^ "Extorsiones del Cártel de Santa Rosa de Lima, sin distinciones en Guanajuato". Televisa.News. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  19. ^ ""El Ñecas" planeaba poner bomba en un avión por operativos anti huachicol". Grupo Formula. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  20. ^ "Pemex refinery in Guanajuato target of failed bomb attack". Mexico News Daily. 25 June 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  21. ^ a b c d e https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/cartel-bosss-mother-25-others-arrested-along-with-weeks-payroll/
  22. ^ a b https://communalnews.com/mexican-drug-gang-blocks-roads-in-guanajuato/
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