800 Cancún law enforcement officers including 208 State of Quintana Roo Department of Justice agents on the Zeta payroll
By H. Nelson Goodson
April 12, 2010
Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico - On Saturday, Francisco Alor Quesada, spokesperson for the Mexican Attorney General's Office confirmed that military police and officials from the State of Quintana Roo Attorney General's Office had arrested Ismael Díaz Alor, 27, aka "El Negro," an accountant for the Zeta Cartel. Mexican authorities also confiscated a ledger from Díaz Alor naming 208 State of Quintana Roo Department of Justice agents and 600 Cancún Municipal police and auxiliary officers on the Zeta payroll. The Zeta ledger was found inside an Audi that Díaz Alor drives without license plates. After each name in the ledger, a phone number was written to indicate the official had received a Nextel or a cellular phone to keep direct contact with the Zetas. Documents and police daily schedules of police officers shifts, patrol squad vehicle assignment areas in 12 municipality sectors, and actual police radio frequencies used by the department were also found in the Zeta residence.
Díaz Alor confessed and confirmed Zetas paid the rank and file of alleged corrupted police officials between $1,000 pesos ($230 U.S), 5,000 pesos ($384 U.S.), 7,000 pesos ($538 U.S.), 10,000 pesos ($769 U.S.), 30,000 pesos ($2,307 U.S.), and up to 50,000 pesos ($3,846 U.S.) per month, according to Alor Quezada.
Last Thursday, Quintana Roo state authorities along with federal military police had taken part in a joint rescue assault at a Zeta house in the Green Valley neighborhood, where kidnapped businessman Anselmo Landon González had been held for ransom.
Landon González was rescued after a brief gun battle, and authorities captured Díaz Alor, along with Alenjandro Guzmán Nambo, 27, aka Rodrigo Arreola Sánchez, and José Luis Pérez Molina, 29, aka "La Pulga." All the Zeta suspects were charged with kidnapping and illegal weapons and ammunition possession.
Alor Quezada said, several other Mexican federal law enforcement agencies are investigating the alleged corruption and Zeta payoffs to more than 800 Cancún police officers and state justice agents. More arrests will follow, according to Alor Quezada from the Mexican Attorney General's Office.
22,743 people have been killed since Mexico began war in 2006 against drug cartels, and over 121,199 convicted members of cartels in Mexican prisons, according to a report by Mexican government officials.
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By H. Nelson Goodson
April 12, 2010
Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico - On Saturday, Francisco Alor Quesada, spokesperson for the Mexican Attorney General's Office confirmed that military police and officials from the State of Quintana Roo Attorney General's Office had arrested Ismael Díaz Alor, 27, aka "El Negro," an accountant for the Zeta Cartel. Mexican authorities also confiscated a ledger from Díaz Alor naming 208 State of Quintana Roo Department of Justice agents and 600 Cancún Municipal police and auxiliary officers on the Zeta payroll. The Zeta ledger was found inside an Audi that Díaz Alor drives without license plates. After each name in the ledger, a phone number was written to indicate the official had received a Nextel or a cellular phone to keep direct contact with the Zetas. Documents and police daily schedules of police officers shifts, patrol squad vehicle assignment areas in 12 municipality sectors, and actual police radio frequencies used by the department were also found in the Zeta residence.
Díaz Alor confessed and confirmed Zetas paid the rank and file of alleged corrupted police officials between $1,000 pesos ($230 U.S), 5,000 pesos ($384 U.S.), 7,000 pesos ($538 U.S.), 10,000 pesos ($769 U.S.), 30,000 pesos ($2,307 U.S.), and up to 50,000 pesos ($3,846 U.S.) per month, according to Alor Quezada.
Last Thursday, Quintana Roo state authorities along with federal military police had taken part in a joint rescue assault at a Zeta house in the Green Valley neighborhood, where kidnapped businessman Anselmo Landon González had been held for ransom.
Landon González was rescued after a brief gun battle, and authorities captured Díaz Alor, along with Alenjandro Guzmán Nambo, 27, aka Rodrigo Arreola Sánchez, and José Luis Pérez Molina, 29, aka "La Pulga." All the Zeta suspects were charged with kidnapping and illegal weapons and ammunition possession.
Alor Quezada said, several other Mexican federal law enforcement agencies are investigating the alleged corruption and Zeta payoffs to more than 800 Cancún police officers and state justice agents. More arrests will follow, according to Alor Quezada from the Mexican Attorney General's Office.
22,743 people have been killed since Mexico began war in 2006 against drug cartels, and over 121,199 convicted members of cartels in Mexican prisons, according to a report by Mexican government officials.
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