Arturo Gallegos Castrellón, aka, "El Farmero"
Photo: SSP
Azteca gang leader confessed to multiple murders, including five federal police officers.
By H. Nelson Goodson
November 28, 2010
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico - On Sunday, Mexico's federal Public Security Secretary (SSP) announced the arrest of Arturo Gallegos Castrellón, 32, aka, "El Farmero" know leader of the Aztecas gang in Juarez. Castrellón was wanted for ordering at least 80 percent of all the homicides since 2009 in the city, according to Luis Cárdenas, Chief of Regional Security Division for the Federal Police.
Castrellón confessed of ordering the deaths of two U.S. Consulate workers gunned down in several areas on March 14 and the deaths of 14 students in Villas de Salvárcar on January 31, 2010. He also is accused of ordering the deaths of five federal police officers from Juarez.
Los Aztecas went to the neigborhood looking for rival members of the "AA" at a student birthday party in Juarez, but when Castrellón discovered it was a mistake and they were in the wrong place, he ordered the killings anyway, according to Cárdenas.
In 1996, Castrellón was arrested in the U.S. for drug trafficking. Los Aztecas from ciudad Juarez are affiliated with the Aztecas gang in El Paso, Texas, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Along with Castrellón's arrest, federal police also detained Carlos Rodríguez Ramírez, 41, aka, "El 67" and Gizela Ornelas Núñez, 32, aka, "La Maestra." Both Ramírez and Núñez were wanted for drug trafficking and possession of fire arms.
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Photo: SSP
Azteca gang leader confessed to multiple murders, including five federal police officers.
By H. Nelson Goodson
November 28, 2010
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico - On Sunday, Mexico's federal Public Security Secretary (SSP) announced the arrest of Arturo Gallegos Castrellón, 32, aka, "El Farmero" know leader of the Aztecas gang in Juarez. Castrellón was wanted for ordering at least 80 percent of all the homicides since 2009 in the city, according to Luis Cárdenas, Chief of Regional Security Division for the Federal Police.
Castrellón confessed of ordering the deaths of two U.S. Consulate workers gunned down in several areas on March 14 and the deaths of 14 students in Villas de Salvárcar on January 31, 2010. He also is accused of ordering the deaths of five federal police officers from Juarez.
Los Aztecas went to the neigborhood looking for rival members of the "AA" at a student birthday party in Juarez, but when Castrellón discovered it was a mistake and they were in the wrong place, he ordered the killings anyway, according to Cárdenas.
In 1996, Castrellón was arrested in the U.S. for drug trafficking. Los Aztecas from ciudad Juarez are affiliated with the Aztecas gang in El Paso, Texas, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Along with Castrellón's arrest, federal police also detained Carlos Rodríguez Ramírez, 41, aka, "El 67" and Gizela Ornelas Núñez, 32, aka, "La Maestra." Both Ramírez and Núñez were wanted for drug trafficking and possession of fire arms.
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