Wednesday, December 5th, 2007...3:44 pm
Merida - Cuban Mafia’s Headquarters?
This Jean-Guy Allard report in Granma includes the following: “Bello Melchor Rodríguez y Carrillo, federal prosecutor in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo [Cancun’s state, for those who don’t know] revealed a few weeks ago that the city of Merida, Yucatan, is the Cuban mafia’s center of financial operations.
“Cuban-Americans killed in recent weeks include Manuel “El Mani” Duarte Díaz, Luis Lázaro Lara Morejón, his friend María Elena Carrillo Sáenz, Jesús Aguilar Aguilar, Edwin Park Gómez and Maximiliano Rey Mota.
“Lara Morejón was the liaison who received funds from the United States for trafficking carried out by Duarte Díaz, who was murdered in the Yucatan capital near the offices of the National Migration Institute. He later ensured payment for the polleros (smugglers) who bring Cubans to Quintana Roo’s coasts.
“According to several sources, one of the gangs involved hired the thugs of Los Zetas, the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel, to execute its rivals.
“The lime-covered, handcuffed bodies of Aguilar, Park and Carrillo Sáenz were found in a ditch near the Cancun-Merida highway, a site known as the ‘Los Zetas cemetery.’”
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2 Comments
December 6th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Can’t help chiming in on this one. First, they should call it the Cuban-American mafia…since those known by the public to be involved have been (at one time, at least) American residents, if not citizens.
Second, at least some meridanos consider that this is wishful thinking on the part of Quintana Roo officials (though there is no doubt that pollero operations involving Cuban refugees are an increasingly big deal on the peninsula).
Third, the killing outside migracion in Merida is still not fully resolved, but may have been linked to the kidnap/killing of another Cuban-American in Merida the previous October (2006). The local guy in jail for the migracion killing is thought to have told the assassins where to find the victim, and some suggest that this was in (paid) retaliation for the off-ing of the guy in October 2006.
In other words…lots of speculation, those who know, if any, aren’t talking.
December 6th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Hey mcm,
Thanks for the additional information.
The CIA referred to Cuban Americans on its payroll, UCLAs, unilaterally controlled Latino assets. UCLAs have committed some atrocious acts throughout the hemisphere.
Cuidate
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