Who are "Los Arzate": the dangerous key brothers of "El Mayo" after the fall of "El Chapo"

Despite the capture of Joaquín Guzmán Loera "El Chapo", the criminal activities of the cartel of Sinaloa and the violence with which they exercise them did not ceasebecause of the multiple criminal cells with which they operate throughout the territory.

That of Los Arzate played a key role after the change of command of the recently tried Joaquín Guzmán, in Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. It is headed by two brothers who run a drug trafficking on the northern border of Baja California.. In addition, accused of defending the place with murders and kidnappings against the Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel and the cartel Tijuana.

Its relevance is due to the strategic place in which they are placed. This step to the United States is one of the most important for being able to cross marijuana and other illegal substances in the northern country.

The leader of the criminal group is Alfonso Arzate García, "The Achilles", the eldest brother.

He began his criminal life at age 30 after working for more than 10 years in a transportation company. Unlike his brother and partner, René Arzate García "El Rana", who started committing a crime from the age of 15, Alfonso entered the drug trade because the salary he earned was not enough for him to live, local media reported.

His first contact with the world of drug trafficking is through his friend Enrique Jorquera Guerrero "El Jorquera", former ministerial police charged with the transport of drugs and the orchestration of murders.

Alfonso Arzate started acquire relevance in the drug trade because of having never had any problems of place. Trafficked with small amounts and regularly.

Until the day when Teodoro García Simental, lieutenant of the cartel of Tijuana, he threatened to kill him for his links with Jorquera and his henchmen.

That made "Achilles" appeal to his younger brother, René Arzate, to deal with the warning. Thus, together, they earned the respect of their comrades in the cartel and started to run their own criminal cell.

In 2012, Mexican authorities issued an arrest warrant against the leader of "Los Arzate" for aggravated homicide, but after seven years he could no longer be executed.

In the United States, the FBI has also signed criminals. They are accused of having trafficked 652 kilograms of methamphetamine, 1343 kilos of cocaine, 12.2 tons of marijuana, 53 kilos of heroin and 5,500 tablets of oxycodone. in the northern country.

The charge is dated September 2013 under file number 14CR0722-DMS, according to which Alfonso Arzate commits a crime with his accomplices Jesús Quiñonez Flores "El Chiquillo Ántrax", murdered in 2014, and Rafael Guadalupe Núñez Felix "El Changuito Antrax", captured the same year.

Currently, the criminal cell continues to dominate Baja California, although the brothers reside in Sinaloa.

April 17, the Mexican army He captured one of his chiefs of marksmen, Marco Tulio Trujillo "El Marlon", who operated in Tijuana and Rosarito for decades.