Created by Carlo Bernard, Chris Brancato, Doug Miro. [2] In addition, the name in his indictment was nearly identical to that of former deceased cartel leader Edelio López Falcón ("El Yeyo"), who was also the regional leader of Miguel Alemán. He was the regional boss of Miguel Alemán and helped coordinate international drug trafficking shipments from South and Central America to Mexico and the U.S. His roles in the cartel were also to coordinate oil theft operations. In January 1986, Bautista met Colombian drug lord Orlando Henao Montoya and they both agreed upon a partnership for drug trafficking, undercutting Félix Gallardo and the Cali cartel. However, since the 2006 Sinaloa Cartelincursion in Baja California and the fall of the Arellano-Félix brothers, the Tijuana Cartel has been reduced to a few cells. He made another escape attempt, this time succeeding and becoming a cocaine trafficker in the Tijuana corridor. The Cuban exile claims he was a CIA protege, trained as part of the agency's anti-Castro efforts, and in exchange for his help in moving weapons to certain groups in Central America, the CIA facilitated his movement of drugs. Born to an influential family in Sinaloa, Mexico; Bautista met Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo when he worked as her uncles's bodyguard. [8] For his drug charges, López Falcón was ordered to forfeit all money and properties derived from these drug proceeds, as well as any properties used to facilitate his operations. He went on to tunnel his way out, only to be recaptured again and sentenced to 20 more years in prison. In 2016, the organization became known as Cartel Tijuana Nueva Generación (New Generation Tijuana Car… Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [4], According to a sealed indictment sworn in by a grand jury of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (D.D.C.) After fleeing Mexico to avoid gang-related violence, López Falcón was arrested in Texas during a sting operation in 2013. Sicilia Falcon supervising the 1984 Tijuana raid. He is currently imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution in Ray Brook, New York. He was more commonly known by his code name "Metro 5". Next up is Tijuana and the Arellano Felix brothers, led by Ramon and Benjamin. Mexican police, assisted by U.S. drug agents, arrest Alberto Sicilia Falcon, whose Tijuana-based operation was reportedly generating $3.6 million a week from the sale of cocaine and marijuana in the United States. They’re also down but reveal that they need the approval of Falcon, so Miguel agrees to meet with him. [6], On 18 September 2015, López Falcón was arrested by U.S. authorities when walking out of a PlainsCapital Bank in Pharr, Texas. Narcos: Mexico ist eine US-amerikanische Krimi-und Historien-Dramaserie.Ursprünglich als vierte Staffel der Netflix-Serie Narcos gedacht, wurde sie letztendlich als Begleitserie entwickelt, die sich auf den illegalen Drogenhandel in Mexiko konzentriert, während sich die Stammserie auf den illegalen Drogenhandel in Kolumbien konzentriert.. 01: Down The Rabbit Hole by Judd Winick: The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes: Fair Play by Tove Jansson: Fairyville by Emma Holly The agent present in court confirmed they had information that López Falcón was involved in trafficking several tons of narcotics into the U.S. Shortly after Avila Beltran left, however, the DFS arrested Sicilia Falcon, and he finally obtained his liberty in 1999 at the age of 75. [11], On 31 July 2015,[13] López Falcón was sentenced to 18 years in prison for conspiracy to smuggle cocaine and marijuana into the U.S.[14] The D.D.C also ordered him to forfeit US$15 billion; the court stated this was the total gross profits the Gulf Cartel made in drug proceeds from its smuggling centers across the U.S.-Mexico border during López Falcón's tenure. Baker Street plays as they walk through the house where people are partying. The Mexican actor (center) will take on his first major American role as Felix, who was the leader of the Tijuana Cartel or"'Arellano-Félix Organization." The 21 June 2011 arrest of José de Jesús Méndez Vargas, a.k.a. Later, Felix Gallardo used Bautista’s influence to set up deals with Sicilia Falcon and Matta, but refused to give her a position within his drug cartel. Willie Falcon, convicted of a drug-related money laundering charge related to the Colombian cartels, was deported this month to the Dominican Republic because he was a felon without U.S. citizenship. [11][12] He said his criminal organization was responsible for smuggling many tons of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico to the U.S. and that he was directly involved in this process, as well as smuggling the cash proceeds back into Mexico. Show More Show Less 12 of 20. 01: Down The Rabbit Hole by Judd Winick: The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes: Fair Play by Tove Jansson: Fairyville by Emma Holly According to a Tamaulipas law enforcement official, while López Falcón did go by the moniker La Muela, few outside of his inner circle knew him as such. Portrayed by. https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Alberto_Sicilia_Falcon?oldid=282520. He took part in the Cuban Revolution against Fulgencio Batista, only to flee to the United States after Fidel Castro's regime began executing dissidents. Guerra also said there are several people in Matamoros and along the border who call themselves La Muela. The cartel once was described as "one of the biggest and most violent criminal groups in Mexico." A group of Gallardo’s top guys, including Neto, Chapo, Rafa, and the Arellano Félix brothers Benjamin and Ramón (who run the marijuana racket in Tijuana for Gallardo) hire the Tijuana P.D. He became the regional boss of Miguel Alemán, a city across the U.S.-Mexico border from Roma, Texas, from where he oversaw drug trafficking operations from Tamaulipas to Texas, and oil theft operations. In 2012, he was indicted by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for drug trafficking activities. The confusion arose after López Falcón was identified as Ediel López García at the moment of his arrest, which meant his name did not match the individual charged in the D.D.C indictment. As of 18 January 2011, Mexico had captured or killed 20 of the 37 in the most-wanted list. Download on Amazon - Baker Street Play on Apple Music - Baker Street Download on iTunes - Baker Street Play on Spotify - Baker Street Play on YouTube - Baker Street. [11] A few years after his sentencing, Mexican officials discussed the possibility of passing a law in Mexico permitting them to formally request the U.S. government for fifty percent of the earnings seized from a Mexican national convicted in the US in order to invest that money into their law enforcement agencies. In another dramatic scene, Sicilia Falcon shut down the cartel operation in Tijuana and sent Caro Quintero out of town in a hail of bullets, allegedly because Falcon was … Isabella Bautista meets Miguel Angel, Ernesto, and Amado as they enter Sicilia Falcon's house. The rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in Mexico. Narcos: Mexico (TV Series 2018– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A Miami, Jacksonville, New Orleans. His moniker "La Muela" was also used by Jaime or Javier Alejandro Pérez, another Gulf Cartel member in Matamoros wanted on U.S. drug charges. Die Erstveröffentlichung der Serie erfolgte am 16. López Falcón also went by the alias "La Muela" (English: The Molar). He became an arms dealer who was backed by the CIA in smuggling arms to anti-communist guerrillas in Latin America, but he was arrested in Mexico City in 1976 and bribed his way out of captivity. [2][3] His code name was "Metro 5" ("M-5"). He worked under a faction known as Los Metros. Falcón es de origen cubano y es el dueño de la plaza en Tijuana. Leyva’s expulsion was ordered by the Colosio reformist faction of PRI, which promised to clamp down on drug cartels. Here's how Félix and the characters from season 1 and 2 of Narcos: Mexico compare to their real-life counterparts.Catch Narcos: Mexico season 2 is on Netflix now. Santiago "El Pozolero" Meza Lopez, a Tijuana cartel enforcer arrested in January 2009, admitted to Mexican authorities that he was responsible for dissolving at least 300 bodies in sodium hydroxide, a process known as making "guiso," Spanish for "stew." Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell and DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg were the first to announce López Falcón's conviction.[11]. The agent said he was unable because the lead agent in the case was based in Washington, D.C. He escaped aboard a helicopter, only to be recaptured. In the late 1980s the Arellano-Felix brothers take over the Tijuana Cartel. He said his identification was done after the Mexican Armed Forces shared a picture of him to the DEA. His expected release date is in 2029. Ediel López Falcón, also known as La Muela or Metro 5, is a Mexican convicted drug lord and former high-ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas, Mexico. 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Ediel Lopez-Falcon", United States District Court for the District of Columbia, "Los Zetas and Gulf Cartel Perpetrators of Mexican Drug Trafficking Violence Organizational Chart", Cartel: The Coming Invasion of Mexico's Drug Wars, El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency, Manhunt of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (2001–2014), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ediel_López_Falcón&oldid=993134103, Articles containing explicitly cited English-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 8 December 2020, at 23:58. However, after the shutdown of Miguel Angel's Caribbean route in 1984, Miguel Angel was forced to move his drugs through Sicilia Falcon's corridor, leading to a betrayed Sicilia Falcon to organize a military raid on Rafael Caro Quintero's marijuana warehouse. In 2010, the Gulf Cartel and their former paramilitary group Los Zetas broke ties, triggering high levels of gang violence across Mexico. "El Cubano" mentored Benjamin and Ramon Arellano Felix, allowing them to establish marijuana shipping routes through his territory; he became known for his lavish parties and his high-society connections, such as Honduran airline mogul Juan Matta-Ballesteros. [9] This indictment was unsealed in court on 9 May 2013. [4] On 25 September, an identity verification hearing was held before judge Dorina Ramos in McAllen to prove the man in question was indeed López Falcón. Alberto "El Cubano" Sicilia Falcon (30 April 1945-) was a Cuban drug trafficker and arms smuggler during the mid-20th century. A recap of Narcos: Mexico, season four, episode six, ‘La Última Frontera’. Ediel López Falcón was born in 1973/1974 in Mexico. El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency by Ioan Grillo: The Emerging Metropolis: Phoenix 1944-1973 by Williams S. Collins: The Entertainer and the Dybbuk by Sid Fleischman: Exiles, Vol. The judge was not satisfied with the agent's answers and postponed the hearing for 27 September. He also confirmed Los Zetas acted as the paramilitary wing of the Gulf Cartel, and that its members were mostly ex-military members who acted as enforcers and hitmen for the cartel in their region and against rival gangsters. Siendo adolescente huyó de la isla para radicar en Miami, Estados Unidos, donde alternaba sus estudios de … El personaje es interpretado por el actor Roberto Guzmán. Baja State’s PRI Governor Xicotencatl Leyva was forced from office after it was found that he had opened up a Tijuana corridor for the Sinaloa-based Arrellano Felix drug cartel, which had taken over the Sicilia Falcon network. Santiago “ El Pozolero ” Meza Lopez, a Tijuana cartel enforcer arrested in January 2009, admitted to Mexican authorities that he was responsible for dissolving at least 300 bodies in sodium hydroxide, a process known as making “ guiso,” Spanish for “ stew.” The Falcon Lake Murder and Mexico's Drug Wars by Scott Stewart . With Scoot McNairy, Diego Luna, José María Yazpik, Fermín Martínez. [15] López Falcón is currently serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook in Essex County, New York. [16], The investigation against López Falcón and other co-conspirators was headed by the DEA's field office in Houston and the DEA Bilateral Investigation Unit. Witness the birth of the Mexican drug war in the 1980s as a gritty new "Narcos" saga chronicles the true story of the Guadalajara cartel's ascent. [a] López Falcón rose through the ranks of the cartel after several of his bosses were arrested or killed in the 2010s. on 7 May 2012,[6] sometime in or around 2000 and up until February 2010, López Falcón and other members of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas conspired with intent to distribute at least 5 kilograms (11 lb) of cocaine and 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) of marijuana into the U.S. from Colombia, Panama, Guatemala, Mexico and elsewhere. Alberto "El Cubano" Sicilia Falcon (30 April 1945-) was a Cuban drug trafficker and arms smuggler during the mid-20th century. The Tijuana Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Tijuana) or Arellano-Félix Organization (Spanish: Cártel Arellano Félix, CAF) is a Mexican drug cartel based in Tijuana. It was part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program. Due to infighting, arrests and the deaths of many top leaders, the organization is a shell of what it was in the 1990s and early 2000s, when it was considered one of Mexico’s most potent and violent criminal groups. Historica Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. The Falcon Lake Murder and Mexico's Drug Wars October 21, 2010 | 0855 GMT PRINTPRINT Text Resize: ... (aka the Tijuana cartel), now very weak, would allow the organization to dominate Mexican drug smuggling routes into the United States. Sicilia Falcón se traslada a México, en donde sentaría sus operaciones en el narco en Tijuana, y cuya red de tráfico se extendería por Estados Unidos, Europa, e incluso Asia, por lo que es considerado como uno de los antecesores del Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.