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Meza Ontiveros was the brother-in-law of El JT and El M-1.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/una-dinastia-forjada-en-sangre-856420|title=Una dinastía forjada en sangre|last=|first=|date=28 January 2014|work=Noroeste|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915162012/https://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/una-dinastia-forjada-en-sangre-856420|archive-date=15 September 2018|dead-url=no|language=Spanish|script-title=}}</ref> He had a son, [[César Raúl Meza Torres]] (alias "El Mini-6"). El Mini-6 was a nickname he used from his father's alias El M-6. César Raúl followed his father's footsteps and joined the Sinaloa Cartel as a young assassin.'''<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/lavoz/slideshow/Narco-child-assasins-114981/photo-8445735.php|title=Narco child assasins|last=|first=|date=7 October 2015|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|access-date=|archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/72SFF7qOc|archive-date=15 September 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>''' He was killed in a shootout with security forces on 25 April 2010 in [[Zapopan|Zapopan, Jalisco]], after he killed a police officer in a prior confrontation.{{efn|Another source stated César Raúl was killed on 25 April 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Abate el Ejército a Manuel Torres "El M-1 |url=http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=818059 |accessdate=14 October 2012 |newspaper=Noroeste |date=13 October 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014091032/http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=818059 |archivedate=14 October 2012|deadurl=no|language=es}}</ref>}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.eldiariodecoahuila.com.mx/nacional/2010/4/27/nacional-176855.html|title=Detienen en Juárez a los asesinos de 9 federales|last=|first=|date=27 April 2010|work=El Diario de Coahuila|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915162016/http://www.eldiariodecoahuila.com.mx/nacional/2010/4/27/nacional-176855.html|archive-date=15 September 2018|dead-url=no|language=Spanish}}</ref> One source stated that Meza Ontiveros had another son, Arturo Meza, who was killed in 8 May 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/sitian-ejercito-y-federales-el-semefo-de-culiacan-34434|title=Sitian Ejercito y federales el Semefo de Culiacán|last=|first=|date=9 May 2009|work=Noroeste|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915162320/https://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/sitian-ejercito-y-federales-el-semefo-de-culiacan-34434|archive-date=15 September 2018|dead-url=no|language=Spanish}}</ref> However, he was confused with Arturo Meza Cázares,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.razon.com.mx/la-exnuera-de-el-chapo/|title=La exnuera de 'El Chapo'|last=Belsasso|first=Bibiana|date=3 June 2018|work=La Razón|access-date=|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815122216/https://www.razon.com.mx/la-exnuera-de-el-chapo/|archive-date=2018-08-15|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> son of suspected Sinaloa Cartel leaders Arturo Meza Gaspar and [[Blanca Margarita Cázares Salazar]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/165594.html|title=Una 'emperatriz' en destierro|last=Veledíaz|first=Juan|date=7 February 2009|work=[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]]|access-date=|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601041118/http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/165594.html|archive-date=2016-06-01|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref>
Meza Ontiveros was the brother-in-law of El JT and El M-1.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/una-dinastia-forjada-en-sangre-856420|title=Una dinastía forjada en sangre|last=|first=|date=28 January 2014|work=Noroeste|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915162012/https://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/una-dinastia-forjada-en-sangre-856420|archive-date=15 September 2018|dead-url=no|language=Spanish|script-title=}}</ref> He had a son, [[César Raúl Meza Torres]] (alias "El Mini-6"). El Mini-6 was a nickname he used from his father's alias El M-6. César Raúl followed his father's footsteps and joined the Sinaloa Cartel as a young assassin.'''<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/lavoz/slideshow/Narco-child-assasins-114981/photo-8445735.php|title=Narco child assasins|last=|first=|date=7 October 2015|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|access-date=|archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/72SFF7qOc|archive-date=15 September 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>''' He was killed in a shootout with security forces on 25 April 2010 in [[Zapopan|Zapopan, Jalisco]], after he killed a police officer in earlier in the confrontation.{{efn|Another source stated César Raúl was killed on 25 April 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Abate el Ejército a Manuel Torres "El M-1 |url=http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=818059 |accessdate=14 October 2012 |newspaper=Noroeste |date=13 October 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014091032/http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=818059 |archivedate=14 October 2012|deadurl=no|language=es}}</ref>}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.eldiariodecoahuila.com.mx/nacional/2010/4/27/nacional-176855.html|title=Detienen en Juárez a los asesinos de 9 federales|last=|first=|date=27 April 2010|work=El Diario de Coahuila|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915162016/http://www.eldiariodecoahuila.com.mx/nacional/2010/4/27/nacional-176855.html|archive-date=15 September 2018|dead-url=no|language=Spanish}}</ref> One source stated that Meza Ontiveros had another son, Arturo Meza, who was killed in 8 May 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/sitian-ejercito-y-federales-el-semefo-de-culiacan-34434|title=Sitian Ejercito y federales el Semefo de Culiacán|last=|first=|date=9 May 2009|work=Noroeste|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915162320/https://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/sitian-ejercito-y-federales-el-semefo-de-culiacan-34434|archive-date=15 September 2018|dead-url=no|language=Spanish}}</ref> However, he was confused with Arturo Meza Cázares,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.razon.com.mx/la-exnuera-de-el-chapo/|title=La exnuera de 'El Chapo'|last=Belsasso|first=Bibiana|date=3 June 2018|work=La Razón|access-date=|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815122216/https://www.razon.com.mx/la-exnuera-de-el-chapo/|archive-date=2018-08-15|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> son of suspected Sinaloa Cartel leaders Arturo Meza Gaspar and [[Blanca Margarita Cázares Salazar]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/165594.html|title=Una 'emperatriz' en destierro|last=Veledíaz|first=Juan|date=7 February 2009|work=[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]]|access-date=|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601041118/http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/165594.html|archive-date=2016-06-01|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref>


Meza Ontiveros' sibling Faustino Meza Ontiveros (aged 27) was killed by armed suspects in Culiacán on 8 January 2009. He was driving a vehicle in the streets of Culiacán when a pick-up truck with armed suspects tried to cut him off the road in an attempt to pull him over and kidnap him. Faustino got off his vehicle and fled to a store, but the gunmen went after him and killed him inside the premises. Eyewitnesses notified the police of the incident, but no arrests were made.<ref name=":1" />
Meza Ontiveros' sibling Faustino Meza Ontiveros (aged 27) was killed by armed suspects in Culiacán on 8 January 2009. He was driving a vehicle in the streets of Culiacán when a pick-up truck with armed suspects tried to cut him off the road in an attempt to pull him over and kidnap him. Faustino got off his vehicle and fled to a store, but the gunmen went after him and killed him inside the premises. Eyewitnesses notified the police of the incident, but no arrests were made.<ref name=":1" />

Revision as of 14:08, 19 September 2018

Raúl Meza Ontiveros
Born(1966-12-11)11 December 1966
Tamazula, Durango, Mexico
Died25 March 2007(2007-03-25) (aged 40)
Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Cause of deathGunshot wounds
NationalityMexican
Other namesEl M-6
EmployerSinaloa Cartel (suspected)
PredecessorJavier Torres Félix

Template:Spanish name Raúl Meza Ontiveros (11 December 1966 – 27 March 2007), commonly referred to by his alias El M-6, was a Mexican suspected drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in Sinaloa. He was the right-hand man of Javier Torres Félix (alias "El JT"), the former leading operator of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords. In 1997, he was arrested with several of his accomplices in Cancún in possession of 384 kilograms (847 lb) of Colombian cocaine. He was sentenced to ten years in prison, but was released in 1998 for inconsistencies in the case. Investigators suspected that he rejoined organized crime after his release and climbed up the leadership chain of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Upon the arrest of El JT in 2004, Meza Ontiveros worked closely with Manuel Torres Félix (alias "El M-1") and Misael Torres Urrea (alias "El M-2"). In 2007, he was tortured and killed in Culiacán, Sinaloa, following a shootout. The official details regarding his death are unknown. In the following years, his family suffered several loses. In 2009, his sibling Faustino was killed by suspected organized crime members. His son César Raúl Meza Torres (alias "El Mini-6"), who tried to follow Meza Ontiveros' footsteps, joined the Sinaloa Cartel as a young assassin. He was killed by security forces in 2010.

Early life and career

Raúl Meza Ontiveros, commonly referred to by his alias El M-6, was born in La Mesa del Rodeo, a rural community in Tamazula, Durango, Mexico, on 11 December 1966. Though originally from the state of Durango, he did most of his criminal career in Sinaloa.[1] In 1989, he was arrested by the Sinaloa Ministerial Police for homicide and false declaration charges.[2] In 1990, he was charged by Sinaloa's Office of the General Prosecutor for kidnapping, rape, and for concealing rape evidences against two women.[1]

According to Mexico's Office of the General Prosecutor (PGR), Meza Ontiveros was a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in Sinaloa. He worked under Javier Torres Félix (alias "El JT), a leading operator of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords.[3][4] He was also a close associate of other suspected Sinaloa Cartel leaders like Manuel Torres Félix (alias "El M-1"), brother of El JT,[5] and Misael Torres Urrea (alias "El M-2"), El JT's son.[1][6] On 27 May 1997, Meza Ontiveros was arrested by the Federal Judicial Police in Cancún, Quintana Roo,[a] with El JT and two other men, Ramón López Serrano and Manuel Meza Zamudio.[b][9] Following their arrest, authorities were led to a safe house that contained 384 kilograms (847 lb) of Colombian cocaine that Meza Ontiveros and the others who were with him had reportedly received from traffickers in the Caribbean Sea.[10][11] At the scene, they also discovered several vehicles modified with compartments where investigators believe smugglers intended to conceal the drugs for further distribution in northern Mexico.[10] They also seized two boats and multiple weapons.[9]

Meza Ontiveros was sent to the military camp in Cancún once he was in custody.[8] He was sentenced to ten years in prison that year, but a judge granted his release on 16 December 1997. He left prison on 11 March 1998.[1] According to court indictments, the judge absolved Meza Ontiveros and the rest of his accomplices because of a mistake the PGR did in assembling evidence. The judge cited multiple "inconsistencies" in the lawsuit presented against the defense.[10] The Subprocuraduría de Investigación Especializada en Delincuencia Organizada (SIEDO), Mexico's former organized crime investigatory agency, identified him as a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel since his release.[3] His role within the Sinaloa Cartel increased when his boss El JT was arrested in Culiacán, Sinaloa, in January 2004. With this arrest, Meza Ontiveros succeeded him as a main operator under Zambada.[11] Other sources stated that his relatives El M-1 and El M-2 reportedly took over El JT's activities in the Sinaloa Cartel following his arrest.[1]

Death

On Monday, 27 March 2007, Meza Ontiveros was killed in Culiacán. The Sinaloa Ministerial Police stated that they did not have official information about how Meza Ontiveros died. They were called to a location in Las Quintas neighborhood because they were notified of a shootout between armed suspects. When they arrived at the scene the shootout had ended, but they were told that three armed assailants had taken a wounded man to a private clinic. The police headed to the clinic but was impeded entry by Meza Ontiveros' family. The clinic personnel confirmed that Meza Ontiveros was killed. According to his autopsy report, he had a coup de grâce wound, showed signs of having been beaten, and had three wounds in his skill that were made with a sharp object.[11] Investigators confirmed that Meza Ontiveros was tortured; authorities remained quite about his death.[12]

Family

Meza Ontiveros was the brother-in-law of El JT and El M-1.[13] He had a son, César Raúl Meza Torres (alias "El Mini-6"). El Mini-6 was a nickname he used from his father's alias El M-6. César Raúl followed his father's footsteps and joined the Sinaloa Cartel as a young assassin.[1][14] He was killed in a shootout with security forces on 25 April 2010 in Zapopan, Jalisco, after he killed a police officer in earlier in the confrontation.[c][16] One source stated that Meza Ontiveros had another son, Arturo Meza, who was killed in 8 May 2008.[17] However, he was confused with Arturo Meza Cázares,[18] son of suspected Sinaloa Cartel leaders Arturo Meza Gaspar and Blanca Margarita Cázares Salazar.[19]

Meza Ontiveros' sibling Faustino Meza Ontiveros (aged 27) was killed by armed suspects in Culiacán on 8 January 2009. He was driving a vehicle in the streets of Culiacán when a pick-up truck with armed suspects tried to cut him off the road in an attempt to pull him over and kidnap him. Faustino got off his vehicle and fled to a store, but the gunmen went after him and killed him inside the premises. Eyewitnesses notified the police of the incident, but no arrests were made.[3]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ In the 1990s, Cancún was a major drug corridor for Zambada. He used this city to import Colombian cocaine heading to the United States.[7]
  2. ^ Another source cites an additional accomplice, Fernando Ruffo Álvarez.[8]
  3. ^ Another source stated César Raúl was killed on 25 April 2010.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "La vida breve de 'El Mini 6'". El Diario de Coahuila (in Spanish). 20 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Cabrera Martínez, Javier (27 March 2007). "Investigan muerte del cuñado de Torres Félix". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c "Persiguen y matan a joven". Noroeste (in Spanish). 8 January 2009. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "México ofrece millonarias recompensas por 37 líderes del narco". Univision (in Spanish). 23 March 2009. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.
  5. ^ Cabrera Martínez, Javier (21 September 2008). "Presumen que finca donde se incautó arsenal pertenece al M1". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Cabrera Martínez, Javier (2 October 2014). "Cae el hijo de Javier Torres Félix". La Silla Rota (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Los aires de libertad para Javier Torres Félix" (in Spanish). La Pared. 30 March 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ a b Barajas, Abel (8 March 2003). "'El Mayo' se refuerza con células de 'El Chapo'". El Mexicano (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ a b Valdez Cárdenas 2017, p. 189.
  10. ^ a b c "Cuando un 'error' de la PGR sacó a El JT de la cárcel". Proceso (in Spanish). 2 February 2004. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ a b c "Ejecutan a capo duranguense del cártel de Sinaloa". El Siglo de Durango (in Spanish). 28 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2018-02-17. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Sinaloa: matan a cuñado del narco Torres Félix". El Universal (in Spanish). 27 March 2007. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Una dinastía forjada en sangre". Noroeste (in Spanish). 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Narco child assasins". Houston Chronicle. 7 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Abate el Ejército a Manuel Torres "El M-1". Noroeste (in Spanish). 13 October 2012. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "Detienen en Juárez a los asesinos de 9 federales". El Diario de Coahuila (in Spanish). 27 April 2010. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "Sitian Ejercito y federales el Semefo de Culiacán". Noroeste (in Spanish). 9 May 2009. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Belsasso, Bibiana (3 June 2018). "La exnuera de 'El Chapo'". La Razón (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ Veledíaz, Juan (7 February 2009). "Una 'emperatriz' en destierro". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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