Julián Leyzaola Explained

Julián Leyzaola Pérez (born February 27, 1960) is a former Mexican military officer and former police chief and public safety secretary of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.[1] [2] He became the new top cop in Ciudad Juárez after serving as the state police chief of Baja California, and is "credited with cleaning up Tijuana" from the drug violence.[3] In the border city of Tijuana, Leyzaola launched "a crackdown on organized crime and police corruption," resulting in multiple assassination plots by the cartels.[4] His law enforcement achievements cost him dearly as he was shot and paralyzed while returning from a trip in Mexico.

Career in Tijuana

Born in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Leyzaola was appointed as the police chief of Tijuana on 10 December 2008, a city that was plagued with drug violence and base of the Tijuana Cartel.[5] He replaced Jesús Alberto Capella Ibarra and as top cop, he fought to dismantle the corruption inside the police forces, and appointed military commanders and added new patrol cars to his security strategy. In fact, Leyzaola mentioned that he rejected a "$80,000-a-week offer" from the Sinaloa Cartel drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán Loera, better known as El Chapo, who wanted to make a deal with him.[6]

Leyzaola ran for mayor of Tijuana during the elections that took place on June 2, 2019. But Leyzaola, who represented the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) could not compete with Gonzalez and his large coalition of parties. is running for mayor of Tijuana.[7]

Work at Juárez

Just 48 hours after taking office, Leyzaola received a death threat by the drug cartels in Ciudad Juárez.[8] And as of 2012, the Juárez Cartel, who fights for the control of the El Paso–Juárez drug corridor with the Sinaloa Cartel, threaten Leyzaola and promised to "kill a policeman a day."[9] [10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Ellingwood. Ken. Tijuana's former top cop to tackle crime in Ciudad Juarez. 26 February 2012. Los Angeles Times. 11 March 2011.
  2. Web site: Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw - Inside the Mexican Cartel Wars | Ed Calderon. Hold These Truths with Dan. Crenshaw. Google Podcasts.
  3. News: Veteran of Tijuana drug wars to lead Juarez police . 26 February 2012 . . 10 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110415064653/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-10/world/mexico.juarez_1_julian-leyzaola-juarez-police-drug-gangs?_s=PM%3AWORLD . 15 April 2011 .
  4. News: Tijuana security boss Julian Leyzaola leads a risky, controversial life fighting Mexico's brutal crime. 26 February 2012. Los Angeles Times. 20 December 2008.
  5. (in Spanish) News: Julián Leyzaola, jefe de policía de Cd. Juárez, entre héroe y villano. 26 February 2012. Univision. 17 March 2011.
  6. News: Tijuana top cop who fought cartels is out of a job. 26 February 2012. MSN News. 27 November 2010.
  7. News: Linthicum. Kate. June 3, 2019. In Tijuana mayoral race, businessman claims victory over tough-talking ex-cop. Los Angeles Times. December 1, 2021.
  8. (in Spanish) News: En Juárez arrojan amenaza viviente contra Leyzaola . https://archive.today/20120904052245/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/3caab1c4736e2260b6f80d90cf9de161 . dead . 4 September 2012 . 26 February 2012 . . 13 March 2011 .
  9. (in Spanish) News: Balean a matrimonio de policías en Ciudad Juárez . https://archive.today/20120910022909/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/8ec692e124be1520a5722fb45d77105d . dead . 10 September 2012 . 26 February 2012 . . 27 January 2012 .
  10. (in Spanish) News: Cártel ordena la ejecución de un policía al día en Juárez. 26 February 2012. Terra Networks. 27 January 2012.

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