Teodoro García Simental Explained
Teodoro García Simental (a.k.a.: El Teo and El Tres Letras, born 1974) is a former drug lord and lieutenant of the Mexican criminal organization known as the Tijuana Cartel, and later allied with the Sinaloa Cartel.[7] He was arrested by Mexican Federal Police - Special Forces on 12 January 2010 in La Paz, Baja California Sur.[8]
Biography
He started working for Tijuana Cartel in 1995, along with his brother, Antonio García Simental,[9] [10] [11] (alias "8-9" or "El Chris"),[12] [13] [14] who was a cartel enforcer,[15] under the orders of Ramón Arellano Félix. When the Tijuana Cartel leader Eduardo Arellano Félix was arrested on October 25, 2008, a violent power struggle erupted between Teodoro García and Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano over the leadership of the Tijuana cartel.[16] [17] Teodoro García left the organization, formed his own gang, and forged an uneasy alliance with the rival Sinaloa Cartel.[18] [19] [20] [21] When splitting from the Tijuana Cartel, his faction engaged in a war with it, which caused violent crime in Tijuana to increase significantly. According to Tijuana's Chief of Police, García was principally responsible in the late 2000s for the increase in the number of homicides in the city.
Teodoro García is best known for running an extortion and kidnapping network,[22] [23] and is also known for dissolving the bodies of those who are in business with rival drug gangs by drowning them in caustic soda.[23] [24] Upon being arrested, García's lieutenant, Santiago Meza López — known as the Stew Maker, claimed to have dissolved over three hundred bodies this way in 2008.[24] [25] The Mexican Army stated that it believed Meza's claims to be true.[25]
Arrest
The Mexican Federal Police was offering a $2 million USD bounty for information leading to the capture of Teodoro García Simental. He was also wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Teodoro García Simental was arrested on January 12, 2010, by Mexican Federal Police in a luxury home complex named Fidepaz, located in La Paz, Baja California Sur.[8] He was arrested together with an individual by the name of Diego Raymundo Guerrero García. One month later, on February 7, 2010, Manuel García Simental, Teodoro's younger brother and lieutenant, was arrested in the Baja California port city of La Paz.[26] Authorities feared Manuel was planning to reignite a gang war for control of Tijuana's drug trafficking routes.[26]
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Notes and References
- http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-01-12/news/17945521_1_garcia-simental-cartels-mexican-drug-lords Cops nab infamous Mexican drug lord Teodoro (El Teo) Garcia Simental; dissolved 300 people in acid.
- https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-01-12-Mexico-drugs_N.htm "Officials: Mexican drug kingpin captured: Alleged Drug Lord Bio"
- http://www.pgr.gob.mx/Prensa/2007/bol10/mar/b27610.shtm El fiscal de la SIEDO obtuvo nuevo auto de formal prision contra Teodoro Garcia Simental, alias "El Teo".
- http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/651198.html Detiene Policía Federal a El Teo en BCS: Captura Policía Federal a quien fuera sicario del cártel de los Arellano Félix, en un operativo en el que participaron más de 50 elementos policiacos.
- News: Ken . Ellingwood . Mexico offers $2-million rewards for top drug suspects . March 24, 2009 . Los Angeles Times . 2009-08-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130207063029/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico-reward24-2009mar24%2C0%2C3809308.story . 2013-02-07 . live .
- News: Detiene Policía Federal a El Teo en BCS. January 12, 2010. El Universal. 2010-01-12. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20100115110003/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/651198.html. 2010-01-15. live.
- Web site: Cae decapitador y sicario de 'El Teo'. El-mexicano.com.mx. 9 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160812163726/http://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/informacion/noticias/1/3/estatal/2011/01/20/450259/cae-decapitador-y-sicario-de-el-teo.aspx. 2016-08-12. live.
- News: Mexican drug lord Teodoro Garcia Simental, known for his savagery, is captured. Richard. Marosi. Ken. Ellingwood. 13 January 2010. 9 April 2018. Los Angeles Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20100116104948/http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-mexico-arrest13-2010jan13,0,4064511.story. 2010-01-16. live.
- Web site: "El Teo" mandó matar a su novia. El-mexicano.com.mx. 9 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180420090209/http://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/informacion/noticias/1/3/estatal/2014/03/14/738064/el-teo-mando-matar-a-su-novia. 2018-04-20. live.
- Web site: CAF, una historia de relevos. Zetatijuana.com. 30 June 2014 . 9 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20161125044651/http://zetatijuana.com/2014/06/30/caf-una-historia-de-relevos/. 25 November 2016. live.
- Web site: Nos dijeron que el Chapo estaba muerto. Riodoce.mx. 2 August 2015 . 9 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180409233512/http://riodoce.mx/noticias/columnas/la-lista-negra/nos-dijeron-que-el-chapo-estaba-muerto. 2018-04-09. live.
- Web site: El Diario de Coahuila . 2015-08-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235006/http://www.eldiariodecoahuila.com.mx/includes/modulos/imprimir.asp?id=110941&tipo=noticia . 2015-09-23 .
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- Web site: El Diario de Coahuila - "El Alineador" manda; SIEMBRAN EL TERROR EN TIJUANA . 2015-08-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235007/http://www.eldiariodecoahuila.com.mx/notas/2009/11/29/nacional-120222.asp . 2015-09-23 .
- News: Dwane . Brown . Amy Isackson . Alan Ray . DEA Releases Wanted Poster . January 9, 2009 . KPBS . 2009-08-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090806055526/http://www.kpbs.org/news/2009/jan/09/dea-releases-wanted-poster/ . 2009-08-06 . live .
- Web site: "Violence Along the Southwest Border" - - DEA. Usdoj.gov. 9 April 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090531084147/http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/speeches/s032409.pdf. 31 May 2009.
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- Web site: »Los 'Zetas' por dentro; los entrenan en Coahuila | Vanguardia: Información con Valor . 2008-08-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080818141111/http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/diario/noticia/seguridad/nacional/los_zetas_por_dentro;_los_entrenan_en_coahuila/209970 . 2008-08-18 .
- Web site: Narcos establecen nuevo mapa de dominio (mayo de 2008). Correo-gto.com.mx. 9 April 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721223703/http://www.correo-gto.com.mx/notas.asp?id=69645. 21 July 2011.
- Web site: 'Los Zetas' se salen de control - el Universal - México . www.mexiconews.com.mx . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090622085310/http://www.mexiconews.com.mx/nacion/156964.html . 22 June 2009 . dead.
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- Web site: Brutal stew: Mexican gang member dissolves 300 bodies . March 26, 2009 . January 24, 2009 . .
- Web site: Mexico man 'dissolved 300 bodies' . March 26, 2009 . January 24, 2009 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090219131706/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7848611.stm . 2009-02-19 . live .
- News: Richard Marosi . Reputed drug cartel leader "Muletas" and another suspected gangster are arrested in Baja California . February 8, 2010 . Los Angeles Times . 2010-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100212125034/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2010/02/mexico-cartel-leaders-arrested-baja-california-la-paz-muletas-raydel-lopez-uriarte-manuel-simentel.html . 2010-02-12 . live .