Ensenada, Baja California: The Arzate Brothers, Masterminds Behind Recent Massacre
By Sol Prendido 5/24/2023 09:07:00 PM 24 comments
"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat
The tragedy at a rally in Ensenada, Baja California has new protagonists, although it’s still the same war. They are the Arzate brothers, who live in Tijuana and seek to take over the Arellano Felix's territory. Bibiana Belsasso and Jorge Fernández Menéndez show us that in politics and power, everything, but absolutely everything is personal.
Video translation is as follows:
History always repeats itself. Well, it never ends. This story 30 years later is still alive. The massacre this weekend in Ensenada, California where 10 people were killed at a racing rally was part of a war that never ended between the Arellano Felix brothers and the Sinaloa Cartel.
What changes in part are the protagonists. And now other brothers appear in that part of Tijuana who want to occupy the Arellano's spot, the Arzate brothers. This is the story.
This is Alfonso Arzate Garcia aka El Aquiles and his brother Rene known as La Rana. Both are accused of being behind the attack that took place on Saturday, May 20 at a racing rally in Ensenada, Baja California. In that aggression, hired killers shot at point blank range at one of the vehicles that were competing.
This attack left 10 dead and 9 wounded. The main target was Alonso Arámbula Piña aka El Trébol, a lieutenant for the Arellano Felix family who bragged about his luxuries on social networks. The weekly Zeta news portal has documented what is happening in the state and the advancement of the Arzate brothers.
Since 2019, they have been disputing Tijuana with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. A group that even joined the Arellano Felix to control the plaza. In 2019, El Aquiles and La Rana maintained an important alliance with Ismael El Mayo Zambada.
This is because Tijuana is one of the most important points for the Sinaloa Cartel in the transfer of drugs to the United States. That is why El Mayo gave protection to the brothers. And their alliance was strengthened following the life sentence of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman.
More:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2023/05/ensenada-baja-california-arzate.html
