Police dispatch: Cartel members may seek rivals in El Paso
By Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Times
Posted: 08/15/2010 10:51:48 AM MDT


Members of the Sinaloa drug cartel may be in pursuit of rivals belonging to the Carrillo Fuentes drug cartel in El Paso, according to El Paso Police Department dispatchers today.

Dispatchers sent a couple of messages over the city police radio asking police to be on alert for such an encounter in West El Paso.

The dispatchers mentioned someone nicknamed "El Carnicero" (the butcher).

Police spokesman Det. Mike Baranyay was not immediately available.

The Sinaloa cartel is led by Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman.

The Carrillo Fuentes cartel, led by Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, employs members of the Aztecas and Barrio Aztecas gang for many of its street-level operations. Barrio Aztecas members are in El Paso and Aztecas members are in Juárez.

The cartel wars in Juárez have claimed nearly 1,700 lives this year.

Diana Washington Valdez may be reached at dvaldez@elpasotimes.com; 546-6140.
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