Thread: TX -Gulf Cartel plaza boss owns home in Pharr

Records: Gulf Cartel plaza boss owns home in Pharr
by Dave Hendricks
Posted: 09.23.2015 at 2:09 PM



Federal agents contacted the Pharr Police Department last month with a tip: The Gulf Cartel boss for Camargo bought a home near Xoticas, the strip club on U.S. 281.

Jesus Ivan Castellanos Alanis and his wife, Beatriz Adriana Castro Delgado, own the home at 812 E. Oregano Ave., according to Hidalgo County Appraisal District records.

Castellanos — a Gulf Cartel accountant nicknamed “El Boludo” — runs the Ciudad Camargo plaza. Located across the border from Rio Grande City, the Camargo plaza is a major smuggling corridor.

Attempts to reach Castellanos for comment were unsuccessful.

Homeland Security Investigations, a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, provided information about Castellanos to the police department, which filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit against the property on Sept. 11.

“HSI is dedicated to working with and assisting our federal, state and local law enforcement partners in the investigation of criminal organizations, with the goal of disrupting and dismantling their operational and financial structures,” according to a statement from Homeland Security Investigations. “This includes assisting our partners in the seizure and forfeiture of assets which have been acquired by criminal organizations as a result of their illegal activities.”

After purchasing the property in October 2011, according to Appraisal District records, Castellanos hired a contractor named Salvador Alanis Garcia.

Federal agents interviewed Garcia, who told them Castellanos paid about $200,000 cash for the nearly 1,600-square-foot home.
They would meet at a McAllen bank, where Castellanos would withdraw the cash, according to information Homeland Security Investigations provided to police. When construction finished, Garcia and Castellanos met at an attorney’s office to sign the paperwork.

“Garcia stated that he had last seen Castellanos in October or November 2014, and that Castellanos had stated that he had to swim the river in order to come into the United States because of problems with the visa,” according to a sworn affidavit filed in the civil forfeiture case.

Castellanos and Castro, the woman who co-owns the home, may have divorced, according to the affidavit.
The contractor told federal agents she may have permission from Castellanos to sell the property.


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