Life in Wartime ''It was just a usual-suspects thing,'' a United States official in Guadalajara said, just another of the 71 cases the consulate handled in 1996 of Americans who went missing in that region. Benjamin Arellano Felix is currently housed in a high-security prison near Mexico City, awaiting trial on drug-trafficking charges. That did not qualify Paez as a suitable fiance for the daughter of the president of the Tijuana Convention and Visitors Bureau. She was the perfect girl. Her mother tried to discourage her romance with the swaggering Emilio. Alex replied: ''I am not sure if I can help Alfredo, but at least I am sure I will be free and clear for the rest of my life. Cause of death He was recruited by Arturo "El Kitty" Pez to smuggle drugs across the border, but was Hodoyan When allowed, he trailed behind General Gutierrez Rebollo. And that was merely the first chapter in a life never imagined by Angelicas parents. Mexican anti-drug agents flew Mrs. Hodoyan from Tijuana for the hearing. Giants outfielder Joc Pederson and his brother, Champ, who has Down syndrome, were Emilio told her family he wont rest until he finds out what happened, a relative says. Kitty Paez was arrested by U.S. request in downtown Tijuana in 1997. 1. To do that, you have to kill someone.. They have lots of money. Theyre like doctors. Tape recordings of some of Mr. Hodoyan's phone calls to his family were made available to The New York Times by participants in the events who requested anonymity. Biographical Information This is happening at an age where that stuff is very important to you.. Alex knew that his detention by the DEA was illegal, and threatened a lawsuit unless he was freed. A new federal police commander, Ernesto Ibarra Santes, put down his bags in Tijuana in August 1996 and promised a revolution against the Tijuana drug cartel. Murdered by the Tijuana cartel. He began to cooperate, almost too enthusiastically, with his captors. PRIVILEGED YOUTHS CAVE IN TO DRUG ''No remorse at all. Court documents say Ramon was named godfather of their son, Emilio Alfredo, in 1991, though relatives say he didnt show up for the baptism. She was frantic. I know Alfredo is innocent, Cristina Hodoyan said at the time. We all no what happens 2 people who snitch-its a horrible, torturous death & furthermore, u r with ur mom -putting her life n danger too!! ''I thought I explained that to you. He joined one of the cartel's hit squads and is wanted on murder charges in Mexico. They depict a man overwhelmed by irreconcilable pressures and dominated by a captor who both terrifies him and inspires his devotion. She has always had many admirers. Mexican authorities believed that gunmen led by Ramon Arellano Felix mistook the archbishops car for that of a rival druglord, Joaquin El Chapo Guzman. The government put him up at a hotel, where he talked with federal agents and prosecutors. The priest says he repeated the rendezvous with Benjamin in January 1994. Alex's father suggested to his son that he was suffering from Stockholm syndrome, which occurs when kidnap victims become attached to their kidnappers. Every Friday or Saturday night he would be at a party or a disco. See the article in its original context from. In return they gave him loads of cocaine and marijuana to move across the border, allowing him to keep the proceeds, he told Mexican prosecutors. Mexico Wins Extradition of Two Defendants From U.S. She died with the person she loved, like a soap opera, her brother Jaime says. Still, the drug enforcement agents eagerly accepted the offer as a rare chance to cooperate with the Mexican military and improve their relations with the general. Thirteen days later, when Mr. Hodoyan was driving in downtown Tijuana with his mother, armed men blocked the path of their vehicle, dragged him out, shoved him into another car and sped away. For his parents the conversations were agonizing. The information he had given to redeem himself had probably just gone to benefit another cartel. A city of contrasts comes into focus - The San Diego Ramon was shot to death by Mexican police in February. Now hes trying to sell his story to Hollywood. I believe it was the Arellanos strategy to infiltrate the young so they could establish themselves in society.. ''You are helping the man who is accusing your brother! He can't.''. A Washington spokesman for the A.T.F bureau, Patrick D. Hynes, said classified memos showed that the agent had met with the embassy's consul general, which was the position Mr. Randall held at the time. Gonzalez shakes her head. Ramon and Benjamin retreated to gated beach houses south of Rosarito, according to the protected witness, where Ramons appetite for cocaine and his huge steriod rages made him increasingly unpredictable. Donald R. Hamilton, the embassy's spokesman, otherwise defended its handling of the case, saying Mr. Hodoyan did not complain of torture to any American official in Mexico or suggest that he was under duress. Alfredo Hodoyan | Narcos Wiki | Fandom TE PUEDE INTERESAR:Lola La Chata, de vender ropa y chicharrones a ser una de las pioneras del narco en Mxico. In December 1996, the military officer who supervised his interrogation and hand over to the Americans was appointed Mexico's top antidrug official, in part because of successes he scored in the drug war using information supplied by Mr. Hodoyan. Like more than a few well-connected Tijuanans, Ruth was born in San Diego County. Episode count In the last days of November 1996, he summoned Mexican civilian prosecutors to Guadalajara. Their beeper goes off and they have to go.) An invitation that found its way into U.S. court files directed the juniors to a splashy post-baptism disco party hosted by Ramon and the babys other godfather, Kitty Paez. WebAlfredo and Alex are both killed by Arellanos. Not Alfredo-tall, good-looking, bilingual, U.S.-born; a graduate of the prestigious St. Augustine Academy in San Diego. But the chain of dark destinies did not end there. His testimony, which produced eight hours of videotape and more than 200 pages of transcripts, is viewed on both sides of the border as a law enforcement triumph, a breakthrough in Mexico's flagging fight against drug traffickers. On Feb. 10, D.E.A. WebAlfredo Hodoyan, 25, the rakish and strong-willed brother who is Alex's youngest sibling, took on a more violent role in the gang, according to his brother and other associates. Angelica Bustamante is the granddaughter of Alfonso Bustamante, Tijuanas Rockefeller, the border pioneer who built the twin business towers that loom over this boomtown. Just saying.. or is it just me? '', Mexican officers told the A.T.F. He said, Dont talk to Ramon that way. Because Ramon did not forgive. Lina told her family: Im afraid of him. The Hodoyans hoped to raise their children with the best of the American and Mexican cultures. You have to prove your loyalty. Ramons habit of treating everyone to champagne endeared him to the Instituto set. On Oct. 7, when Alex Hodoyan had been missing for nearly a month, his sister called the consulate again. WebAlex Hodoyan (died 1997) was the younger brother of narcojunior Alfredo Hodoyan. ''Tell them I made a deal with the general, and the general is keeping his word to me,'' Mr. Hodoyan said. Officially, Kitty owned a liquor store in Rosarito. They will be left without a father.''. In the ensuing police raid, Kitty was killed and Francisco Rafael Arellano Flix was arrested. In Mexico, where ties of blood and ritual kinship are nearly sacred and the law absolves suspects from incriminating immediate relatives, it was a formidable undertaking. It was a very unique time of my life.. His mission, he later said, was to find a new ''safe house,'' a local base for the group's operations. It's Ryan Truex is congratulated by big brother, NASCAR Series Cup driver Martin Truex Jr., in victory lane after winning Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series A-GAME 200 at Dover International Speedway. My work as a priest is one thing, but to act as an authority is another.. I dont think theyll fool them again, Tijuana Country Club president Dario Garin said. General Gutierrez Rebollo won the fight for Alex Hodoyan's allegiance. Officially, the Arellano Felixes were on the lam. Alex rejected the idea with a fervor that suggested he knew it could be true. The scar, he said, was where skin peeled away when his duct tape blindfolds were changed. I just want to say; I always read the article first then comment. Soldiers tortured him with cigarette lighters and electric shocks to the eyelids, according to an account he later gave his family. A cuatro aos de su liberacin, El Lobo permanece en libertad y se especula que regres a vivir a San Diego, California. brother Nicholas Goldberg: Is God on the side of blasphemy laws? Witness Protection Program in exchange for his testimony against the cartel. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 DEA Loses Key Informer Of Mexican Drug Cartel - WSJ On Sept. 20, Adriana Hodoyan, Alex's sister, called the United States consulate in Guadalajara to say she believed that her brother, an American citizen, had vanished there. Hodoyan was kidnapped a second time, in Tijuana last March, and remains missing. That meeting was denied. Lina disappeared during the 2000 Thanksgiving weekend and turned up dead. Motor Speedway. ''He was crying, telling us he was sorry. Lina had filed for divorce when she brought their children to visit Emilio at a California prison Nov. 20, 2000, her family says. Friends say that when he dropped by the Instituto one day to pick up some seniors, Angelica was thrilled to be noticed. And Tijuana discos are still prowled by charming strangers who seem far too eager to buy drinks for the whole table. ''He even bought new clothes for me.''. Ramon became the godfather of a number of children in Tijuana, Cristina de Hodoyan said in 1996. In 1986, Ruth Serrano Corona, the granddaughter of a top federal official in Tijuana, married Benjamin Arellano Felix. When Gutierrez Rebollo became head of the countrys anti-drug effort on Dec. 6, Hodoyan agreed to work as his bodyguard in return for protection. After that, his brother Alfredo was arrested on gun charges. Abductions since last night have been reported in San Fernando, Reynosa "Sol Prendido" for Borderland A man identified as Guillermo Daniel Mndez Madrigal, 25, who allegedly belonged to a cell of the A Blog dedicated to reporting on Mexican drug cartels.