In a joint operation with elements of the Secretary of the Navy, elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) of Mexico City arrested Óscar Andrés N this morning, “The Moles”, main operational leader of La Tepito Union, in the state of Hidalgo.
The arrest took place in the municipality of Tolcayuca, Hidalgo, through a joint operation, elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security, with the Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico and the Attorney General’s Office, who complied with orders for search of two buildings located in the Los Amores subdivision of Don Juan Téllez, where Óscar Andrés’s tenure, aka “El Lunares”, was achieved.
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Research and intelligence of the SSC, showed that he was the current leader of a faction of “The Union of Tepito“ responsible for the sale and distribution of drugs, as well as one of the main generators of violence in Mexico City.
Óscar Andrés, 30 years old, with a date of birth October 5, 1989, is originally from Mexico City, has a warrant in force for the crime of deprivation of personal liberty in the form of express kidnapping aggravated, issued on November 30, 2019, by the Hundred and Tenth Control Court of the Criminal Procedure System of Mexico City.
“The Moles” He became one of the leaders of the criminal organization “La Unión de Tepito” thanks to his high degree of violence, and influence in groups of narcomenudists, since he serves as his main drug supplier.
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On October 22, 2019, the Ministry of Citizen Security, with support from the Mexican Navy Secretariat, implemented an operation on the property located at Peralvillo Street, number 33, Morelos neighborhood, Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office, where the assurance of several departments used as warehouses and safe houses, where the following were seized: Approximately two tons of marijuana, 18 kilograms of cocaine packed in blocks with cinnamon tape.
In addition to a crystal bag, 12 short firearms of various sizes, seven long firearms of various sizes.
Different loaders and useful cartridges of different sizes.
Who is “El Lunares” of the Tepito Union?
After this action to the investigation, elements of the SSC knew that “El Lunares”, after the operation carried out, changed his residence to the state of Hidalgo, from where he ordered and coordinated various criminal activities in Mexico City.
After the arrest of Roberto Moyado Esparza, “El Betito”, “The Pistache “and other leaders of the Union,” El Lunares “was at the head of the criminal group.
According to the investigation of local authorities, Oscar, aka “The Moon”, walked by streets of Tepito, the downtown area and the Guerrero neighborhood with up to 10 people who work as their hawks and personal escort, which has complicated their capture. Forever ride a scooter To try to go unnoticed.
His nickname is due to a huge mole on the face, which was operated, seeking to outwit the authorities. In the brave neighborhood neighbors say that was born in Tepito and that since then he has always lived and had his home in that area of the mayor of Cuauhtémoc.
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According to police reports, he has warehouses in which he keeps drugs inside neighborhoods located in the streets of Peralvillo, Jesús Carranza, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Matamoros and Tenochtitlán. The number 33 of Peralvillo She is the oldest of them all.
Intelligence reports point out that “The Moles” along with “El Barbas”, “El Chori” and “El Huguito” they are the ones who continue with the extortion to established businesses in the central zone, as well as with kidnappings, invasion of land and drug trafficking, they do not even rule out that this new cell is involved in the murder of “The Florists”, which occurred on Reformation.
“The Moles”, since “El Betito” and “El Pistache” were on the streets, he was in charge of colonies such as Morelos, Tepito, Guerrero and managed the Zona Rosa, the Roma-Condesa and Polanco corridor.
The reports detail that he is still accountable to Roberto Mollado, “El Betito”, who is imprisoned in the North Reclusorio.
In the neighborhood located in the Peralvillo neighborhood, identified with the number 33, a tunnel that connected to Tenochtitlan street in the heart of the Tepito neighborhood, where the leader of La Unión is presumed escaped.
The head of the capital police commented that in one of the homes two laboratories for clothing were detected of synthetic narcotics, so 50 kilos of chemical precursors were secured, approximately 2 and a half tons of marijuana, as well as 20 kilos of cocaine and 4 kilos of methamphetamine.
In a third and fourth property that were used as warehouses by the Tepito Union, 13 short firearms, 13 long ones, a grenade launcher, 17 long gun loaders and 37 short ones were secured; In addition to 1,520 useful cartridges and 20 grenades.
They also secured a property that was used as a pension where several vehicles and sacks were found with marijuana; as well as 1.5 million pesos.
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*** With information from David Fuentes and Kevin Ruiz
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