Although there are drug traffickers known internationally because they are wanted by security agencies of several countries, there are drug lords who go unnoticed, until the United States sets its sights on them.
Such is the case of Sergio Valenzuela Valenzuelaalias “El Gigio”, leader of Plaza del Sinaloa Cartel who is now one of the most wanted by the US government.
His name was unknown to most Mexicans, but his criminal activity was not, which, it must be said, is extensive and has contributed to the bloodshed in Mexico and the public health crisis caused by fentanyl addiction that affects United States, which is why it is now the priority objective of the recently released Operation Spike Plaza.
A former US military man “prepared” him
He was trained with the secrets of the American militias, his mentor is another bloodthirsty drug trafficker: José Vázquez Villagran or Villagrana, alias “El Jabalí”, who was part of the United States Army from which he deserted to join organized crime.
With all his knowledge he reached the Sinaloa Cartel, he became the right hand of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and he saw in his pupil, “El Gigio”, a great apprentice, so good that he took his place as leader of the plaza in Nogales, Sonora, when “El Jabalí” was arrested, according to the newspaper Milenio after reviewing the file issued by the US Department of Justice
Sergio Valenzuela Valenzuela was formally indicted in 2018 by a federal grand jury for being the plaza boss of said border city, but it was only recently that the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) identified him as one of the most powerful allies of “El Mayo”.
When Valenzuela Valenzuela was still an apprentice, the Beltrán Leyva were still allies of the Sinaloa Cartel and began to make a division that is still current: in each municipality of Sonora there was an allied armed wing, in this way if one fell, they were prevented from doing so. all.
He learned the best from all the renowned drug traffickerswhich is why it was used by “El Jabalí” to punish the betrayal of Los Beltrán Leyva by allying with Los Zetas.
According to Milenio, the test that brought him unconditionally closer to “El Mayo” was when the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel commissioned him in 2013 to make arrangements for his son to Serafín Zambada Ortiz He will surrender to American justice and achieve his freedom in exchange for cooperating with them.
He created several armed cells for El Mayo
His criminal activity gave rise to two criminal cells at his service: Las Malas Mañas and Los Soldados de Plomo. But it was the armed group known as Los Siete Demonios that gave him the power that he holds until now, and that even makes him the broadcaster of “El Mayo” to declare war for the Sonoran territory.
They They stand out for their violence and for being associated with witchcraftIn addition, his work served to elevate “Gigio” as the king of fentanyl in Nogales.
Young people between 18 and 25 years old make up the platoons that each “demon” has at their service, with which they cross the deserts of Sonora and Arizona daily.
It is said that his last great assignment was to declare war on Los ChapitosWell, for “El Mayo” having scandalous young people in the desert was not a good thing, but the children of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán did not take this affront well.
That’s how it was born The Hunter’s New Peoplean armed wing of Los Chapitos whose main objectives are “El Gigio” and his demons. Now this man, at 54 years old, not only deals with Los Menores, but also with the United States Government.
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