Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Don Balde killed in Chiapas border operation

Don Balde killed during a June 8 operation by the Pakal Reaction Force in Las Champas, Chiapas, ending his role as founder of the Chiapas-Guatemala cartel and CJNG collaborator.

On Sunday, June 8, in the commercial border zone of Las Champas, Frontera Comalapa in Chiapas, elements of the Fuerza de Reacción Inmediata Pakal shot and killed Baldemar Calderón Carrillo, known as “Don Balde” or “Tío Balde.” Calderón Carrillo was the founder and leader of the Chiapas-Guatemala cartel and a key collaborator of the Jalisco Nueva Generación . . .

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