American Federal agents arrested Mr. Valdez and Alfredo Hodoyan on Sept. 30 in San Diego, and at Mexico's request United States prosecutors opened an extradition case to return them to Mexico for trial. They would tolerate [Benjamin] at times, if it was a party at somebodys ranch outside of the city. Instead they killed two army soldiers who were at the scene. Mr. Valdez became a top operative in the organization, arranging drug shipments and assassinations, the Mexican and American police have charged in court. Its like this big adult playground. Then the American prosecutor, Mr. Curiel, said he intended to put Mr. Hodoyan before a grand jury investigating Arellano operatives, including his brother and his friend Mr. Valdez, Mr. Hodoyan's family said. His parents hoped that if Alex was freed, he would testify in the effort to block Alfredo's extradition in San Diego. Authorities rounded up two suspects Sept. 30 in a luxury apartment in San Diegos picturesque Coronado Shores. Completely neurotic. But Tijuanas upstart investigative newsweekly, Zeta, identified Benjamin and Ramon Arellano in 1985 as the mysterious men behind a marijuana warehouse guarded by municipal police. Two Mexicans who saw Mr. Hodoyan in later weeks of his detention say they noticed a fresh scar in the middle of his forehead. Their fate poses an uncomfortable question for this cosmopolitan border city: How did a bunch of kids from Tijuanas wealthiest neighborhoods get mixed up with some of the deadliest men in the hemisphere? I don't want that.''. After a childhood of ballet lessons and society weddings, Lina married the baby-faced son of a courtly Tijuana colonel who had been a presidential guardsman. Like he was going to scare us, or [was] joking around. ''I'll never forget what he said,'' recalled his wife, Bertha Hodoyan. '' ``Yes, thats him! The Arellano Felix brothers did that and more-they exploited one of Tijuanas treasures: its youth. Como La Flor Its unbelievable the power you feel, the witness says. ''You are helping the man who is accusing your brother! El Lobo Hodoyan fue acusado de participar en el asesinato del doctor Ernesto Ibarra Sants quien era sealado como un hombre incorruptible que fue comisionado en 1996 por la PGR a la plaza de Tijuana. ''Tell them I made a deal with the general, and the general is keeping his word to me,'' Mr. Hodoyan said. Ruth went to work on her husbands behalf. But in March, another Tijuana junior, Walter Ruiz Fimbres, 21, turned up in Chicago newspapers, arrested in Deerfield, Ill., with a carload of marijuana, and was slapped with a $10-million bond. They also mingled with Mexican gang members who were rising stars in the cocaine business. Cristina Palacios de Hodoyan said her son Alfredo, a graduate of St. Augustine Catholic school in San Diego, is the manager of family rental properties, not a gunman. Id never heard of him, Gonzalez says. Witness Protection Program in exchange for his testimony against the cartel. I don't think one single drug trafficker took to the "business"on their own,the next suspect,their enemiesnooo,then who could have dragged them to the life?? had been told of Mr. Hodoyan's military detention more than a month earlier by the A.T.F. Gustavo Miranda Santacruz fue el siguiente en la lista al ser levantado y posteriormente baleado, suerte que no corri El Lobo. Once people move to Tijuana, they are pretty much whoever they say they are. They have lots of money. When allowed, he trailed behind General Gutierrez Rebollo. Fabian is presumed dead. Lina returned to Tijuana the next day and disappeared. Alfredo Hodoyan Palacios era un empresario inmobiliario que administraba las propiedades en renta de la familia Hodoyan y no un matn, al menos eso deca su mam Cristina Palacios. WebTras 20 aos en prisin, Alfredo Hodoyn Palacios, del Crtel Arellano Flix, gana un amparo y su libertad. WebAlfredo and Alex are both killed by Arellanos. Drug Enforcement Administration officials say Benjamin Arellano Felix first appeared on the radar for a petty 1982 drug arrest in Montebello; he was with his former wife and brother Eduardo. American diplomats in Guadalajara made what they later described as routine phone calls to local police stations and jails to see if he was there. The embassy official assigned to follow up on the agent's report of a captive American citizen took no action. Emilio Valdez Mainero was a boyhood buddy Mr. Hodoyan chose years later to be the godfather at his first daughter's baptism. I knew about his rages. By then, he says, Ramon was just muscle. In a sworn statement before his second disappearance, Hodoyan, 35, wrote that he met the general during his interrogation in Guadalajara, and that he was tortured there. The american agent that interviewed him -just left an american citizen 2 b tortured?? Los Narcojuniors era un grupo de jvenes sicarios adinerados, algunos de ellos consumidores de drogas y otros varios no, que el mismo Ramn Arellano encarg formar a El Kitty; sin embargo, el grupo intent hacerse de la plaza en Tijuana para el trfico de drogas ilcitas; hecho que Ramn respondi a su osada. De acuerdo con reportes de prensa, el fallo de los magistrados que fue por mayora y no por unanimidad, present que la responsabilidad del acusado en el mltiple homicidio no fue demostrada e incluso negaron el valor de la declaracin de El Kitty que involucraba a EL Lobo en los homicidios. Mrs. Hodoyan said she felt torn apart by the clashing interests of her two sons. 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. Their lawyers have asserted that the statements of Alex Hodoyan and other witnesses provided by Mexico were obtained through torture and are thus invalid. That gives us peace. Her mother is raising her three grandchildren. Some American officials involved in the case now acknowledge that they were too willing to turn a blind eye to the methods used by the Mexican military to secure Mr. Hodoyan's cooperation. He and his brothers began their careers as provincial drug dealers, but shot and bullied their way to seize control of drug-smuggling along a western swath of the United States-Mexico border. Court documents say Ramon was named godfather of their son, Emilio Alfredo, in 1991, though relatives say he didnt show up for the baptism. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Mexican officials say his disclosures have already prompted the dismissal of ''several dozen'' detectives and police commanders accused of ties to the Tijuana-based organization, which is led by the Arellano Felix brothers. One of the gangs leaders, Ramon Arellano Felix, was placed on the FBIs Most Wanted list in September. She is the mother of Alfredo Hodoyan, 31, the childhood friend of Emilio who is accused of taking part, at the behest of the cartel, in the spectacular gangland slaying of Baja Californias federal police commander in September 1996. MEXICO CITY -- The Giants and Padres teamed up to hold a Play Ball event at Estadio Alfredo Harp Hel on Saturday morning, hosting over 100 local youth from the John Langdon Down Foundation in conjunction with Major League Baseballs Mexico City Series. Actor Lorenzo Ferro also appears in El Angel, Perfidious, and El Marginal. But if they hurt me here, who will take care of my little girls? For half an hour, the agent described the American imprisoned in Guadalajara. ''He didn't tell anybody above, below or alongside,'' a diplomat said later, calling Mr. Randall's performance ''a clear case of nonfeasance.''. Alfredo Hodoyan Alfredo (played by Ivn Aragn) was working as a drug runner for the Tijuana cartel, transporting cocaine across the border into the US without This story seems @ times off - why after being tortured & afraid of death & not ever seeing ur daughters -would u then return 2 mexico????? Mermaids hold out conch shells with tiny freshwater pearls. Alejandro Hodoyan vanished a second _ and apparently last _ time on March 5 when two men with automatic rifles jumped out of a van in a Tijuana parking lot, tossed him inside, and screeched away. WebHodoyan is the 2,152,526 th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. La facilidad con la que Alfredo Hodoyan cruzaba la frontera con Estados Unidos con total facilidad y sin levantar ninguna sospecha se deba a que contaba con la nacionalidad estadounidense ya que naci en un hospital en suelo de la nacin norteamericana. In the bare room, the agent introduced himself to Mr. Hodoyan, blindfolded and cuffed to a bed. The mother said she had prodded Alex to tell the Assistant United States Attorney, Gonzalo P. Curiel, about his torture in Mexico. Alex Hodoyan He waited 13 days before visiting Mr. Hodoyan. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. In the ensuing police raid, Kitty was killed and Francisco Rafael Arellano Flix was arrested. Two months later, that officer, Gen. Jesus Gutierrez Rebollo, was jailed on charges of collaborating with another drug lord, a bitter rival of the Arellano Felix brothers. His methods, frankly, were overlooked.''. I never did. Once, Agustin served as a translator for Ramon and an attractive young American at a party given by Lina Literas boyfriend, Emilio. Alex's father suggested to his son that he was suffering from Stockholm syndrome, which occurs when kidnap victims become attached to their kidnappers. He and Angelica had been divorced for a year, her family says. His mother Cristina, who is 55, is a prim, devoutly Catholic woman from an upstanding Mexican family. He offered businessmen generous credit to tide them through the tight economy. The agent later told colleagues that it bothered him that he could not see the prisoner's eyes. Francisco Flores was in fact inspired by Alex Hodoyans story but not 100%, it is the General plus the three stars gives it away..just saying not sure. After 28 days on the job, Ibarra was shot to death Sept. 14, 1996, outside the Mexico City airport. His brother Alfredo and his friend Mr. Valdez remain in prison in San Diego fighting extradition to Mexico. But by the mid-1980s, even this reliable terrain began to shift. ''I don't want them using me,'' he said, cursing the Arrelanos. It's Alfredo 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 But he probably would have been. Porcelain brides and grooms painted in reassuring pastels gaze at each other with bland expressions of matrimonial joy. General Gutierrez Rebollo's officers, he said, warned him before the interview that if he told the A.T.F. They saw them involved in an illicit business, yet roaming around free, getting all the French champagne and good-looking girls, and they said, Hey, why cant I be part of this elite? , I knew [Alfredo] was with them, Alejandro said. I for one, do feel sorry for the parents. 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. Cause of death His account was relayed by officials in Washington and Mexico who said they had reviewed reports the agent filed at the time. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 In the last days of November 1996, he summoned Mexican civilian prosecutors to Guadalajara. According to those same documents, Emilio and Ramon were attending a birthday party at Tijuanas Club Britania in late 1988 when an unwelcome guest arrived. Angelica Bustamante is the granddaughter of Alfonso Bustamante, Tijuanas Rockefeller, the border pioneer who built the twin business towers that loom over this boomtown. Alfredo Hodoyan and one other gunman ''were responsible for finding the victim, whom they murdered in the hallway that connects the restaurant and the bathrooms of the hotel.''. At first, no one on either side of the border took much notice when some of the brothers drifted into Tijuana in the early 1980s. The young man had just run off for three weeks with Ramons sister. Walt has to tell Alex hed been lying about the death of his brother Alfredo to make the hapless narcojunior come with him. Cristinas older son, Agustin Hodoyan, would wave when Ramon drove by in a red sports car, rock-and-roll booming from his stereo. You have to prove your loyalty. As soon as the Hodoyan family realized Alex was missing, they turned to the American authorities for help. I know Alfredo is innocent, Cristina Hodoyan said at the time. The agent remained uneasy about what he had seen. Authorities managed to swoop in and arrest Francisco Arellano Felix in 1993 in Tijuanas tony Chapultapec hills. But I never wanted to ask him for a favor, Agustin said, because nothing is free. Not everybody had those reservations. Looking up, I see Ramon sitting there with a scope, like an M-16, pointing at us surfing, the witness says. who is he? I never saw anything strange about them in the religious meetings, the priest says. Alex Hodoyan (died 1997) was the younger brother of narcojunior Alfredo Hodoyan. My work as a priest is one thing, but to act as an authority is another.. The D.E.A. But behind the image on the videotape is a tale of a middle-class family torn apart, with brother turned against brother in a violent drug culture. In March 1994, Mexico City federal police flew into Tijuana again and handcuffed Javier Arellano Felix, a little brother with a campy nom de narco, the Little Tiger. Tijuana police were curiously unhelpful: Javiers state police bodyguards opened fire and spirited Javier to freedom, leaving a federal police commander and four others dead. I don't want them to kill me. They released photographs showing that as drug czar he had lived in a luxury apartment owned by Amado Carrillo Fuentes, the leading trafficker. WebAdam Geghami Khudoyan (Russian: , February 21, 1921, Yerevan, Armenia - 2000, Yerevan) was an Armenian composer, awarded by the Renowned Activist of the The 36-year-old Mr. Hodoyan hasn't been seen since and is presumed dead. One day the witness was surfing at an Arellano Felix beach house while Ramon relaxed in his bedroom. Benjamin, the priest adds, said he was a contractor. Other officials confirmed that it was Mr. Randall, who was recalled from Mexico to Washington late last year and retired from the Foreign Service in January 1997. Appearances 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. General Gutierrez Rebollo played his prisoner with a maestro's touch, according to the officers who testified in the trials against him. They weren't involved in drugs. 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. ''He was a very confident guy who projected the sense that 'we're the military -- we're going to get the job done.' On Sept. 14, three days after Mr. Hodoyan was abducted by his soldiers, a hit squad linked to the Arellanos assassinated a top Mexican antidrug prosecutor in Mexico City. ''I'm sure I would have done whatever needed to be done,'' he said, calling it ''convenient'' that embassy officials had heaped all of the blame on the one person involved who was no longer in government service. So many kids from society got involved with them, she sighs. Hodoyan Palacios form parte de los The account of Mr. Hodoyan's experiences was pieced together from interviews with his family, American officials in Mexico, and Mexican justice officials who knew him as an informant. Mexico City sent authorities to ransack the Hodoyans house, and houses belonging to Emilio, Kitty, Benjamin and Ramon were seized. Angelica moved to San Diego, too, but Kitty remained close to his family, and the couple vacationed together in Cancun with the families of other juniors and some Tijuana businessmen. And the parents of these rebels without a cause found themselves the subject of unwelcome scrutiny. He is presumed dead. Perhaps they were grateful enough to ignore the fact that Benjamin had begun to move about with an armed security detail, rare for an ordinary entrepreneur. Motor Speedway. agent about his torture, ''he would be the last person I would ever cross a word with.''. They will be left without a father.''. Lina had filed for divorce when she brought their children to visit Emilio at a California prison Nov. 20, 2000, her family says. The elegant breakables in the tall glass cases seem too fragile for the tale that Gonzalez is telling. agents flew Mr. Hodoyan to the United States. The devalued Mexican peso was relegating some upper class Tijuana families to the middle class. Emilio got 30 years. The protected witness returned to the scene of an all-night drinking session and found two hungover gunmen playing soccer with a ball that, upon closer inspection, turned out to be a third gunmans head. She has always had many admirers. He felt very brave strutting around with them. Giants outfielder Joc Pederson and his brother, Champ, who has Down syndrome, were

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