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The renowned, notorious top kapo of the Barrio Azteca Prison Gang and the former FBI 10 most desired refugee Eduardo “Tablas” Ravelo is detained in El Paso after he was delivered from Mexico, said the US Ministry of Justice.

Ravelo is accused of having led a murderous gang that was in the Texas prison system and on the streets of El Paso-Juárez Borderland, including an army of ruthless murderers who were allied with the Juárez drug cartel during the antitrust war than one ago.

Ravelo and Enrique “Kiki” Guajardo Lopez, another accused Barrio Azteca member, had plotted on Monday, February 24th, before the US Federal Court after they were delivered from Mexico on Thursday, February 20, February 20 the doj in an explanation. If they are convicted, both could live in the federal prison.

Ravelo was booked by the FBI, where he is detained in prison files without bond without bond without bond, to El Paso County's prison.

Both are accused of several crimes related to gangs, including the murders of three people who were connected to the US consulate in Juárez in 2010.

“No US citizen, on both sides of our border with Mexico, should live in fear of Barrio Azteca, another violent border gang or a drug cartel” in a statement.

“The delivery of the accused to the United States is an example of the unshakable commitment of the (judicial) department to eliminate transnational criminal organizations and the pursuit of justice for the victims of this tragic murders in Juarez, Mexico.”

Who is Eduardo 'Tablas' Ravelo?

Ravelo allegedly had the rank of “Capo” or one of the gang leaders, and it was assumed that they were responsible for the Aztecas operations in Juárez, said law enforcement officers.

Ravelo is a Mexican citizen. It is believed that he is in the fifties. An FBI wanted to list him with five different dates of birth.

He was supposedly by the Monikers of “Tablas”, “Tablo”, “T-Blas”, “Blas”, “2×4”, “Lumberman”, “Boards” and the code Number “56.” known.

The Barrio Azteca gang was founded in the Texas prison system of inmates from the El Paso-Juárez region in the mid-1980s. The gang – the ancient Aztec war images – has a militaristic hierarchy under the direction of Capos, followed by Leutnants, Sergeants and soldiers.

The gang became more than 1,000 members as dangerous, well -organized border crime organization that has collected.Profit“(Rent) or street taxes, on local drug dealers, smuggled drugs and was allied with La Linea, also known as a Juárez drug cartel.

In 2009, Ravelo was placed on the 10 most searched fugitive list of the FBI and described as a “ruthless murderer who has absolutely no respect for human life”.

In 2018, the Mexican military and federal agents Ravelo conquered Michoacan during a robbery in a house in Uruapan. He was detained in Mexico and was waiting for delivery to the United States.

“The FBI and our partners will continue to pursue the Barrio Azteca and other transnational gangs, wherever they operate and seek justice for the victims affected by their violent measures,” said deputy director Chad Yarbrough from the FBI department in an explanation.

Ravelo and Guajardo Lopez will be committed to a 12-point against a 12-point -Chlage.

2010 US consulate murders in Juárez

The charges against Ravelo and Guajardo Lopez include the US consulates from 2010 in Juárez, as teams of gangschützen, killed two vehicles that killed three people who were seen with the US consulate in what was considered as a case of false identity today , killed.

On March 13, 2010, the brazen was one of the most shocking acts of violence during the war between the cartels of Sinaloa and Juárez on the day of three people who are connected to the US consulate on the streets of Juárez.

The attack has killed the US consulate Leslie Enriquez Redelfs and her husband Arthur Redelfs, a sheriff assistant from El Paso County, and Jorge Salcido Ceniceros, the husband of another US consulate employee.

After the Redelfs left a child's birthday party, they were attacked on a Juárez street near the Paso del Norte International Bridge on the broadlight. The couple's young daughter was in the back seat, but intact. Salcido was killed on another road at another shootout.

A total of 35 members and employees of Barrio Azteca in the USA and Mexico were charged with the consulate murders due to crime in replacing charges.

In the 15 years since the US consulate murders, 31 of the 35 suspects have known themselves or were convicted in court, a committed suicide in prison, and one is waiting for delivery, said the Ministry of Justice. Ravelo and Guajardo Lopez are the other two suspects.

Investigations on the BarrioS Azteca gang, the FBI, the El Paso Police Department, the US drug authority, included the office for alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, customs and border protection and several other federal and state law enforcement authorities in the USA and Mexico.

Daniel Borunda can be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and @borundadaniel under X..