{"id":5334,"date":"2011-02-02T21:11:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T02:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwp.insightcrime.org?p=5334"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:40:17","slug":"irw-rumania-vermont-arizona-la-compleja-ruta-de-armas-de-los-carteles-mexicanos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/investigaciones\/irw-rumania-vermont-arizona-la-compleja-ruta-de-armas-de-los-carteles-mexicanos\/","title":{"rendered":"IRW: Rumania, Vermont, Arizona: La Compleja Ruta de Armas Hacia los Carteles Mexicanos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Armado con rifles de asalto y granadas de mano, Arturo Beltr\u00e1n Leyva, jefe de uno de los carteles de droga m\u00e1s despiadados de M\u00e9xico, luch\u00f3 contra cientos de comandos de la Marina de M\u00e9xico al lado de seis de sus guardaespaldas en un lujoso apartamento en Cuernavaca en diciembre de 2009. Dos horas m\u00e1s tarde, Beltr\u00e1n Leyva y sus hombres yac\u00edan muertos en medio del pesado hedor de la p\u00f3lvora, charcos de sangre y de agua proveniente de las tuber\u00edas perforadas por las balas. Una granada mat\u00f3 a un comando e hiri\u00f3 a otros seis y un transe\u00fante muri\u00f3 a causa de una herida de bala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*El proyecto es parte de una investigaci\u00f3n de FRONTLINE, el Investigative Reporting Workshop, el Center for Public Integrity, InSight Crime y el Romanian Centre for Investigative Journalism. Vea la serie completa&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/investigaciones\/traficantes-de-armas-el-trafico-de-armas-en-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">aqu\u00ed<\/mark><\/a>. Este art\u00edculo se ha publicado con permiso del Investigative Reporting Workshop.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En ese momento, la muerte de Beltr\u00e1n Leyva fue anunciada como uno de los logros m\u00e1s importantes de la guerra del presidente mexicano, Felipe Calder\u00f3n, contra los carteles; y como evidencia de la creciente efectividad bilateral entre Estados Unidos y M\u00e9xico. En un cable clasificado de la Embajada de Estados Unidos en la Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, y recientemente divulgado por WikiLeaks, las autoridades calificaron la operaci\u00f3n militar como \u201cuno de los mayores \u00e9xitos en la lucha contra el narcotr\u00e1fico hasta la fecha\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No obstante, en el cable de celebraci\u00f3n, no se mencion\u00f3 que durante la semana de persecuci\u00f3n y, posterior, muerte de Beltr\u00e1n Leyva, las autoridades mexicanas incautaron un alijo de armas de guerra, granadas, miras telesc\u00f3picas, silenciadores y cerca de 9.000 cartuchos de municiones. Muchas de las armas recuperadas en la operaci\u00f3n luego ser\u00edan rastreadas de regreso hasta Estados Unidos. M\u00e1s alarmante a\u00fan, es el hecho que casi la mitad de los 62 fusiles incautados eran AK-47 rumanos que hab\u00edan llegado de una sola tienda de armas, X Caliber, en los suburbios del norte de Phoenix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lea la historia completa en el <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160220000025\/http:\/\/investigativereportingworkshop.org\/investigations\/gunrunners\/story\/romania-mexico-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Investigative Report Workshop<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Young es un productor de &nbsp;FRONTLINE\/Investigative Reporting Workshop.&nbsp;Cummings es reportero del Investigative Reporting Workshop&nbsp;y un escritor colaborador de InSight Crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Con el permiso del <a href=\"https:\/\/investigativereportingworkshop.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Investigative Report Workshop<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Armado con rifles de asalto y granadas de mano, Arturo Beltr\u00e1n Leyva, jefe de uno de los carteles de droga m\u00e1s despiadados de M\u00e9xico, luch\u00f3 contra cientos de comandos de la Marina de M\u00e9xico al lado de seis de sus guardaespaldas en un lujoso apartamento en Cuernavaca en diciembre de 2009. Dos horas m\u00e1s tarde, Beltr\u00e1n Leyva y sus hombres yac\u00edan muertos en medio del pesado hedor de la p\u00f3lvora, charcos de sangre y de agua proveniente de las tuber\u00edas perforadas por las balas. Una granada mat\u00f3 a un comando e hiri\u00f3 a otros seis y un transe\u00fante muri\u00f3 a causa de una herida de bala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":36469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"hidden","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[342],"tags":[406,2873,448],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[3662,3664],"class_list":["post-5334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investigaciones","tag-mexico-pais","tag-organizacion-beltran-leyva","tag-trafico-de-armas","entry"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/investigaciones\/irw-rumania-vermont-arizona-la-compleja-ruta-de-armas-de-los-carteles-mexicanos\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"IRW: Rumania, Vermont, Arizona: La Compleja Ruta de Armas Hacia los Carteles Mexicanos","url":"http:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/investigaciones\/irw-rumania-vermont-arizona-la-compleja-ruta-de-armas-de-los-carteles-mexicanos\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/investigaciones\/irw-rumania-vermont-arizona-la-compleja-ruta-de-armas-de-los-carteles-mexicanos\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/es-d561f80dfa05c34464e7eed65db7a231.jpg?resize=150%2C150&quality=100&ssl=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/es-d561f80dfa05c34464e7eed65db7a231.jpg?fit=280%2C170&quality=100&ssl=1"},"articleSection":"Investigaciones","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rick Young"},{"@type":"Person","name":"William W. 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