{"id":75000,"date":"2017-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/sin-categorizar\/edgardo-leyva-escandon-24\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T06:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:57:25","slug":"edgardo-leyva-escandon-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-mexico\/edgardo-leyva-escandon-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgardo Leyva Escandon, alias &#8217;24&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edgardo Leyva Escand\u00f3n, alias \u201c24\u201d, trabaj\u00f3 desde 1994 con la Organizaci\u00f3n Arellano F\u00e9lix, tambi\u00e9n conocida como el Cartel de Tijuana. Es especialista en armas y temas de seguridad. Estados Unidos solicit\u00f3 su captura en 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Historia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edgardo Leyva comenz\u00f3 a trabajar con el Cartel de Tijuana como francotirador en 1994. Las autoridades de Estados Unidos lo han se\u00f1alado como uno de los principales proveedores de armas de fuego y municiones del grupo. Ha estado fugitivo desde la captura del capo del Cartel de Tijuana, Javier Arellano F\u00e9lix, en 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Actividades criminales<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan informaci\u00f3n del gobierno de Estados Unidos, 24 ha trabajado como francotirador, sicario &nbsp;y proveedor de armas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geograf\u00eda<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Cartel de Tijuana opera principalmente en la ciudad de Tijuana, en la frontera de M\u00e9xico y Estados Unidos, y usa esta ubicaci\u00f3n para traficar drogas al sur de California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aliados y enemigos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aunque se sospecha que el Cartel de Tijuana hizo una tregua con el Cartel de Sinaloa, hay indicios de que ambas organizaciones son nuevamente enemigas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Perspectivas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En octubre de 2009 sus activos fueron congelados y el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos ha ofrecido hasta US$2 millones por informaci\u00f3n que lleve a su captura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edgardo Leyva Escandon, alias \u00ab24\u00bb has worked with Mexico&#8217;s Tijuana Cartel, also known as the Arellano Felix Organization (AFO), since 1994, and is a specialist in arms and security. 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