Facebook Profile Leads to Arrest of Wannabe Jalisco Drug Cartel Boss Agencia EFE
go to original October 8, 2015

A 24-year-old Mexican man who posed as a drug trafficker on Facebook, posting photographs and threatening messages, was arrested and is being held at a maximum-security prison, officials said.

Martin Juarez Campos, who called himself “El M Juarez” in online posts, claimed to be a member of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, one of the most powerful and violent criminal organizations created in recent years in Mexico.

Juarez Campos entertained himself by posting messages and photographs for his more than 2,000 Facebook friends that glorified violence, Jalisco Attorney General’s Office spokesmen told EFE.

...Investigators determined that Juarez Campos was a forklift operator who lived in Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco, and had no links to any cartel members or drug traffickers.

Juarez Campos just wanted to pretend he was a cartel member because he found drug traffickers’ lives fascinating, AG’s office spokesmen said.

The suspect has appeared before a judge and is being held at Jalisco’s Puente Grande prison, where some of Mexico’s most dangerous drug traffickers are serving time.

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