Jesus Ernesto Chavez Castillo. Borderland Beat
Mexican Drug Cartel Hitman Tells How He Committed 800 Murders Before He Stopped Keeping Track -- Daily Mail
* Jesus Ernesto Chavez is the star witness against his former boss, Arturo Gallegos Castrellon
* Chavez admitted to 800 murders but knows there are more because he stopped keeping track after 800
* Castrellon is the alleged leader of the Barrio Azteca street gang
* Barrio Azteca was the go-to hit-squad for the Juarez drug cartel
* Castrellon, 32, is accused of orchestrating the murders of two Americans during a March 2010 drive-by shooting
* He claims he only confessed after he was tortured for three days by Mexican police who shocked his testicles and raped his wife
* A federal judge ruled last month that his confession can’t be suppressed, but his attorneys want a U.S. jury to decide
* Since Castrellon was arrested the murder rate in Juarez has fallen dramatically
In shocking testimony during the murder trial of an alleged Mexican drug cartel enforcer, the star witness in the case - himself a cartel hitman - told jurors that he stopped keeping track of the number of people he had killed when the number approached 800.
Jesus Ernesto Chavez Castillo, the star witness in the trial of his former boss, Arturo Gallegos Castrellon,gave grisly details about how Castrellon grew the Barrio Azteca gang from a Texas prison gang into the band of contract killers for one of Mexico's most violent drug cartels, the Juarez Cartel.
Chavez testified that he had a daily murder quota he was expected to meet to instill fear in police, elected officials and the public at large.
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Update: Cartel hitman testifies to 800 murders, daily quotas at kingpin's trial -- FOX DC
My Comment: A shocking number that defies imagination. If you add up the numbers .... he was murdering a few people per week.
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