Jacob Diaz
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He's got teams of hitmen operating everywhere looking to knock off any of the Beltran-Leva brothers or their lieutenants.
Everyone's on a war footing.
It's getting bad, Aviles explained.
He whispered that people were concerned that Arturo had overplayed his hand by killing Guzman's son.
We can't fight everyone.
The Beltran-Leva's organization was now based in Mexico City, and they were focusing on keeping control of the southern plazas.
Aviles warned that it wasn't safe in Cuernavaca, and that Diaz should move his operation south to Acapulco, where Barbie had control over the plaza.
I really felt bad for him, states Diaz.
He couldn't just up and leave like I could.
Understand, I was just a distributor on the American side.
Nobody, really.
But Aviles, he'd hitched his wagon to the Beltran Levas.
He was stuck.
Before returning to Orlando, JJ provided Ole with the contact information for Jesus Tijerina Garza, one of Beltran Leyva's operatives in the United States.
Garza's organization was responsible for distributing the cartels in Georgia and Florida.
Loads of product were shipped via tractor-trailer from southern Texas to Marion County in south Georgia, where Garza maintained his base of operations.
As it turned out, Garza was already doing business with Domingo Rodriguez Medeiros, Ole's cousin by marriage.
Once we realized there was a family connection, it was all good, recalls Diaz.
Garza would supply Ole with loads up to 100 kilos.
which Ole and Diaz would then distribute to their customers in Central Florida.