El Sargento Phoenix: The Osama Bin Laden of the Sinaloa Cartel

A truck driver from a village nobody's heard of. That's where this starts. René Velázquez Valenzuela, alias El Sargento Phoenix, worked his way up to third in command of Los Ántrax, the personal hit squad of El Mayo Zambada's sons, built to protect people like El Vicentillo, El Mayito Gordo and El Mayito Flaco. Above him was El Chino Ántrax. Below him was everyone else. He had Bin Laden's face engraved on his pistol, wore turbans, hung portraits of him on his walls. Not for religion. For fear. And it worked. Got arrested in 2008 holding a live grenade in front of soldiers. Did seven years. Ran operations from his cell the whole time. Walked out and picked up exactly where he left off. It ended October 30th, 2016. A baptism party, Banda Cruz de Oro playing, people drinking. A few hours later he was d*ad in a red armored Toyota Tacoma, putting himself between the military and El Mayito Flaco. Same move as 2008. The same band that played that night recorded his corrido after he died. La Caída del Sargento. 11 million views. I'm Nikola. You won't find this level of detail anywhere else. Trust me, I've checked. Music: Tension Mode by soundridemusic