New Mexicali Police Chief Welcomed with Threat from El Ruso

New Mexicali Police Chief Welcomed with Threat from El Ruso

"El Armadillo" for Borderland BeatPhoto via @BereniceDiazG on XOn March 19th, the Mexicali city council appointed Julian Leyzaola as the city’s new Secretary of Public Security in Mexicali, marking the third leadership change in just six months. Leyzaola, a former police chief in both Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez, is known for his aggressive approach to combating organized crime—earning both praise for his crime-fighting success and criticism for a…

Mexicali.- The newly appointed director of security of Mexicali, Julián Leyzaola, said that the narco-messages with threats left against him, one of them together with a murdered man, “are like primary school errands.” The retired soldier came today to the program of exchange of firearms, headed by the governor Marina del Pilar in Mexicali, in which he was questioned by the press about the tarpaulins that were placed early on Friday, March 21. T…

MEXICALI, Baja California.– The director of Municipal Public Security, Julián Leyzaola Pérez, stressed the importance of the “narcomanta” placed last Friday next to a corpse, where the criminal group “The Russians” launched threats against him. “They are primary school errands” Leyzaola, who took office less than a week ago, described the threats as children: [...] The entry Leyzaola minimizes threat of “The Russians” in Mexicali appears first o…

The director of the Mexicali Municipal Police, Julián Leyzaola, described the four narco-banners that were placed in various locations around the city on Friday, March 21, 2025, as "primary letters." The head of the police force commented that he is not worried about the threatening banners, as this is not the first time he has received such intimidation. He compared the situation on Friday… Source

The director of the Mexicali municipal police dismissed the threatening blankets placed against him, claiming that he is used to such messages.

Mexicali, March 24. Mexicali’s director of municipal public security, Julián Leyzaola Pérez, minimized the threats that were made against him through blankets placed in different parts of the city when he described them as “prisoners.” A question from a reporter about whether she is afraid of the messages, one placed in the López Mateos and Lázaro Cárdenas road distributor where a body with signs of violence was found, highlighted that this is n…