CASTORENA-LEIJA SANCHEZ ORGANIZATION

The following is an organizational and personal chart for the CLSO. This organization has been in business since 1989 when Pedro Castorena and Manual Leija Sanchez moved their family’s to Los Angeles and set up their first document business. The following information is taken from sources that include first hand information from the step daughter of Manual Leija Sanchez and direct information by this writer from members of the organization both in Mexico and the US.

This writer considers this organization a terrorist organization based on comments made by the head of the organization that terrorism is an American problem not Mexican and will sell their products to anyone who has the money.

 

The following is an organizational chart and a profile and history on this organization.

 

                CASTORENA FAMILY        LEIJA SANCHEZ FAMILY

                                 HEAD OF FAMILYS MEXICO                                                                 

                        DON ALFONZO CASTORENA                                          NATIVIDAD LEIJA HERRERA

 

                                    OPERATIONAL CONTROL UNITED STATES

                        PEDRO CASTORENA                                                          MANUAL LEIJA SANCHEZ

                   FIRST LEVEL FAMILY SUPERVISORS UNITED STATES

     PEDRO’S WIFE JULIETA D’LEON-TREJO               BROTHER   JULIO LEIJA SANCHEZ

     BROTHER   ALFONZO JR.                                            BROTHER   PEDRO LEIJA SANCHEZ

     BROTHER   JOSE                                                             BROTHER IN LAW ELIAS MARCUS

     BROTHER   FRANCISCO                                               BROTHER IN LAW  JUAN LUIS ECHEVESTE

     SISTER RAQUEL

     SISTER MARIA

                                                          SECOND LEVEL MEMBERS

                                                                     RAUL GONZALES MARQUEZ

                                                                                       GRADSKI

                                                                                     SCHLOTSKI

                                                                     ALFREDO DE’LOS ANGELES

 

                                                                OPERATIONS MEXICO

                                                   WIFE OF NATIVIDAD VICENTE SANCHEZ OLVERA

                                                          DAUGHTER   ANGELICA LEIJA SANCHEZ

                                                              DAUGHTER   ROCIO LEIJA SANCHEZ

 

                           PERSONAL HISTORY AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

                                                                       NATIVIDAD LEIJA SANCHEZ

HEAD OF FAMILY AND FATHER OF MANUAL, JULIO, PEDRO, ANGELICA, AND ROCIO. HUSBAND TO VICENTE SANCHEZ OLVERA.

NATIVIDAD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL FAMILY MEMBERS THE MOVEMENT OF FAMILY MEMBERS TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE INVESTMENT OF FUNDS. HE IS ALSO THE CONTACT IN MEXICO FOR DOCUMENTS RECEIVED FROM THE AMERICAN EMBASSY. HE HAS A CONTACT THERE.  DECIDES WHAT SCHEDULE FIRST LEVEL FAMILY MEMBERS WORK IN THE US. HE IS BEING TREATED FOR PROSTATE CANCER. CONTACT AS LATE AS 3-20-06

EXAMPLE: MANUAL STAYS FULL TIME. OTHER MEMBERS ROTATE ON A THREE MONTH SCHEDULE RUNNING THEIR OWN CELLS AND KEEPING A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROFIT RETURNING TO MEXICO WITH THE MONEY. IT IS NOT COMMON FOR TWO MEMBERS TO BE IN ONE PLACE IN THE US UNLESS THERE IS A PROBLEM.

NATIVIDAD IS ALSO A MAIN COURIER OF CASH FROM THE US TO MEXICO AS HE TRAVELS SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR. HE CAN BE CHARGED WITH MONEY LAUNDRY, WIRE FRAUD, MAIL FRAUD, AND ORGANIZED CRIME.

 

VICENTA SANCHEZ OLVERA

WIFE OF NATIVIDAD AND MOTHER OF MANUAL, PEDRO, JULIO, ANGELICA AND ROCIO. JUST LEFT THE US ON 3-20-06 WITH JULIO AND WIFE KATHY. SHE WENT TO CHICAGO WHEN MANUAL WAS ARRESTED IN DEC. 2005 IN CHICAGO ON DOC. FRAUD. SHE WAS HELPING MANUALS GIRLFRIEND FABOLLA WHO JUST HAD A BABY. SHE TO IS ONE OF THE MAIN CURRENCY TRANSPORTERS. SHE TRAVELS SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR.

 

MANUAL LEIJA SANCHEZ    OPERATIONAL OFFICER UNITED STATES

CURRENTLY IN JAIL IN CHICAGO.

NUMBER TWO IN THE FAMILY ORGANIZATION. HIS JOB RESPONSIBILITES ARE.

1-CEL ORGANIZATION

2-DOCUMENT MILL LOCATIONS

3-SECURITY

4-MONEY TRANSFERS TO MEXICO

 

1-       6 TO 10 MEN CELLS PER LOCATION PER SHIFT, GENERALLY 2 SHIFTS PER DAY SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK. EACH SALESMEAN GETS A PERCENTAGE OF EACH OF HIS SALES. COURIER COMES BY ON A SCHEDULE OR CALLED TO PICK UP MONEY AND DOCUMENT INFORMATION AND TAKES THOSE TO A DOCUMENT MILL LOCATION THAT RETURNS TO EACH LOCATION WITH THE FINISHED DOCUMENTS. TURNAROUND TIME ABOUT TWO HOURS.

 

2-       DOCUMENT MILLS ARE GENERALLY LOCATED IN A HOUSE, APARTMENT OR STORAGE UNIT.       

EACH AREA HAS MORE THAN ONE LOCATION. THE MILL CONSISTS OF COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE TO MAKE DOCUMENTS AND BLANKS ALL CAN BE BOUGHT FROM OFFICE DEPOT. THE ORGANIZATION EMPLOYES COMPUTER PEOPLE THAT MAKE SOME OF THE SOFTWARE AND SET THE SYSTEMS UP.

 

3-       ORGANIZATION PAYS APPROX. 5,000 DOLLARS LER MONTH TO GANGS. IN THE CHICAGO       

AREA THEY EMPLOY THE LATIN KINGS A GANG THAT IS NATIONAL IN SCOPE. BOTH PEDRO LEIJA SANCHEZ AND JULIO SANCHEZ ARE MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP AND HAVE THEIR GANG TATOO. [SEE PEDRO PICTURE UPPER LEFT SHOULDER]

 

4-       THIS TAKES PLACE IN THE TRADITIONAL WAYS. MONEY ORDERS, WESTERN UNION, WIRE

TRANSFERS AND SHIPMENTS OF MAGAZINES WHERE THE MONEY IS DISTRIBUTED IN THE PAGES. THE BULK OF THE MONEY IS CARRIED BACK BY LEVEL ONE MEMBERS NATIVIDAD, VICENTA, PEDRO, JULIO AND WIFE KATHY. ALSO BY RAUL GONZALES MARQUEZ.

 

MANUAL ONLY ANSWERS TO NATIVIDAD. ALTHOUGH HE APPEARS TO BE MAKING SOME DECISIONS ON HIS OWN FROM JAIL.

 

A MORE IN DEPTH HISTORY ON MANUAL IS IN THE SUAD LEIJA BIO. DUE TO INFO PROVIDED BY SUAD LEIJA STEP DAUGHTER OF MANUAL TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT THERE IS A BETTER PICTURE INTO THE ORGANIZATION’S BEGINNINGS.

 THE STRUCTURE BOTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.

 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FAMILIES INCLUDING PEDRO CASTORENA BEING GOD FATHER TO SUADS SISTER SHIRLY BORN IN LOS ANGELES IN 1990. HOW THEY MOVED THEIR FAMILYS TO CHICAGO TO SET UP THAT OPERATION. LIVING TOGETHER IN THE BEGINNING.

ALSO WHERE THE FIRST LOCATIONS WHERE AND THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.

IDENTIFING PHOTOS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ON OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE ORGANIZATION. ALSO PUTTING NAMES TO PHOTOS.

ADVISING THAT MANUAL KILLED HER FATHER TO MARRY HER MOTHER. ALSO THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF HER MOTHER. ALSO THAT MANUAL WAS INVOLVED IN A MURDER IN LOS ANGELES FOR PEDRO CASTORENA NAMED KANGAS THE BROTHER IN LAW TO PEDRO’S WIFE. MANUAL HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE PAST AND DEPORTED ONLY TO RETURN TO BUSINESS.

 

 

PEDRO LEIJA SANCHEZ CELL SUPERVISOR AND SECOND TO MANUAL

RELEASED FROM PRISON IN 2005 AFTER SERVING 5 YEARS. RETURNED TO MEXICO. HAS NOT BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM SINCE THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. BELIEVED TO BE IN CHICAGO REPLACING JULIO WHO RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES WITH WIFE AND MOTHER. IS A MEMBER OF THE LATIN KINGS A NATIONAL GANG. PEDRO HAS AN EXTREME DISLIKE FOR AMERICANS. PEDRO HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE ORGANIZATION SINCE 1991. HE IS THE FATHER OF THREE CHILDRE IN MEXICO.  [LATIN KING TATOO ON LEFT SHOULDER] SEE PHOTO. PEDRO IS EXTREMLY VIOLENT. WHEN WORKING IN THE US HE BRINGS HIS OWN WORKERS.

 

JULIO LEIJA SANCHEZ CELL SUPERVISOR ALSO A MEMBER OF THE MEXICAN NATIONAL POLICE. ALSO A MEMBER OF THE LATIN KINGS.

LEFT THE UNITED STATES 3-20-06 WITH WIFE KATHY AND MOTHER ON ORDERS FROM NAVIDAD AND RETURNED TO MEXICO. WRITER WAS ALSO ADVISED BY NATIVIDAD ON 3-20-06 BY PHONE. THIS WAS DUE TO THE ARREST OF MANUALS WIFE FABOLLA ON IMMIGRATION CHARGES. THIS LEAVES THE OPERATION IN THE HANDS OF ELIAS MARCUS HUSBAND OF ROCIO LEIJA SANCHEZ THE DAUGHTER OF NATIVIDAD. JULIO ADVISED MEMBERS OF HIS CELL WHO CALLED WRITER THAT HE WAS GOING TO MEXICO AND THAT SOME ONE WOULD BE CALLING TO WHOM THEY WOULD REPORT TO AND FOR ONE MEMBER TO KEEP VISITING MANUAL IN JAIL. THERE IS AN AUTO DEALER IN CHICAGO THAT SUPPLIES AUTO’S TO THE ORGANIZATION AND IS BELIVED JULIO CHANGED AUTOS SO AS NOT TO BE SEEN LEAVING TOWN.

JULIO HAS A METAL PLATE IN HIS HEAD DUE TO AN ATTEMPTED MURDER OF HIS EX WIFE’S BOYFRIEND. THAT MAN ALSO HADA GUN CAUSING THE DAMAGE TO JULIO’S HEAD AND ALSO HIS SON WHO HE HAD WITH HIM. JULIO HAS ONE ARREST IN CHICAGO IN THE EARLY 90’S.

 

ELIAS MARCUS CELL SUPERVISOR MARRIED TO ROCIO LEIJA SANCHEZ

CURRENTLY IN THE US. LEFT IN DEC WITH JULIO WHEN MANUAL WAS ARRESTED TO OVER SEE OPERATIONS. A SCHOOL PROFESSOR BY TRADE. HAS TWO CHILDREN.

 

JUAN LUIS ECHEVESTE   HUSBAND TO ANGELICA LEIJA SANCHEZ

WORKS HIS SHIFTS IN THE US OPERATIONS ON ROTATION. HAS NOT BEEN IN THE US IN AT LEAST 8 MONTHS. CONTACT AS LATE AS 3-15-06 IN MEXICO. CURRENTLY DRIVER AND BODYGUARD FOR NATIVIDAD.  

 

ANGELICA LEIJA SANCHEZ  SISTER OF MANUAL BOOK KEEPER FOR MANUAL CAN MAKE MAJOR DECISIONS.

LIVES IN MEXICO DOES NOT TRAVEL TO US. HAS FOUR KIDS. HER JOB IS TO INVEST PROFITS IN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL REALESTATE. SHE USE’S A SERIES OF CUTOUTS TO REGESTER THE BUSINESS’S AND PROPERTIES TO KEEP DISTANT FROM DIRECT FAMILY OWNERSHIP. ALSO OPERATES THE BANK ACCOUNTS. ANSWERS ONLY TO MANUAL.

 

ROCIO LEIJA SANCHEZ  SISTER OF MANUAL BOOK KEEPER FOR PEDRO.

LIVES IN MEXICO, TRAVELS TO THE US. A MONEY COURIER. SHE INVESTS PEDRO’S MONEY. HAS THREE CHILDREN.

 

LEVEL TWO PERSONAL

RAUL GONZALEZ MARQUEZ    PRINCIPLE BUSINESS IS SMUGGLING PEOPLE TO AND FROM MEXICO MAINLY THRU LARADO, TEX.

HAS RESIDENCY IN THE US. HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS SINCE THE EARLY 90’S. LAST SEEN BY SUAD IN MEXICO CHRISTMAS 2004 AT NATIVIDAD COMPOUND. MOVES MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY THAT DO NOT HAVE VISA’S.  TRAVELS BACK AND FORTH TO MEXICO BI MONTHLY. DROVE MANUAL TO MEXICO IN 1995 THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FBI RAIDED HIS HOUSE. DROVE HIM AND PEDRO CASTORENA TO MONTEREY MEXICO WHERE THEY WAITED FOR SUAD HER MOTHER AND SISTER. HE THAN DROVE THEM TO MEXICO CITY.

 

ALFRADO DE LOS ANGELES  NEPHEW OF RAUL. RIGHT HAND TO RAUL. AKA YIYO.

ARE A MAJOR PEOPLE SMUGGLER MOVES MEMBERS WHO DO NOT HAVE US VISA. HE ALSO WAS ONE OF THE DRIVERS WHO MOVER SUAD HER MOTHER AND SISTER AFTER THE HOUSE WAS RAIDED IN CHICAGO IN 1995.

 

ANTONI GRADSKI  POLISH RIGHT HAND MAN TO MANUAL. WAS THOUGHT TO BE RUSSIAN.

GRADSKI, AND TWO OTHERS NAMED SCHILSKI AND PETROFSKI WORKED FOR OR WITH MANUAL SINCE 1991.  GRADSKI WAS SUADS BODYGUARD AND BABYSITTER GROWING UP IN CHICAGO. WAS ALSO HER MAIN CONTACT IF SHE COULD NOT REACH MANUAL WHEN SHE WAS MOVED TO NICA RAGUA. HE SENT THE MONEY TO SUAD TWICE A MONTH IF MANUAL WAS NOT AROUND. HE SENT BETWEEN 5-6 THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MONTH IN TWO PAYMENTS. THIS CAME BY WESTERN UNION FED EX OR MAIL. MONEY IN MAGAZINES WAS A PERFERED METHOD VIA FEDEX.

 

THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT SUAD HAD DIRECT CONTACT WITH AND DO NOT KNOW OTHERS EXCEPT FROM PICTURES. MONEY SENT TO NICARAGUA WAS USED TO INVEST IN SEVERAL STORES THAT WHERE MENT TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY AND TO PROVIDE MONEY FOR EDUCATION.

 

AS SUAD HAS BEEN OUT OF DIRECT CONTACT ON A DAY TO DAY FACE TO FACE BASIS UNTIL LATLEY THIS WRITER IS SURE THAT THE SECOND AND THIRD LEVEL OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS NOT COMPLETE AND PEOPLE NOT KNOWN HAVE CHANGED. THOSE IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE ACTIVE AND IT IS BUSINESS AS USUAL.  SUAD KNOWS OF LOS ANGELES, DENVER AND CHICAGO. SINCE SHE WAS NOT ACTIVE SHE DOES NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER CITIES. BASED ON THE DISCRIPTION OF THE CITIES THEY FOLLOW THE SAME TEMPLATE. ALSO THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY VIOLENCE REFERENCE TURF BOUNDRIES. IT IS NOT HARD TO FIND OUT, IT TOOK 10 MINUTES TO FIND THE LOCATION IN ATLANTA. THERE IS INFORMATION THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS ACTIVE IN DOZENS OF US CITIES.

 

MANUAL LEIJA SANCHEZ SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A TERRORIST AND CAN BE CURRENTLY CHARGED WITH MUCH MORE THAN THE EIGHT COUNTS OF DOCUMENT FRAUD HE IS BEING CHARGED WITH BY COOK COUNTY INSTEAD OF FEDERAL CHARGES. ALSO MOST OF THE FAMILY CAN AND SHOULD BE CHARGED AND EXTADITED TO THE US. WRITER KNOWS THE MEXICAN RESIDENCE LOCATIONS OR CAN GET THEM.  

THIS ORGANIZATION SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT FIRST AND AN IMMIGRATION PROBLEM SECOND. THESE ID’S ARE AS GOOD AS THE REAL THING AND ONCE SOMEONE HAS THESE THEY ARE NO LONGER ILLEGAL.