Her nickname, “La China,” means “minion” (or “handmaiden”). Melissa Margarita Calderón Ojeda, 30, was arrested at Bellavista, Baja California Sur, Mexico on June 16, 2015. She is leader of a gang responsible for 178 crimes of violence in La Paz during a turf war. She had broken with Damaso Lopez of the Sinaloa Cartel and started her own organization in competition with him.
She was captured, along with her boyfriend, following a major siege executed by three levels of government in a joint operation.
[Based on facts in: “¿Quién es “La China”? Melissa Margarita Calderón Ojeda Ex Jefa De Las Fuerzas Especiales Damaso,” Diariodelnarco.com.mx, Sep. 27, 2015]
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