Itacua: La Yuri Y El Polito

Formerly a peaceful agricultural province where rebellion began, now a guerilla zone.

• Operation: Security
• Chief: La Yuri y El Polito
• Ecosystem: Green Lands

Itacua is a fertile province with a temperate climate and a moderate relief. The Rio Uruqui borders it to the east. Fertile lands have allowed the development of a thriving agriculture based on cereals and cattle breeding. The capital, the small town of Khochi, is dedicated to the cultivation of cereals, which is also the case of the town of Buena Vida. The village of Pantoja is dedicated to breeding.

The province of Itacua was spared the invasion of the Santa Blanca. This haven of peace was the rallying of Bolivian cocaleros and other people persecuted by the cartel. Ignored by the Santa Blanca, which was busy fighting the Unidad, these fugitives got organized. They obtained more effective weapons than hunting shotguns. They dug for ammunition caches, equipment, and supplies. They also built shelters. They trapped ambush zones along the main roads and they trained tirelessly. When the agreement was signed between the Bolivian government and the cartel, they refused to surrender. It was impossible for them that the struggle kept on in this way. The Mexican had to leave Bolivia, dead or alive.

The Rebellion launched raids against the Santa Blanca’s facilities and sent detachments into the neighboring province of La Cruz. Taken by surprise, the cartel suffered some losses. Then Sueño asked La Plaga to handle it. At the head of his sicarios he entered Itacua where the fight keeps going on. Several months later, the rebellion still resists and Itacua has become a guerrilla zone. The capital, Buena Vida, was partly destroyed by the fighting. The Culta village has been burnt by the sicarios, and Yopil’s population has been kidnaped.

In the center of the province, La Plaga has built a fortified base from which columns of vehicles leave to harass rebels or rescue cartel outposts attacked by the rebels. The captured rebels were handed over to La Yuri and El Polito, who are responsible for torturing the captives to extract information on the leaders of the Rebellion.

GLORIA FERNANDEZ, ZAPATERO GONZALEZ, AKA LA YURI Y EL POLITO

Born: 30/04/1981 and 04/08/1983, In Mexico City

Cartel Position: Chiefs of Torture and Extortion

Specialists in torture, La Yuri and El Polito extract information and enjoy giving bloody and cruel examples to show their enemies and the population what the consequences of going against the cartel are. They are very much in love.

They met in a hospital, where he was a resident and she was a nurse. They got into the cartel after saving the life of an important cartel member. This Buchon was so grateful to them that he started giving them gifts and inviting them to parties. After a while they started to provide personal services for the Buchon’s family, and they progressively found the joy of having lots of money and the thrill of having people’s lives in their hands.