"El Chino Antrax" aka José Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa worked for El Mayo Zambada as a member, and or a while, the head Sicaro of "Los Antrax", the largest para-military unit
But who were/are Los Antrax and who was El Chino? #SICARIO part 3 American Dope
Jose Rodrigo Arechiga Gamboa aka Chino Antrax grew up in Culician, capital of Sinaloa- and his father was a small political official and he wanted to be an air force pilot- but he had the skin condition psoriasis so the Mexican military took a pass…so he went to college for architecture- which is one of those professions that sounds cool- but has limited actual opportunities and once he got married and had a daughter he dropped out of college to take advantage of a real job opportunity. Working for his next door neighbors… the sons of El Mayo- one of El Chapo's equals in the Sinaloa Federation. So Chino Antrax definitely did not grow up poor, unlike El Chapo, or El Mayo for that matter.
At first, according to his lawyers, El Chino, was doing "small errands" for El Mayo's sons. Including Vicente - who famously testified against El Chapo and turned in 1.2 Billion to the U.S government in exchange for an 11 year prison term--which means he is out and about in the free world as we speak. But, at some point before 2009, El Chino became a member of a newly formed Sicario cell named after the deadly nerve agent Anthrax- all members had tattoos-. This group was initially tasked with security for El Mayo's family.. But in NarcoLand the best defense is an aggressive offense and thus Los Antrax morphed into, probably the most important, and definitely the most famous, Sicario crew under the Sinaloa umbrella.