Alleged Sinaloa Cartel member arrested for 'execution-style' murder in 2022 at Miami Springs hotel – NBC 6 South Florida

A man was arrested Thursday in San Diego in connection with the Nov. 29, 2022, killing of a man at a Miami Springs hotel.

According to an arrest report, 35-year-old Jimmy Sanchez, a white male, was arrested in San Diego and taken into custody in Miami-Dade County on charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

The Miami-Dade police arrest warrant says Sanchez flew to Miami the night of the murder and met with Tsia Kol, who police described as a known high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel who specialized in illegal drug trafficking and money laundering .

The arrest warrant states that on November 29, 2022, Kol rented a room at the Aladdin Hotel at 901 S. Royal Poinciana Boulevard in Miami Springs to meet with 46-year-old Julio Gonzalez.

Police said Gonzalez showed up at the hotel after arranging a meeting with Kol via an Instagram chat.

Moments later, police said they received a call from Gonzalez at the hotel around 11:23 p.m. and when the dispatcher asked him if he needed help, he responded “yes, urgent” before the call was disconnected.

The dispatcher called back and heard a struggle in the background and Gonzalez saying the words “No, no, no,” followed by the sounds of an apparent gunshot, police said.

Despite the call, Miami Springs police arrived at the hotel around 11:36 p.m. but were unable to locate the disturbance and did not file a report, the warrant states.

The next day, the hotel manager went to the room to collect the overdue rent and found Gonzalez lying in a pool of blood, according to the warrant.

The warrant also states that the autopsy report determined that the cause of Gonzalez's death was multiple gunshot wounds and that the death was a homicide.

Investigators said they interviewed Gonzalez's ex, who revealed that before the murder, Gonzalez posted a screenshot of “Sapir Kol” – later identified as Tsvia Kol – with the caption: “If anything happens to me, it's her.”

According to the warrant, a Hialeah police officer informed Miami-Dade police that Gonzalez was suspected of drug trafficking after authorities found 11 pounds of crystal meth that had been mailed to a Hialeah Gardens address associated with Gonzalez.

Police said they interviewed Gonzalez after surveillance video showed him looking for the package, and he told investigators that he was approached by a homeless man who told him that “four Mexican-looking men were looking at the casino.” “We were looking for him because he had a package for you.”

The Hialeah Police Department detective told MDPD that Tsvia Kol is a known high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel with a past in international organized crime, specializing in illegal drug trafficking and money laundering, and that her ex-husband, Wilfredo Nunes Gallardo, is also a senior member. highest-ranking member of the cartel, the arrest warrant said.

Police did not provide any information about Tsvia Kol's whereabouts.

Sanchez has been held without bail at the Turner Guilford Knight Center since Friday.