Greek-background man with leading role in Swedish criminal gang arrested in Mexico

Michael Tenezos, a 27-year-old Greek-background Swedish antheral who is linked arsenic a starring fig successful the transgression pack Dalen, has been arrested successful Mexico disconnected the backmost of a Europol-led operation.

Tenezos, known by the alias “Greken” (The Greek) was calved successful Stockholm to Greek migrant parents, with authorities describing him arsenic a elder subordinate of the transgression organisation, Dalen, arsenic reported successful Proto Thema.

Dalen is simply a splinter radical from the Foxtrot gang, led by Rawa Majid, with the two having reportedly waged war connected 1 different and transformed the Swedish superior into the country of pack violence.

Over 60 radical were killed successful shootings and weaponry attacks within a single year, and the decease toll continued to emergence the pursuing year.

The violence betwixt the two gangs took its signifier done explosions, murders, kidnappings, and blackmail.

Michael Tenezos’ household migrated to Stockholm from Arta, Greece. Photo: Proto Thema

Tenezos has been described by those who knew him arsenic someone with large diversion committedness successful his youth, peculiarly successful crystal hockey, earlier yet entering the world of organised crime.

Giorgos Tenezos, a 72-year-old distant relative, had told Proto Thema successful a erstwhile interrogation astir the family’s migration history.

“His gramps near present astir 50 years ago. He built his beingness successful Sweden, and we mislaid contact. Michael’s parents past visited the village astir 15 years ago, when helium was conscionable a small boy. Since then, we haven’t heard from them,” helium said.

He added that nary 1 successful the village could person imagined that the lad who erstwhile played successful the yards with different kids would go a sanction that terrifies Sweden:

“We learned astir it each from the TV. No 1 could judge it. He was conscionable a mean kid.”