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New Indictments Against Sinaloa Cartel in the Wake of Flores Twins' Sentencing

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:00 PM PST

AP Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast
In the wake of a 14 year prison sentence being given to the Flores twins, who were first indicted in 2009, came the announcement that United States officials in Chicago had issued an eighth superseding indictment to that initial 2009 case targeting the Sinaloa Cartel, as well as three new indictments.


    The superseded indictment lists nine defendants:
    • Joaquín Archivaldo "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, who is currently in Mexican custody 
    • Jesús Alfredo "Jags" Guzmán Salazar, 31 years old, a son of "El Chapo"
    • Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia
    • Heriberto "Capi Beto" Zazueta Godoy, 54 years old
    • Victor Manuel "El Lic Vicc" Felix Beltran, 27 years old
    • Jesus Raul "Trevol" Beltran Leon, who is in Mexican custody, 31 years old
    • Hector Miguel "Mv" Valencia Ortega, 33 years old
    • Jorge Mario "Choclos" Valenzuela Verdugo, 32 years old
    • Guadalupe "Don Julio" Fernandez Valencia, 54 years old
      

    Charges are pending on the following, who were all listed as defendants on previous versions of this indictment: 44 year old Felipe "El Inge" Cabrera Sarabia, currently in Mexican custody, German Olivares (apparently referring to Germán Magaña Pasos, who used that name as an alias as well as "El Paisa"), and 27 year old Edgar Manuel "Fox" Valencia Ortega, who is currently in custody in Chicago awaiting a status hearing on February 19.


    Also listed in previous versions of the indictment were 39 year old Jesus Vicente "El Vicentillo"
    Zambada Niebla and 45 year old Tomas Arevalo Renteria, who have both plead guilty and are awaiting sentencing, and 59 year old Alfredo Vasquez Hernandez, who received a 22 year old prison sentence in November following a guilty plea.

    As for the new indictments, 38 year old Alvaro "Panda" Anguiano Hernandez and 38 year old Jorge Martin Torres are defendants charged with being money launderers for the Sinaloa Cartel. Jorge Martin Torres is specified as having purchased a 1982 Cessna Turbo 210 that was refurbished and transferred from Ohio to Mexico.Each of them were arrested in the United States at different times in November of last year

    The third indictment was issued against 26 year old Elgin, Illinois resident Venancio "Benny" Covarrubias on narcotics importation and distribution conspiracy charges. He was arrested in October of last year.

    Source:
    Chicago Twins' Cooperation Against Sinaloa Cartel Yields 14-Year Prison Terms; New Charges Target Cartel Top Echelon

The Capture of La Tuta is our priority : General Gurrola

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:02 AM PST

Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-Wheel
Morelia Michoacan

General Gurrola and  Michoacan Governor Salvado Jara Guerrero
After the installation of the Group for Coordination in Michoacan in its capital Morelia , the General of the Division Felipe Gurrola Ramirez affirmed that the capture of Servando Gomez Martinez , La Tuta , and six more leaders of the Knights Templar Cartel , would be the priority in his anti-crime strategy.

The General said that the Cartel no longer holds hegemony in the state , but accepted that they still operate from stronghold and isolated pockets.

For his part , the Governor Salvador Jara Guerrero announced that the Group for Coordination , will work with element of society , businessmen , farmers, intellectuals , among others to carry out consultation forums throughout the state. Also forums will be held in Municipalities where regional issues will be addressed.


According to the Governor , the Group for Coordination in Michoacan , is the ideal mechanism to normalise the function of local dependencies inside the legal framework, and with the support of the Government of the Republic.

He also said that Coordination will be headed by the state executive , the General of the the Division Felipe Gurrola , and General Arturo David , of the sixth Naval Region.

Also participating is General Jose Francisco Morales Cazares , commander of the twenty first military zone, General Jose Candelario Jaime Contreras Lopez , commander of the forty third military zone , Vice-Admiral Vincente Arturo Castanon Zamacona commander of the Pacific Naval Forces.

Likewise , the delegate of the PGR, Berta Paredes Garduno , Israel Galvan Jaimes , State Commissary for the Federal Police , and Rogelio Caballero Meraz , delegate of SEGOB, the Technical Secretariat position , lies with the delegate of the Centre for Investigation and National Security ( CISEN ) , Armando Del Rio Leal.

Collaboration at local level with the Group for Coordination will consist of , the Secretary for Government , Jaime Esparza Cortina , the Attorney General Of Justice ( PGJE ) , Martin Godoy Castro , Secretary of Public Safety ( SSP ) , Javier Ocampo Garcia , as well as representatives of Municipalities.


After the announcement , Jose Emiliano Montiel , in charge of the press commission created in January last year by President Enrique Pena Nieto , said that the assigned personnel will not leave Michoacan , and all would receive the correct support.


The Security Commission , was created by decree, the President must revoke this decree so it no longer exists, the team will continue to work to coordinate the work of the Federal delegations , with the Government of the State in different programs. In addition to monitoring the implementation of the planned objectives for this year said Montiel.

Otis version of image above

We are trying to find Tuta honestly !


Original article in Spanish at Proceso

MX attorney general says 'Chapo' will be extradicted to U.S.... in "300 or 400 years"

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:43 AM PST

Lucio; posted by Pepe republished from The Big Story

Captured Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman will not be extradited to the United States anytime soon, Mexico's top prosecutor said Tuesday.

Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam [aka #YaMeCanse] said he was expecting to receive a formal request later in the day from Washington, which also wants to prosecute Guzman on drug trafficking charges. But U.S. authorities will have a long wait.

"I could accept extradition, but at the time that I choose. 'El Chapo' must stay here to complete his sentence, and then I will extradite him," Murillo Karam told The Associated Press in an interview.

"So about 300 or 400 years later — it will be a while." 
Murillo Karam later clarified that he was referring to the time that it would take for Guzman to complete his sentences, "given all the crimes he's being prosecuted for." 

Guzman was arrested by Mexican marines last February in the Pacific Coast tourist resort of Mazatlan, ending years on the run as Mexico's most wanted man after a daring prison break in 2001. He is being held at a maximum-security prison near the capital.

Murillo Karam said sending Guzman to the United States would save Mexico a lot of money, but keeping him here is a question of national sovereignty.

He also dismissed concerns that Guzman could escape a second time. That risk "does not exist," Murillo Karam said.

U.S. congressional leaders have called for Guzman's extradition, but a formal request had not been made.

At least seven U.S. federal courts have pending complaints against Guzman accusing him of masterminding operations that smuggled drugs into the country.
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