Ovidio Guzman remains in custody

Alonso Urrutia and Laura Poy

The newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, July 27, 2024, p. 4

Through its embassy in Mexico, the United States notified the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador that drug trafficker Ovidio Guzmán López –son of El Chapo– He has definitely not been released, there is a change in the precautionary measuresaid the Secretary of Public Security and Citizen Protection, Rosa Icela Rodríguez. She did not rule out that Guzmán López had obtained a collaboration agreement with the U.S. justice system.

Hours later, the ambassador of that country in Mexico, Ken Salazar, confirmed that Guzmán López remains in custodywithout specifying where he is being held, after having been extradited on September 15, 2023.

In the morning, during the presidential conference, Rosa Icela Rodríguez asserted that Mexico is waiting for more information on the legal situation of the son of El Chaposince Mexican institutions collaborated in extradition and of course in captureHe said that Mexico will continue to cooperate with the U.S. government by carrying out all arrests with intelligence actions and with the support of the Army, Navy and National Guard.

–Did Ovidio Guzmán become a protected witness?

–We are waiting… We have information, but we are waiting for an official statement. So far, there is an indication that this could have been the case, as a precautionary measure at that time.

Moments later, in a letter released on his social networks, Ambassador Ken Salazar thanked President Andrés Manuel López Obrador “for the efforts that have led to the capture of known criminals, such as Rafael Caro Quintero, Ovidio Guzmán López and Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas The Ninialthough Mexican soldiers and sailors have lost their lives in the fight against transnational criminal organizations.”

The diplomat confirmed that Guzmán López remains in custody in the United States and stressed that one of the main security priorities between his country and Mexico is Our work against the scourge of fentanyl.

He stated that the recent arrest of The May Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez It is a direct blow to our efforts to dismantle the transnational criminal organizations that foster the poison of synthetic drugs that kill so many of our people and generate so much violence in our communities..