AP, Emir Olivares and Gustavo Castillo
La Jornada newspaper
Wednesday, August 13, 2025, p. 4
Mexican authorities sent a second group of criminals under process yesterday. Among the most relevant are Abigael González Valencia, leader of The cuinis and brother -in -law of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, head of the Jalisco cartel New generation (CJNG); Servando Gómez Martínez, The tutawho was head of The Michoacan family; Daniel Pérez Rojas, The cheeksfounder of Los Zetasand Juan Carlos Félix Gastélum, The Chavo Félixsonmael son -in -law May Zambada and in charge of the finance of that faction of the Sinaloa cartel.
Hours after the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) and the Ministry of Citizen Security and Protection (SSPC) reported the “transfer” of 26 members of criminal groups, without identifying them, the United States Department of Justice spread the names of prisoners sent to that country.
Thus, in less than six months, Mexico has sent 55 high -profile criminals, leaders of criminal organizations, financial and logistics logistics operators, and who were also sought by US justice.
Yesterday, the FGR and the SSPC reported that these 26 criminals “represented a permanent risk of public security” and that the US government promised not to request for them the application of the death penalty.
Omar García Harfuch, head of the SSPC, reported through his X account: “Today, the @GabseguridadMXin bilateral coordination and with full respect for our sovereignty, transferred 26 people linked to criminal organizations that represented a risk to the security of Mexico.
“The action was carried out in strict adherence to the National Security Law and @ThejusticeDapTwho promised not to request the death penalty. Tomorrow, more details at conference from @SSPCMEXICO.
The Mexican authorities reported that the “transferred” were subject to the extradition process, but did not specify the legal status under which this operation was carried out. Everyone found themselves deprived of their liberty in different prison centers in the country. “
The FGR and the SSPC said that “the custody, transfer and formal delivery of these persons is carried out under institutional protocols with due respect for their fundamental rights and due process in attachment to our Constitution and the National Security Law, and under the request of the United States Department of Justice, who promised not to request the death penalty for the inmates in their country. bilateral reciprocity, within respect for the sovereignty of both nations. ”
The first massive shipping of capos was on February 27, when 29 prisoners were transferred to that country, including Rafael Caro Quintero, founder of the Guadalajara cartel; José Ángel Canobbio Inzunza, The Güerito either 90and José Bibiano Cabrera Cabrera, The Durango. Also Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, Tony Montanabrother of The Mencholeader of CJNG. Meanwhile, from the Juarez cartel, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes was transferred, The Viceroyleader of that criminal group and brother of the extinct Amado Carrillo, The Lord of Heaven.
A day after that transfer, the members of the Security Cabinet gave a press conference to give details of the “delivery” to the United States of 29 members of criminal groups, and the head of the FGR, Alejandro Gertz Manero, said that in the National Security Law “the parameters for reasons of political stability both in Mexico and in the United States are established”.
In the same meeting with the press, García Harfuch said then that the delivery was “objective to reduce violence in our country.”
Other capos
This time they were also sent to the United States Pablo Edwin Huerta, aka THE FLAQUITOone of the main operators of the Sinaloa Cartel in Baja California and one of the few survivors of the Arellano Félix cartel; Kevin Gil Acosta and Martín Zazueta Pérez, Heads of Security of the faction of The Chapitosof the Sinaloa Cartel, linked to the protection of laboratories and fentanyl distribution routes, as well as Abdul Karim Conteh, citizen of Sierra Leone, accused of leading an international network of migrant traffic.
They complete the list: Leobardo García Corrales, Luis Raúl Castro Valenzuela, Roberto Salazar, Enrique Arballo Talamantes, Benito Barrios Maldonado, Francisco Chávez, Baldomero Fernández Beltrán, Ismael Enrique Fernández Vázquez, José Carlos Guzmán Bernal, Anton Petrov Kulkin, Roberto Omar López, José Francisco Mendoza Gómez, Hernán Domingo. Sánchez Gaytán, David Fernando Vázquez Bejarano, José Antonio Vivanco Hernández, Mauro Alberto Núñez Ojeda and Jesús Guzmán Castro.
