Why is treason being investigated in the Mayo Zambada case?
The investigation of the crime of treason by the FGR in the investigation that is being carried out on the “Mayo” case is an issue that has caused controversy.
This Monday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said during his morning press conference that the FGR may be investigating treason because the Penal Code establishes that this crime is committed by anyone who illegally deprives a person of their freedom in the national territory to hand them over to the authorities of another country or transfer them outside of Mexico for that purpose.
In the case of “Mayo” Zambada, who was placed at the disposal of the United States authorities, the investigations are focused on how this happened, and the capo’s version, released on August 11, states that he was ambushed when he was supposedly waiting to meet with Rubén Rocha Moya, governor of Sinaloa; Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda, politician and former rector of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa – murdered that same day – and Joaquín Guzmán López, son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
The drug lord claimed that he was kidnapped, forced to board a private plane with his head covered and tied to the seat by Joaquín Guzmán López. He was then allegedly forcibly handed over to U.S. federal agents.
“El Mayo” Zambada thus insists that the idea that he surrendered or cooperated voluntarily is completely and unequivocally false.
“I was brought to this country by force and under duress, without my consent and against my will,” he says.
The FGR is focusing its investigations on the crimes of treason, kidnapping, illegal deprivation of liberty and whatever else may result in this case, taking into account “El Mayo’s” version that he was not only kidnapped, but forced by Joaquín Guzmán López to travel to the US to be placed at the disposition of the US authorities.
This version coincides with what was announced last Friday, August 9, by the United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, who reported that Joaquín Guzmán turned himself in voluntarily, but the evidence at the time of his arrival indicates that “El Mayo” was taken against his will.
