“Cienfuegos is about to be exonerated”: they assure that the DEA tests would be invalidated in Mexico

After receiving the charges against Salvador Cienfuegos Zepada, former holder of the Secretary of National Defense with alleged ties to drug trafficking, the Mexican government has received a package of evidence gathered from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA, for its acronym in English) which resulted in his arrest in Los Angeles.

But nevertheless, the former Attorney General of the Republic, Ignacio Morales Lechuga, disclosed to the newspaper The universal that the current Attorney General of the Republic he will have to take on the task of seeking new evidence against the former official because it is difficult for those presented by the United States to be validated by the Mexican judicial system.

The main evidence gathered is thousands of text messages that Cienfuegos Zepeda allegedly exchanged with members of organized crime. However, the former public official assured that “the evidence was obtained, in the light of our Law, illegally “. This is because to intercept these messages it would have been necessary to obtain them a judicial authorization.

In addition, he stressed as another factor that the neighboring country’s government did not activate judicial cooperation or a validation of evidence agreement with the Mexican government, which for Morales Lechuga was a clear sign of the impersonation of Mexican authority.

“That evidence, obtained in this way, should, in my opinion, be discarded,” he condemned. His argument is based on the fact that it has already been pointed out by the Mexican authorities: the alleged crimes of the former secretary took place in the country.

On the other hand, he told the Mexican media Cienfuegos Zepeda should be tried in military jurisdiction as these actions presumably took place while he was in charge of Sedena.

On the other hand, in an interview with the reporter Manuel Espino, This was assured by César Gutiérrez Priego, specialist in military law the evidence would not be approved by the Mexican courts because it was obtained outside the bilateral agreement.

The charges against him will have probative value, the man will end up cleared

To Salvador Cienfuegos He was related to the Beltrán Leyva cartel, with whom he would collaborate to send tons of drugs to the United States. The DEA has issued the indictment in which, moreover, it has assured that he had received bribes from Juan Francisco Patron, the “H2”.

The alleged distribution of narcotics would have occurred in states such as New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Ohio, Minnesota and North Carolina. Further, the DEA accused him of money laundering following his criminal dealings with the drug dealer.

The “H2” was connected to Beltrán Leyva having been lieutenant of one of the cells linked to the criminal group until he was killed in a Sedena operation in 2017.

The charge against Cienfuegos, also known as “The Godfather”, was assisting drug trafficking operations between December 2015 and February 2017. He was mainly accused of alleged money laundering and the distribution, production and import of drugs.

Cienfuegos would also have insured that military operations did not have the cartel as their main objective. Rather, he intended them to target rival criminal groups.

Salvador Cienfuegos arrived at Toluca, Mexico State airport at 6:40 pm this Wednesday from New Jersey, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) reported.. The arrival was also confirmed by a letter to Judge Carol Bagley Amon, in which it was stated that the US Marshal Service successfully transported the former head of national defense (Sedena).

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