authorities have not able to provide sufficient elements to support the charges against Roberto Esparza Moyado, alias the Hugo m Vargas, alleged leader of the criminal group La Union Tepito, which It operates in the city of Mexico, because a judge linked it for possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trade.
When the alleged criminal leader was arrested just past August 8, national security, Renato Sales Heredia, Commissioner said that the Hugo m Vargas is considered one of the main generators of violence in the nation’s capital, because they relate it with activities of retailing, extortion, looting, kidnapping and money laundering – especially in the downtown area-. There is even research that linked homicides, it was reported the day of his capture.
The Attorney General of Justice of the city of Mexico (PGJCDMX) also reported this week that started three preliminary investigations against Moyado Esparza for manslaughter, as well as two portfolios of research by extortion and kidnapping.
However, judge Beatriz Moguel Ancheyta indicted alleged leader criminal offences against health (in possession of methamphetamines mode), as it ruled that there was insufficient data to link it to process for possession of firearm use exclusive of the army, according to a report by the newspaper Reforma.
It also granted two months to carry out a supplementary investigation, so that the Attorney General of the Republic (PGR), as well as the defence of the accused may provide new evidence in their favor.
According to the National Commission of security (CNS), after months of research, the Hugo m Vargas was arrested in the vicinity of the colony corner of el Pedregal, in the Tlalpan delegation, when it moved by road, along with his brother, “who apparently it” It guarded”.
The CNS said that Roberto Moyado used apartments and houses located in residential areas in Polanco, Jardines del Pedregal and San Angel, refuge and not be located by the authorities and by his main rivals.
The arrest of the alleged criminal leader also highlighted by the radical change of its appearance, as it underwent a surgical intervention; hair prosthesis, a gastric bypass was performed and fell more than 30 kilos, to change his physical and cannot be traced.
At the time of his capture, said the authorities, they assured him 10 thousand dollars. 4,700 pesos; 140 doses of drug crystal and a handgun.
They also said that the Hugo m Vargas, 37-year-old has a criminal record since 2008, when he was arrested and sentenced for robbery to passerby.
According to federal authorities, the Union Tepito is dedicated to the sale and distribution of drugs, as well as extortion in nightclubs of the Zona Rosa, la Condesa and Polanco.
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