The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) obtained from the second district court of federal criminal proceedings in Tamaulipas the conviction against 18 people related to the kidnapping of migrants in the municipality of San Fernando.
The sentences imposed range from 13 years to 58 years in prison, the agency said.
The FGR indicated that the evidence obtained from the proceedings carried out by the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office, of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office in the Field of Organized Crime (FEMDO), allowed a conviction to be issued against the detainees.
According to the agency, the sentenced kidnapped the migrants, aboard passenger trucks, whom the criminal organization known as “Los Zetas” deprived of their liberty and forced them to work for them.
If there was a refusal from the migrants, they would kill them and then bury them in clandestine graves in San Fernando, Tamaulipas.
#FGR through the #FEMDO, in coordination with the #FECOR, obtained a conviction against 18 people related to the kidnapping of migrants in the municipality of San Fernando, Tamaulipas.
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In a statement, the FGR detailed that Juan Pablo Cabrera Escalante “Comandante Cacharpa” or “Cacharpa” was given a sentence of 58 years and six months in prison and 13,650 days of fine for the crimes of organized crime, carrying firearms and possession of cartridges for the exclusive use of the Army.
Jovana Susano Cruz, “Güera” was given a sentence of 57 years and one thousand 775 days of fine for organized crime, kidnapping and possession of cartridges for exclusive use; to Julio César Lugo “El Chimuelo”, Sergio Córdova “El Diablo”, José Mauricio Oñate, Samuel Moreno, Rolando Coronado, Claudio López, Mauricio Rodríguez and Santitos Reyes Villa “El Santos” the sentence was 43 years, six months in prison and six thousand 995 days of fine.
In the case of Heber Alfredo Ahumada, “Cholo”, the sentence was 42 years, six months in prison and a fine of 7,165 days; while for Adela Yudith Ochoa and Jupiter Almer Cano the penalty was 34 years in prison and six thousand 975 days of fine.
The prosecution added that, in the case of Erick Rubén Zetina, “El Guacho”, he was sentenced to 28 years, six months in prison and six thousand 675 days of fine; Jonny Torres “Sombra” was given 15 years in prison; Javier Méndez “El Tripa” and Edgar René Méndez “Barbas” were punished by 14 years one month and 15 days in prison.
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Finally, Julieta Maricela Almaguer was sentenced to 13 years in prison and a 280-day fine.
The 18 convicted persons were arrested in March, April, May, June and November 2011.
In August 2010, 72 migrants were killed, of whom 58 were men and 14 women, in the municipality of San Fernando, Tamaulipas.
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