The documents of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) that leaked the group of hacktivists Guacamaya continues to yield various revelations, including that Sedena had knowledge that members of organized crime would attack the city of Caborca, Sonora.
Here we share other data found in the Sedena Leaks:
Narco attack warned in Caborca
El Universal reported that the burning of cars and gas stations that occurred on June 20 in Caborca, Sonora, could have been avoided because the authorities were warned days before.
“By technical intelligence it was known that the leader of the Pacific Cartel in the region of Altar, slope of Los Chapitos, ordered the burning of gas stations, ranches and taxis in Caborca and Pitiquito.”
The report is dated June 14, 2020.
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“It coordinates the burning of gas stations with the intention of leaving the municipality without fuel and hindering the intervention of the security forces. He instructed to burn the hill and ranches to retreat his antagonists. They will burn local taxis to generate fear among the population,” warns the report found in the emails leaked by Guacamaya.
A week later, the cartel’s threat was fulfilled and local and national media recorded a confrontation between armed civilians that left several houses, cars and a gas station on fire in different parts of the city.
The different police corporations of the three levels of government moved to the place and located a lifeless body, two armored pick-up vehicles and a Barrett 50-caliber weapon, authorities said.
La Sedena with lobbying power
Proceso published that the Ministry of National Defense managed to pressure legislators, politicians and judges during the first four years of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s six-year term.
“In other words, taking advantage of the affection that the president has for her, Sedena was the architect of her transformation into the “supersecretariat” of the six-year term,” says Proceso.
This is the case of the amendments to the General Law on forced disappearance.
At that time, the Chamber of Deputies was discussing an amendment to article 94 of the aforementioned law, which empowered the Search Commission to search for military installations.
However, upon learning of this, the head of the Legal Affairs Unit (UAJ) of the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena), Brigadier General of Military Justice, Miguel Carrasco Hernández, wrote an email to the Legal Department of the Federal Executive.
In that email he writes that “including military installations as places for the search for people would threaten their safety and the functionality of those.”
High Command Accused of Murder Protected
Meanwhile, El Financiero published that a high command of the Sedena is accused of culpable homicide, however he enjoys protection.
According to the leaked emails, on June 30, 2021, a high command of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) fired an FX-05 Xiuhcoatl type assault rifle and caused the death of a 25-year-old troop element, while another was injured.
The events occurred at the National Training Center in Gertrudis, Chihuahua.
The military was not in any target practice, nor cleaning the weapons, nor executing the order of some superior to detonate weapons.
It was not until March 2022, when the soldier who survived decided to file a complaint.
“Three days later they replied that his case, being the competence of military criminal law, had been referred to the Attorney General’s Office of Military Justice. But, they did not indicate the data of the office to which his matter had been referred, nor the name of the official who would follow up.”
The authorities have refused to conduct an investigation into the matter.
Sedena disdains Conacyt
Another of the revelations that have come to light is that elements of the Sedena refused to participate in projects of the National Council of Science and Technology, including the development of ventilators for patients with COVID-19, as well as for the studies of the Patria vaccine.
According to Expansión, Sedena considered that the development of ventilators was not within its competence because it had nothing to do with safety issues.
Regarding the Patria vaccine, Sedena replied that it was not viable because it did not involve scientific and technological development activities.
They also argued that military personnel already had their full vaccination schedule.
“In addition to the fact that all military personnel and their beneficiaries have their complete vaccination schedule, so it would not be a population that should be included to participate.ar in its development”.
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