:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/HFGMXRBCYBDG3AMEVRROS3Y7NY.jpg "How certain phone calls revealed the narco’s links to the CDMX police")
Telephone tapping by the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime Investigations (SEIDO) revealed possible links between organized criminal groups and elements of the Mexico City Citizen Security Secretariat (SSPCCDMX).
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The journalist Antonio Nieto, author of the book The Chilango Cartelannounced an investigation by SEIDO into the operating mode from drug trafficking from the state of Sinaloa to the center of the Mexican capital, where it is mentioned how drug traffickers hide their goods through fruits, vegetables and all kinds of objects in cargo trucks.
He is also co-author of the book. Mexico City explained that the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, under the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), maintains an investigation which appears in the file EDF/SEIDO/UEIDMS-CDMX/0016/2020, The same that mentions the seizure of a mango truck where some 800 kilograms of marijuana were hidden.
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This arrest revealed the various links that organized criminal groups have with elements of the SSPCCDMX, led by Omar García Harfuch.
According to the reporter, who cites the federal investigation, at least 66 shipments of marijuana weighing almost a ton each arrived in Mexico City between 2020 and 2022, specifically to the Well done neighborhood tepito.
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The journalist pointed out that the president should investigate the former Undersecretary for Public Security of the Federal District at the time, Gabriel Regino, after being mentioned in the lawsuit against Genaro García Luna.
Although it does not mention exact dates or data on the seizure, the investigation shared in the #Infiltrado column, digital media the broken chair, those involved in the transfer of mangoes are mentioned. This is the man nicknamed the hatwho was the driver of the fruit truck and who, in turn, reported to the hot dogwhich he was related to Sinaloa Cartel.
Research indicates that Oscar Andrés Flores Ramireza.k.a The peaswho in addition to being the buyer of the drugs of these subjects to take them later to Tepito, sought to create an alliance with little boysson of Joaquin Chapo Guzman, Ishmael May zambada and with The Zetas, with the latter so that they let him smuggle drugs through Tamaulipas; However, The peas it was a failure.
Although the hot dog there The peas They were imprisoned, according to Antonio’s grandson, marijuana trucks continue to arrive in Mexico City. “Sometimes hidden between Christmas trees, papas, legumes and even tomatoes. Large quantities of methamphetamine also began to arrive, especially ice cream, a highly addictive type that is marketed today in Tepito.
The journalist specializing in drug trafficking issues specified that the investigation into the SEIDO “set a precedent against the invasion of Sinalo and all the violent events that took place subsequently in CDMXrelated to The bone chapters. For example, a button: shooting in Topilejoin July 2022″.
Nieto assured that the investigation between the drug traffickers’ relations revealed the links they had with police officers from the Mexico City Citizen Security Secretariatafter the intervention of the authorities, the telephone of Ricardo Ivan Ortigoza Vegaa.k.a the francwhich served as a link between the traffickers and certain authorities.
“Franco also contacted tweeters and influencers so that nothing about them would be published. Franco himself admitted that the minimum he paid was 5,000 pesos per publication or because something had not come to light”, indicates the column, assuring at the same time that “cargoes of cocaine concealed in double bottoms escaped scrutiny and fueled the voracious drug market in Chilango, while mangoes, legumes and potatoes that served as marijuana fronts ended up in Central de Abastos.
Until before the pandemic, according to the columnist, most of the marijuana that was offered in the Mexican capital came from Guerrero or the south of the State of Mexico, “but then it began to arrive from Sinaloa”, although ‘with the discovery of this network of traffickers, “someone else has taken their place (…) because the drugs continue to arrive by land”.
“Hours and hours of wiretapping succeeded in linking Lunares and his entire network to the drug trade, the same with Pancho, his people and some SSC police commanders who were killed before prison. However, it is said that the investigation into the SEIDO continues and that there are other thugs and police officers with dirty hands who could be prosecuted”, explained the journalist in his op-ed published on February 26.