“Protected witness”: how the story of the narco cat who lived in prison with his bosses ended

He mexican cat who has tattoos on his chest and I lived among drug dealers in a prison in Chihuahua, northern Mexico, has already been adopted by someone from the United States. The committee composed of government authorities of the municipality of Juarez announced the decision after analyzing the 10 adoption applications.

Through a statement posted on the local government portal, the Municipal Pet Rescue and Adoption Group (RAMM) reported that a person from the state of Texas had been selected take care of this feline sphynx which has an approximate value of 2,000 USD.

“Between those responsible, it has been agreed that, in order to preserve the safety of the person who has adopted the cat, the confidentiality of its general data is maintained”, explained the Juárez agency.

The cat that was rescued from the Social Reintegration Center (Cereso) 3 in the municipality of Juárez, has aroused interest in different states of Mexico and the United States. The RAMM specified that the majority of adoption applications came from people residing in Texas, Connecticut, Maryland and New Jersey.

The selected person is from a city in the state of Texas there certified to meet all requirements that the authorities have requested for the care of the feline. The public body clarified that the new owner of the mexicle cat has the necessary space for it to develop and even has another pet of the same breed.

Diego Poggio, head of animal welfare, explained that the feline you have to go through a short process before arriving in the United States where your new hunt will be.

“To be able to pass the animal to the neighboring country, it must only have the vaccine against rabies and the Egyptian cat, it already has it and it is dewormed, in addition to being sterilized to avoid looking for it. ‘mate,” Poggio explained of the procedures, the doctors who performed it.

The committee that decided on the new owner of the dark-brown sphynx was made up of ecology director César Díaz Gutiérrez, social communications manager Carlos Israle Nájera, mayor Tania Maldonado, councilor Alma Arredondo and by Diego Poggio.

The cat belonged to Ernesto Alfredo Pinon de la Cruza.k.a “the Internet“, ex-leader of the gang of “The Mexicoswho escaped from prison on January 1 and abandoned the cat, which spent several days wandering between sectors of the prison.

Four days after escaping from prison, the capo died during a recapture operation. Los Mexicles is a gang allied with the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS).

The animal was rescued during a prison review by authorities from the Chihuahua State Attorney General’s Office. During the first medical examinations carried out on him, the authorities They noticed they had two tattoos on the left side of their torsoa pirate flag and the “Made in Mexico” logo.

Authorities said in a separate statement that the cat went through a stressful and painful momentsince one of the tattoos they did was without anesthesia.

Along with the marks on his skin, the vets who treated him said he had an infection in his ears and one eye. Apart from these aspects, they considered the cat to be physically fine.

According to the authorities who hosted the cat, he has a friendly personalitylikes to overeat and hang out with people.

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