What it takes to adopt Mexico’s $2,000 ‘narco cat’

César Díaz Gutierrez, director of ecology of the municipality of Juárez, announced the call for the adoption of the tattooed egyptian cat which has a value of approximately $2,000 and lived with members of The Mexicosa gang allied with the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS).

The authorities commented in a press release issued by the municipal government, that given the great interest that the cat woke up “Mishicles”, it was decided to choose to launch an appeal to make the process as transparent as possible.

Díaz Gutiérrez explained that the person or association that is going to take care of the dark brown furry cat must provide all the care and attention it needs.

There addiction explained it’s an animal that he will probably require “a particular medical follow-up, for which the family who will receive him for adoption will be responsible, by signing a letter of commitment of veterinary care for the specimen with the request”.

The adoption application can be purchased via the Municipal Pet Rescue and Adoption Team WhatsApp (RAMM) whose number is 656-570-8120, it must be filed at the offices of the General Coordination of Social Communication from Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The Department of Ecology has clarified that not all applications will apply and approved individuals will be notified by email or telephone. For this reason, special care must be taken to ensure that the data has been entered correctly.

Once the registration of applications is closed, a special commission made up of the director of Ecology, the head of RAMM, members of the Building Ecology Commission and the General Coordinator of Communication, will be the one who will determine the next guardian of the feline.

In the press release local authorities They explained that the delivery ceremony for the cats will take place on March 1 at 10:00 a.m. local time at the General Directorate of Ecology.

Díaz Gutiérrez explained that this careful process is due to the interest that the animal has aroused, but he hopes that in the future the public will also want to adopt the other dogs and cats that are in the RAMM, to give a home to these animals.

After learning that a sphynx cat had been seized at the Center for Social Reintegration (Cereso) 3 in Juárez, American animal organizations have raised their hands to take care of this specimen.

The mayor of Ciudad Juárez, Cruz Pérez Cuellar, declared on February 16 that the most the important thing for the feline is that it finds a family or a place where they have the ability to protect and watch over it.

Given the large number of potential adopters, the The mayor assured that the process will be transparentwhere the only objective will be to ensure the good of the feline.

The cat belonged to Ernesto Alfredo Piñón de la Cruz, alias “El Neto”, former leader of the “Los Mexicles” gang. The capo escaped from prison on January 1 this year and died four days later during a recapture operation.

For the first few weeks of the year, the cat roamed the various blocks of the prison, until it was seized by state authorities during a review of the facilities.

He sphynx He has two tattoos in the middle of his chest. on the left side, one of them is the logo “Made in Mexicowhich is used to identify gang members. Authorities believed that one of the two marks was made without anesthesia, so he went through a painful and stressful time.

Cat he is physically fine and has a friendly personalityhe likes to live with people, play with different toys and eat most of the time.

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