Category: Crime News

Mexican Cartel Leader El Chapo Wants To Finish His Prison Sentence In The U.S. 

“El Chapo” and his right hand man captured following manhunt.

According to The Daily Mail, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, undoubtedly one the world’s most powerful, violent and feared druglords is strongly contemplating pleading guilty in the U.S. for his international cartel operations under one condition: that he spend his time behind bars in a minimum security U.S. prison. 


To some the request seems outlandish not only because of the complexity of his crime syndicate which has wreaked havoc for decades from Mexico to the U.S., but also because Mr. Guzman has escaped not one, but two maximum security prisons in Mexico. His first time ‘on the run’ spanned 13 years!

Only time will tell if the U.S. will consider his request and allow him more than ‘one hour of sunshine’ a day in minimum security prison.

Via The Daily Mail:

The arrest of one of El Chapo most trusted advisers comes as it is claimed the drugs lord is willing to plead guilty in the U.S. – as long as he is not jailed in a maximum-security prison.

The Sinaloa cartel leader believes he would enjoy better treatment in an American cell compared to the ‘extreme freezing conditions’ of his current Mexican lock-up where he ‘fears for his life’, his lawyer revealed in an exclusive interview with Univision last week.

However, he will only plead guilty if US prosecutors promise to spare him from its most brutal institutions ‘where he would not see the light of the sun for more than an hour a day’.

Mexican and U.S. officials want to have El Chapo tried and imprisoned in America because of his track record of escaping from Mexican prisons.

Since being recaptured in January, the Sinaloa cartel leader has been held in the same maximum-security prison he escaped from just outside Mexico City.

In a bid to prevent another breakout, Mexican jail workers have reportedly been moving El Chapo from cell-to-cell on a daily basis.

El Chapo’s Female Financial Operator Arrested In Mexico

Valencia, also known as La Patrona, is accused of being in charge of cash for the Sinaloa drugs cartel.

The woman who is allegedly El Chapo’s financial operator was arrested in Mexico and charged with being in charge of cartel operations.

The alleged queen pin also known as ‘La Patrona’ was arrested in Culiacan in Sinaloa state, where El Chapo, whose real name is Joaquin Guzman, was captured in January after escaping a maximum security prison.

Guadalupe Fernandez Valencia, 55, is wanted in America after being accused of trafficking cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the country as well as money laundering.

She was also added to the kingpin list by the U.S. Treasury Department, meaning any assets she holds in American can be seized.

Texas Police Shoot And Kill Naked Teen In The Middle Of The Street

  

A teenager is dead after being shot by an Austin Police officer on Monday. The 18-year-old was reportedly naked and acting erratically prior to the shooting. Now, the president of Austin’s NAACP is questioning whether this morning’s shooting was legal.

It’s a situation that NAACP President Nelson Linder says keeps being repeated, instead of fixed.

“We see a rush to judgment and as a result, somebody is dead. Normally it’s always somebody black, in this city and this country,” says Nelson Linder, NAACP President.

The Austin Police Department says they received multiple calls Monday morning of what appeared to be an 18-year-old black man acting erratically and aggressively. He was in the 12000 block of Nature’s Bend.

“My partner saw someone wandering around in front of the house,” says Erik Bremer, neighbor.

When an officer arrived, the teen was reportedly naked in the middle of the street. APD has still not said if he was armed at the time. Part of the incident was captured on dash camera video.

“The subject did not comply with the commands that the officer was giving and instead, charged the officer. The officer gives repeated commands to stop and additional commands, but the subject did not comply. The incident then goes off the frame but you can hear continued commands from the officers. Then ultimately, you can hear shots being fired,” says Asst. Chief Brian Manley, Austin Police Department.

The teen later died at Round Rock Medical Center. It’s something that Linder can’t comprehend.

“I don’t see how a young man who’s naked, and not hurting anybody, winds up being dead. When in reality, those things require constraint and understanding, as opposed to deadly force,” says Linder.

APD says there was no indication that a taser was used. It’s concerning for some residents who live nearby. Myneeka Holloway says she heard about the teen in a Facebook post and wanted to make sure he was okay. By the time she went outside, it was too late. 

“I don’t know why a taser wasn’t used. I just get worried. We’re trying for kids and we want a son, so I just hope everything was handled properly,” says Myneeka Holloway, neighbor.

The officer involved in the incident has been with the Austin Police Department for more than 10 years. He has been put on administrative leave, which is standard protocol.

“The question is, how do you address your policy now? If it allows this kind of shooting, it’s not of value. The problem with these shootings is often times APD, they don’t appear to enforce their own policies. If that’s the case we have a major problem because if you have a policy and don’t follow it, then what good is it?” says Linder.

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