‘ The US does not offer any justification,’ said the lawyer – El Financiero

2024-08-24 02:15:11

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, refused to be extradited to New York, after his defense argued that the United States Government He did not give any explanation for he was still doing the exam in that city.

In the document, the attorney Frank Perez He explained that the North American authorities did not offer any justification for transporting the drug addict from Paso, Texas, to New York.

“The government has not given any justification as to why Rule 5 should be applied as requested. In fact, you will not try to explain why Mr. Zambada García from Texaswhile this case is ongoing and then transferred to New York,” he said.

He even said that Zambada García has an open process in Texastherefore the law states that only one appearance can be carried out at a time and not one minute is allowed, for that time.

“If we apply the law in any way as suggested, the Government does not explain how this definition allows for a second first appearance on NY charges, when one already occurs on Texas charges, when the law provides for a first appearance only for the defendant for the area at one time and did not say anything that gave the second order,” he added.

Weeks ago it was announced that an indictment is pending against Zambada García in the Eastern District of New York, after the commission. US Attorney’s Office formally take a petition and the magistrate will accept.

The charge in New York City is one of at least four facing in the United States, but it was updated in February of this year and is the only one that mentions the trafficking in fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that has generated a major crisis of potential deaths in the United States and which has become the center of national drug policy, since it has been reported to kill up to 100 thousand people a year.

Zambada, 76, who is currently in custody in the border city of El Paso and has had two preliminary hearings before the Justice, has been a fugitive in Mexico for nearly 50 years and until his arrest on July 25 in El Paso, Texas, He is one of the most wanted criminals in America with a profit of 15 million dollars.