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The accusation of the United States Department of Justice leaves no doubt: the most important command of the Sensitive Affairs Unit of the Federal Police collaborated with a criminal organization so far little known, called The Follow Up 39.
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In a complaint filed yesterday, the DEA has in detail how this cartel cartel I worked with multiple criminal groups like the Sinaloa Cartel, Jalisco Nueva Generación, del Golfo and Los Zetas, and was protected by the Mexican authorities.
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Follow-up 39 not only moved large amounts of its own cocaine and marijuana to the US, but leaders of other cartels entrusted the shipment of their drugs.
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The accusation also ensures that The unknown criminal group moved South American coca from Central America to Mexico, using boats, planes and commercial vehicles, and then introduced it to Texas and California.
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The most difficult data for Mexican authorities to digest is that Ivan Reyes Arzate, former command of the Federal Police, which next Monday was to be released and deported to Mexico, protected El Follow 39 in cooperation with other corrupt Mexican officials.
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In 2016, during his position as commander of the UAS, Reyes Arzate learned of an investigation by the DEA against Follow-up 39. Soon after, the officer met with cartel leaders, shared information about the inquiry and accepted a USD bribe. 290,000.
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Reyes Arzate, aka “La Reina”, was subordinate to the former Secretary of Public Security of Mexico, Genaro García Luna, with whom you will be prosecuted by the same judge in the United States.
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Like the former commander, García Luna was accused of protecting criminal groups such as the Beltrán Leyva and the Sinaloa Cartel.
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In April 2017, the conversation between two drug traffickers captured by the DEA uncovered the illegal activities of Reyes Arzate, with the criminal gang of the Beltrán Leyva.
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According to the Drug Enforcement Agency, Reyes charged the family organization in exchange for research information about them.
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In 2016, for example, information provided by Reyes to the Beltrán Lyeva led to the torture and murder of a confidential DEA source in Miami. Reyes was not only perfectly aware of this, but was at the meeting where the murder was decided and together with two other people, he charged USD 3,000,000 for this information.
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The complaint against the Mexican commander came to light on the same day that Alfredo Beltrán Lyeva, “El Mochomo,” the leader of the cartel with the same name, was sentenced to life imprisonment in a court of the District of Columbia.
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Reyes Arzate surrendered to the United States justice in 2017 for obstructing an investigation against the Beltrán Leyva. At present, He is serving a three-year sentence, although initially the prosecution had asked for 10 years.
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However, still has a pending case of three crimes for cocaine trafficking and it is probable that he will be tried in the court of the eastern district of New York, where the hearings against García Luna and Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán have also been held.
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