He therefore contends that his convictions for the substantive drug offenses cannot stand because insufficient evidence exists to prove that he is directly liable for these offenses-that is, insufficient evidence exists for the jury to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that he actually or constructively possessed the cocaine in question with intent to distribute it. Hay un reporte de la DFS que dice que El Cacho se ali Rafael Chao Lpez y otros cabrones que no aprobaba Guerra y que por eso le dieron cuello. According to de la Rosa, Fernando Balderas became a sexual monster following the success of his and his wife's muckraking book on the narco lord Juan Garcia Abrego. Defendant-appellant Juan Garcia Abrego appeals his conviction and sentence for ten counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. Yolanda had been Marroqun-Garca had he not died. Section 853(a) of Title 21 of the United States Code, which defines property subject to criminal forfeiture in connection with drug crimes, provides as follows: Any person convicted of a violation of this subchapter or subchapter II of this chapter [which include the drug conspiracies with which Garcia Abrego was charged] punishable by imprisonment for more than one year shall forfeit to the United States, irrespective of any provision of State law-. and his wife's activities as a writer, as well as the the drug trade in Colombia. A:In medical school we did study the effect of Valium and other benzodiazepines. Because the amount that the district court ordered Garcia Abrego to forfeit is within the limits set by Congress, the criminal forfeiture comports with the Double Jeopardy Clause. Unless the military gets in there is no hope, I've given up. 702. Sin embargo, Nepo dej el contrabando del alcohol para entrar a un negocio con mayores ganancias, el del trfico de cocana que importaba desde Colombia. Here is the house where Juan Garcia Abrego was arrested in Monterrey back in 1996. Juan Garca Abrego (born September 13, 1944) is a Mexican convicted drug lord and former leader of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Garcia Abrego used money from his drug operation to purchase large ranches in Soto La Marina, an area south of Matamoros. Admission of the evidence did not violate Rule 403. Foto: Especial. but distributes all over the U.S. as far north as Michigan and New York. Resendez testified that Garcia Abrego met directly with Luis Medrano, Oscar Malherbe, and Sergio Checo Gomez regarding the narcotics trafficking business. The government contends that Garcia Abrego made no specific admissions of wrongdoing, and Garcia Abrego does not specify the content of his statement. Three days later, at 1:30 a.m., they carried out the At one point, he informed Perez that he intended to kill two Mexican reporters because they were writing [t]oo many personal things in the newspaper about his narcotics trafficking business. Law enforcement officials also observed a Jeep Wagoneer at the Monterey Street house. Jose Gonzalo Rodrguez Gacha, El Mexicano. An enclosure within the cell with bars, used for added . 16. Two days later, Lopez drove the truck to a residence in Brownsville on Monterey Street. juan garcia and juan guerra are recognizable but I don't know about the rest. Below are the 18 individuals who were charged in the indictment: Though not mentioned in the indictment, the vehicle theft industry Garcia Abrego also complains that the documents were not accompanied by a proper certification as required by 3505(a)(1). I remember hearing that he was a Satanist. Garca Abrego brokered a deal with the Cali Cartel, the Colombian mega-structure that was looking for new entry routes into . filed, 66 U.S.L.W. told a wild tale of sex, revenge and murder rivaling anything a Chino antrax and yuriana. Note from Lucio: Juan Nepomuceno Guerra Crdenas, born and died in Matamoros, Tamaulipas (July 18, 1915 - July 12, 2001) was the founder of the gulf cartel (Cartel del Golfo). The former drug boss, who a generation ago took his cartel to the top of Mexicos underworld, will now be able to interact with other prisoners. Though he was in hiding, Garcia Abrego continued to meet with members of his organization to discuss the drug business. Oscar Malherbe de Leon, the supposed heir to Juan Garcia Abrego, is believed to We address each of these arguments in turn. at n. 3 (citations omitted); see also Goodwin v. Johnson, 132 F.3d 162, 180 n. 14 (5th Cir.1997). As police searched Tuesday for one of the family (quoting Webster's Third New International Dictionary 654 (Philip Babcock Grove ed.1961)).5. Rule 802 thus could not operate to preclude admission of the foreign bank records. As the first United States law enforcement officials then interviewed him. Insufficient evidence supported Garcia Abrego's conviction of conducting a CCE. As an initial matter, we reject Garcia Abrego's argument that his conviction under 1956(h) violated the Ex Post Facto Clause if any of the conduct in furtherance of the conspiracy occurred before the statute's effective date. 12. his wife Yolanda Figueroa, and their three children on Thursday lying in pools of blood bank. In 1991, Tomas Gringo Sanchez, a principal player in the New York segment of Garcia Abrego's distribution network, ordered the killing of a Colombian drug trafficker in a Matamoros jail without authorization from Garcia Abrego. Sus contactos seran aprovechados paulatinamente por su sobrino Juan Garca para hacerse del negocio con el Crtel de Cali. Roberto Castillo Gamboa: Tamaulipas lawyer, childhood friend of Juan Garcia Abrego. [17], It is believed that on May 16, 1984, Garca Abrego ordered a hit on rival trafficker Casimiro Espinosa. However, we conclude that this lack of diligence did not render the records inadmissible under the statute. See Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477, 484-85, 101 S.Ct. A search of the house on South Wayside revealed duffle bags similar to the ones discovered in the search of Bonnie's Nursery. this nickname for his baby face and/or for being a sharp dresser. [9] In 1994, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) believed Garca Abrego was making as much as US$10billion per year in profit. 2204, 2207-08, 115 L.Ed.2d 158 (1991). It is like dying and going to heaven, said Jack T. Donson, a consultant who retired from U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Pursuant to Garcia Abrego's orders, Carlos Resendez acted as an intermediary through whom other members of the group, including Oscar Malherbe and Luis Medrano, went in order to meet with Garcia Abrego. Juan Garcia Abrego became the head of the Gulf Cartel after transporting cocaine for the Cali Cartel. drug traffickers. Ser coincidencia o muy comn el apellido de esto dos personajes? 6. He was Adolfo Constanzo. From a timeline perspective, he definitely crossed paths with notorious cult leader Adolfo Constanzo. [18], Prior to Garca Abrego's arrest he had been discussing terms in which he would surrender to authorities. 1956(a)(1)(A)(i), which criminalizes engaging in a financial transaction involving the proceeds of an unlawful activity with the intent to promote a specified unlawful activity.4 For purposes of 1956(a)(1), a transaction is a purchase, sale, loan, pledge, gift, transfer, delivery, or other disposition or some action involving a financial institution or its facilities. United States v. Puig-Infante, 19 F.3d 929, 938 (5th Cir.1994) (quoting 18 U.S.C. 24. We conclude that sufficient evidence existed for the jury to conclude that each of the substantive drug offenses was committed by one or more of Garcia Abrego's coconspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy. Abrego continued to cross He was arrested in Mexico. Count 10 was based upon the seizure of two loads of cocaine, both in excess of 300 kilograms, from the Nole Hace Ranch and from a mobile home in Jones Creek, Texas. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. 40, 136 L.Ed.2d 4 (1996); United States v. Hinojosa, 958 F.2d 624, 630 (5th Cir.1992) ([A] defendant may not insulate himself from CCE liability by carefully pyramiding authority so as to maintain fewer than five direct subordinates. (quoting United States v. Ricks, 882 F.2d 885, 891 (4th Cir.1989) (brackets in original))). 3505, the Confrontation Clause, and a number of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Garcia Abrego stayed the night in Mexico City in the custody of Mexican officials. However, Dr. Coleman's statements to this effect establish nothing more than that Dr. Coleman may have been unfamiliar with the meaning of expert as a legal term of art. He will also be able to walk around the prison without wearing shackles and without having a guard escort, to mix with the prisons general population, and to have access to places such as a chapel and gymnasium. Prior to searching the truck, U.S. customs officials had executed a search warrant on the warehouse and discovered metal boxes filled with cocaine and sealed inside wooden crates. Additionally, the involvement of Luis Medrano in the transfer and the fact that the transfer was made to facilitate the building of a warehouse to be used to distribute narcotics provide ample basis for the jury to conclude that the offense described in count 12 was committed by Garcia Abrego's coconspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy. Garcia Abrego's organization trafficked a huge amount of narcotics. Law enforcement officials observed Lopez comply with these orders on April 7, 1997. It's mostly a media misrepresentation since the so-called Matamoros "Narcosatnicos" practiced a distorted version of Palo Mayombe and Santera. Furthermore, the involvement of Tomas Gringo Sanchez and the use of Tony Ortiz's apartment in transporting the money, along with Resendez's testimony that Lizardi Garcia worked for Garcia Abrego's group, provides sufficient evidence for the jury to reasonably conclude that the money laundering offense described in count 11 was committed by Garcia Abrego's coconspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy. 1241, 134 L.Ed.2d 419 (1996). Garcia Abrego's inability to understand his Miranda rights rendered his custodial statement involuntary and therefore inadmissible on Fifth Amendment grounds. 23. The DEA considers the Gulf Cartel one of the largest in Mexico. Juan Garcia Abrego is currently imprisoned at the United States Penitentiary (USP) located in Hazelton, West Virginia. Thus, to the extent that 3505 largely mirrors the business records exception, we are confident that records admissible under the statute are at least as reliable as evidence admitted under a firmly rooted hearsay exception. Wright, 497 U.S. at 821, 110 S.Ct. SUSCRBETE Y ACTIVA LA CAMPANA Exploramos una quinta abandonada en el municipio de Jurez, Nuevo Len.Ren Obregnhttps://www.facebook.com/comunidadaztec. Benito Gonzales was the brother of Marcos Gonzales, who Tony Ortiz testified worked for him transporting cocaine. HOUSTON . A:On that particular medication, I don't pretend to be an expert. See United States v. Lindsey, 123 F.3d 978, 986 (7th Cir.1997) (holding that the district court did not plainly err in giving the jury an instruction regarding CCE that could have allowed the jury to convict the defendant on the basis of his association with individuals who could not have been his supervisees as a matter of law because there was adequate evidence of [the defendant's] supervision of a sufficient number of persons whom he clearly managed). Garca Abrego was apprehended on January 14, 1996, and Mexico shortly after received certification on March 1. Saludos Compa MX, ah le mando una chela. Section 846 has language virtually identical to the language of 1956(h).9 Neither the Supreme Court nor this court has had occasion to determine whether 18 U.S.C. A motion opposing admission in evidence of such record shall be made by the opposing party and determined by the court before trial. Furthermore, as indicated infra, the evidence presented at trial indicated that the funds at issue in these two counts were transported across the Mexican border, which satisfies 1956(a)(2)(A)'s requirement that the funds be transferred from a point inside the United States to a point outside the United States.Furthermore, as indicated infra, the funds at issue in count 27 were seized from a vehicle on the International Bridge driving toward Mexico. Further, based upon the fact that Vega undertook the transaction pursuant to orders from Medrano to purchase materials and equipment necessary to facilitate drug trafficking, the jury could reasonably conclude that the offense described in count 16 was committed by Garcia Abrego's coconspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy. without supervision. quit his job to denounce corruption. Alberto sicilia falcon has been credited for teaching El Chapo about tunnels and jail breaks, but the interesting thing is the name of "poet" javier sicilia falcon whose son was murdered during the FECALATO "by kidnappers", the.worst 9f which.have been police expert in "antikidnapping death squads of genarco garcia luna and his compadre luis cardenas palomino, chief of the federal police and comandante lorena who carried out the kidnapping and murder of nio Marti with her own death squad.This javier sicilia falcon has been one rabid ANTI-AMLO agitator, but he did not agitate against FECAL'S DEATH SQUADS THAT KILLED HIS OWN SON.then there is that drug dealing cuban Falcon in Puerto Rico. He had also concluded that Sanchez had gotten out of hand and lost a great deal of money for his organization. J.Validity of Garcia Abrego's Waiver of His Miranda Rights. the Mexico City prosecutor's office, had been sexually abusing the two 1. The district court's instructions cautioning the jury regarding its evaluation of the testimony of accomplices and paid informants tracks the language of the Fifth Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions relating to these issues. 1956(a)(1)(A)(i), three counts of money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. it's a mystery why the victims incurred such a fierce wrath legendary drug kingpin Juan Garca Abrego instilled fear. See United States v. Flores, 63 F.3d 1342, 1363 (5th Cir.1995). Good observation. Mexican law enforcement officials arrested Garcia Abrego in Monterey, Mexico on the night of January 14, 1996. The night of his arrest, he paid a US$5,000 bond Garcia Abrego urges us to reconsider our decision in Cervantes-Pacheco. Learn more about FindLaws newsletters, including our terms of use and privacy policy. Federal jury, Houston, Tex, convicts Juan Garcia Abrego of 22 counts of money laundering, drug possession and operating criminal enterprise that allegedly smuggled more than 200,000 pounds of . He grew up in Bustamante between 12th and 13th Streets in Matamoros, a block from where Garcia Abrego lived. before the assassination. The Ramirezes' dimming hopes of ever learning Albert's fate renewed this week, thanks to the arrest in Mexico of reputed drug lord Juan Garcia Abrego. Subsection (c) of the statute defines a foreign certification as a written declaration made and signed in a foreign country by the custodian of a foreign record of regularly conducted activity or another qualified person that, if falsely made, would subject the maker to criminal penalty under the laws of that country. 18 U.S.C. 200, 139 L.Ed.2d 138 (1997).