Guadalajara, Jalisco.- The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Jalisco confirmed this afternoon that if there is an interest by federal authorities for grant freedom in the cape popularly known as “El Güero” Palma.
The head of the unit, Gerardo Octavio Solís Gómez, explained in a press conference that yesterday afternoon he received a letter in which information was requested on the legal status of who is one of the founders of the Sinaloa Cartel.
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Remember that the drug dealer and compare Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera was captured in the city of Guadalajara in June of 1995 and 11 years later it was transferred to the penitentiary of the Plateau, of the State of Mexico, where it remains until today according to has indicated the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC).
“An e-mail arrived at this unit, an office of the Directorate of Prevention and Social Rehabilitation of the Federal Security Secretariat referring to the fact that the freedom of the individual who responds to the name of Hèctor Palma Salazar and / or Héctor Luis Palma Salazar and / or Jesús Héctor Palma Salazar which is confined to this administrative unit “
Solís Gómez explained in a press conference maintaining secrecy.
The official added that:
“The document arrived yesterday (February 24, 2020) around noon asking for information regarding having any case pending here in this state (Jalisco).”
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The prosecutor stated that “Immediately, all areas were given a timely response”However, he declined to provide further details on whether or not there is a reason in Jalisco for “El Güero” Palma to remain in prison.
“The answers were given, of course it’s confidential information,” he stressed.
Document in which a federal judge orders the release of “El Güero” Palma.
DEBATE questioned the Secretary of Homeland Security and Protection about the possibility of the man born the 25 from August of 1962 in the community of the Sínia de Baix, municipality of Mocorito, Sinaloa, he has already recovered his freedom due to the fact that in a document his release is ordered.
In response, the federal agency’s press department pointed to DEBATE:
“So far we have no official notification confirming the issue … What I can confirm to you is that the PPL (acronym for people deprived of their liberty) is still in prison.”
Minutes later the SSPC issued a statement stating the following:
“The decentralized Administrative Body for Prevention and Social Rehabilitation, under the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection, has not received to date any court order on the possible release of the person deprived of liberty named Hector” N “.
This person remains in the Federal Center of Social Rehabilitation 1 of the Plateau. The above in relation to the versions that have been spread in the media about an alleged release “
What crimes are being held in “El Güero” Palma?
Héctor Luis Palma Salazar, better known as “El Güero” Palma, is considered one of the most violent drug traffickers in Mexico between the 1980s and 1990s, when he was a partner of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, with whom he led the Sinaloa Cartel and is being held in the United States today.
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At the time of his capture in 1995 in the capital of Jalisco, 9 arrest warrants for crimes such as “El Güero” Palma weighed on drug trafficking, homicide and usurpation of functions.
He was sentenced to 7 years in prison in the high security penitentiary located in the community of Pont Gran, in Jalisco, where he coincided with “El Chapo” before he escaped in 2001, for which he was also charged and subsequently delimited.
In 2007, he was extradited to the United States, where the following year he was convicted of trafficking cocaine and sentenced to 16 years in prison and 5 years probation, after which he was sent to prison. ADX Florence maximum security prison, In Colorado, where “El Chapo” is today.
“El Güero” Palma after being deported to Mexico. Photo: AFP
On serving 9 years in prison in the northern country, plus the five he spent in Mexico, “El Güero” Palma was released from prison on June 15, 2016 at the age of 56, hemorrhoids, a hernia inguinal, several missing teeth and poor vision.
After being deported to Mexico, he was accused of murdering two policemen in the decade of 1990, facts by which still it remains under the shade of the penitentiary popularly known like Altiplano and that is located in the State of Mexico.
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In the 41st minute with 30 seconds (40:31) of the following video you can hear the statements of the Fical de Jalisco.