A control judge ordered formal pretrial detention against Edgar “N”, alias “El Limones”, a suspected financial operator for “Los Cabrera” criminal group, for his probable responsibility in the crimes of stockpiling and carrying firearms, possession of cartridges and magazines, as well as crimes against health in the modality of drug trafficking.
In a press release, the Attorney General's Office (FGR) reported that during the initial hearing, the Federal Public Ministry attached to the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO), managed to have a federal judge rule the detention of the accused as legal.
Subsequently, when the hearing resumed after a suspension, the social representative requested the formal charge; however, the accused's defense invoked the duplication of the constitutional term, so the definition of his legal situation was deferred.
Additionally, he is being investigated for his alleged participation in drug trafficking, money laundering, and illegal extraction and sale of hydrocarbons.
The detention of Edgar “N” was made public on December 10, as a result of an operation by the federal Security Cabinet, in which elements of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar), the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC) and the National Intelligence Center (CNI) participated.
The operation included the execution of search warrants in the vicinity of the José Guadalupe Rodríguez neighborhood, in the city of Durango, where five other people were also arrested, presumably members of the same criminal group.
In this regard, the national leader of the organization, Morena deputy Pedro Haces, denied any ties to the group.
The deadline was set at 144 hours and it is expected that the resolution will be issued the following week.
The hearings were held at the Altiplano federal prison and were held in private, at the request of both the FGR and the defenses.
“El Limones” is pointed out by federal authorities as a suspected financial operator and operational leader of the criminal group known as “Los Cabrera”, an organization linked to the Sinaloa Cartel and the faction of “Los Mayos”, aligned with Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, currently imprisoned in the United States awaiting sentencing.
The investigations place him as a “priority target” and attribute to him criminal operations in the states of Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua, as well as having ties with the family known as “Los Herrera” in Gómez Palacio, Durango.
The authorities link him to the financing of criminal cells, extortion and threats against ranchers and merchants in regions of Coahuila, Chihuahua and Durango.
During the operation, authorities seized long and short weapons, a grenade, cartridges, magazines, tactical equipment, vehicles and various objects constituting crimes.
For its part, the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) ordered the blocking of bank accounts of individuals and companies allegedly linked to the suspect, after detecting “irregular financial patterns with apparent resources of illicit origin”, through companies with characteristics of shell companies, “in addition to being used to simulate payroll payments and carry out purchase and sale operations of luxury vehicles, cash payments and fractional transfers, without any real economic activity identified”.
The head of the SSPC, Omar García Harfuch, stated that the capture “constitutes a direct blow to extortion networks”.
After the detention was made public, images of the detainee began to circulate on social media at events where logos of the Autonomous Confederation of Workers and Employees of Mexico (CATEM) in Durango appeared.
