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Judge Orders 'El Güero Beltrán' and 12 Others to Stand Trial in Weapons and Drug Case

Prosecutors now have three months to deepen the investigation.

Overview

  • Mexico’s federal prosecutors secured vinculación a proceso for 13 suspects, including Omar Alfonso Beltrán Cárdenas, known as El Güero Beltrán or H10.
  • Authorities accuse the group of organized crime with the purpose of amassing and trafficking weapons, as well as committing drug-related offenses.
  • The defendants were detained after federal security forces executed search warrants in Mexicali, San Luis Río Colorado, and Culiacán.
  • Seizures during the operations included short and one long firearm, ammunition, a magazine, a gram scale, cellphones, marijuana, cocaine, and communications equipment.
  • The case was advanced by evidence presented by the Federal Public Ministry attached to FEMDO, and authorities describe Beltrán Cárdenas as allegedly linked to the Beltrán Leyva group.