Overview
- A federal court granted an urgent order requiring Altiplano to give Héctor Palma immediate medical care, treatments, and medications under case 442/2026.
- Palma says the prison health unit has ignored him since April 13, and he reports three herniated discs that cause severe back and chest pain when he breathes.
- He also reports a skin cancer diagnosis that needs periodic checks at the Cancerology Hospital in Mexico City, yet he has not been taken for about two years.
- The court told officials to notify it at once, file proof of compliance within 24 hours, and admit a court officer to verify Palma’s condition and take his ratification, with sanctions possible under Article 262 of the Amparo Law.
- Palma, 65, co-founded the Sinaloa cartel and remains in custody on a homicide case despite a 2023 acquittal on organized-crime charges.