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Saturday, September 29, 2018

Dámaso López “El Licenciado” Pleads Guilty in the US

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Vanguardia


This Friday, Sept 28 in a United States Federal court, Dámaso López Núñez, alias  ''El Licenciado'' and presumed successor of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera  as a head of the Sinaloa Cartel, pleaded guilty to drug crimes in a US court.

After accepting his guilt, the sentence is expected to be handed down at the end of November, with a penalty of between 10 years in prison and life imprisonment.

Known as "El Licenciado", Dámaso López Núñez was chief of security and deputy director at Puente Grande Prison, a high security prison from which he helped escape to ''El Chapo'' Guzmán in January 2001.

López Nuñez and a group of former commanders of the Judicial Police of Sinaloa arrived to take charge of security in the prison and create an environment for ''El Chapo'' to spread a network of corruption that eventually allowed the escape.





The drug lord, Dámaso López pleaded guilty for having trafficked drugs to the United States, being one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel and being part of it for 15 years.

The hearing was held in a court of the state of Virigina and the details of his next hearing where he will be sentenced remain unknown, however he could get at least 10 years in prison to life imprisonment, as well as the payment of a fine of $10,000,000, ie ten million US dollars.

López Núñez, a lawyer by profession, was extradited to the United States on July 6 after his capture by Mexican authorities. He was arrested at his lavish apartment building in Mexico City with out a shot being fired.

This capture triggered a wave of armed confrontations and homicides in Sinaloa, as the struggles for the throne of the drug empire raged.

According to the United States Department of the Treasury, Damaso Lopez became a great drug capo and trafficking lieutenant of the Sinaloa cartel after helping "El Chapo" to make his first escape from that maximum security prison.

                                             "El Mini Lic" while still enjoying his freedom

There was a relationship between Dámaso López and "El Chapo'' so close that they even became compadres: Dámaso López Serrano, known as the ''Mini Lic'', is the godson of Guzmán Loera, who turned himself into to US Custom officials and the DEA at the Mexicali / Calexico Border crossing in July 2017 after being in hiding for months , apparently in fear of his life. "El Mini Lic", as he was known, formed an armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel and was allegedly behind much of the violence in the areas stated below. As a "Narco-junior" he often flaunted his extravagant lifestyle via social media. 

The US authorities accuse him , Damaso Lopez, senior, ie, of conspiring with others to import cocaine, between 2003 to 2016 and the Justice Department reminded him today during the hearing of the sentence the government will seek to impose on him.

"El Licenciado" was the head of one of the four fractions of the Cartel, he is considered responsible for the violence generated in the municipalities of Culiacán, Navolato and Cosalá, as well as in the state of Baja California Sur.

52 comments:

  1. Ya le quitaron lo caliente.

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  2. Damaso el Lic y Mini Lic are 2 traitors. They betrayed and killed El Teniente Bravo.They also kidnapped El Sr Chapo's son. You are both on the Lista Negra .
    If you ever return to Mexico you will rest in the depts of hell.

    SICARIO 006

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    1. Hell has departments now? Like big and tall and whatnot?

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    2. I think eventually they'll ALL rest in the depths of hell... el chapo snitched guy

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    3. Yeah..they had it good...too much greed, could stayed in their lane, still be sending loads north...And, correct, they will never set foot in Mexico again...They'll be in WitSec living the American dream....Chapo shoulda known better, bringing in an outsider. He shoulda whacked him,as soon as he got out of jail the 1st time.

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    4. They will be out in 8 years on the American governments witness protection payroll. Corruption at its finest

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    5. LOL some of your posts are hilarious

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    6. You got one Hell of a movie script going 😦😯

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    7. Y no te acuerdas quien entrego el Mochomo

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    8. I think if they were to get deported back to Mexico if they didn't become protected witnesses, once sentences were done, they'd get wacked on the spot. That's how you know the Chapitos do hold weight!! They made dad get busted and son run for his life!! Chapo put in too much work for his empire to fall into someone else's hands that weren't his families.

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    9. About time somebody played Chaputo’s game on Los Chaputitos😂😂😂

      @Sicario 006: Stfu! Los Dámaso did good on wacking those pieces of shits!👌😂😂😂

      Arriva La Baja CAFlifornia

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    10. Bro your so delusional i feel sorry for you and your family you look up to this crap y si no me entiendes te lo traduzco esta bien alucin compa me da lastima tu y tu familila queriendo ser un naco das risa grow up get a job buy your mom a house

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    11. Maybe it’s a reference to Dante’s circles of hell. Different levels there. Anyone ever get the purpose of metaphors? Or are many of you as slow as pregnant turtles ? 🐢 - Sol Prendido

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    12. Redrum is worse then sicario 006 why u let these clowns on here chivis,chivis when im i gonna get noted as a contributor on here

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    13. @3:12, you are ragging on 006 but your user name is Redrum? Hypocrisy at its finest.

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    14. Keep it up 006! Your posts are refreshing and anyone who posts messages calling you out have internal issues inside their minds.

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    15. “Or are many of you as slow as pregnant turtles ? 🐢”

      Jajajajaja this cracked me up. 😂😂😂😂

      El Martillo

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    16. Redrum simmer down tuff guy. Thats how ppl get hurt... Running there mouths to ppl you dont even know..

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  3. Not as courageous as they wish others to see them. No shots fired, hiding out, turning themselves in to authorities (presumably for safety from their enemies). Enjoy your prison cell and don't drop the soap.

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    1. They will be housed next to the other Sinaloa females la china anthrax la reyna zambada la victoria zambada y la gran puta chapita guzmon

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    2. His last days of freedom he was coked out paranoid out of his mind hiding from his enemies who wanted nothing more than to kill him. No shots fired something tells me he called the cops on himself like his lame son

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    3. 5:41 y tu mamá también, una movie de pelicula...

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  4. Por ay dicen que el señor, el señor es del dorado pero todo lo contrario el dorado es del señor. Dámaso López su nombre es un hombre de valooooorrrr

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    1. Jajaja por eso los de el dorado corrieron chillando al mayo cuando empieza la guerra jajaja la bandera de licensiado ya no existse jajaja

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  5. Wonder why none of the Zetas is ever extradited. Anybody kmows???

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    1. Because the U.S wants money, Zetas hardly push any dope their source of income is kidnapping stealing and charging plaza fees to civilians. They're not millionaire drug dealers although the organization does push weight its microscopic. One trafficker from any organization easily pushes more weight than most of the zeta organization. They're wacky jack6

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    2. They have no assets to go after. No major threat.

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    3. Zetas are a Mexico problem not a USA problem. Uncle Sam wants money not grief.

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    4. Where does el oso of f.e.d play into all of this? And el 15 family member of this guy.

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    5. El oso a friend of mini, el 15 finances and accountant and the other 15 a bodyguard of mini

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    6. September 30, 2018 at 3:36 AM
      el oso se paso al bando del ivan. en unas fincas y ranchos pintaron las casas con grafiti que decian. de parte de tu compadre oso y el ivan guzman. habian quemado los ranchos del el licenciado. el 15 es amigo del mini. a el 15 lo agarraron en la cdmx despuesito del minilic. damaso se terminaron.. no existen.

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  6. I wonder why Mini Lic didn’t go to the US and hide out until caught. I’m sure they weren’t looking for him in Wisconsin or some place like that. He had enough money to be on the run for a while.

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    1. Cause you can't hide from the Mafia ese! He is smart by turning himself in. Personally i would've went out blazing like tony tormenta or el barbas!

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  7. Is it just me or did they extradite him rather quickly?

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  8. I remember during the internal war between ivan and this guy. After licenciado got caught a bunch of his gunmen from el Dorado showed up to el salado to pledge their allegiance to Mayo. Shit was crazy

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    1. They still wanted a check. Aint no loyalties.

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  9. Is this the guy that used to wear un tejano and he had a church and cemetery on his property in Eldorado? If so I can tell you he was in the USA a lot in the past. Not sure if its same person. Says he was a tomato farmer

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    1. Youre thinking of emilio casarez

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  10. Late to the snitching party zambada and Guzman got the plaza too

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    1. There u go... talkin on a dead man. U say anything...

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  12. Its funny how the united statrs of CORRUPTION want fines paid by criminals like this. So they want millions made from murder and drug sales. I guess the cut the CIA are taking from the cartels is not enough? Freaking insane.

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    1. Taxes must be paid on the money earned. You ever seen the tax bill following a prosecution of a drug case? Numbers that make your head spin.

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  13. He went to law school in Sinaloa?

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  14. 8.44. You stated it correctly.

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  15. i wonder what end up happening to his cousin that was all over social media, i forgot his name

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    1. El Liebre. Se hizo la jarocho y se fugó pa juaritos. Ahora hace más billete y ya no le gustan ni las maruchans.

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  16. I am not sure of this but when the sentencing comes around the judge is going to look at this guy and think "A director at a prison? Taking bribes from murderers? This was supposed to be a pillar of enforcement of justice in Mexican society?
    To be awarded a light sentence? I shall wait and see...

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    1. This exact person is the reason Mexico is so hyper-Violent. I mean maybe he didn't have a choice seeing as He probably would have died if he turned down Chapo. But instead he created a Mordern day Robbin hood for kids to grow up too...

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  17. Quien es "El Joe", de puerto penasco?

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  18. Un Italiano. El lavado de dinero.

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