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JUNE 3, 2025
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He was linked to the ambush of soldiers in Guachinango and the ambush of state police in San Sebastián del Oeste.
Yovany is currently serving his sentence at the Federal Social Rehabilitation Center No. 14 (CPS) in Durango. Attorney General's Office / Courtesy
Elizabeth Ibal
Yovany Castro Urbano, alias "El Duende," will spend 23 years in prison. He was sentenced for carrying a firearm and possessing ammunition for the exclusive use of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, organized crime for the purpose of committing crimes related to vehicle theft, and use of a stolen vehicle.
The Attorney General's Office (FGR), through the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO), announced the sentence Tuesday morning.
He was arrested in September 2015 in the community of San Antonio Matute, in Ameca, after a confrontation with members of the Mexican Army. At that time, he was transferred to a maximum-security prison.
After reviewing the proceedings and various rulings issued by the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office, the Second District Court for Criminal Matters in Jalisco, located in Puente Grande, sentenced him to 23 years in prison.
Yovany is currently serving his sentence at the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 14 (CPS) in Durango.
He was linked to the ambushes against members of the Mexican Army in May 2014, as well as another ambush in which 15 state police officers were killed in San Sebastián del Oeste. For this reason, he was one of the priority targets of Operation Jalisco, which was implemented to capture Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho."
