"El Jaguar" Jose Torres Marrufo is No Longer in BOP Custody, Testifies Against "El Menchito"

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A former member of the Sinaloa Cartel has identified Rubén Oseguera González, "El Menchito," as the second in command of the CJNG, answering only to his father, El Mencho, during the second week of his trial.

José Antonio Torres Marrufo was the head of hitmen Gente Nueva for the Sinaloa cartel in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. They called him "El Jaguar."

During his testimony he said that in 2010 he had a meeting with the CJNG, to negotiate joint trafficking work. The meeting took place in a cabin in Tapalpa, Jalisco. “Mencho, Menchito and all the people from their team were there (…) A commander from the Federal Police and Beto Ureña, alias Peludo.”

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"El Mayo's" Move to New York Federal Court is to Avoid Murder Charges of US Citizens

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The agreed transfer of Ismael Zambada García, "El Mayo," from Texas to a federal court in New York is part of a strategy by the defense to avoid the drug lord being tried on murder charges in the 2012 Texas, even though it would mean he faces charges of fentanyl trafficking, said sources familiar with the case.

Both are federal cases but the New York indictment does not have charges related to any murders.

"There are charges that he will avoid in New York and that he would have to answer to in the court of the Southern District of Texas, such as the charge of homicide, which could well be worth the death penalty and would make the trial against him more difficult, and that is why the defense preferred to negotiate with the prosecution," said a person close to Zambada García's family, who asked not to be identified.

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