{"id":323,"date":"2017-08-10T14:51:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T14:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armando.info\/?p=323"},"modified":"2017-08-10T14:51:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T14:51:46","slug":"the-narcos-booty-migrates-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/the-narcos-booty-migrates-too\/","title":{"rendered":"The narcos' booty migrates too"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><B>Part \r\nthree |<\/B>&nbsp;After \r\nthe extradition of&nbsp;<I>El Chapo Guzman<\/I>, the United States Government \r\nannounced that it would go after his fortune, calculated around $21.6 billion, \r\nas a result of drug sales for more than two decades. The announcement foresees a \r\ndifficult picture for the Mexican State.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In \r\naddition to confiscating minimal amounts from the main drug traffickers' \r\nfortunes, and be compelled to compensate third parties for errors in these \r\nprocesses - as it has been demonstrated in this series of reports, drawn from \r\nmore than 200 official documents obtained by information requests -, Mexico now \r\nfaces an even worse consequence of its mess in the confiscations of organized \r\ncrime assets: despite being the territory where those gangs traffic, kill and do \r\nbusiness, Mexico can be left completely empty-handed. Of the fortune \r\nof&nbsp;<I>El Chapo<\/I>&nbsp;-which represents a quarter of the estate of Bill \r\nGates, considered the richest this year in the world by \r\nthe&nbsp;<I>Forbes<\/I>&nbsp;magazine- for example, Mexico may get \r\nnothing.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\nsituation has warned Mexican lawmakers, who are demanding that the government \r\nstop their extradition of drug traffickers to the United States if there is no \r\nnegotiation in the return of their assets insured by the US administration. The \r\nlosses for the Mexican state would be substantial.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1139\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-1.png 1139w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-1-700x323.png 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-1-768x355.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1139px) 100vw, 1139px\" \/><figcaption>In the chart, the information for 2017 until January 9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According \r\nto documents obtained by the Transparency Law, 1144 drug traffickers have been \r\nextradited to foreign governments between 2000 and 2017. Out of the 1064 \r\nextradited individuals that were sent to the United Stated, the majority, 853, \r\nare Mexican. Only 19 were sent to Spain and 10 to Canada, according to the \r\nreports of the Department of International Procedures of the Attorney General's \r\nOffice.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"There \r\nis already an international agreement that regulates the type of relationship \r\nwhen a criminal is detained in Mexico and surrendered to the United States,\" \r\nwarned Jorge Ramos Hern\u00e1ndez, deputy chairman of the House Security Commission. \r\n\"This agreement was signed seven years ago and it is still in \r\nforce\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignleft\"><blockquote><p>\u201cThe government has been lethargic in starting a high-level round table between both Treasuries<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\nagreement provides a percentage of distribution of the insured or seized goods \r\nbased on the level of participation of each country. \"But it is not enough,\" \r\nsaid the legislator. \u201cThe government has been lethargic in starting a high-level \r\nround table between both Treasuries (those of Mexico and the United States) via \r\nthe chancellery. The pace must be stepped up\", he said.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, \r\ndeputies of the National Action Party (PAN) - which was government in Mexico \r\nbetween 2001 and 2012 - now suggest that Mexico claims 50% of the resources that \r\nthe United States secures from the extradited offenders. Is there any precedent \r\nfor a return? \"Negative, not just one,\" said the legislator, \"the federal \r\ngovernment is failing\". He explained that a real effort was made with the \r\ndeportation of Edgar Valdez Villarreal, the drug trafficker known as La Barbie, \r\nbut the initiative did not succeed because Valdez had American citizenship, a \r\nrule that does not apply to return the money. He must \r\nhave been Mexican.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=zBUWUxTkFUo\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The mess in front of the USA<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October \r\n2015 La Barbie, who was the operator of the Beltr\u00e1n Leyva Cartel, and Jorge \r\nEduardo Costilla S\u00e1nchez, The Coss, leader of the Gulf Cartel, were surrendered \r\nto the United States with 11 other criminals claimed by the said country. \r\nDespite the agreement with Washington, Mexico has no reports of the return of \r\nmoney or property insured to criminals for crimes such as organized crime, \r\nillegal deprivation of liberty, possession of cartridges for the exclusive use \r\nof the Army, crimes against health and qualified homicide.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another \r\ncase that reveals possible losses for the State is that of Osiel C\u00e1rdenas \r\nGuill\u00e9n, leader of the Gulf Cartel. He was one of the 13 most wanted men of the \r\nDrug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of the United States, by which the \r\nAmerican entity offered up to two million dollars of reward. C\u00e1rdenas was \r\nextradited to the United States in 2007.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In \r\nthe list provided by the Attorney General's Office, it is reported that C\u00e1rdenas \r\nwas confiscated 904 items, 43 vehicles, 21 real estate, 18 weapons, 37 jewels, \r\n34,926 dollars and 146 dollars, among other items of lesser value. However, the \r\nMexican authorities do not have information of what was confiscated by the \r\nUnited States.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, \r\nthe situation is different from the information that was made public by the \r\nmedia regarding to what was frozen from Osiel: 20 million dollars in property. \r\nThe same happened to the drug trafficker Alfredo Beltr\u00e1n Leyva, El Mochomo, who \r\nwas sentenced to life imprisonment by a Washington Court. The US government \r\nconfiscated properties valued at $529, million, according to press \r\nreports.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_8FiCkX-BA alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-slider kb-gallery-id-_8FiCkX-BA kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel splide kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark kb-slider-group-arrow kb-slider-arrow-position-center\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-slider splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-2.jpg\" data-description=\"Packages in the yard of the PGR with goods seized from drug trafficking cartels.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-2.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-2.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-2.jpg\" data-id=\"50946\" class=\"wp-image-50946 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-2.jpg 952w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-2-700x413.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-2-768x453.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Packages in the yard of the PGR with goods seized from drug trafficking cartels.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-3.jpg\" data-description=\"Joaqu\u00edn El Chapo Guzm\u00e1n was arrested in 2016 and extradited to the United States on January 19, 2017\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1965\" height=\"1778\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-3.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-3.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-3.jpg\" data-id=\"50947\" class=\"wp-image-50947 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-3.jpg 1965w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-3-700x633.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-3-768x695.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-3-1536x1390.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-3-1235x1117.jpg 1235w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10082017-3-700x633@2x.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1965px) 100vw, 1965px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Joaqu\u00edn El Chapo Guzm\u00e1n was arrested in 2016 and extradited to the United States on January 19, 2017<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Delayed Reciprocity<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\nempty Mexican coffers contrasts with the support Mexico has given to its \r\nnorthern neighbor in some investigations, says Mar\u00eda Elena Morera, founder and \r\npresident of Citizens for a Common Cause.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"Mexico \r\nand the United States have always worked together,\" she said. \"Many known \r\ninvestigations there were conducted in Mexico. The most ethical prospect would \r\nbe that the recovery of the goods would come to Mexico. However, that is not \r\nhappening, there is no relationship with the United States on this issue\", she \r\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignleft\"><blockquote><p>\"Mexico has no strong research on this. I doubt that the United States will return something we did not investigate\"<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But \r\nalthough it cooperates, there is not always a financial stability in the Mexican \r\ninvestigations. These are cases such as those of Iv\u00e1n Reyes Arzate, a federal \r\npolice officer, and Veytia Cambero, a former justice attorney for the state of \r\nNayarit, in central-western Mexico. Both are related to drug cartels and were \r\ndetained recently on US soil. \"Mexico has no strong research on this. I doubt \r\nthat the United States will return something we did not investigate\", Morera \r\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amids \r\nthe expectation created by compelling the United States to return the money \r\nsecured from the narcos or the organized crime, there is a case that discards \r\nthis possibility. In 2012, the US government sanctioned the British bank HSBC \r\nfor $1.9 billion in civil forfeiture and fines for violating the Bank Secrecy \r\nAct and the Enemy Deal Act.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\nbank was accused of transferring billions of dollars in support of Iran and \r\nMexico's drug cartels to launder money through the United States financial \r\nsystem. \"The investigation was carried out here in Mexico, but Felipe Calder\u00f3n \r\ndid not want to publish it. Instead, it was published by the United States and \r\nkept all the money\", said Morera.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile \r\nin Mexico, in the fourth annual government report, president Enrique Pe\u00f1a Nieto \r\noutlines the work carried out by the Financial Investigation Unit of the \r\nMinistry of Finance, which is responsible for combating money laundering, \r\nidentifying illegal estates, simulations and illegal operations. In one section \r\nit points out: \"Disarticulated criminal organizations: \r\nzero\".<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend pgfw-icon-display pgfw-icon-display--default\" style=\"--pgfw-icon-justify:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/?action=genpdf&#038;id=323\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button pgfw-single-pdf-download-button--default pgfw-single-pdf-download-button--icon-only\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"--pgfw-icon-width:25px;--pgfw-icon-height:45px;\" aria-label=\"Download PDF\"><span class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button__media\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 850 Mexican drug traffickers have been extradited to the United States. But then, when the work seems to be done, Mexico realizes that in just a few cases it investigated enough to seize the finances of the mafias. Now a new chapter threatens to sour the binational fight against drug trafficking: the claim the United States has made of the fortunes of the 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