What is the link between a pet of Ovidio Guzmán and an investigation in the US for drug trafficking

After last Thursday, January 5, members of the National Guard and the army managed to arrest Ovidio Guzmán López and managed to get him out of Sinaloa by air, The next step was to make a rigorous search of every corner of the property where the drug trafficker lived with his family.

The elements received the express order to review and examine in detail even the smallest space in the house to find any evidence that could be crucial to the construction of a solid judicial file against the son of Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, alias “El Chapo”.

However, contrary to what the authorities expected, the most valuable evidence found by the military they were not large wads of cash or heavy-caliber weapons.

Instead, a military man found splinters inside a fish tank. a small scorpion that the capo allegedly kept as a pet.

However, according to an investigation by journalist Óscar Balderas, that arachnid not only turned out to be Ovidio Guzmán’s pet, but rather the clue that confirmed an investigation by US authorities that had been going on for a long time.

The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has been looking for clues for years that will link drug shipments identified with the logo of a scorpion with coca, meth and fentanyl traffickers in the US led by Ovidio Guzmán, alias “El Ratón”.

The small animal that was found last week in the house of Ovidio Guzmán confirmed to authorities who was responsible for those drug shipments, the origin of which California prosecutors could not decipher.

In July 2017, Los Angeles U.S. Attorney agents completed an investigation that over a two-year period followed up with wiretaps on 7 operators of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Those seven arrested they were part of a network of traffickers that transported drugs from the Gulf of Mexico to the San Francisco Bay.

Federal agents seized several bricks of coca wrapped in white and brown tape to identify the origin of the product. But what caught their attention was that the traffickers posted sheets with black-and-white illustrations of a scorpion with its tail raised in attack.

With that seizure of more than 5 years ago, the authorities of the Los Angeles federal prosecutor’s office confirmed that the scorpion had become an emblem of the Sinaloa Cartel, after they took control of the group of hitmen identified as “Los Escorpiones”, who previously worked for the Gulf Cartel.

In the file, cited by the journalist, the agents put as a reference a shirt that was sold on the electronic commerce platform AliExpress.

The garment read Sinaloa Cartel and in addition to showing off short weapons and the Mexican flag, a small scorpion caught the eye.

A recording allowed us to see that inside the house there were a couple of Beds embellished with Mickey Mouse character details they had what appeared to be blood stains and that they were in front of a flat screen, as well as some scattered plants, according to a short video shared by the media. meganews through his Twitter account.

They were also found stuffed mice on a Christmas tree. In what seems to be the room used by Ovidio Guzmán, there was a bathroom nearby where there was boxes with watches of an exclusive brand as well as jeweler’s of luxury brands, according to the newspaper Millennium.

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