Why a scorpion found at Ovidio Guzmán’s house could be key to sinking him in the US

Ovid Guzmanson of Joaquin El Chapo Guzmán, was captured on January 5 in Jesus Maria, Sinaloa. After his apprehension, the Mexican authorities conducted an exhaustive search of his ranch, located in the same community where he was detained.

In the Ovid’s house there was bullet marks on the walls, objects with blood stains, watches and jewelry of exclusive brands and even decorations alluding to its nickname, The mouse. His pet was also found: a scorpion.

The animal was inside a fish tank found in the kitchen, where there was a large bar and appliances, according to what he said. Millennium.

This arachnid could be a Test of the alleged involvement of the son of the shorty in it fentanyl traffickingas revealed by the journalist Óscar Balderas in an analysis that he shared on social networks.

And it is that, according to Balderas, in the United States (USA) they have found drug shipments marked with a drawing of a scorpion. In particular, it went back to a 2017 operation in which seven were arrested. dealers that transported narcotics from the Mexican Pacific to the shores of the US city of San Francisco.

The detainees were confiscated drug partitions wrapped in white and brown tape. The packages had the particularity of having sheets attached with black and white scorpion illustrations.

The apprehension was achieved after two years in which the US Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles continued wiretaps to operators of the Sinaloa Cartel. In this sense, they identified the scorpion as a symbol associated with this criminal group, but did not identify exactly which of its factions or allies.

It is in this sense that the presence of the scorpion in Ovid’s house could be an important piece of evidence in his file and that could allow to verify illegal operations to the USa country that is expected to formally request his extradition.

Ovid Guzman He was arrested at dawn on January 5 after six months during which Mexican authorities located and monitored his area of ​​operation. The day of the arrest the National Guard located a group of vans with handmade armor occupied by hitmen who refused to have the vehicles searched.

The encounter between the GN and criminals ended in a confrontation, after which they located Ovid Guzman as one of the attackers. At the time of his arrest The mouse had in his possession weapons exclusive to the Armed Forces.

His arrest was followed drug blockades, burning cars and looting in Sinaloan territory. The Secretary of Public Security of Sinaloa counted 250 stolen vehicle thefts of which 51 were set on fire, four looting to department stores, as well as 18 locks to communication routes.

That same day he was transferred in the middle of a strong operation to the Altiplano prison in Mexico City. On January 6, the first hearingin which the district judge Gregorio Salazar Hernández issued provisional prison against him and it was announced that the government of The United States has 60 days to make the official extradition request.

In the event that the neighboring country does not issue the petition, the judge could order the withdrawal of the precautionary measures against Ovidio, with which he could be released on March 5, 2023.

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