A judge in Guanajuato sentenced José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, “El Marro”, leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, to 60 years in prison for the crime of kidnapping.
During an oral trial, the “Judicial Power of the State of Guanajuato, based on the evidence presented by the Specialized Public Ministry, found him and his co-authors guilty,” said the Guanajuato Attorney General’s Office.
The governor of Guanajuato, Diego Sinhue Rodríguez Vallejo, celebrated the sentence on social networks, congratulated the Prosecutor’s Office and the Judiciary, and said that his government will not stop until it achieves in the state the “peace that its good people deserve to live “.
The Judicial Power of the State of Guanajuato (PJEG) reported that in addition to the 60 years in prison, “El Marro” and his accomplices were fined 347,520 pesos, and were denied the benefits of a conditional sentence and commutation of the custodial sentence, as well as the substitutes of work in favor of the community and semi-conditional freedom.
On August 2, 2020, after months of cornering, and even being practically without financial power, Jose Antonio Yepez Ortiz was arrested as part of the operation rudder strokebetween federal forces and Guanajuato, accused of organized crime and fuel theft.
He was detained in a safe house in the Juventino Rosas municipality, Guanajuato, where Saulo Sergio “N”, alias “Cebollo”, alleged head of security for “El Marro”, was also secured, as well as four more people from the criminal organization. . A businesswoman who was being held hostage was released at the site.
That day of his arrest, José Antonio Yépez wore a serene countenance that he showed days before when he threatened federal and state authorities through videos to release his mother, father, a sister and a cousin who had been arrested in possession of weapons , money and drugs.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx