The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) declared inadmissible the petition of the leader of the Guadalajara Cartel, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardoto review the sentence of 40 years in prison that was imposed on him in 2003 for stockpiling weapons, bribery and drug trafficking.
“This appeal for review is dismissed as inadmissible, by virtue of the fact that the origin requirements referred to in section IX of article 107 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, in force after the constitutional reform published in the Official Gazette, are not met. of the Federation on March 11, 2021, as its resolution did not have an exceptional interest in constitutional or human rights matters, ”said the rejection agreement.
Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo was arrested on Saturday, April 8, 1989. He was a partner at the time of the drug traffickers Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria and Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, whom he helped transport drugs to the United States. he is uncle of Sandra Avila Beltran“The queen of the Pacific”, and relative of the Arellano Felix brothers. He is incarcerated in the high security prison of Big Bridge in Jalisco.
On August 20, 2021, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that he could grant an amnesty to release Félix Gallardo, who is serving a 40-year sentence, for reasons of health and age.
“If it is justified (…) of course yes (I would give him amnesty) because he, due to age, due to illness, could already leave,” said López Obrador.
It should be noted that the Second Collegiate Court in Criminal Matters denied in January of this year an amparo to Gallardo against conviction, considering that it was a court case that met the legal requirements.
“It lacks powers to rule on the processing of said incidental request, since it is not contemplated within the regulations that govern the actions of this jurisdictional body within this direct amparo proceeding,” the court said at the time.
The former leader of the Guadalajara Cartel He was also sentenced to pay 20.8 million pesos for damages to the relatives of the former DEA agent, Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Salazar.