U.S. declines to pursue death penalty against accused cartel kingpins

On Tuesday, the Federal officials in the United States announced that they would not be sentenced to death against the leader of three well -known Mexican drug cartel leaders, including a former partner of the famous “El Chapo and a drug application management agent.

Court Applications, all Brooklyn, NY in the triple prosecution decisions were made

Cases contain drugs and conspiracy charges against the 75 -year -old “El Mayo” Zambada, who is accused of conducting a strong fraction of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel; 72 -year -old Rafael Caro Quintero, who allegedly declared the torture and murder of the DEA agent in 1985; And 62 -year -old Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, also known as El Viceroy, is under the indictment as the former boss of the Juarez cartel.

The prosecutors of the New York Eastern Region opened a letter in every case to report that the Court and the Defense that the Chief Public Prosecutor authorizes and directed this office to call the death penalty ”.

Despite President Trump’s calls, the decision is using a death penalty against drug smugglers, and the US government increases pressure against Mexico to eliminate organized crime groups and support the flow of Fentanyl and other illegal drugs on the border.

A White House spokesman did not respond immediately to the request.

It is rare that the death penalty against high -level Mexican cartel figures is rare. Mexico longed for a long time ago, he eliminated the death penalty and typically returns his citizens under the circumstances they survived.

In the case of Zambada, standard restrictions were not applied because it was not returned. Last July, the Zambada was brought to the United States by his partner Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s son. Zambada claims that Joaquín Guzmán López, forcing him to a plane connected to a small airport outside Texas, was ambushed and kidnapped by Sinaloa.

Zambada claimed that he was not guilty of the charges against him, and he was imprisoned in Brooklyn as his trial proceeded. A court in June said that prosecutors and the defense “discuss the potential of a short decision to make a short decision” and that defense negotiations continue.

Lawyer Frank Perez, representing Zambada, made a statement to Times on Tuesday: uz We welcome the government’s decision not to continue the death penalty against our client. This is taking an important step to make a fair and fair decision. ”

In May, Federal officials announced that the 39 -year -old Guzmán López was the defendant’s leader of Sinaloa Cartel fraction known as “Los Chapitos .. In a case waiting in front of the Federal Court in Chicago, he faces a series of drug trafficking and conspiracy charges.

Another son of El Chapo, 35 -year -old Ovidio Guzmán López, was found guilty of drug trafficking, money laundering and fiery weapons charges in Chicago last month. The court applications show that it agrees to cooperate with US officials in other investigations.

Caro Quintero and Carrillo Fuentes were two of the biggest names among a group of 29 men delivered to the United States in February by Mexico. The unusual mass transfer was carried out outside the typical return process that left the possibility of a death penalty open.

Caro Quintero, who was said to be the founding member of Mexico in the 1980s, is the founding member of the strong Guadalajara cartel.

The killing of Narcos: Mexico ve and describing many books and documentaries in the Netlfix show caused a violent reaction by US officials, but Caro Quintero managed to avoid justice for decades. Taking him to the US territory was depicted a great victory by Trump administration officials.

Dea Chief Dea Maltz in February, said in a statement, Caro Quintero’nun “the United States and Mexico released violence, destruction and death, Dea’nın the most sought -after list of twenty years,” he said.

Carrillo Fuentes, perhaps the best Mexican drug smuggler who died in 1997, is known as the younger brother of Amado Carrillo Fuentes. Once El Chapo approached the leaders of El Mayo and other Sinaloa Cartel leaders, and the young Carrillo funds left to create his own cartel in City, which triggered Juárez’s blood.

Carrillo Fuentes lawyer Kenneth J. Montgomery said that on Tuesday, his client was “extremely grateful” because of the government’s decision to search for the death penalty. ”I thought this was the right decision.“ In a civilized society, I don’t think the death penalty should be an option. ”

Trump is a fiery supporter of the death penalty. He was in January He signed an order This leads the Chief Public Prosecutor to “take the necessary and legal action için to ensure that states have sufficient fatal injection drugs to execute.

Trump’s order led the Chief Public Prosecutor to maintain his death penalty in situations involving the killing of law enforcement officers as well as the killing of law enforcement officers. Trump called on for years to execute drug smugglers. Repeated the execution call Again in 2022 While announcing the intention of running again for the president.

“We will ask [that] Everyone who sells drugs, sells drugs, caught to take a death penalty for disgusting actions, ”he said.

Atty. General Pam Bondi lifted a moratorium in federal executions in February and reversed a policy that began under Biden administration. In April, Bondi explained his intention to search for a death penalty against Luigi Mangione, accused of assassinating a Unitedhealthcare manager in New York.

Bonnie Klapper, a former federal narcotic prosecutor in the eastern region of New York, was a surprise after learning that the Trump administration decided not to follow capital cases against the defendant Kingpins, especially Caro Quintero.

Currently, a defense lawyer, Klapper predicted that he had strongly opposed the executions of Mexico’s citizens and officials, and may have been diplomatic pressure to save the lives of three men who proposed to send more kings in the future.

“The first reaction is shocked, considering that this administration embraces the death penalty, perhaps there are speeches behind the scenes that Mexico said, ‘If you want more of them, you cannot want to kill any of our citizens.’