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Judi Lynn

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Sat Apr 20, 2024, 04:55 AM Apr 20

El Gordo, Alleged Operator Of Los Chapitos Of The CDS, Was Extradited To The US

By Sol Prendido 4/19/2024 03:43:00 AM
"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat



The Attorney General's Office (FGR) handed over to the US government Luis Felipe López Zamora, “Gordo”, who is believed to be the operator of Los Chapitos, an ID belonging to the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS), to comply with the Extradition Treaty. , the man has an arrest warrant from the Federal Court for the Eastern District of California since 2023 for the crimes of criminal association, against health and money laundering.

According to official information, from 2019 to 2021, El Gordo belonged to Los Chapitos, a criminal gang for which he trafficked different illicit substances, including fentanyl, from Mexico to Sacramento, California for distribution. In addition, Luis Felipe López was in charge of collecting the profits from the sale of drugs for subsequent shipment to Mexico.

López Zamora aka El Gordo, was arrested on January 2, 2024 in the Salvatierra neighborhood of Tijuana by elements of the State Citizen Security Force (FESC). This arrest occurred following the request made by the United States government since June 19, 2023 to the FGR to search and capture El Gordo for the aforementioned crimes and once this was done extradite him.

The delivery of Luis Felipe López took place on the morning of this Thursday, April 18, at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM), to the US agents designated for his transfer to that country.

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/04/el-gordo-allegedoperator-of-los.html


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Mexico extradites Los Chapitos operator to the US
04/18/2024

Luis Felipe López Zamora, operator of Los Chapitos, was in charge of trafficking drugs and collecting the profits.

An operator of the sons of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán , a faction known as Los Chapitos , of the Pacific or Sinaloa cartel, was extradited to the United States, where he is required by the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of California for the crimes of criminal association, against health and money laundering.

Today, April 18, 2024, the Attorney General's Office of the Republic (FGR) handed over Luis Felipe López Zamora, Gordo, to authorities of the government of the United States of America to answer for the crimes of which he is accused in that country.

From 2019 to 2021, Luis Felipe López Zamora was identified as an operator of the Los Chapitos faction, which trafficked different illicit substances from Mexico to Sacramento, California with the purpose of distributing them; Likewise, he was in charge of collecting the profits from the sale of drugs for subsequent shipment to Mexico.

Following the efforts of the FGR, the government of Mexico granted the extradition of the person sought to the government of the United States of America, after said person was detained in January of this year in Tijuana, Baja California.

https://periodicorealidades.com/index.php/2024/04/18/mexico-extradita-a-eu-a-operador-de-los-chapitos/




El Chapo's sons, who control their own cartel, "Los Chapitos"

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