The lone survivor of the massacre, the family driver, We will Thereafter, U.S. law enforcement officials read Garcia Abrego his Miranda rights in Spanish, and he signed a form acknowledging that he understood his rights. Rare and Interesting Narco Photos ~ Borderland Beat From Houston, the drugs were distributed locally and nationally, principally to New York and Los Angeles. In the mid-1980s, Carlos Resndez set up a meeting between Garca Abrego and Gernando "El Aguacate" Martnez, regarding permission for Martnez to move cocaine through Matamoros. 15. Garcia Abrego's conviction of conducting a CCE is thus tantamount to a conspiracy conviction. But oscar Lopez is witness protection Right? US$100,000. The Rise and Fall of Don Juan in 'Narcos' - H.O.M.E. Some people might not like this but"my respects to that man". Marroqun-Garca had he not died. A $300-million (minimum) gondola to Dodger Stadium? 98-907, at 2 (1984), reprinted in 1984 U.S.C.C.A.N. conditions during his probation term. He had control of the gulf Cartel, no problems like today. The indictment details how both of them worked very closely There's lots of good sources about him all over the web, but I still need to read some "library-use only" archives at UT Austin, where he studied. Carlos Rodriguez testified that Munguia transported cocaine for the drug organization with which he, Garcia Abrego, Medrano, and Malherbe were involved. The arresting officer, an FJP commander, is believed to have received a bulletproof Mercury Grand Marquis and US$500,000 from a rival cartel for enacting the arrest of Garca Abrego. Details Emerge in Slaying of Mexico legendary drug kingpin Juan Garca Abrego instilled fear. The individuals who worked directly with Garcia Abrego, along with Sanchez, arranged for the transportation of drugs and proceeds from their sale in the United States through a number of other individuals. Day of the Dead up until his arrest in 1996. slayings of the writer and her investigator husband--both of whom had but distributes all over the U.S. as far north as Michigan and New York. Malherbe and Medrano arranged for loads of cocaine to be flown to these ranches, and from there, the cocaine was moved to Matamoros. [21], In February 2010, Los Zetas engaged in a violent turf war against its former employer/partner, the Gulf Cartel, in the border city of Reynosa,[22][23][24] ren his family, preferred to speak face-to-face, and always carried a pistol.[25]. This court has not had occasion to determine what elements of proof are necessary to establish a violation of 1956(h). Before addressing Garcia Abrego's claims regarding his custodial statement, a synopsis of the facts surrounding that statement is necessary. Counts 3-10, 17, and 28 of Garcia Abrego's indictment charged him with violations of 21 U.S.C. See, e.g., United States v. Levine, 80 F.3d 129, 135 (5th Cir. Drug traffickers also have been charged in the deaths of journalists in regional state capitals in the past. Garcia Abrego claims that insufficient evidence exists to support his convictions of money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. Headquartered in Matamoros, Mexico, Garcia Abrego's organization was responsible for smuggling tremendous quantities of cocaine and marijuana into the United States from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. At FindLaw.com, we pride ourselves on being the number one source of free legal information and resources on the web. I new Juan not a bad guy. Notorious Narcos - AskMen Garcia Abrego was convicted in a Houston federal court on charges he smuggled tons of cocaine into the United States and laundered millions of dollars as head of the Matamoros-based Gulf cartel. He argues that, unlike ordinary domestic business records, foreign records do not occupy a well-rooted exception to the hearsay rule and lack adequate indicia of reliability to be admissible without violating the Confrontation Clause. Romero said that Balderas had been charged with extortion while in his post and with rape after leaving the city government in 1994. reserved with others. [5][6] The exact date of succession is unknown; however, law enforcement officials recall an incident on January 27, 1987, when Toms Morlet, former officer in an elite Mexican police force turned national trafficker, exchanged harsh words with Garca Abrego and was later found, shot twice in the back in the doorway of Guerra's Piedras Negras Restaurant. You should consider that such a witness may be motivated to please the prosecutor, since only the prosecutor, not the defense lawyers, can help that witness obtain a reduction of his sentence. Tijuana. A finales de enero de 1997, el capo enfrent un juicio en Estados Unidos por lavado de dinero de al menos 10 millones de dlares provenientes de actividades ilcitas y sobornos. R. Evid. corruption, and in the past worked for Mexico City's Campos (. Juan Garca Abrego had grown to such lengths that he was placed on the FBI Top Ten Most Wanted List of 1995. the fateful night of the murders, the suspects only intended to kill the Immediately after he left office, police arrested Ontiveros, 21. Marroquin-Garca, who was also indicted with him in 1978. @Anon 12:17 AM: He was in witness protection but came back to Mexico years later. Rivas also testified that Elias El Profe Garcia and Hilario Gonzalez were involved in arranging transportation of cocaine for the group. The best friend of Garca Abrego was Lictor Hazael 9. However, he argues that his impairment from the medication that he had received from Mexican doctors, coupled with his lack of education and experience with the U.S. judicial system, precluded a knowing and voluntary waiver. 1135, 1140-41, 89 L.Ed.2d 410 (1986). As noted infra, (1) the government presented a great deal of evidence indicating that Garcia Abrego exercised managerial authority, both direct and indirect, over a large number of individuals and (2) Garcia Abrego does not contend that, during argument, the government urged the jury to convict Garcia Abrego of conducting a CCE based upon his association with individuals over whom he did not exert direct or indirect managerial authority. Was well respected by his peers, Italians, Colombians and many more in the global underworld. Juan is remembered fondly by many who knew him, but several of his former co-workers (like Oscar Lpez Olivares) spoke negatively of him and say he was cold-blooded. In United States v. Miller, 830 F.2d 1073, 1078 (9th Cir.1987), the Ninth Circuit rejected a Confrontation Clause challenge to the admission of foreign bank records under 3505. Garca Abrego was convicted on 22 counts including money laundering, drug trafficking, intent to distribute and running an ongoing criminal enterprise. Garcia Abrego contends that the CCE conviction provides no basis for sustaining his substantive drug convictions on a theory of coconspirator vicarious liability because the Pinkerton instruction did not inform the jury that, if it found Garcia Abrego guilty of conducting a CCE, it could convict him of any substantive drug offenses committed in furtherance of the CCE. The Supreme Court has held that conspiracy constitutes a lesser-included offense of conducting a CCE. The show depicts Juan Garcia Abrego, Guerra's nephew and heir, as a smart individual who is overshadowed in size by his uncle. at 640-41; see also United States v. Bustamante, 45 F.3d 933, 943 (5th Cir.1995) (It is also settled that, unless the government has abused its immunity power, a defendant has no due process right to have the trial court immunize defense witnesses.); United States v. Follin, 979 F.2d 369, 374 (5th Cir.1992) (District Courts have no inherent power to grant immunity. On or around 11 October 1978, another 3505, the Confrontation Clause, and a number of the Federal Rules of Evidence. However, we note that Garcia Abrego does not claim that, at the time that he made his request for counsel, he was being subjected to custodial interrogation. Now a series of cases prosecuted in Houston offers a rare look inside Garca Abrego's operation. scandalous case all but closed, alleging that the fugitive couple and That afternoon, Mexican officials took Garcia Abrego to the airport in Mexico City. However, the authorities that Garcia Abrego cites in support of this proposition establish nothing more than that the jury charge must inform the jury of the Pinkerton principle in order for a conviction of a substantive offense to be sustainable on the basis of coconspirator vicarious liability. Revenge is the apparent motive, but 803(6). Hoffman also testified that the seized cocaine was loaded into the motor home under the supervision of Hilario Gonzalez and at the direction of Elias El Profe Garcia. The legislative history of 3505 bears out this conclusion. Based upon this evidence, the jury could reasonably conclude that the drug offense charged in count 8 was committed by Garcia Abrego's coconspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy. 1989, were convicted of the kidnapping and gruesome cult murder of American Abrego was extradited from Mexico to the United . He faces the possibility of a bunk bed and a cell mate, instead of what amounted to solitary confinement. He grew up in Bustamante between 12th and 13th Streets in Matamoros, a block from where Garcia Abrego lived. unrelated, attacked their accomplice Alejandro and left him for dead. Juan Garcia Abrego | Historica Wiki | Fandom 841(a)(1), which criminalizes the knowing possession of controlled substances, including cocaine and marijuana, with intent to distribute. However, were we to conclude that a failure to give timely notice of an intent to offer foreign records under 3505 bars admission of the records pursuant to the statute, we would flout 3505's purpose by turning a requirement intended to facilitate the admission of foreign business records into a procedural barrier impeding their admission. 1956(h). Being a physician, I have to. Vega testified that, pursuant to instructions from Jesse Ceballos, he picked up the money in Houston on September 25, 1991. Notorious drug kingpin Juan Garcia Abrego, center, is escorted from the federal courthouse by federal agents Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1996, in Houston. Because the foreign bank records at issue here do not constitute statements made in the course of a judicial proceeding, their admissibility does not hinge upon the presence of the makers of the records to testify at Garcia Abrego's trial or a showing of their unavailability. Brownsville, where most were then smuggled and sold in Mexico. Based upon this evidence, the jury could reasonably conclude that the drug offense described in count 9 was committed by Garcia Abrego's coconspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy. 1956(c)(4)(A); see also Puig-Infante, 19 F.3d at 938. Disposition most commonly means a placing elsewhere, a giving over to the care or possession of another. Id. This would indicate that the provisions of subsection (b) are meant to facilitate pretrial determinations of the admissibility of foreign records under 3505 rather than establish prerequisites to admissibility under the statute. in their stylish home in the Pedregal district of Mexico Pursuant to Garcia Abrego's orders, Carlos Resendez acted as an intermediary through whom other members of the group, including Oscar Malherbe and Luis Medrano, went in order to meet with Garcia Abrego. Garcia Abrego argues that his custodial statement at the FBI office was the fruit of his initial un-Mirandized statements to Agent Hensley shortly after his arrest and was therefore inadmissible at trial. It was later revealed to Garca Abrego that Martnez began moving planes through the region without paying the fee. Here is the house where Juan Garcia Abrego was arrested in Monterrey back in 1996. See Fed. Man who lost wife, son in Texas mass shooting tells story Foto: Especial. Perhaps he would have become a top enforcer Garcia Abrego advances no argument as to why the required contents of the certification would be any different in this case than in the previous one. See United States v. Graewe, 774 F.2d 106, 108 (6th Cir.1985) (A [CCE] charge is a conspiracy charge, and one convicted of a CCE is subject to Pinkerton liability.).3. international attention for his drug crimes and was branded by authorities as The man investigators believe transformed Mexico's backwoods marijuana trade into a huge cocaine business faces up to life in prison at his Jan. 31 sentencing. killings were attributable in some way to Figueroa's book. I think he may have died. He was arrested in Mexico. For months following the release of the book Fernando sexually abused two maids within their stately home in Mexico City's tony Pedregal district. He will also be able to walk around the prison without wearing shackles and without having a guard escort, to mix with the prisons general population, and to have access to places such as a chapel and gymnasium. "You're asking, 'Why did we H.Impact of the Ex Post Facto Clause on the Money Laundering Conspiracy Conviction. Saludos. denied sub nom., 520 U.S. 1149, 117 S.Ct. On April 9, 1993, Paulicastro delivered the cocaine in a rental truck to Francisco Segura. [C]oercive police activity is a necessary predicate to the finding that a confession is not voluntary within the meaning of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Colorado v. Connelly, 479 U.S. 157, 167, 107 S.Ct. Subsection (b) requires that the party intending to offer the foreign business record provide written notification of that intention to all other parties to the case. children were found brutally beaten to death in their home in Mexico The hypothetical question itself was obviously not the basis of Dr. Coleman's opinion. [3] The following years Fortune Magazine estimated the Garca Abrego empire to be worth US$15billion.[10]. MEXICO CITY In the months that writer Yolanda 1489 (1946). This argument ignores the fact that 3505 creates an exception to Rule 802. Garcia Abrego appeals his conviction and sentence as to all counts. Section 3505 was not intended to add technical roadblocks to the admission of foreign records, but, rather, to streamline the admission of such records. United States v. Strickland, 935 F.2d 822, 831 (7th Cir.1991). D.Sufficiency of the Evidence Supporting the Substantive Drug Convictions. possible that Garca Abrego worked under El Cacho before working under his Yzaguirre assembled the team of attorneys that represented Gulf Cartel boss Juan Garcia Abrego, the organization's last old-school leader. El Cachos business model was nonetheless fruitful. We find Garcia Abrego's assertions in this regard somewhat dubious themselves. FindLaw.com Free, trusted legal information for consumers and legal professionals, SuperLawyers.com Directory of U.S. attorneys with the exclusive Super Lawyers rating, Abogado.com The #1 Spanish-language legal website for consumers, LawInfo.com Nationwide attorney directory and legal consumer resources. Garcia Abrego does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to establish that the money at issue in each of the money laundering counts constituted the proceeds of narcotics trafficking or that the transfers at issue were made for the purpose of promoting narcotics trafficking activity. Garcia Abrego does not dispute that the law enforcement officers who interviewed him read him his Miranda rights in Spanish and that he stated to them that he understood each of these rights. All Rights Reserved. 21 U.S.C. Our conclusion is bolstered by the fact that the statute requires district courts to exclude records otherwise satisfying its requirements if the source of information or the method or circumstances of preparation indicate lack of trustworthiness. 18 U.S.C. Therefore, you must carefully evaluate the testimony of any government witness who is cooperating, or has cooperated, in exchange for or with the hope that the prosecutor will file a 5K1.1 motion or Rule 35 motion to reduce the sentence of the witness. Tony Ortiz testified that, during his involvement with Garcia Abrego's organization, he shipped between $60 and 70 million in drug proceeds from New York and Houston back to Matamoros. Guaid on Tuesday spoke to The Associated Press by phone from Miami, where he arrived on a commercial flight that departed Colombia's capital Monday night. as a U.S. citizen. At Garcia Abrego's direction, Perez unloaded marijuana flown in on a small plane by Oscar El Profe Lopez Olivares, stored it in a warehouse on Garcia Abrego's ranch in Soliceno, Mexico, and smuggled it across the border into the United States in inner tubes. In addition, he points to Dr. Keraga's testimony that she [did not] imagine that he would have been able to understand his Miranda rights. The son of a In further support of his contention that he could not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waive his Miranda rights, Garcia Abrego points to the fact that he has only the equivalent of an eighth grade education. By renegotiating deals with the Cali Cartel, Garca Abrego was able to secure 50% of every shipment out of Colombia as payment for delivery, instead of the US$1,500 per kilo they were previously receiving. Venezuela's Juan Guaid not seeking political asylum in US The government suggested a logical hypothesis that all of the murders about which it elicited testimony were committed in furtherance of Garcia Abrego's narcotics trafficking conspiracy. He was Garcia Abrego stayed the night in Mexico City in the custody of Mexican officials. Rep. No. He remains jailed in Tijuana. He also argues that, even if only one of the acts comprising the offense occurred before 1956(h)'s effective date, the Ex Post Facto Clause precludes applying the statute's harsher penalty provisions to the offense. Law enforcement officials also observed a Jeep Wagoneer at the Monterey Street house. However, when The fact that the evidence offered by the government consisted only of out-of-court statements accompanied by no physical evidence of murder merely goes to the weight of the evidence rather than its admissibility.22 We therefore conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting testimony regarding Garcia Abrego's involvement in murders. recent years.). Only if they were all like that. (2)A foreign certification under this section shall authenticate such record or duplicate. By Juan A. Lozano | AP. 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Garcia Abrego's organization trafficked a huge amount of narcotics. 1978 auto theft charges were dismissed. Garca Abrego, furious with the media attention that followed the riot, ordered the killing of Snchez for overstepping his authority and bringing unwanted attention to the cartel.[11]. 963, and one count of conducting a continuing criminal enterprise (CCE) in violation of 21 U.S.C. Thereafter, Luis Medrano, who had previously worked for Espinoza, went to work for Garcia Abrego. 3505. Mexico on February 28, 1997. It is home to the Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was convicted of espionage. Horace Vega testified that he moved $7.5 million for the organization. Moreover, the district court was free to accord great weight to the testimony of those individuals who actually observed Garcia Abrego prior to his interview with law enforcement authorities. It is believed the Mexican government knew all Garca Abrego's whereabouts all along and had refused to arrest him due to information he possessed about the extent of corruption within the government. Garcia, who survived a mass shooting, lost his son and wife in the shooting Friday night. been cast by some as anti-drug crusaders--to the lawlessness spawned by This is FRONTLINE's old website. Juan Garca Abrego (born September 13, 1944) is a Mexican convicted drug lord and former leader of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Mexico City officials are meeting with the new attorney El sanguinario y supersticioso narco que le tena miedo a los aviones Juan Garca brego, uno de los primeros narcotraficantes mexicanos en ser extraditado a Estados Unidos, ser uno de los . @MM: According to Ioan Grillo's book (2011, pg. Juan Garca brego - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre Garcia Abrego conclusorily argues that insufficient evidence existed for the jury to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that he acted as an organizer, supervisor, or manager of five or more individuals in his narcotics trafficking activities. Even when these criteria are satisfied, we should exercise our discretion to reverse only if the error seriously affects the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings. Id. Juan Garca Abrego (CDG Founder) and Alfredo Beltrn Leyva - Reddit Hollywood writer could concoct. Jaime Rivas testified that he was responsible for delivering the load of money seized at Rapid Truck Repair to Matamoros, Mexico and that he received his instructions on the disposition of the money from Luis Medrano. 1978, U.S. authorities stated that Marroqun-Garca met with Garca Abrego and Garcia Abrego also had Francisco Perez purchase clothing for employees of Trejo on a number of occasions. N.Admissibility of Foreign Financial Records. 1956(a)(1)(A)(i) and (a)(2)(A). Given that Medrano had previously told Vega to contact Ceballos and Ibarra in connection with another transaction, the jury had ample basis for concluding that the money laundering offense described in count 13 was committed by Garcia Abrego's coconspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy. El Chapo: A look at ADX Florence Colorado Supermax Prison. We are satisfied that any error in the district court's instruction was not plain error because Garcia Abrego has demonstrated no prejudicial impact, and thus no detrimental effect on his substantial rights. Drug lord caught long ago in Mexico now fights for Texas birth Garcia Abrego introduced expert testimony from Dr. Ernest D. Lykissa that a first-time user who received a twenty-milligram dose of Valium would be significantly impaired by the drug and that a person who took all of the medication administered to Garcia Abrego by Mexican doctors would be literally incapacitated. However, Dr. Lykissa clarified that a habitual user could withstand a much higher dosage of Valium than a first-time user and that his conclusions regarding the combined effects of the drugs administered to Garcia Abrego were based on an assumption that he received all of the drugs at one time. Garcia Abrego asserts a number of challenges to the admissibility of the foreign bank records under the Federal Rules of Evidence. The court observed that the only situation in which due process even arguably warrants a judicial grant of immunity to a defense witness is a situation in which the government abuses its power to grant immunity to such a degree that it denies the defendant a fair trial. 1956(a)(1). The government gave notice that it intended to introduce the records on August 15, 1996. In September, he was quietly charged with rape. I agree Juan didn't kidnap innocent people. From there, members of Garcia Abrego's organization arranged the shipment of the cocaine to Houston. Upon arrival there, he complained of shoulder and back pains that he alleged resulted from Mexican officials forcibly pushing him to the ground and restraining him. Thus, evidence of such acts constitutes intrinsic evidence-that is, direct evidence of the charged conspiracy itself. Moreover, the defense lawyers in this case have no power to file a 5K1.1 motion or Rule 35 motion on behalf of a witness who testifies, and therefore, are powerless to help a cooperating witness receive a reduced sentence. at 1776 (internal quotation marks and brackets omitted); see also Dupre, 117 F.3d at 817. At a later hearing, however, Garcia Abrego admitted that he was previously charged with a criminal offense in the Southern District of Texas, was represented by counsel, and pleaded guilty. and his wife's activities as a writer, as well as the 18 U.S.C. 26. See id. Garca Abrego was charged with knowingly transporting stolen vehicles using in Matamoros in 1987 along with corrupt policeman Toms Morlet Borquez. As the Supreme Court observed in McNeil v. Wisconsin, 501 U.S. 171, 111 S.Ct. 2. Given Dr. Coleman's testimony regarding his medical education and substantial experience in prescribing Valium, we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion in concluding that Dr. Coleman possessed the requisite knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education to testify competently regarding the effects of habitual Valium use. Ricardo Cordero Ontiveros said he This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. denied sub nom., 522 U.S. 1034, 118 S.Ct. Q:But you wouldn't hold out to be able to render an expert opinion on that, I take it. Furthermore, Garcia Abrego does not contend that, during argument, the government urged the jury to find Garcia Abrego guilty of conducting a CCE on the basis of his association with individuals who, as a matter of law, could not have constituted his supervisees. Headquartered in Matamoros, Mexico, Garcia Abrego's organization was responsible for smuggling tremendous quantities of cocaine and marijuana into the United States from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. maids into "sexual hostages.". It seems like this was a settling of accounts between [corrupt] police officers., Assessing the impact of the slayings, however, Jardi added: This is all over the front pages today because the children also were killed. Garca Abrego vivi su niez al sur de Texas, pero el narco siempre dijo que era ciudadano mexicano. See United States v. Ponce, 8 F.3d 989, 998 (5th Cir.1993). He alleviated this pressure through further bribes to government officials. Count 15 was based upon the delivery of $1.463 million of the organization's money from Houston to Matamoros on September 26, 1991. Based upon Vega's testimony that he acted at the behest of Malherbe and Medrano, the jury could reasonably conclude that the money laundering offense described in count 14 was committed by Garcia Abrego's coconspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy. Segn su f de bautismo, naci el 1 de septiembre de 1944 en Cameron, Texas. you read, he is depicted as an anti-drug crusader or corrupt As noted earlier, we review a district court's evidentiary rulings for an abuse of discretion. Puig-Infante, 19 F.3d at 938. glimpse of how Garca Abrego came of age. Sounds like J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde from the FBI. grisly murder binge. Cordona and Cortez took the van to a residence on Langbourne Street in Houston. Admission of the evidence did not violate Rule 404(b). You have to be hardcore and crazy if you dont fear satan. Police said on Friday they found the bodies of Fernando Balderas, On cross-examination, the government asked Dr. Coleman a number of questions regarding his medical education, training, and experience. foreigner on the FBIs Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, Garca Abrego attracted In the indictment, Garca Abrego was bookstores nationwide, Balderas' behavior at home was raising the fury Gus Rivera and wife. Obviously, 848 does not require that an individual work exclusively for the defendant in order to be considered the defendant's supervisee. sexual monster following the success of his and his wife's muckraking @MX me refera al apellido Crdenas y como hasta el da de hoy los toman en cuenta en Matamoros a pesar de que OCG solt toda la sopa y eso afecto a la compaa. Francisco Perez testified that, while Garcia Abrego was in hiding in Chicago, he told Perez that he had instructed Aguirre to move $25 million from Monterrey to the United States. U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. gave him 11 life sentences in 1997 and fined him $128 million. Column: Does racism make you too stupid to be a cop?