Chile Requests the Extradition of Morris O'Shea-Salazar, an Irish-Mexican Relative of "El Chapo's" F

[Judi Lynn]

Chile Requests the Extradition of Morris O'Shea-Salazar, an Irish-Mexican Relative of "El Chapo's" First Wife
By Socalj 7/30/2023 12:16:00 PM
"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

This week, a court in Chile accepted the request of the Prosecutor's Office to extradite Morris O’Shea Salazar, described as an “important member of the Sinaloa cartel.” The agency claims his cell would import cocaine from Bolivia, which would be “collected in the commune of Alto Hospicio, and shipped to various ports and airports in Europe, in countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain."

According to the Chilean Prosecutor's Office, Irish passport holder O’Shea Salazar has now become a major player in the international drug scene. O'Shea, who is currently located in Mexico, allegedly tried to send a shipment of cocaine from Bolivia from the northern city of Iquique to Europe. He had previously been operating in Spain.

Chilean officials have described Morris O'Shea as a dual Irish-Mexican citizen, and the son of Yolanda Salazar Tarriba who was arrested in 2021 for illicit drug trafficking. O’Shea Salazar has ties directly to "El Chapo" through the Mexican Cartel leader’s first wife María Alejandrina Salazar Hernández, the mother of "Los Chapitos" Iván Archivaldo, and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar.

"They are related to the Sinaloa Cartel [and] are close relatives of Chapo Guzmán," National Prosecutor Jorge Abbott told the media this week. Yolanda Salazar Tarriba and her brother Ricardo Salazar Tarriba are said to have arrived in Chile in 2020 to coordinate the purchase of cocaine from Bolivia and its subsequent shipment abroad. According to the investigation, this operation was directed by Morris O'Shea who was living in Spain.

The Salazar-Tarriba family was infiltrated by the Chilean Civil Police after information provided by the DEA. This is how they deceived that they would collaborate to send millions of drugs to the Netherlands, where the transnational crime group has links.

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