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By Char 8/17/2024 03:18:00 PM
"Char" for Borderland Beat
This article was translated and reposted from ZETA TIJUANA
WRITTEN BY: CARLOS ALVAREZ ACEVEDO
AUGUST 17, 2024
Jose Rosario Heras Lopez, who Sinaloa drug lord Ismael Mario Zambada Garcia, alias El Mayo - 76 years old - claimed to be his chief of escorts or security - who was present when he was allegedly deprived of his freedom, on July 25, 2024, in Culiacan de Rosales, is currently an Investigation Agent of the Ministerial Police, of the Attorney General's Office (FGE) of Sinaloa, with 24 years of service, in said institution of law enforcement.
This was revealed on August 17, 2024, by the newspaper Reforma, which indicated that it obtained a copy of Heras López's police record, in which it was detailed that he joined the Attorney General's Office of Sinaloa on July 6, 2000, as an agent of the Ministerial Police.
At that time, PRI member Juan Sigifrido Millán Lizárraga was governor and the Sinaloa Attorney General's Office depended on the state executive branch. On December 15, 2010, Heras Lopez became an Investigation Agent of the Ministerial Police.
Later, Heras Lopez was assigned as commander of the Ministerial Police in the region of El Salado, an area that, according to the Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA) -- quoted by the same newspaper -- has been the area of influence of El Mayo.
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https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/08/el-mayos-bodyguard-chief-security-had.html
Judi Lynn
(162,406 posts)Google translated from El Nacion of Argentina:
On July 25, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel was arrested; the boss claims that he was ambushed and that since that day no one has heard anything about two of his bodyguards.
August 16, 2024
14:43
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, after his arrest in the US.
The arrest of Ismael El Mayo Zambada is a case that continues to generate questions . The famous capo, co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel , revealed in a letter that his lawyer made public, that he was ambushed and deceived by Joaquín López Guzmán to take him to the United States . In the same letter, he stated that the same day he was kidnapped he was with José Rosario Heras López, a police officer who was his escort and who was reported missing .
What does El Mayo Zambada say in his letter?
In the letter, which was published on August 10, the drug lord claims that Joaquín Guzmán López asked him to attend a meeting to help resolve differences between political leaders in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. He was accompanied to the meeting by four members of his security staff, two of whom stayed outside and the others entered the site with him.
" The two who entered with me were José Rosario Heras López, commander of the Judicial Police of the state of Sinaloa, and Rodolfo Chaidez, a long-time member of my security team," El Mayo recounted in the letter, in which he also reported the disappearance of his bodyguards , as he claims that no one has seen them or heard from them again.
I think it is important that the truth be known. This is what happened and not the false stories that are circulating. I call on the governments of Mexico and the United States to be transparent and provide the truth about my kidnapping and about the deaths of Hector Cuen, Rosario Heras, Rodolfo Chaidez and any other person who lost their lives that day, the drug lord concluded.
Who is José Rosario Heras López, police officer and bodyguard of El Mayo
Sinaloa prosecutor Sara Bruna Quiñonez Estrada confirmed in a press conference with local media that Commander José Rosario Heras López has been reported missing by his family and that an internal body of the agency is following the case, since the employee was on vacation and had to report to work last Tuesday, July 30.
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Sinaloa prosecutor Sara Bruna Quiñonez Estrada confirmed in a press conference that "El Mayo's" bodyguard also worked as a police officer
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https://www.lanacion.com.ar/estados-unidos/incognitas-del-caso-mayo-zambada-quien-es-jose-rosario-heras-lopez-el-comandante-reportado-como-nid16082024/
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Can you imagine how it would have gone over if the U.S. learned a bodyguard for Al Capone was also a high-ranking policeman of long standing? Yikes.