Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers (50 page)

5.
Ibid.

6.
Sworn statements of Juan Galván Lara (February 19, 1997) and Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo (December 29, 1997).

7.
“Trends in Resource Utilization on Major Cases,” declassified FBI report, September 2003.

8.
Reforma
, July 7, 1997.

9.
Ibid., July 10, 1997.

10.
The officer, whose name cannot be given for reasons of security, was consulted as a professional expert for this book.

11.
Milenio
, May 8, 2010

12.
Or maybe his wife, Celia Quevedo, told the truth in her statement: she insisted that Vicente was dragged out of their apartment in his pyjamas, and that “the sports gear in which he was presented to the press was a fabrication” (
Proceso
, no. 1711, August 16, 2009).

13.
Proceso
, no. 1732, January 9, 2010.

14.
Ibid.

15.
Ibid.

16.
Antonio Toledo Corro, Labastida’s predecessor, was from 1986 mentioned in DEA reports as a probable collaborator with the Pacific organization.

17.
PGR Bulletin 1237/09. In 2008 a war began between El Chapo and the Beltrán Leyvas, which explains why the latter at once became the target of federal pursuits and arrests.

18.
Sworn statement by Antonio Aguilar Garzón, February 9, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

19.
Sworn statement by José de Jesús Carlos Cortés Ortiz, January 25, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

20.
Statement by Miguel Ángel Leal, January 22, 2001. The dialogue here has been reconstructed from that statement.

21.
Additional statement by Juan José Pérez Díaz, January 30, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

22.
Sworn statement by Salvador Moreno Chávez, February 17, 2001. Additional statement by José Salvador Hernández Quiroz, February 9, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III. Sworn statement by Margarita Ramírez Gutiérrez, January 24, 2001.

23.
Ibid.

24.
Sworn statement of Antonio Aguilar Garzón.

25.
The Oaxaca Center for Human Rights promptly requested the National Human Rights Commission to ensure the physical and psychological safety of the female guerrillas.

26.
Sworn statement by Salvador Moreno Chávez, February 17, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

27.
Sworn statement by Felipe de Jesús Díaz, January 24, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

28.
Sworn statement by María Guadalupe Morfín Otero, January 20, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

29.
Sworn statement by Antonio Aguilar Garzón, February 9, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III. The dialogues that follow have been reconstructed from that statement.

30.
Additional sworn statement by Juan Gerardo López Hernández, January 27, 2001; sworn statement by Carlos Uribe, January 27, 2001; additional sworn statement by Juan Carlos Sánchez, February 9, 2001. All are in penal case 16/2001-III.

31.
Sworn statement by Juan Gerardo López, January 25, 2001.

32.
García Luna’s declaration of interests, SFP, May 24, 2010.

33.
Alegre told various people what Guzmán said in his statement to General Álvarez Nahara on that flight. At the end of 2009, one of them was interviewed for this book.

34.
Sworn statement by Luis Francisco Ruiz, January 27, 2001.

35.
Sworn statement by Joel Villalobos Anzaldo, penal case 16/2001-III.

36.
Additional statement by Juan José Pérez Díaz, January 24, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

7. THE GREAT ESCAPE

1.
La Jornada
, January 20, 2001.

2.
Sworn statement by Miguel Ángel Leal Amador, January 22, 2010.

3.
Ibid.

4.
One of Mexico’s foremost banks, Banamex was taken over by Citigroup in August 2001, in the largest ever US-Mexican corporate merger. [
Translator’s note
]

5.
Additional statement by Guillermo Paredes Torres, February 9, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

6.
Sworn statement by Juan Carlos Sánchez Castillo, January 26, 2001.

7.
Ibid.; sworn statement by Margarita Ramírez Gutiérrez, January 24, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

8.
Sworn statement by Juan Carlos Sánchez Castillo, January 26, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

9.
Additional statement by José Salvador Hernández Quiroz, January 22, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

10.
Sworn statement by Jaime Sánchez Flores, January 20, 2001; additional statement by Juan Gerardo López Hernández, January 29, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

11.
Sworn statement by Ernesto Ramos Aguilar, January 21, 2001.

12.
Sworn statement by María Mercedes Fajardo Cantero, January 20, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

13.
Additional statement by José Salvador Hernández Quiroz, January 22, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

14.
Sworn statement by Juan Carlos Sánchez Castillo, January 26, 2001; additional statement by Guillermo Paredes Torres, February 9, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

15.
Visual inspection of the visitors’ register for Puente Grande Federal Rehabilitation Center No. 2, carried out on January 22, 2001. The book contains visitors’ movements from October 30, 2000, to January 21, 2001.

16.
Sworn statement by Juan Carlos Sánchez Castillo, January 26, 2001.

17.
Additional statement by José Salvador Hernández Quiroz, February 10, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

18.
Sworn statement by José de Jesús Briseño Martínez, January 21, 2011.

19.
Sworn statement by Ernesto Ramos Aguilar, January 21, 2011.

20.
Sworn statement by José de Jesús Carlos Cortés Ortiz, January 24, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

21.
Criminal investigation notes, Sheet 1007, penal case 16/2001-III.

22.
This was confirmed by some who toured the maximum security prisons with Juan Pablo de Tavira.

23.
Sworn statement by José de Jesús Carlos Cortés Ortiz, January 24, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

24.
Criminal investigation notes, Sheet 1008, penal case 16/2001-III.

25.
Sworn statement by José de Jesús Carlos Cortés Ortiz, January 24, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

26.
The author has a copy of these still unpublished files.

27.
Additional sworn statement by Juan Gerardo López Hernández, January 27, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III; sheet 2339 of penal case 2339.

28.
Sworn statement by Antonio Díaz Hernández, January 21, 2001, penal case 16/2001-III.

29.
Additional statement by Juan José Pérez Díaz, January 25, 2001.

30.
Sworn statement by Leonardo Beltrán Santana, January 20, 2001, Penal case 16/2001-III.

31.
Sworn statement by Víctor Manuel Godoy Rodríguez, January 26, 2001.

32.
La Jornada
, January 21, 2001.

33.
Additional statement by Juan Carlos Sánchez Castillo, February 9, 2001. Sworn statement by Guillermo Paredes Torres, January 27, 2001, Penal Case 16/2001-III.

34.
El
Universal
, October 22, 2011.

35.
Reforma
, January 5, 2002.

36.
Ibid., July 18, 2002.

37.
Ibid.

38.
The interview was conducted by the author.

39.
Ibid.

40.
According to official regulations, published on May 6, 2002, in the
Diario Oficial
, this body depends on the Secretariat of Public Security and it is the secretary who appoints and dismisses the commissioner in charge.

41.
The author spoke to one of the DEA’s coordinators in Mexico at the time.

42.
Forbes
, March 30, 2009.

8. BLOOD TIES

1.
New York Times
, March 4, 2000.

2.
Reforma
, May 1, 1999.

3.
Actual
, April 1, 1999.

4.
Santería: an Afro-Cuban cult to which many drug traffickers subscribe, partly for divine protection. Another marginal or outlaws’ cult is
La Santa Muerte
, Holy Death.
[Trans. note]

5.
Sworn statement by José Javier Bargueño Urías under the protected witness codename of César, November 14, 2000, sheet 91 of penal case 16/2001-III, of which the author has a copy.

6.
La Jornada
, January 8, 2006.

7.
Sworn statement by Albino Quintero Meraz, April 22, 2003, penal case 15/2008-IV, of which the author has a copy.

8.
US State Department, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.

9.
Ibid.

10.
The author has a copy of case 15/2008-IV, which gives details of Héctor Beltrán Leyva’s activities.

11.
Reforma
, June 18, 2010.

12.
“Héctor” written backwards.

13.
Reforma
, June 18, 2010.

14.
Bulletin no. 6466 of the Federal District Arbitration and Conciliation Board, June 24, 1999.

15.
Bulletin no. 317/06 of the PGR, March 15, 2006.

16.
US State Department, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.

17.
“Mochomo” is used in Sinaloa to refer to a large red ant with an irritating but not poisonous bite. [
Trans. note
]

18.
Río Doce
, December 21, 2009.

19.
Several names were supplied in the sworn statement of José Javier Bargüeño Urías, November14, 2000, penal case 16/2001-III.

20.
La Jornada
, June 14, 2001.

21.
Sworn statement by José Javier Bargueño Urías, November 14, 2000, penal case 16/2001-III.

22.
The New York Times
, April 8, 1995.

23.
PRI presidential candidate Colosio was assassinated in Tijuana during a campaign rally. Mario Aburto confessed, but the ballistics, the forces behind the murder, and many other aspects are widely regarded as suspicious. The replacement candidate would be Ernesto Zedillo. [
Trans. note
]

24.
Proceso
, no. 1057, February 1, 1997.

25.
Ibid.

26.
Semana
, August 18, 2007.

27.
“National Drug Threat Assessment 2010,” United States Department of Justice, National Drug Intelligence Center.

28.
Narco-corridos are a version of that Northern Mexican form, with lyrics celebrating the lives and deeds of drug traffickers instead of the traditional heroic bandits.
[Trans. note]

29.
Palabra
, March 29, 2004.

30.
Bulletin no. 099, PGR, March 18, 1999.

31.
La Jornada
, October 26, 1997.

32.
Mural
, May 29, 1999

33.
This information and that which follows comes from intelligence reports and oral accounts made available for this book.

34.
Sworn statement by Albino Quintero Meraz, April 22, 2010, penal case 15/2008-IV.

35.
Sworn statement by José Javier Bargueño Urías, November 14, 2000, penal case 16/2001-III.

36.
Penal case 15/2008-IV.

37.
This information was provided for this book by one of the DEA agents directly involved in these investigations.

38.
US District Court, Eastern District of New York, F. no. 2009R01065/OCDETF # NYNYE-616, known by the US Justice Department as the “Indictment against The Federation.”

39.
Ibid.

40.
Proceso
, no. 1744, April 4, 2010.

41.
Milenio Semanal
, July 16, 2000.