By The Opinion
Dec 14, 2024, 10:28 AM EST
Dámaso López Serrano alias “El Mini Lic”former partner of Sinaloa cartelwas arrested by the FBI in the state of Virginiadue to traffic fentanylthe security journalist revealed separately Luis Chaparro and Mike Vigilformer head of International Operations at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEAfor its acronym in English).
Chaparro cites that sources of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) exclusively confirmed the arrest of Damaso López Serrano.
“El Mini Lic”, collaborating witness from the US.
He clarified that the detainee was not under any protection program of the US authorities, but that he became a witness collaborator of the United States Department of Justice after serving a reduced sentence due to his cooperation with the government.
“Dámaso López Serrano was not under any protection, he was like cooperating witness, a witness who is voluntarily cooperating”, declared the journalist to Infobae.
The arrest of “El Mini Lic” was recorded on Thursday, December 12 in the state of Virginia, he is accused of trafficking fentanyl, according to Mike Vigil, former head of International Operations at the DEA.
The first arrest of López Serrano in the US
Previously, López Serrano was arrested in May 2017 for drug trafficking. His fear of being murdered by “Los Chapitos”, a faction of the Sinaloa cartel, made him turn himself in at the Calexico West Port of Entry, after the capture of his father, Dámaso López Núñez, alias “El Lic”, who was one of the main operators of the Sinaloa cartel.
He pleaded guilty in 2018 to conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine, cocaine and heroinfor which he was sentenced in 2022 to 72 months in prison, but at that time he had already served the term of the sentence, so he was released after paying a fine of 1 million dollars.
In the trial of “El Mayo” Zambada
“The Mini Lic” He became a collaborating witness for the American justice system and they had planned for him to testify against Ismael “El Mayo Zambada, but with this new arrest for fentanyl trafficking, his credibility has been questioned, Mike Vigil highlighted for the Mexican media.
In Mexico, López Serrano is accused of killing the Mexican journalist Javier Valdez, events that occurred on May 15, 2017.
According to publications of the Process magazine “El Mini Lic” began his criminal career in the Sinaloa cartel in 2005, when he was 18 years old, where he rose through the ranks within the organization, due to the power of his father “El Lic,” who was one of the main operators. of the Sinaloa cartel.
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