Antonio Martínez Luna
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Antonio Martínez Luna is the Attorney General of the Mexican state
of Baja, California in the administration of governor Eugenio Elorduy Walther
of the National Action Party
.
In May 2007 a video uploaded to You Tube and released to the media portrayed José Ramón Velázquez, a drug dealer working for the Joaquín Guzmán Loera (a.k.a. "El Chapo") criminal gang, accusing the governor and Martínez Luna of protecting drug dealers. Velázquez explains in the video that he had rorked for "El Mayel" and through his lawyer he met "El Chapo" at the maximum-security prison of Almoloya
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In the video Velázquez also describes how Humberto Valdez (a.k.a. "El Pato") one of the attorney general's assistants was trying to put together a group of expelled ministerial agents like Velázquez then re-instate them to fight off the Tijuana Cartel
and everybody who was competing with "El Chapo". According to Velázquez, Martínez Luna (a.k.a. "El Blindado", English for "Shielded" or "bullet-proof") supported the creation of this cell in both Mexicali and Tijuana. Velázquez also describes how two agents paid 200,000 US dollars each to not be executed for stealing drugs and the money went from "El Pato" to Martínez Luna.
The video was filmed by a group of members of a gang competing with "El Chapo"'s gang. A few days after the video was filmed Velázquez was found dead in Mexicali.
States of Mexico
The United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...
of Baja, California in the administration of governor Eugenio Elorduy Walther
Eugenio Elorduy Walther
Eugenio Elorduy Walther is a Mexican politician and governor of his adoptive state of Baja California from November 1, 2001 thru October 31, 2007. His wife Elena Blackaller serves as first lady.-Biography:...
of the National Action Party
National Action Party (Mexico)
The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...
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In May 2007 a video uploaded to You Tube and released to the media portrayed José Ramón Velázquez, a drug dealer working for the Joaquín Guzmán Loera (a.k.a. "El Chapo") criminal gang, accusing the governor and Martínez Luna of protecting drug dealers. Velázquez explains in the video that he had rorked for "El Mayel" and through his lawyer he met "El Chapo" at the maximum-security prison of Almoloya
Almoloya
Almoloya is a Mexican toponym from the Nahuatl atl and molonhi :*Estado de México**Almoloya de Juárez, site of a federal maximum security prison**Almoloya de Alquisiras**Almoloya de las Granadas**Almoloya del Río*Hidalgo...
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In the video Velázquez also describes how Humberto Valdez (a.k.a. "El Pato") one of the attorney general's assistants was trying to put together a group of expelled ministerial agents like Velázquez then re-instate them to fight off the Tijuana Cartel
Tijuana Cartel
The Tijuana Cartel is a Mexican drug cartel based in Tijuana. The cartel has been described as "one of the biggest and most violent criminal groups in Mexico"...
and everybody who was competing with "El Chapo". According to Velázquez, Martínez Luna (a.k.a. "El Blindado", English for "Shielded" or "bullet-proof") supported the creation of this cell in both Mexicali and Tijuana. Velázquez also describes how two agents paid 200,000 US dollars each to not be executed for stealing drugs and the money went from "El Pato" to Martínez Luna.
The video was filmed by a group of members of a gang competing with "El Chapo"'s gang. A few days after the video was filmed Velázquez was found dead in Mexicali.
Source
- Excerpts from the interview and a screenshot of the video at Crónica de Baja California newspaper website
See also
- Antonio Carmona AñorveAntonio Carmona AñorveAntonio Hermenegildo Carmona Añorve was the director of police of Mexicali during the government of Eugenio Elorduy Walther, current governor of Baja California. Due to his collaboration with drug-dealing and organized crime, Carmona was arrested on August 29, 2001...
— Attorney General for Mexicali during the government of Governor Elorduy convicted for similar crimes