Victor Manuel Felix Beltran escaped from prison, was to be extradited

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Víctor Manuel Félix Beltrán, “El Vic”, identified as a main financial operator of Joaquín Guzmán Loera “El Chapo ”, escaped from the South Reclusorio of Mexico City on January 29 at dawn. He and two other inmates named Luis Meza and Yael Osuna did not get ready this morning, which alerted the authorities. After inspecting the facilities, they realized that the three criminals had managed to escape.

Beltrán and Meza, originally from Sinaloa, were charged with crimes against health, while Navarro de Nayarit was locked up by criminal association.

After his disappearance was announced, the Attorney General of Mexico City conducted an investigation within the prison, but reported no findings. He also alerted the Command, Control, Computing, Communications and Citizen Contact Center of Mexico City (C5) to try to locate the fugitives through the cameras.

The head of government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum published on her Twitter account a statement about the escape of the three prisoners of the South Reclusorio:

"We report on the evasion of three prisoners from the South Prison. In coordination
@SSP_CDMX @FiscaliaCDMX @SSPCMexico @SeGobCDMX They activated protocols. The Government Secretary
We will be reporting In a few minutes in a press conference."

Who is Víctor Manuel Félix Beltrán?

In 2015, the Treasury Department described Félix Beltrán as "a high-ranking Sinaloa Cartel trafficker." That same year, the Northern District of Illinois charged him with drug trafficking and money laundering, charges from which he remained a fugitive until his apprehension in 2017. It is believed that Félix Beltrán was the point man in the cartel's distribution hubs in Chicago after the arrests of Pedro and Margarito Flores, also known as the Flores Brothers.

Three years ago his rather was tried in San Diego, California, United States. He was given a sentence of 14 years.