Z-40 Transferred To Federal Prison In Chiapas

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

Privileges that Miguel Treviño Morales had in Buenavista Michoacán are disabled

After the complaint made by custodians of the federal prison of Buenavista Tomatlán, in Michoacán, about privileges that the alleged drug trafficker Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales "El Z-40" had, the inmate was transferred to the Federal Center for Social Rehabilitation (Cefereso) number 15 CPS Chiapas, located in Villa Comaltitlán.

The transfer occurred during the weekend, when a helicopter arrived at Cefereso 17 CPS Michoacán to take the former leader of the criminal organization of Los Zetas to what is now his new home, after he was incarcerated in the federal prisons of Altiplano, Puente Grande, Oaxaca, Hermosillo and Ciudad Juárez.

Upon his arrival in Buenavista in 2020, after his transfer from Cefereso 2 Occidente, in Puente Grande, which closed its doors, Treviño Morales relaxed the security measures in his favor, with the support of the directors, who placed him in the "ECO" module with partial exclusivity,  he only lived with a few prisoners that he authorized.

Operational personnel of the Michoacán prison said that months after their internment at that site, "El Z-40" donated to the administration of the then director of the center, Julio César Pérez Ramírez, about 30 speakers to be distributed in each of the modules; and later, in 2021, with Jorge Isaac Neri García, he gave gifts worth 2,800 pesos each, and chess and domino games, which are worth approximately a thousand pesos, each.

The same prison workers reported that Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales had privileges, unlike the rest of the population of Cefereso 17, including access to news and newspapers of the day, as well as fresh fruit that had to be peeled and chopped in his presence because of his distrust of being a victim of poisoning.

With the transfer of "El Z-40", the staff feels less stress, since they were afraid that "Los Zetas" would take control of the prison institution; however, the risks for the workers continue, since it’s a medium security prison that houses highly dangerous inmates, among others the drug traffickers and kidnappers transferred from Puente Grande and gang members who were in Cefereso 9 of Ciudad Juárez, and who have been in several fights.

El Cefereso 15 CPS Chiapas, where Treviño arrived, is of maximum security, where characters such as Juan Francisco Sillas Rocha "El Ruedas" and Edgar Colonel Aispuro, the latter brother-in-law of drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera "El Chapo Guzmán" among others, are imprisoned.

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