Eleazar Medina Rojas 'El Chelelo', Leader Of "La Compañía" Extradited To The U.S.

"Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article translated and reposted from La Jornada

The Mexican government extradited Eleazar Medina Rojas, alias 'El Chelelo', alleged leader of the criminal group "La Compañía", to the US. courtesy of the Yucatan Attorney General's Office.

Mexico City. The Mexican government extradited to the United States Eleazar Medina Rojas, alias El Chelelo, alleged leader of the criminal group "La Compañia", who worked for the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas in the state of Nuevo León, and who is wanted in that country for crimes related to drug trafficking.

"Between 2000 and 2010, Eleazar "M" was the leader of a criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking. During that time, he transported large quantities of cocaine and marijuana for distribution in the United States of America; he also received weapons for his criminal activities," reported the Attorney General's Office (FGR).

In addition, he received weapons for his criminal activities sent by Jaime González Durán, (a) "Hummer," who was a founding member of Los Zetas.

The now extradited man was arrested in 2018 in Mérida, Yucatán, for a traffic infraction for which he was remanded in custody. A local judge released him on the grounds that the crime did not justify him remaining in jail, however, as his details had already been notified to federal authorities, his immediate re-arrest was ordered for crimes against health.

Captured "El Chelelo" in Merida, Yucatan, picture from December 7, 2018

In December of that same year, a federal judge notified him that the U.S. authorities required his extradition, so he was ordered to remain in custody at the Federal Center for Social Readaptation No. 1 in Almoloya de Juarez, State of Mexico.

After exhausting all legal remedies available to him, Medina Rojas was handed over to U.S. agents to answer before U.S. courts on charges of "conspiracy to manufacture and distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana with the intent and knowledge that these substances would be imported into the United States.

Source: La Jornada 

Official statement from the Attorney General's Office Of The Republic Of Mexico 

Press Release FGR 360/23

July 09, 2023 CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico

FGR HANDS OVER PERSON WANTED BY U.S. AUTHORITIES FOR EXTRADITION

In compliance with the Extradition Treaty signed between Mexico and the United States of America, the Attorney General's Office (FGR) extradited a Mexican national wanted by the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia for the crimes of criminal association and against health.

Eleazar "M", between 2000 and 2010, was the leader of a criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking. At that time, he transported large quantities of cocaine and marijuana for distribution in the United States of America; he also received weapons for his criminal activities.

Subsequently, and after being arrested in Merida, Yucatan in 2018, the Government of Mexico granted the extradition of the defendant to the requesting Government.

 

He was handed over at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) to the U.S. agents designated for his transfer to that country.