"Morogris" and "Anonymous" for Borderland Beat
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| Sinaloa Cartel operative Felipe Cabrera Sarabia presented before the press after his 2011 arrest (image credit: ABC7 Chicago) |
Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, a former high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, implored a US federal judge for mercy during his 19-year sentencing on Tuesday afternoon.
Earlier this month, Cabrera wrote a letter from his Chicago jail cell, begging the judge for leniency. In the letter, Cabrera predominantly referred to God and his belief in divine intervention.
The drug trafficker humbly admitted, "Only God knows," before sending his blessings to the judge, awaiting the announcement of his fate.
"Yes, there were family there, very close knit family. And they came from Mexico and parts of the United States, to be with him," said Ralph Meczyk, Cabrera's attorney.
Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman of the U.S. District Court sentenced Cabrera to over 19 years in prison. She expressed uncertainty about whether this would effectively discourage drug dealers. While the judge recognized Cabrera's past community efforts, she emphasized that her community had been severely affected by the influx of dangerous drugs from cartels.
In a letter, Cabrera begged for jail time leniency. "God for forgiveness..." and then the judge herself: "I beg you to please be merciful," Cabrera writing. "Only God truly knows of all the hardships" his family has endured. "God only knows how it feels to be without a family."
To that the judge responded: "I'm sorry your family is going to miss you" she said. But "that's the price" of drug trafficking.
"I'm satisfied. I really am. I thought the judge was very thorough and she gave a very, very fair hearing. So I'm satisfied," Meczyk told the press after sentencing.
In January, Cabrera confessed to trafficking cocaine and heroin for the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization that US investigators say is responsible for 80 percent of Chicago's illegal drugs.
He is being credited for the time he spent in a Mexican jail before being extradited. As part of his punishment, he is expected to serve around nine more years in the United States before he is deported back to Mexico.
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| Kingpin Act designation chart displaying the Cabrera-Sarabia network |
Background
Felipe Cabrera-Sarabia was born in Mexico on 23 August 1971. According to the U.S. government, Cabrera-Sarabia was involved in drug trafficking activities since at least 1996. He went by his aliases El Inge / Ingeniero (The Engineer), El Señor de la Sierra (The Lord of the Mountain Range), and Miguel Velazquez Manjarrez.
Cabrera-Sarabia first worked under Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada in the Mexican state of Durango, where he controlled large marijuana and poppy plantations and was responsible for supervising heroin, cocaine and marijuana trafficking activities to the U.S.
Most of the cocaine and heroin that was smuggled to the U.S. under Cabrera-Sarabia's network was sent to the Chicago, Illinois area. The drugs in Chicago were coordinated by the twin brothers Pedro and Margarito Flores and El Mayo's eldest son Vicente Zambada Niebla ("El Vicentillo"). U.S. prosecutors have phone recordings between them.
On 18 March 2015, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Cabrera-Sarabia and his brothers Jose Luis and Alejandro under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). The U.S. government stated that they were "major heroin and marijuana" suppliers for the Sinaloa Cartel in the state of Durango.
As part of the Kingpin Act, their U.S. assets were frozen and U.S. entities were prohibited from engaging in business transactions with them. The sanction stated that the Cabrera Sarabia brothers had provided material and financial assistance to both El Mayo and El Chapo.
Arrest and extradition
Cabrera-Sarabia was arrested by the Mexican Army on 26 December 2011 in Culiacan, Sinaloa. Mexican investigators said that he was a commander of Gente Nueva, an armed wing responsible for fighting rival cartel members in states like Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango and Sonora. Cabrera-Sarabia was also believed to have been involved in mass disappearances in Durango where victims were buried in mass graves.
In 2018, he was sentenced to 24 years and 3 months in prison for organized crime involvement, illegal possession of military-exclusive firearms, and bribery. He was convicted of bribery because he tried to pay off officials in Mexico's former Attorney General's Office (PGR) and the National Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN). He was extradited to the US on June 2020.
Sources: ABC7Chicago; Borderland Beat archives
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DeleteYo soy sinaloense de hueso colorado compa .. la neta que la cagas lambiéndole las bolas a narcos pendejos que ni en la vida te tomaran en cuenta .. en vez de que te de vergüenza la cobardía de que como pueblo no podemos eliminar ese pinche cancer que es el crimen organizado te pones mejor a rendirle homenajes a los peores sinaloenses que puedan existir .. y este pendejo es de Durango no de Sinaloa
Delete10:32 pinche analfabestia muerto de hambre como todo puto narco. No tienen nada que ofrecer a la sociedad y no saben hacer nada mas que envenenar a otros con la pinche droga y matarse los unos a los otros como perros peleandose por comida y ustedes por traslado de chingaderas.
DeleteMejor pointe a trabajar pinche animal y deja de decir pendejadas de niño chiquito.
10:32 Compa nomas una aclaración a su comentario, Pedro Avilez era de tayoltita Durango. Bueno o malo pero asi es. Y a los que se avergüenzan y hablan mal de los narcos, solo cada quin save las oportunidades que les da la vida.
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DeleteHis poor family? 😂
ReplyDeleteHis brothers still controll majority of Durango(if not all of it) and are the main participants in Zacatecas current war.
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El 03--- Cabrera sarabia brothers.
CDS members are crybabies.
Crazy how this CDS guys keep getting a slap on the hand for what they have done, i wonder why 🤔🐁
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DeleteHe will be out under 5years
ReplyDeleteHe has at least another 10 years to do when he gets back to Mexico. And then Mexico could always Guero Palma him by bringing back old cases to file against him while he is serving the remainder of his Mexican prison sentence.
DeleteIt's federal has to do majority of time.
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Delete3:18 lol
DeleteThe same judge that sentences a first time offender who sold at 8 ball to 20 years. They give out quantity discounts when you move drugs by the ton.
ReplyDeleteIt's cause drugs don't matter its all a show.
ReplyDeleteHe'll be home in 12
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DeleteWhen he gets home in 12 years all his friends will be gone
DeleteObrador office is always going after CDS he should go after everyone or nobody But he doesn't bother the one that pays the most But hopefully the next president will unleash the pitbulls on everyone and extradite all who are wanted here in the USA get on everyone like El Salvador Open up las .islas.marias.mexicos version of Alcatraz so all you guys who idolize them don't get offended Idolize God not these clowns who terrorize civilians all cowards at BOP they go into lockdown protection.
ReplyDelete10:53 its not really obrador, its the cds guys who get caught and snitch on everyone in their close circle, so its easier to catch them than going against other cartels who they dont have any accurate info on, its that simple
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DeleteWill he have to back into custody in Mexico, or can he get that all deferred and go away with his brother's money and influence?
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ReplyDeleteCalderon protected CDS : Pena who knows and obrador Jalisco so next president has to protect Everyone in Tamaulipas it's only fair don't be more greedy than you are fighting for protection Besides all you get it when you go to BOP orr TDCJ.
ReplyDeleteWhy is this guy begging the judge for Mercy? Isn't he a tough guy with an AK and dozens of guys behind him? Wait until he gets to the joint! So who's next for the one way ride to supermax? Trevino or the other trophy mencho?
ReplyDeleteHe is an innocent farmer, hasnt done any harm to anyone
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