'I Never Gave Evidence to Incriminate Chapo Guzmán', Says Former Congresswoman Lucero Sánchez

"Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted RIODOCE 

The former congresswoman Lucero Guadalupe Sanchez Lopez, who was romantically linked to the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, Joaquín el Chapo Guzmán Loera, denied having provided evidence against him, nor being responsible for the "collapse or fall" of the drug lord, as stated by journalist Laura Sánchez Ley, of the newspaper Milenio.

In an alleged letter sent to journalist José Luis Montenegro, the former congresswoman for Cosalá denied that she had delivered the 6,000 text messages in which El Chapo confessed to her operations, murders and escapes.

"National newspapers in Mexico have stated that I, Lucero Guadalupe Sánchez López, delivered six thousand text messages in which Mr. Guzmán Loera confessed to me operations related to drugs, murders and escapes, among other crimes he committed while he was leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, as stated in an article published by the newspaper Milenio and its collaborator Laura Sánchez Ley", she affirmed.

"This assertion is absolutely false. It is unsubstantiated despite the fact that there is public information and that it is on record in judicial records. The person who delivered the conversations I had at some point with Mr. Guzmán Loera, according to an exhaustive investigation by the United States government, was a technician of Colombian origin hired directly by El Chapo; he was in charge of spying on friends, family and people of interest of Joaquín Guzmán".

And she adds: "The six thousand text messages were not delivered by me".

The former congresswoman accuses that against her person "slander and insults have been spread irresponsibly by almost all the media in Mexico and several countries in Latin America and the United States, it is alarming because these actions put my family's life at risk, by cataloging me as the alleged responsible for the sentence that the US judge Brian Cogan issued against Joaquín Guzmán".

"I never provided evidence that would incriminate him in a criminal way, because I simply did not have it. Judge Cogan made his decision based on the testimony of several close collaborators who did work with him on the crimes in his indictment."

And she insists, "I never collaborated with the U.S. government to achieve his capture or that of other members. I am currently focused on rebuilding my life".

At the end, Sanchez Lopez asks the press and communicators not to misinform or misrepresent information with the purpose of tarnishing her reputation or simply for profit, and clarifies that for the moment she does not intend to give interviews.

The former local deputy was arrested in the United States in 2017 and sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of conspiracy along with members of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Source: RIODOCE