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The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, presented a decoration to General Salvador Cienfuegos who was the Secretary of National Defense in the Government of Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018). Cienfuegos was accused of drug trafficking by the United States in 2021. He was arrested and eventually released back to Mexico following political negotiations. The US believed he would be prosecuted in Mexico. However, he was exonerated by the Mexican Government due to a lack of evidence.
This Wednesday, López Obrador presented him with the “Bicentennial of the Heroic Military College” award, which distinguishes Army commanders for their contributions to the military training establishment. Cienfuegos, who was director of the school from 1997 to 2000, had a privileged seat in the presidium between López Obrador and officials from his cabinet, including the current heads of the Army and Navy.
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Upon collecting the award, in a formal event in the State of Veracruz, the former head of Defense saluted the President, who is the supreme commander of the Armed Forces. They shook hands and exchanged words that only nearby officials could hear. Another military commander received the same award, General Enrique Cervantes, Secretary of Defense in the Government of Ernesto Zedillo (1994-2000).
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Accusations Against Cienfuegos
López Obrador defended Cienfuegos' reputation to the end when he was arrested on October 15, 2021, at the Los Angeles airport in front of his family. The DEA accused him of drug trafficking and money laundering in collaboration with the H-2 Cartel, a split from the Beltrán Leyva Organization. The López Obrador Government pressured, through the Foreign Ministry and the Attorney General's Office (FGR), for the United States to hand over the general to Mexico, with the promise of prosecuting him in the country. Shortly after entering national territory, the FGR finally dropped the charges.The then-Donald Trump Administration accused Cienfuegos based on thousands of Blackberry messages supposedly exchanged between the general and members of the H-2 Cartel, which operated on the northern Pacific coast of Mexico. According to the indictment, Cienfuegos supported "H-2," Juan Francisco Patrón Sánchez, at least between December 2015 and February 2017, giving protection to his illicit operations in exchange for bribes. The DEA pointed out that, thanks to the general's collaboration, "H-2" was able to traffic thousands of kilos of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana to the United States.
The López Obrador government protested the fact that US agencies had not informed it that an investigation into a prominent former official was underway. Furthermore, he was none other than the former head of the Army, an institution for which López Obrador has deep respect. “I am going to ask for all the information on this issue because it is an institution of institutions, it is a pillar of the Mexican State,” said the president in one of his conferences. “It is a very delicate matter and I want to follow up and inform it so that it does not lend itself to an unfair attack against the institution.”
Mexico considered that it was a violation of national sovereignty and applied pressure in the same way: it threatened to expel US agents who were working in national territory and to modify the law to make cooperation in intelligence operations more transparent. Washington relented and sent the evidence supporting the investigation to Mexico. Diplomatic pressures were successful and finally, the United States withdrew the accusations from Cienfuegos and handed him over to Mexico to be tried.
The FGR began its own investigation and discovered that the Blackberry messages attributed to the former Secretary of Defense were written with spelling errors such that they raised doubts about the solidity of the file.
Shortly after, the Prosecutor's Office concluded that the general "never had any encounter with the members of the criminal organization investigated by the North American authorities and nor did he maintain any communication with them, nor did he carry out acts aimed at protecting or helping said individuals."
López Obrador celebrated the FGR's resolution and stated that the DEA “fabricated” the accusation against the soldier.
Source El Pais
AMLO is completely crooked when it comes to his involvement with top cartel figures like Cienfuegos and Genaro Garcia Luna. He got Trump to drop the charges against Garcia Luna with the promise he would be prosecuted in Mexico, and then gave him a heroes welcoming.
ReplyDeleteThis is sad for the Mexican people.
Nobody promised he would be prosecuted in Mexico thats absurd. Plus that would never happen.
DeleteGarcia Luna is in jail bruh.
DeleteWhy is cienpedos getting an award?
DeleteALMO sure thinks backwards.
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ALMO and his cabinet had a hissy fit, when cienpedos got arrested in LSX airport.
More like AMLO gave Trump a big donation and ask for Cienfuegos to be set free or I allow more drugs cross into USA. Corrupt MF from both sides
Delete7:33 I think he meant to say Cienfuegos not Garcia Luna
DeleteSorry, I had Cienfugos and Garcia Luna confused. My bad.
Delete7:33 in the USA bruh.
DeleteCIENPEDOS- quien los quiero primero
Delete9:50 ist the same type of guy but different outcome
DeleteAn award for keeping quiet on how much and who receives money annually. They were the collectors of money.
ReplyDeleteDidn't ALMO campaign on cleaning up corruption? What a joke.
ReplyDeleteYes he did what grew is his nose.
DeleteAnd seeing his pocket get filled of Greenbacks.
Multiple presidents have campaigned on cleaning up criminals drugs and corruption for decades and it’s just perpetually the same problems .
DeleteEl Rey del cash. Que no es chilango Elmo?
ReplyDeleteNo. Es de Tabasco.
DeleteAhí a hecho su carre..cagazon, primero como PRI de izquierda, luego PRD y ahora con MORENA.
DeleteEste tipo Cienfuegos o cienpedos como se le dice también. No le gusta la gente baja de estatura y cuando llegaba a las instalaciones los de baja estatura se tenían que esconder. No es broma. Pésima persona e insoportable
ReplyDeleteNo wonder Mexico is f' up when their government is more corrupt than a banana republic.
ReplyDeleteSure it is! Because we all know American Politician are clean like a whistle
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DeleteMaybe,but NOWHERE NEAR as LAWLESS as mexico
Cienfuegos really yanked AMLO towards him when they shook hands. Not at all the attitude of the grateful subordinate whose boss saved his ass. I think it's pretty clear that AMLO works for the army, and not vice-versa. Reminds me of Trump and his power play handshakes.
ReplyDelete"If the glove don't fit, you must acquit."
ReplyDeleteMaybe Cienfuegos should be in prison, but there wasn't enough evidence. There was mention of a so called "Padrino" and the gringos SUSPECTED it was Cienfuegos but could not prove it and thought AMLO was going to be their puppet and go along with their game. Well, he proved them wrong. It was a little payback for "wide receiver ", Fast and furious" "Allende" "Culiacanazo" and who knows how many other failed U.S Operations where no guilty U.S officials were held accountable.
There was a ton of evidence on Cienfuegos, evidence gathered throughout the years. ALMO being puppetized by the seniors in Military, told ALMO what to say, to the US under Trump's watch...oh we will serve Cienfuegos in Mexican court, only to be let out in a few days, ALMO lied to USA.
DeleteHe had the balls to say, DEA did not have no evidence, in which they did.
There was enough evidence to lock him up for many life sentences.
DeleteAt the end of the day AMLO is just onother puppet, just onother NARCOPRESIDENT like the ones before him
8:27 AM
DeleteIs exactly the type that AMLO uses to deflect news,unsophisticated and conspiracy minded.
Cienfuegos is guilty as sin and you should be looking at AMLO not the U.S
"wide receiver ", Fast and furious" "Allende" "Culiacanazo"
DeleteHow can you talk sense with bullshit like this? You must be in favor of impunity murder,criminality and general chaos in mexico
940 gringos had no solid proof. "El Padrino" (whoever that is, couldve been anyone) was referenced a handful of times with no solid connection to Cienfuegos or any Beltran Leyva cartel leader for that matter.
Delete156 show me where. AMLO made the information provided by the DEA public and the gringos where very upset because it exposed their incompetence.
214 Your the type that believes what they hear without questioning the validity of the information. You should be looking at the U.S Government and questioning why no U.S officials have ever been prosecuted for their misconduct in covert failed U.S operations that lead to the death of U.S agents along with mexican citizens.
217 you must be new to Borderland Beat. Look in the Archives, there's plenty of articles related to the incidents I mentioned.
https://www.gob.mx/fgr/documentos/investigacion-cienfuegos
I'll even provide the link for the transcripts, mind you it's 800 plus pages of solid SPECULATION that I know for a fact none of you guys will read because you're a bunch of lazy asses and its a whole lot easier to regurgitate second hand information from bias sources than to actually do your own leg work and see for yourselves. I won't hold my breath on the overwhelming amount of information you kids will find incriminatimg Cienfuegos.
7:18 you've personally read those 800 pages and formed the opinion the evidence was lacking? Are you a trained lawyer who knows the penal code of the USA?
Delete214 Yes. And based on the evidence the U.S provided AMLO's administration I can say for myself that Cienfuegos arrest was based on a hunch.
Deletehunch- is an intuitive feeling that a suspect is engaging in criminal activity, but no specific evidence can be articulated.
All of you are so convinced that Cienfuegos was involved in whatever the U.S was accusing him of. I'm not saying he didn't, but what you tontitos fail to understand is, based on the text messages the DEA provided they could not prosecute the General. Now go read them 800 pages huevon and tell me what breakthrough evidence you come accross. When your done you can share it with all of the mensos who are dying to tell me, "SEE, I TOLD YOU SO!!!"
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DeleteHe's a paid influencer for Obrador.
Cienpedos was curupt and evidence proved it.
855 yeah yeah yeah. Go read the link I provided Belize boy. It's the same information the DEA provided the Mexican government. When your lazy ass is done with it, please cite the specific text where the messages undoubtedly put Cienfuegos at guilt of whatever the accusations allege. Again, I won't hold my breath.
DeleteThere's text messages from cartel de sinaloa and sienfuegos.
DeleteCienfuegos is crooked AF and should have been locked up!!
636 if you could prove it "El Padrino" is Cienfuegos then go ahead and arrest him. The thing is the moniker was named a handful of times and the gringos could not prove it was Cienfuegos.
Delete9:07 BS! Cienfuegos didn't face a jury trial in the USA so the credibility, or lack thereof, of all the evidence was never presented and considered. A grand jury thought there was enough evidence to indict him. México "justice" system being what it is what else could be expected. Bet his ass won't go to any country that has an extradition treaty with the USA. Ya sabe a qué le tira.
Delete151, all we have is what was presented to México by the DEA. You're talking like you have some inside information that nobody else is aware of. Please show us the evidence that was never presented and considered. Why wasnt that evidence you claim exist made public? If the gringos wanted, they could've made that information public just as Mexico made the documents that were given by the U.S public. Show us those documents so you could shut me up once and for all.
Delete2:56 Because they(USA government) will present their criminal case in a court of law of their jurisdiction. Cienfuegos will stay his ass in México. He knows his pendientes.
Delete132 ok. If you say so. At this point, he's staying in Mexico. Why not expose him and make the rest of the evidence you claim exist, public. What does the U.S have to lose at this point? The U.S provided 800 plus pages of "evidence" and if you clicked on the link I provided earlier, you could point out what everyone apparently missed. Please show me what proof you have to put him in jail. I'm honestly interested in seeing what you claim is out there that we have not seen yet.
Delete5:14 You sound desperate. Are you Cienfuegos? Keep your ass in México. Sobre aviso no hay engaño.
Delete205, yeah yeah yeah. You say theirs additional evidence. Where is it? LOL, you obviously don't have it, you've never seen it, and you won't find it, not because it doesn't exist, but because you're too much of a lazy ass to even look for it. It's so much easier to say "he's corrupt, and if you disagree you're a chayotero" Go find it mijo, and when you do, post it for all of us to see. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
DeleteI bet he's never done peyote or hongos like I have https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvj5ew/this-senator-wants-to-legalize-magic-mushrooms-in-mexico
ReplyDeleteWhy are you all complaining about, Donald made a good deal when he send him back. Money in his pocket and fooling “patriots “ like little kids.
ReplyDeleteNo money was ever exchanged Mijo.
DeleteTo each their own,cienfuegos to mexico and the usa can't or don't want to sentence garcia luna because luna wad dea"s friendly
ReplyDeleteAt the end of the day they are ALL the US b!tch3$, they work with US agencies to put Mexico under.
DeleteIt's deeper than just drugs, they are all freemasons working for the same cause..
Evil definitely runs the world like God says 🙏 💯
Wasn’t General Cienfuegos ( that’s a cool fucking last name ). It’s like my last name being “ thundercat” or something. Lol.
ReplyDeleteWasn’t he accused of working with the cartels? But found not guilty…..
Hmmmmmmmm
Still cool last name
Rubio NYC
"This is sad for the Mexican people"
ReplyDeleteAs a commented above.It shows the complete lack of concern governments have for its people. I keep saying about people being sheep,it is not skin tone against skin tone it is have and have not at the top,and we continue to be swayed and coerced by these lying twats is their anyone here who thinks DEA made it up?DEA aint no saint but this AMLO is a complete and utter fuckin dreamer who always resorts to the same tactic of U.S v Mexico
Shepherds may change but sheep remain sheep
ReplyDeleteThere has to be a better way than having people like AMLO for a sexenio term.This is disgraceful,not about truth,its about sovereignty and jingoism and all that bullshit that the Mexican people fall for,at the same time showing what he thinks of the Mexican people.Sad shit,really
ReplyDeleteYou know this is going to turn into U.S v Mexico.
ReplyDeleteThis tells you all you need to know about AMLO
I detect some Chayoteros in here.
ReplyDeleteDon't want to admit, ALMO is a Narco president.
Oh no, its the "When I dont have any facts it's time to resort to name calling" Kid. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
DeletePinche ceremonia cagapalos. Pinche pais 3er mundial. Te apuesto que la medalla fue comprada en la tienda Dollar Tree. Jajaj. Como Mexico no hay dos! Juaaaaaaa!
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