Miguel Ángel Treviño-Morales Claims in Letter He Isn’t Former Los Zetas Leader Z-40

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From a Milenio Article

Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales assured that he is not the leader of Los Zetas and in 2019 he was acquitted of the accusation against him for organized crime, although he faces other charges, he is innocent until proven otherwise.

In a letter sent to MILENIO, requesting to exercise his right of reply, he also requested that his image and name stop being used to identify him or match him to the nickname Z-40 since it has been proven before the courts “that I am not that person they mentioned.” But in any case, there is a homonymy or a similar name, which causes damage to his image and name and that of his family.

“I will use all the legal means at my disposal to carry out this clarification and to request compensation for the damages and losses that you have caused,” added Treviño Morales.

 
Treviño Morales said that there is not a single complaint against him for threatening or bribing any judge and that neither in Mexico nor in any other country has he received a sentence that proves his identity as a criminal leader and in fact the sentence that establishes that It could not be proven that he is the person whom witnesses pointed out, in addition, that he has obtained more than 12 acquittal resolutions demonstrating that he was not and will not be responsible for being a leader or belonging to organized crime or the Gulf Cartel or Los Zetas.

He explains that the judge had doubts about the identity of the person to whom the witnesses Yeraldin, Rafael, and Mateo Díaz López were referring since there was no firm and categorical accusation against Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, the witnesses who affirmed they had in sight to that person and not knowing him, raised doubts and that it was up to the Public Ministry to provide the appropriate means to prove the identification.

He denied that he has intimidated, bribed, or threatened judges to avoid his extradition to the United States and has only exercised his right to an adequate defense, "which cannot be classified as an undue benefit" and that said trial has been prolonged further by the constant change of detention centers and various powers of judges. He stated that he promoted an Amparo in his extradition process and although he obtained the provisional suspension, on January 2 he was denied the definitive suspension. Federal judges fear they will be killed if they authorize the extradition of Zetas leaders to the US.

He affirms that there is no documentation of any crime he committed, and although he is being prosecuted for some crimes, the presumption of innocence operates in his favor, and “I am innocent until proven otherwise,” he indicated.

Treviño Morales also stated that there is no way he could have ordered the murder of 10 guards since he has remained isolated from the prison population most of the time in prison and even his family and defense interviews are recorded and listened to. Neither There is a criminal process or investigation file in this regard.

And he maintained that he does not enjoy and has not enjoyed any privilege regarding conjugal visits. Miguel Ángel Treviño also affirmed that he has no pending arrest warrant against him for the accusation of the massacre of 200 migrants in San Fernando and confirmed that he had legally won, as a benefit in confinement, access to fresh fruit in the Buenavista prison, Michoacán.

Source Milenio