"Char" for Borderland Beat
This article was translated and reposted from INFOBAE
Relatives of 'El 85′ protested near the SCJN to request that his trial be resolved in Mexico.
WRITTEN BY: BARUC MAYEN
AUGUST 14, 2024
Relatives of Erick Valencia Salazar, alias 'El 85', demonstrated outside the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation to demand that his criminal proceedings be carried out in accordance with justice. (Infobae México/Baruc Mayen)
With slogans such as “No to extradition!” and “Fair trial!”, relatives and lawyers of Erick Valencia Salazar, alleged co-founder of the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation (CJNG), held a protest outside the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) to demand that a minister of the Highest Court take charge of the case.
The main request of the protesters, as well as Valencia's legal representation, is that he not be handed over to US authorities and that his case be resolved promptly in national territory.
In an interview with Infobae Mexico, lawyers Marco Cortes Rodriguez and Omar Gutierrez explained that Erick Valencia, alias 'El 85′, has no pending investigation or criminal proceedings in Mexico. “He is detained for extradition purposes only. All the investigations that at the time the Attorney General's Office wanted to exhaust were already prosecuted and he was acquitted.”
Valencia Salazar was first arrested in March 2012 by Mexican Army agents in Zapopan, Jalisco. More than five and a half years later, in December 2017, a judge in Puente Grande ordered his release on the grounds that there were violations of due process and a lack of irrefutable evidence to prove the defendant's responsibility in crimes such as organized crime and carrying weapons for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces.
In May 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an indictment against Erick Valencia for cocaine trafficking. In the words of his legal representatives, the investigations for this criminal charge would have derived in a possible violation of his rights.
“He is accused in the United States for a wiretap, they invaded his human rights without a court order, there was no technology judge that allowed the wiretap [...] A written copy of a phone call and that is the only thing they have as evidence”, the lawyers accused during the demonstration at the SCJN.
“There is no scientific, expert or congruent evidence where the Mexican State can say that Erick Valencia is guilty of what they are accusing him of,” the legal defense claimed.
“With this evidence they want to send him to foreign territory, then what is the use of our Magna Carta? Supposedly there is a principle of sovereignty. So if they are intercepting our communications, are we being sovereign?” added attorney Cortés Rodríguez.
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As part of statements offered to the press during the rally at the seat of the Maximum Court, the defense of 'El 85′ assured that, so far, he does not have any legal advisor in the United States, because it has not been considered necessary.
“He firmly believes in Mexican justice, he believes he is going to stay here because he is not a criminal, simply because he carries a last name does not mean he is a criminal,” the lawyers assured.
Based on the indictment filed in the Columbia Court, authorities issued a provisional arrest warrant for extradition purposes against Erick Valencia, which was served in Tapalpa, Jalisco, on September 4, 2022.
Marco Cortés Rodríguez is one of the lawyers representing Valencia Salazar (Infobae México/Baruc Mayen).
“The fear is that they will listen to the U.S. with evidence that has no basis. Mr. Erick Valencia has all the confidence in the Mexican justice system so that they can determine whether he is guilty or not,” said lawyer Omar Gutiérrez to Infobae Mexico.
During the demonstration in the Historic Center, the lawyers acknowledged that a worker from the Liaison Unit of the SCJN had assured them that he would give them an appointment to follow up on the case. However, he did not set a date for this.
“What we want is for one of the ministers that make up the First Chamber of the SCJN to listen to us. Our interest is that he be tried here in Mexico, not only that he not be taken to the U.S., but that the Mexican justice system realize that they are making a mistake by having accepted Mr. Erick Valencia without evidence,” Gutiérrez told this newspaper.
Up to the date of the protest, none of the members of the First Chamber of the Court have explicitly expressed their interest in attracting the case of 'El 85′. In the event that this instance declines jurisdiction to handle this matter, the lawyers will go before the Collegiate Court based in Toluca, State of Mexico, to present the corresponding legal recourse.
FOLLOW-UP BY: CHAR
Manuel Espino Bucion on X states the following, " #LastHour an unusual event, lawyers, family and friends of Erick Valencia Salazar, “El 85” and ex-partner of “El Mencho”, protest in front of the SCJN to ask it to take over the case of his extradition to the US."
Prison time, common don't be afraid. You can spill all the beans, on the curupt Mexican government.
ReplyDeleteIt’s better to stay with the corrupt Mexican government than the corrupt USA government.
DeleteAhora va ver quien la tiene mas gruesa.
DeleteValencia should accept the extradition and when Mencho gets caught and extradited to the U.S. he can cut a deal and snitch like everyone else and be under the witness protection program.
ReplyDeleteMencho? They're gonna use him against Menchito.
Delete11:52 other way around kid. Mencho would have menchito testify against him like the zambadas did
Delete8:25 where have you been, Mencho been dead for awhile. Are they going to unearth his bones, and put handcuffs on lock them in a prison cell?
Delete8:01 that’s always just been a rumor that the snitchaloas been pushing. The DEA and Mexican gov still have a bounty on his head so id go with there info before some alucin in a comment section
Delete801 cjng would like to thank you for spreading they're propaganda
DeleteMochomo wanted to snitch but wasn't allowed because he wasn't offered a deal.
DeleteFunny thing. USA gives criminals residency and a pay check for information. It doesn’t matter if you have killed people. They just want the intel.
DeleteAmerica kills people all the time
Delete10:16 no period, my ass is a rumor.
DeleteYou cjng nutthugger, he DEAD fool.
zetas are mobilizing behind chavo felix and sam
ReplyDeleteNonsense what zetas?
DeleteLiar
DeleteThat's a negative chief 825pm
DeleteAnd the Germans are attacking Poland again
Delete1:57 are you talking about the super Germans in Culiacan. 100% German blood blue eyes and everything. Not even Germany knows anything about the super Germans only people in Culiacan
DeleteQue se lo lleven al wey
ReplyDeleteque chinge su puta madre por culero que lo maten
ReplyDeleteValencia
ReplyDeleteNah don’t cry now. Time to pay the piper
ReplyDeleteAfter my last call out it must be a joke Char. Anybody else met him?
ReplyDeleteI have met him a few times, but in the US.(roughly 2002-2010). Very respectful & polite. Had a respectful job too - a very upstanding individual!
DeleteThrow that filthy, oily fucker in ADX
ReplyDeleteThat would be good MZ could cry to him about being g kidnapped by Sapos
DeleteWELL STUFF THE TURKEY AND SEE YOU EN EL NORTE TODOS QUIEREN NORTE BIEN VENIDO.......
ReplyDeleteTotally forgot he was arrested again...
ReplyDeleteAnother one, he will give chapo company .
ReplyDeleteRIP Gilbertona
At least he's doing better than his old boss El Cholo.
ReplyDeleteLOLZ. Still with that misinformation 7:19.
DeleteThis reminds me of the alcahueta moms talking about,
ReplyDelete"MI hijo no es Cholo! Es una alma de dios!"...
Then you look at son and he's bald with horn tattoos and a big ass face tattoo that says "MS13"
My compa was pelon with San Diego Chargers lightning bolts tatted on his noggin, but when the team got moved to LA, he had to grow his hair out!
Delete1103 🤣🤣🤣 por pen...
DeletePorque te tatuatis!?
DeleteErick did Mexico a favor AKA Mata zetas
ReplyDeleteJaliscas are worse than the zetas ever were.
DeleteLol cjng are basically the modern day zetas
DeleteExplain to me how they are like zetas. They don’t extort kidnap randomly nor do they mess with innocents. They don’t allow thefts and you can’t even have any guns showing or burn out or play music loud in pueblos in Jalisco they keep shit calm so you dumb asses trying to talk on shit you know nothing about is crazy.
DeleteThey’re still brutal so it doesn’t really matter
Delete7:17 ni has de vivir en México esos jaliscos son los más lacras que puede haber dan lástima nomas
DeleteAin’t shit calm in Jalisco lol
Delete@ 7:17... biggest cheerleader crock of shit ever. they literally do EVERYTHING you just said they didn't.Jalisco calm lol good grief.
DeleteCompared to Sinaloa its very calm
DeleteEverything everyone here is saying is true, but he still did Mexico a favor AKA Mata Zetas. Zeta's wrecked Veracruz
DeleteHe dindu nuffin
ReplyDeleteEn USA vas a probar chorizo Americano, y no hay nadie que te salve!!!
ReplyDeleteAy chico 🥵
DeleteChorizo es el que me gusta coño . Arriba Cuba chico 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺
DeleteCreers que la aguante today o solo un pedazo?
Delete6:16
DeleteTu si la aguantas toda.
this guy gave the order to dump 35 corposes on boca del rio years ago.... but he is not a criminal
ReplyDeleteYup, 35 innocent citizens who weren't even Zetas. They all were completely innocent abducted off the streets by local police and handed over to Los Mata Zetas who tortured then murdered and dumped them naked over by the mall claiming they were Zetas. Turns out none were Zetas, and only 1 of the 35 even had a criminal record. These were laborers, students, waitresses, senselessly taken from there loved ones simply to make headlines. Marking Los Mata Zetas arrival in Veracruz. 85 is most certainly responsible for the Boca Del Rio massacre and a whole lot more. Dudes a Wolf in Sheeps clothing.
DeleteIf this guy was a chapito or zambada they would be snitching their way home by now, bunch of pussies lol
ReplyDeleteTheres where you separate the boys from the men
si fuera hombre quedaria en la raya en vez de dejarse agarrar. como el botas blancas que si murio peleando
DeleteCalm down tough guy just give it time they usually start snitching once they’re in America and are actually locked up without the privileges they had in Mexico
DeleteCos SO many Chapitos and Zambadas have gone home to Sinaloa cos they "snitched".
DeleteThe way you separate the boys from the men is whether they use the word "snitch" or not. You know nothing about these men.
Everyone is scared-straight of ADX Florence Colorado lock-up where you only get 1 phone call per month. Only $310 on commissary per quarter. The cells are thick so no outside notices are heard and talking to other inmates is a challenge. Many go insane if you don’t find things to stimulate your mind.
ReplyDeleteErick asked his lawyers to talk to the same people who leaked the story that he'd "Betrayed Mencho" when he got locked up and lost most of Colima? The same people who revealed that M2 had "Betrayed Mencho" and joined Viagras? Divide and Conquer with misinformation cuts both ways.
ReplyDeletePuro Valencia de Michoacán. 209
ReplyDeleteThat's Koo foo
Delete8:41 cuántos pelos tiene una verga?
ReplyDeleteI say El memcho isnt around anymore, cause there hasn't been nothing for awhile , and if he is alive they know exactly where he is hiding
ReplyDeleteThey know where all of these fuckers are. These pieces of shit get a ticket to ruthlessly kill people by the dozens as long as they get their dope through to America so they can pay the corrupt motherfuckers who let them do whatever they FUCKING want. These people need to start snitching on the government politicians and they should be buried under ADX Florence. This pisses me off so bad why don't they just let him go because they have illegally obtained evidence. They can pick him back up or just smoke his FUCKING ass from a helicopter like H9! He's going to do the same thing so just get good evidence this time and just FUCKING smoke him like a blunt! He's a POS. FUCK Valencias!
ReplyDeleteI’m his son I live in the states I come to visit him every summer I’m not going to say much but at atiplano if you have $$ you can be released Friday morning and have to be back by Sunday at 11:59pm and you have a gps bracelet and are given a nice size house that the government owns or a local politician owns all the houses are gated and have cameras inside and out this summer when I went my dad got a house in polanco which I’d say cost about 10 million usd I go every summer for a month but to have this privilege you have to be a good inmate and have $$ and you only get 4 of these every 6 months so my pops used all of his to see me and other family members I know my pops did some bad stuff but he was born into the game.Each visit we had a different house the second house was in Lomas de Chapultepec it was 2m usd,the third house was Roma norte it was 5m usd, and the last house San angel 3.4 m usd my favorite one wit a beautiful pool and yes we can leave the houses but we can’t leave Mexico city the army gets a list of ppl who are coming out that weekend and ye everywhere we went pgr agents in their unmarked cars followed us he bought a ps5 we played fifa,re4 remake, and ufc we are both Arsenal supporters I was at Arsenal game when we beat Chelsea 5-0 and his favorite system a GameCube we could not find a comverter because all these mansions have 60-70 inch tvs so we bought a old tv probably about 25 inches and played his favorite game resident evil the OG 2 and 3 and I’m embarrassed to say but he also loves Scooby doo night off 100 frights but he ordered women for me and my friends every night because he didn’t feel safe going to the clubs 6 dudes 5 girls cousins/sisters and about ten local baddies we met you should’ve seen their faces when their jaws dropped and also my pops wore baggy jeans so the locals wouldn’t see his gps tracker they asked what we did for business my pops in Spanish said he was a trust fund baby hahah he wasn’t really lieing miss you pops hope you get out soon and 4 more years and your boy will be a dermatologist
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