Mexico.- According to data from the Marine SecretaryIt doesn’t matter that he’s behind bars: he commands an army of hitmen in several stateand is the “big shot” in the Puente Grande State Jailin the state of Jalisco.
Is about Gerardo Botello Rosales“The Muscle”, publishes the news outlet Infobae, in addition to other media.
Who is El Chachas?
Botello Rosales was arrested by the Navy of mexico on May 18, 2018, in a luxurious residence in the Natura Bosque Residencial subdivision, in zapopan, Jalisco.
It came to light that he was one of the heaviest and most dangerous leaders of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), led by Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho”.
According to reports from the Secretary of National Defense (sedena) consulted and published by the investigative journalist Anabel Hernández, “El Cachas” is boss of hitmen of the CJNG that operate in the states of Guanajuato, Michoacán, Nayarit, Puebla and Zacatecas, fighting against their rivals.
But before becoming a regional leader of the CJNG, Botello Rosales served as bodyguard of Rosalinda Gonzalez Valenciaalias “The boss”, businesswoman and wife of “El Mencho” (currently in prison and in process).
When “El Cachas” was arrested, in 2018, he was with a woman: Rosalinda González Valencia. Apparently “El Cachas” performed functions of security for the wife of Oseguera Cervantes.
He was made available to the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime Investigation (seido), in the Mexico City.
The General Prosecutor of the Republic (FGR) accused him of crimes against health and possession of weapons, cartridges and magazines for the exclusive use of the Mexican armed forces.
It was added that “El Cachas” had his address in Moreliacapital of Michoacanand that according to an arrest warrant in the United States of America, for a homicide in the state of Oregonin the year 2002, when he was 25 years old.
classified as dangerous
The then Secretary of the Interior, Alfonso Navarrete Prida (January 10, 2018-November 30, 2019) described “El Cachas” as a subject dangerous and likely responsible for the commission of “various homicides” against police authorities and members of antagonistic criminal groups. He is also accused of kidnapping and extortion.
According to a profile prepared by authorities of the Ministry of National Defense, in June 2022, he is “regional head of the criminal group (Cartel) Jalisco Nueva Generación in Morelia, Michoacán, and in León, Guanajuato.”
But despite his danger, he was not placed in a maximum security federal prison, but was instead held in the Puente Grande state prison.
Boss in Puente Grande
For years, the Puente Grande State Prison It is known for the corruption that covers it, and it is known that on at least 23 occasions, women inmates have been taken from their cells by the security personnel of Puente Grande, to be taken to the men’s cells, to participate in parties and being prostituted, as published by Anabel Hernández.
In addition, prison security personnel allowed inmates to get to where four female custody personnel were, and they raped them.
“El Cachas” is pointed out as the person responsible for these events.
The Jalisco State Human Rights Commission (CEDHJ) has already issued recommendations in this regard to the Government of Jalisco, headed by Enrique Alfaro.
In the case of the violation of custody, they were in the watchtowers, and the CEDHJ points out that the offending inmates had to go through many filters and someone opened doors for them in the towers, to which only the duty supervisor has keys. or the supervisor.
“The information we have is that there was a party with drugs and alcoholand the security chiefs sold the compañeras with the guys who are, from organized crime, who are there… they raped them, and now they and their families are threatened with death if they report it,” said Juan Manuel Mercado Gómez, representative of the ECHRJ.
According to authorities and Anabel Hernández, “El Cachas” was the one who devised the violation of custody, and continues to be a “boss” even behind bars.
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