Suspect in the murder of Jesuit priests had municipal police on his side

[Judi Lynn]

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State police search for El Chueco in a remote area of the Sierra Tarahumara. GOBIERNO DE CHIHUAHUA

The Chihuahua gang leader's uncle is the local chief of police, which likely helped

Published on Friday, July 15, 2022

Complicity with municipal police allowed the alleged murderer of two priests to seize criminal control of a significant part of the Sierra Tarahumara region of Chihuahua, according to state authorities.José Noriel “El Chueco” Portillo Gil – the 30-year-old presumed leader of a Sinaloa Cartel-affiliated criminal cell called Gente Nueva (New People) – is accused of murdering two elderly Jesuit priests and two other men in the municipality of Urique last month.

According to a Milenio newspaper report, Chihuahua authorities have established that Urique police were in cahoots with Portillo, who is also accused of murdering a United States citizen in 2018. That complicity appears to have been facilitated by El Chueco’s uncle, who is the municipal police director in Cerocahui, the town were the priests as well as a tour guide and a 22-year-old man were murdered.

Chihuahua Attorney General Roberto Fierro Duarte said in an interview that Portillo’s association with police afforded him power and impunity in the area. The presumed gangster is now in hiding as federal and state authorities conduct an extensive manhunt in the region.

While Portillo has so far remained elusive, authorities have detained 13 other people with links to him and his crime group. Among those who have been arrested are a cousin of El Chueco and a sicario, or cartel gunman, both of whom were in possession of Urique police force firearms. Neither gun had been reported as missing or stolen.

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Google translation from Mexican newspaper, El Universal:

Cousin of "El Chueco" falls, accused of murdering Jesuit priests in Chihuahua
César Iván "N" and another subject were arrested in a search operation for those responsible for the murder of 2 priests and a tourist guide in Cerocahui.

By El Universal / Mexico / GDA , EFE .

June 23, 2022 - 11:31 AM



Cousin of "El Chueco" falls, accused of murdering Jesuit priests in Chihuahua

César Ivan "N", cousin of "El Chueco", was arrested by elements of the Chihuahua Public Security Secretariat.


In a statement, the state security agency reported that in coordination with the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) and the National Guard, they arrested two subjects in the municipality of Urique who were traveling in a vehicle in possession of 2 long weapons, a short and dope

The security personnel participated, the document indicates, in the search operation for those responsible for the murder of 2 priests and a tourist guide in Cerocahui, when in a dirt gap they ran into a truck manned by two subjects, who tried to escape noticing the presence of the uniformed men.

The subjects identified themselves as César Iván PP and Humberto BC, and their arrest took place in a dirt road in Cuiteco, in the municipality of Urique.

Two .223-caliber long weapons, a .45-caliber handgun, in addition to 10 portions of a white powder similar to cocaine and 5 plastic packages containing a dry, green and fragrant herb with the characteristics of the detainees were found. of marijuana.