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Federal Court Sentences 'El Jabón' to 293 Years for 2011 Morelos Killings

The Tamaulipas ruling caps a years-long FGR effort stemming from the 2011 Morelos mass kidnapping.

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El poeta y escritor Javier Sicilia
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Overview

  • José Luis Luquín Delgado, known as “El Jabón” and identified as part of the Cártel del Pacífico Sur, was found guilty in a federal court based in Tamaulipas.
  • He received a 293-year prison term and a court-ordered fine of 2,530,386 pesos, according to the FGR’s announcement.
  • The conviction covers kidnapping, organized crime involvement, and possession of firearms reserved for the armed forces.
  • The case centers on the March 28, 2011 abduction in Jiutepec, Morelos, of seven people whose bodies were later found in Temixco, including sco Sicilia OrtSicilia Ortega.
  • Earlier proceedings in December 2024 yielded lengthy sentences for co-defendants Julio de Jesús Radilla (“El Negro”) and Ángel Taboada (“El Conejo”), following arrests in Veracruz in 2011.