Overview

• The FGR, through FEMDO, secured vinculación a proceso for Alejandro Gilmare “N” alias “El Choko” and another defendant on charges that include organized crime for kidnapping and express kidnapping.
• Authorities imposed mandatory preventive detention and remanded the defendants to the Altiplano federal prison while investigators pursue a five-month complementary probe.
• The Security Cabinet recently detained “El Choko” and several alleged members of La Chokiza in Ecatepec during operations that also yielded evidence for the case.
• Officials attribute to La Chokiza activities such as drug dealing, property dispossession, extortion and collection of protection payments across municipalities in the State of Mexico.
• Sandra Cuevas acknowledged an “efímera” relationship with the accused, said she was unaware of the alleged crimes, rejected claims of an investigation into her, and stated that viral photos with military-grade weapons were from her past customs work.