Overview
- A federal judge from the Sixth District Court for Asset Forfeiture ruled on October 26 that a Culiacán property is subject to asset forfeiture after evidence presented by the FGR’s specialized unit.
- Case files state the site was used by members of the ‘Los Chapitos’ faction to hold and torture rivals, chiefly from the ‘Los Mayitos’ group.
- Authorities valued the property at approximately 4.361 million pesos, and it will be transferred to the Institute to Return the Stolen Goods to the People (Instituto para Devolver al Pueblo lo Robado).
- The action stems from an investigation into organized crime and kidnapping supported by coordination with U.S. authorities that documented multiple abductions in Sinaloa.
- Media accounts have linked the address to Néstor Isidro “El Nini” Pérez Salas, a detained security chief for ‘Los Chapitos,’ though officials framed the ruling more broadly.