Overview
- A federal judge in Hermosillo bound Juan Pablo Vargas Báez, known as “El Chuki/Chuky,” to face organized crime charges tied to the trafficking and manufacturing of weapons.
- The court ordered preventive detention at Cefereso No. 11 in Sonora and set a three-month window for prosecutors to deepen the case.
- Prosecutors allege he served as a pilot for the Los Chapitos faction and directed clandestine movements of arms, ammunition and explosives from Arizona into Mexico.
- He was arrested in Badiraguato, Sinaloa, in a coordinated operation involving the Army, Navy, National Guard, SSPC and the FGR.
- Officials say his case is part of a broader file that also names Ovidio Guzmán López, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and Julio César Chávez Jr., aligning with recent U.S. Treasury sanctions targeting Los Chapitos’ networks.