:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/5YOLGYA4ZNCZXHVQ5IVT74DD3E.jpg?w=860&resize=860,0&ssl=1 "“El 27”, the head of security for Los Chapitos who learned sniper tactics and military training")
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“El 27” is identified as a high-ranking member of Los Ninis, the security force of Los Chapitos (Photo: US State Department)
Among the people linked to the Sinaloa Cartel There is a group called Ninis, which is identified as a security group for The Chapitosthe sons of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman who are accused of leading a faction of the cartel. Among the leaders of Los Ninis are identified subjects such as Nestor Isidro Perez Salas, alias El 19 and also Jose Humberto Figueroa Benitez, El 27.
According to journalist Luis Chaparro, the 27th would have been the man in charge of tie to Ismael El Mayo Zambada for subsequent delivery via air vehicle in Texas, United States.
And it is that according to one letter attributed to Mayo Zambada and shared by lawyer Frank Pérez, the 76-year-old man was ambushed after presenting himself to a meeting with Joaquín Guzmán López, the latter one of El Chapo’s sons and who came to the US with Zambada.
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“El Mayo” Zambada claims in a letter that he was subdued by armed men | Cover: Infobae Mexico.
“As soon as I set foot inside that room, I was ambushed. A group of men attacked me, threw me to the ground, and placed a dark-colored hood over my head. They tied me up and handcuffed me, and then forced me into the back of a pickup truck,” the letter reads.
About the man nicknamed El 27, this is an individual for whom the US authorities are offering a reward of up to 1 million dollars for people who provide information that leads to his capture. In addition, according to the State Department, this subject was in charge of the security of The NiniThe latter was captured on November 22, 2023 in Culiacán, Sinaloa.
The 27th also appears in a judicial document from the Southern District Court of New York. In this file appear various names linked to the Sinaloa Cartel, some already detainees as is the case of Ana Gabriela Rubio, Carlos Omar Félix, as well as Sergio Duarte. Luis Javier Benítez, alias El Fourteen is another of the subjects that appears in the document and who was found dead in September 2023.
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“El 27” is identified as one of the leaders of the security team of Guzmán Loera’s sons (Photo: US Department of Justice)
But among those still at large is El 27, who, according to court records, was a member of the group called The Ninisbut later became one of the leaders of the mentioned cell.
“The Ninis, whose ranks included the group’s current leaders, NESTOR ISIDRO PÉREZ SALAS, alias “Nini,” and JORGE HUMBERTO FIGUEROA BENITEZ, alias “27,” the defendants, received military-style training in multiple areas of combat, including urban warfare, special weapons and tactics, and sniper skills.”
The accusations against El 27 continue, as he is pointed out as the person responsible for fentanyl trafficking linked to El Nini. In one part of the document appear the photos shared by Luis Chaparro, who consulted with a source close to Ismael Zambada Sicairos, alias The Skinny Mayito and who is the son of Mayo Zambada.
While the fentanyl in which El 27 and El Nini are involved was valued at thousands of dollars.
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Part of the court document (Photo: US Department of Justice)
“On or about June 3, 2022, in Los Angeles, approximately 2.2 kilograms of fentanyl belonging to “PÉREZ SALAS and FIGUEROA BENITEZ were sold for approximately $22,000. On or about July 7, 2022, in Los Angeles, approximately three kilograms of fentanyl belonging to PÉREZ SALAS and FIGUEROA BENITEZ were sold for approximately $33,000. The Chapitos fentanyl sold on or about June 3, 2022, and July 7, 2022, was subsequently seized by the DEA,” the statement said. archive 65-page judicial document.
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