Sheinbaum reacts to the arrest warrant issued by the FGR against Joaquín Guzmán López for treason: “It is the law”

This Thursday, the president-elect of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, showed her support for the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), after the autonomous body reported that it already has a request for an arrest warrant for kidnapping and treason against Joaquín Guzmán López.

During her usual press conference, the former head of the Government of Mexico City assured that, “beyond the character, the issue is what the law says.”

“It is the decision of the Prosecutor’s Office. Ultimately, no one can be arrested if there is no arrest warrant or if it was against their will,” she declared.

Additionally, she acknowledged that the case may be controversial, since the arrest warrant was requested after the co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, accused Guzmán López of having kidnapped him and forcibly handed him over to the United States authorities on July 25.

“It may be controversial because of the character’s characteristics, (but) whoever is guilty, is guilty,” he added.

Treason, the crime investigated by the FGR

During the afternoon of August 21, in a third advance of the investigation of the case, the FGR revealed that it will seek to arrest Guzmán López for kidnapping and treason. And it is that, according to article 123 of the Federal Penal Code:

A person can be accused of treason when he carries out acts against the independence, sovereignty or integrity of the Mexican Nation with the purpose of “subjecting it to a foreign person, group or government.”

The section refers that this crime is contemplated when one takes part in acts of hostility against the nation, either through warlike actions at the orders of a foreign State or when one cooperates with another government in acts that may harm Mexico.

It also indicates that anyone who illegally deprives a person (Mexican) of their freedom in the national territory to hand them over to authorities of another country or transfer them outside of Mexico for that purpose will be considered a traitor to the country; a fact that is said to have occurred with Zambada García.

The Federal Penal Code establishes that the punishment for the commission of this crime can range from five to forty years in prison, as well as a fine of up to fifty thousand Mexican pesos.

However, it is important to note that Guzmán López is currently being held in the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Chicago, Illinois, a state where he faces a criminal case against him for drug trafficking, money laundering, use of firearms and other crimes.

After appearing on a first occasion in the Court of the Northern District of Illinois, the son of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán must appear for a second time on September 30, 2024.

Source: infobae