And they not only accuse him, but also claim to present evidence before U.S. judicial authorities. Below are the background of the case and the Artificial Intelligence (AI) analysis.
It is alleged that AMLO authorized the murder through General Audomaro Martínez Zapata, who was serving as head of Mexico’s National Intelligence Center (CNI). The accusation was reportedly made in judicial testimony in New York by General Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, who also claims that the intellectual author of the crime was Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa on leave.
General Mérida also allegedly documented an alliance between the Sinaloa Cartel, Rubén Rocha Moya, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
On Monday, businessman and Doctor of Law Simón Levy announced that he would publicly release General Gerardo Mérida Sánchez’s complete testimony.
Simón Levy
Tomorrow I will publish the complete testimony sent to me by General Gerardo Mérida Sánchez regarding the capture of “El Mayo” and the murder of Héctor Melesio Cuén.
Mérida has directly accused Rubén Rocha Moya of being the intellectual author of Cuén’s murder and has presented evidence that Andrés Manuel López Obrador not only knew about it but authorized it through Audomaro Martínez.
This concerns the connection between Jesús Vizcarra, Rubén Rocha Moya, and the Sinaloa Cartel.
This is what I have already made public, and it is the essence of the matter: Mérida has accused AMLO in New York and has documented the alliance between the Sinaloa Cartel, Rubén Rocha Moya, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
This is what ChatGPT’s Artificial Intelligence stated:
I reviewed the information available as of Sunday, July 12, 2026, and it is important to distinguish three separate layers.
1. What Is Already Documentarily Confirmed
On April 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice publicly announced a federal indictment in the Southern District of New York against Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other current and former officials from Sinaloa. Among those charged is retired General Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, former Secretary of Public Security of Sinaloa. He is accused of conspiracy to import narcotics and offenses involving machine guns and destructive devices.
More importantly, the U.S. indictment alleges that Rocha Moya became governor of Sinaloa with support from Los Chapitos. According to the indictment, members of that criminal organization stole ballots, kidnapped and intimidated political opponents, and Rocha allegedly participated in meetings with cartel leaders while promising protection for their operations.
These are prosecutorial allegations, not judicially established facts.
The indictment also alleges that Gerardo Mérida Sánchez accepted bribes from Los Chapitos and warned them in advance about law enforcement operations against drug laboratories, allowing them to remove drugs and equipment before raids.
There is also another relevant fact: Mérida appeared before U.S. authorities in the Southern District of New York, where, during a hearing on June 1, media outlets reported that the judge referred to the government’s evidence as “substantial.”
2. What Simón Levy Claimed Today
Simón Levy announced on X that he would release what he described as General Gerardo Mérida Sánchez’s “complete testimony” regarding the capture of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and the murder of Héctor Melesio Cuén.
Levy specifically claims that Mérida identified Rubén Rocha Moya as the intellectual author of Cuén’s murder and presented evidence that Andrés Manuel López Obrador knew about and authorized the crime through Audomaro Martínez.
This is the critical methodological point:
At this time, I was able to verify Levy’s social media publication.
I was not able to verify, within any publicly available judicial document from the Southern District of New York, that Mérida formally testified under oath that AMLO authorized Cuén’s murder.
That distinction fundamentally changes the headline.
3. The Audomaro–Mérida Connection Predates This Claim
The name Audomaro Martínez did not emerge only today.
Reports published since May documented that General Audomaro Martínez Zapata, former director of the National Intelligence Center and a close associate of López Obrador, allegedly promoted Gerardo Mérida’s career and supported his appointment to security positions in high-violence states before he ultimately became Secretary of Public Security in Sinaloa.
In other words, the chain:
Audomaro → Mérida → Rocha Moya’s security apparatus
predates Levy’s announcement.
What would be new—and extraordinarily serious—is the allegation that the chain also operated in reverse:
Rocha Moya → Mérida/Audomaro → AMLO
and that presidential authorization for a homicide allegedly existed.
As of now, that allegation has not been documented in the publicly available court records I reviewed.
4. Cuén’s Murder Already Contained an Extraordinary Forensic Anomaly
This is where the case becomes considerably more sensitive.
Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) determined that blood belonging to Héctor Melesio Cuén was found at the Huertos del Pedregal property, which is connected to the events surrounding the capture of “El Mayo” Zambada.
According to the federal investigation, Cuén was present at that location and likely died hours before the gas station surveillance video that had originally been used to explain his murder.
The FGR itself rejected the original version of events.
Therefore, there is already an officially recognized discrepancy between the original narrative of the homicide and the federal forensic evidence.
That constitutes a confirmed fact and data point (HyD) within the Reality Approximation Model (MAR).
Provisional MAR Classification
Confirmed Facts (HyD):
- The U.S. Department of Justice formally accuses Rubén Rocha Moya, Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, and other Sinaloa officials of participating in a governmental protection network benefiting Los Chapitos.
- The indictment alleges that Rocha Moya’s election was supported by criminal organizations and that government protection followed afterward.
- Gerardo Mérida Sánchez is currently facing criminal proceedings in New York on narcotics trafficking and weapons charges.
- The FGR rejected the original account of Cuén’s murder and confirmed the presence of his blood at Huertos del Pedregal, linked to the events of July 25, 2024.
Attributed but Not Independently Verified:
- Simón Levy claims that Mérida accused Rocha Moya of ordering Cuén’s murder.
- Simón Levy further claims that Mérida presented evidence that AMLO knew about and authorized the murder through Audomaro Martínez.
Critical Pending Evidence:
The alleged complete testimony and documentary evidence that Simón Levy stated he would publish on Monday, July 13, 2026.
ChatGPT’s News Summary
Breaking News | AMLO Accused of Knowing About and Authorizing the Murder of Héctor Melesio Cuén; Documentary Evidence Allegedly to Be Released Monday
An allegation of extraordinary seriousness has emerged surrounding the judicial proceedings taking place in New York against retired General Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, former Secretary of Public Security of Sinaloa.
Businessman and legal scholar Simón Levy stated that Mérida directly accused Rubén Rocha Moya, governor of Sinaloa on leave, of being the intellectual author of the murder of Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda, former rector of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa.
The allegation goes even further.
According to Levy, Mérida allegedly presented evidence claiming that former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador not only knew about the crime but authorized it through then–National Intelligence Center Director General Audomaro Martínez Zapata.
At this time, La Carpeta Púrpura has not located this specific allegation against López Obrador in the publicly available court documents from the Southern District of New York.
What is documented is that the U.S. Department of Justice formally accuses Rubén Rocha Moya, Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, and eight other current and former Sinaloa officials of participating in a governmental protection structure benefiting Los Chapitos.
The federal indictment further alleges that Rocha Moya became governor with support from that faction of the Sinaloa Cartel and that cartel members participated through ballot theft, kidnappings, and intimidation of political opponents.
The indictment also specifically accuses Gerardo Mérida Sánchez of accepting bribes from Los Chapitos and warning them in advance of law enforcement operations against clandestine drug laboratories.
The murder investigation of Héctor Melesio Cuén already contains a major anomaly. Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office rejected the original version of the murder, which alleged a shooting at a gas station, and confirmed the discovery of Cuén’s blood at Huertos del Pedregal, a property connected to the events culminating in the capture of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.
Simón Levy announced that on Monday, July 13, he would publish the alleged complete testimony of Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, along with documentary evidence that he claims links Rubén Rocha Moya, Audomaro Martínez, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
If the documents ultimately released are authentic, form part of the U.S. federal court record, or can be independently verified through the records of the Southern District of New York, they would represent a significant development in the case.
The issue would no longer be limited to allegations of political protection for the Sinaloa Cartel.
It would instead involve allegations that the highest levels of Mexico’s previous federal administration possessed knowledge of—or authorized—a political assassination.
La Carpeta Púrpura stated that it would continue monitoring the documentary evidence once published.
At present, the allegation exists.
The public documentary evidence supporting the most serious allegation has not yet been independently verified.
Source: lacarpetapurpura
