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Gustavo Iván Hernández Cabral, an alleged member of La Línea, is accused of organized crime for the purpose of committing crimes against health.
The U.S. government handed over to the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) Gustavo Iván Hernández Cabral, El Pacquiao, an alleged member of the criminal group La Línea, the armed wing of the Juárez cartel, and who is allegedly involved in the murder of nine members of the LeBarón, Langford, Johnson and Miller families in Bavispe on November 4, 2019.
The Attorney General’s Office, through the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO), in coordination with the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena), received the man from the United States, who was served with an arrest warrant for his probable responsibility in the crime of organized crime with the purpose of committing crimes against health.
Gustavo Iván Hernández Cabral was handed over by U.S. authorities at the Lerdo International Bridge in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua to elements of the Federal Ministerial Police (PFM), attached to the Criminal Investigation Agency – Interpol and was transferred to the Federal Center for Social Readaptation Number 1 Altiplano in Almoloya de Juárez.
El Pacquiao was arrested in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as reported in September by activist Adrián LeBarón.
“They arrested another person implicated in the massacre of my family, it is Ivan Gustavo Hernandez, “El Paquiao”, it was on Monday in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is 24 years old, he had hundreds of choices in his life that he could’ve chosen, but something is so broken in our country that young people choose to become cannon fodder instead”, he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
In a message on X, he detailed that El Pacquiao was deported on October 13 and acknowledged the work of the authorities after the alleged member of the criminal group La Linea was handed over.
“One of the alleged criminals who massacred my daughter and grandchildren was deported. It was thanks to the collaboration and coordination of both countries. This is how they should work to address violence and crime, because there is no sovereignty where fear rules,” he wrote in another message.
Only one individual has been sentenced for the crime.
Adrián LeBarón was confident that the investigation will move forward, as he recalled that there is only one person sentenced for these events. He is Fidencio Alejandro González Esparza, El Janos, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for being criminally responsible for the crimes of organized crime and carrying firearms for the exclusive use of the armed forces.
He also informed that two other arrest warrants were obtained for homicide and attempted homicide, but with the arrest of El Pacquiao, he said, “it shows that we can work in a coordinated manner in both countries and not only in the case of the massacre, but also in many others”.
