Oscar Manuel Gastélum Iribeaka “The musician”, was formally accused in the United States for positions of drug trafficking, drug trafficking and possession of firearms. The alleged leader of Beltrán Leyva Cartel Face a mandatory life imprisonment if it is declared guilty.
The accusation was presented this Friday by a Federal Grand Jury in the Court of the Northern District of Illinois, in Chicago, as part of the operation “We will recover America”, initiative of the Department of Justice to combat transnational criminal organizations.
According to judicial documents, Gastélum Iribe, originally from Sinaloa, Mexico, is indicated as one of the three current leaders of the Beltrán Leyva cartel, next to Pedro Izunza Coronelaka “pichón” or “bird”, and Fausto Isidro Meza Floresaka “Chapo Isidro”, according to the weekly Zeta Tijuana.
The US Prosecutor’s Office accuses “the musician” of supervising the importation of large amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and other controlled substances towards the US, through multiple routes and transport methods.
The drugs were transferred from South America and Central America, including Colombia, Panama and Honduras, towards Mexico and subsequently crossed to the US territory through trucks, cars, trains, vessels, submarines and private planes.
The accusation also indicates that it organized the collection and washing of drug trafficking gains through international financial networks, transferring illegal resources to Mexico and other countries for the benefit of the cartel.
Violence, weapons and corruption
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Gastélum Iribe and its faction used extreme violence to protect their operations, including The murder of a Mexican policeman And at least two other people.
The group would have been armed with machine guns, launched, explosives and other weapons of war, in addition to bribing public officials and members of the forces of the order to guarantee impunity.
“The formal accusation for drug trafficking filed against the musician transmits a forceful message: this administration will strongly pursue the cartels and demand responsibilities to their leaders for poisoning the public with illegal drugs,” said Andrew S. Boutros, federal prosecutor of the Northern District of Illinois.
Matthew R. Galeotti, an interim deputy attorney general of the Department of Justice, added: “Gastélum Iribe led a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel that flooded USA with fentanyl, cocaine and heroin, and used murder and intimidation to protect their profits”
For his part, Adam Gordon, federal prosecutor of the Southern District of California, said in an ironic tone: “Narcocorridos to Narcoterrorist, the musician is famous for writing his own lyrics, but his next will be from the prison office.”
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