El Mochaorejas sentenced to 50 years in prison, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico): Daniel Arizmendi López, known as “El Mochaorejas,” received a 50-year prison sentence and a fine of more than 916,000 pesos for organized crime, operations with funds of illicit origin and possession of firearms reserved for exclusive use by the Armed Forces. The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) reported the ruling.
The judicial authority also imposed a fine of 916,312.50 pesos. The ruling was issued after the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office presented the corresponding evidence and the procedure was repeated as ordered in August 2003.
In the same case, Daniel Venegas Martínez received a 22-year prison sentence and a fine of more than 4 million pesos for his role in organized crime and operations with funds of illicit origin. Dulce Paz Venegas was sentenced to 16 years in prison and a fine of more than 280,000 pesos for the same offenses.
The court declared the sentences of Venegas and Paz served. Both will remain in custody, however, because they face other criminal proceedings.
According to investigators, from 1998 the now-sentenced individuals were part of a criminal organization operating mainly in the State of Mexico and the former Federal District. The group was engaged in kidnapping and other criminal activities.
Authorities arrested “El Mochaorejas” on August 17, 1998, in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, when he allegedly was about to collect a ransom for a victim. On August 21, 1998, agents arrested Daniel Venegas Martínez and Dulce Paz Venegas.
All were placed at the disposal of the judicial authority at Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico.
In the judicial process, on August 21, 2003, the authority issued a guilty verdict against the three defendants. The accused, however, filed amparo appeals and obtained protection from the federal courts, so the procedure was ordered repeated.
Recently, the judicial authority notified the new sentences. The ruling followed the presentation of evidence by the Public Prosecutor’s Office assigned to the Specialized Regional Control Prosecutor’s Office (FECOR) in the State of Mexico.
