‘El Nini’, Security Chief Of ‘Los Chapitos’, Presents A New Legal Protection Order To Avoid His Extradition To The United States.

Mica for cartelinsider.com

Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, better known as ‘El Nini’, filed a fourth appeal to avoid his extradition to the United States, a country that is requesting him for various charges related to drug trafficking.

The initial reports indicate that the head of security for ‘Los Chapitos’, the most powerful faction of the Sinaloa Cartel at the present time, sought protection from Paloma Xiomara González González, head of the Second District Court for Amparo in Criminal Matters in Mexico City.

According to El Universal, the lawsuit was accepted by the judge after recognizing “the constitutional appeals 123/2024 and 979/2023 from the Fourth District Court of Amparo in Criminal Matters in Mexico City, as well as the 1078/2023 from the Sixth District Court of Amparo in Criminal Matters in Mexico City”; that is to say, the first three that were granted to him/her.

Currently, ‘Chicken Little’ or ‘The ’09’, as it is also known, remains confined in the Federal Center for Social Rehabilitation (CEFERESO) Number 1, better known as ‘El Altiplano’.

He was arrested on November 22, 2023 at a residence located in Villa Coix, Colinas de la Rivera, Culiacán; the main stronghold of ‘Los Chapitos.’

Likewise, it is worth mentioning that the first injunction in his favor was granted less than 24 hours after his arrest, after the Fourth District Amparo Court in Criminal Matters in Mexico City granted him a provisional suspension in order to prevent the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) from handing him over in fast track to US authorities.

Pérez Salas, identified as one of the former closest men to Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, leader of ‘Los Chapitos’, holds two accusations against him in the federal courts of New York and Columbia.

Although the charges are different, they are all related to their involvement in an ongoing criminal enterprise, including drug trafficking, possession of firearms, money laundering, and fentanyl trafficking. As a result, the US Department of State offered a reward of 3 million dollars for information leading to their capture and/or conviction.

It is worth remembering that, following his arrest, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, recognized the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador and emphasized the importance of the capture.

Biden also expressed his gratitude to the Mexican authorities for this action, stating that Pérez Salas was among the most wanted criminals in the United States.

In case ‘El Nini’ is extradited in the coming months, he would become the second member of ‘Los Chapitos’ to face justice outside of Mexico, after Ovidio Guzmán López.

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