Guadalajara Cartel Founder Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo Decries 'Psychological Torture' After House Arrest Did Not Materialize

Guadalajara Cartel founder Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo has decried the alleged "psychological torture" he had recently endured because his release from prison did not materialize.

According to Milenio, Felix Gallardo's lawyers said the refusal to transfer their client to his home despite a judge granting him house arrest was part of the "psychological torture" their client was being subjected to in the past days.

The Guadalajara Cartel founder is currently detained at Puente Grande prison in Mexico's Jalisco state. His lawyers have already offered some documentary evidence so he cannot be transferred to another detention center, Infobae reported.

The seventh district judge suspended Felix Gallardo's transfer to his Zapopan home on September 23 after the Attorney General's Office (FGR) requested that he be transferred to the Federal Center for Social Reintegration (Cefereso) in Morelos state and resolve the problems with the company supervising the ankle monitor that he will wear.

The judge has previously denied the request of the FGR to transfer the Guadalajara Cartel founder to Cefereso. However, the judge postponed Felix Gallardo's house arrest until the problems with the firm supervising the electronic ankle bracelet had been addressed. Reports said there is still no definite date for the company to resolve these issues.

Meanwhile, Felix Gallardo's lawyers also recently asked the court to order prison officials to send a certified copy of the records of the physical and mental health tests the drug kingpin took on September 23 and his treatment log. The judge then gave prison authorities three days to give the said documents.

Repeated Suspensions of Guadalajara Cartel founder Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo's House Arrest Transfer

Before the judge suspended his transfer to his private home on September 23, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo was initially scheduled to get out from Puente Grande prison and be transferred to his house in the Ciudad del Sol neighborhood last September 15.

However, it was deferred after the National Guard admitted they could not do it due to a lack of personnel. One of Felix Gallardo's lawyers, Teresa Vallejo Perez, earlier accused Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Rosa Icela Rodriguez of meddling in the process and ordering the transfer to be suspended.

Vallejo Perez noted that she will hold the secretary and "all of Mexico" responsible if her client dies. The lawyer said the secretary intends to build an image that his client is an evil man who will be sacrificed for political gains.

Vallejo Perez further noted that the National Guard agents had already told her there was no danger to the public or possibilities of escape and had sufficient personnel to transfer the Guadalajara Cartel founder to his home.

She said the agents had also checked Felix Gallardo's ankle monitor and verified that it worked correctly. The Mexican drug lord must wear an ankle monitor for authorities to know where he is.

The Guadalajara Cartel founder's lawyers, wife, and son waited more than three hours for the formal release of Felix Gallardo from prison that day, but it did not materialize.

Guadalajara Cartel Founder Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo Granted House Arrest

Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo had already been allowed to continue his sentence from home as his health deteriorated. However, the FGR challenged the order issued by a judge.

The FGR argued that the judge had only ruled on his 40-year sentence and not his separate 37-year sentence. According to reports, another judge still needs to rule about his 37-year sentence.

The Guadalajara Cartel founder is currently serving two prison sentences that add up to his 76-year-old age. He was arrested in April 1989 for the kidnapping and killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar.

In the same year, a court sentenced Felix Gallardo to 40 years in prison for crimes that included stockpiling weapons, drug trafficking, murder, bribery, and money laundering. However, after serving 28 years, a 2017 retrial sentenced him to an additional 37 years for the death of Camarena.

In granting him house arrest, the judge said the Mexican drug kingpin could serve the remaining three years of his sentence for drug trafficking and possession of weapons in a private home due to his advanced age and health problems.

And after he completed it, the judge noted that he could begin serving his sentence for the murder of Camarena. The Guadalajara Cartel founder is currently blind in one eye and deaf in one ear and often needs an oxygen tank in order to breathe.

Felix Gallardo, also known for his aliases "El Jefe de Jefes"(The Boss of Bosses) and "El Padrino" (The Godfather), once worked with Rafael Caro Quintero, another Guadalajara Cartel co-founder, who was recently arrested by security forces in Sinaloa.

Felix Gallardo also oversaw lieutenants like young Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, who later became the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. He was also known to work with Amado Carrillo Fuentes for the fleet of airplanes used to move drugs for his Juarez cartel.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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