Hector Cuén Ojeda's Autopsy Report and Illegal Cremation Contradicts Sinaloan Authorities Claims

The attraction and review of the investigation into Cuén’s murder arose from the statements made by Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, which were released in a letter in which he stated that the former rector could have been murdered after being summoned to a meeting with the governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya.

On August 13, Proceso reported that weeks before his murder, Cuén accused the Morena party Sinaloa Governor Rocha of removing the National Guard escort that protected him and held him responsible in case something happened to him.

In his letter, Zambada stated that he did not turn himself in to U.S. authorities but that on July 26 he was kidnapped by Joaquín Guzmán López, son of his godfather Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, leader and founder of the Sinaloa Cartel.

In the report released this Thursday by the FGR, it was indicated that the investigation for treason initiated against Joaquín Guzmán López, derived from the statements of “El Mayo”, is based on the fact that said crime establishes that it is committed by anyone who illegally deprives a person of his or her freedom in Mexico to hand him or her over to the authorities of another country or transfer him or her outside of national territory for that purpose.

“The essential evidence to prove this crime is located within the territory of the United States of America and is directly linked to an illegal flight; to a plane with a cloned registration; and to the absolutely irregular conduct of the person who piloted this plane and who concealed all information about his flight in Mexican territory until he reached the border, where he only gave notice of his approach and landing in the territory of the United States, where they were already waiting for him,” explained the Prosecutor’s Office.

Various data requested from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) that have not been provided to date, such as the authorization from CBP on the flight on which Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López arrived; the advance passenger information (API) document, among others.

“Report from the US radar security system in the border area with Mexico; certificate from immigration authorities regarding the reception of that flight at the Santa Teresa airport, New Mexico (pilots, passengers, passports, valid visas); certificate from customs regarding identification and inspection of people and belongings; identification data of the pilot; registration number of the plane at the time of landing, legality and origin of the registration; identification of the aircraft,” he listed.

“FAA aeronautical records on the aircraft’s registration and serial number, including a historical analysis; whether the serial number that appears on the aircraft’s door, as well as the registration number N287KA, are legal; and whether they historically correspond to that aircraft today, or if there is any irregularity in this regard; the actual serial number of said aircraft; and whether there was a change of any part in which said serial number has been modified.”

He added that the AIC has already located the clandestine runway near Culiacán, Sinaloa from which the aircraft in which “El Mayo” Zambada and the son of “El Chapo” Guzmán left Mexico bound for the United States took off and has data on the takeoff and flight, as well as the approval that was obtained to land on U.S. territory.