Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from an El Debate article
Subject Matter: El Licenciado, Damaso Nunez Lopez
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
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This morning authorities of the PGR made public the capture of Damaso Lopez, better known as "El Licenciado", who the PGR gave account of on twitter.
During the last few weeks there has been a wave of violence in Sinaloa, which has been attibuted by the authorities to an internal purge in the Cartel Pacifico.
After the extradition of Chapo Guzman and the death of Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno "El Azul", Ismael El Mayo Zambada became the main leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.
The group led by Damazo Lopez Nunez, alias El Licenciado, is in a dispute with Mayo Zambada and the sons of El Chapo Guzman for control of the Pacific Cartel ( Sinaloa Cartel ).
Damaso Lopez Nunez, was chief of security of the Puente Grande prison, and helped with the escape of El Chapo Guzman in January of 2001.
Lopez Nunez and a group of ex commanders of the Judicial Police of Sinaloa arrived to take care of security of the prison and to create an ambient condition for El Chapo, extending a network of corruption that later led to his escape.
From Milenio
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Elements of the Army and the Criminal Investigation Agency of the PGR detained in Mexico City, Damaso Lopez Nunez, identified as one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel.
The capture occurred int he Nueva Anzures colonia of the Miguel Hidalgo delegation, where soldiers in the support of the PGR, carried out a search that located Damaso Lopez.
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LopezNunez was detained with other people, who were put at the disposition of Agents of the Public Ministry of the Federation more specifically SEIDO.
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Damaso and his son, have aligned with Cesar Carrilio, son of the extinct leader of the Juarez Cartel, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, El Senor de los Cielos, the family which Chapo has been trying to kill for years, because of quarrels with the capos like Vincente Carrillo Fuentes, El Viceroy.
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Subject Matter: El Licenciado, Damaso Nunez Lopez
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
This morning authorities of the PGR made public the capture of Damaso Lopez, better known as "El Licenciado", who the PGR gave account of on twitter.
During the last few weeks there has been a wave of violence in Sinaloa, which has been attibuted by the authorities to an internal purge in the Cartel Pacifico.
After the extradition of Chapo Guzman and the death of Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno "El Azul", Ismael El Mayo Zambada became the main leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.
The group led by Damazo Lopez Nunez, alias El Licenciado, is in a dispute with Mayo Zambada and the sons of El Chapo Guzman for control of the Pacific Cartel ( Sinaloa Cartel ).
Damaso Lopez Nunez, was chief of security of the Puente Grande prison, and helped with the escape of El Chapo Guzman in January of 2001.
Lopez Nunez and a group of ex commanders of the Judicial Police of Sinaloa arrived to take care of security of the prison and to create an ambient condition for El Chapo, extending a network of corruption that later led to his escape.
From Milenio
The capture occurred int he Nueva Anzures colonia of the Miguel Hidalgo delegation, where soldiers in the support of the PGR, carried out a search that located Damaso Lopez.
LopezNunez was detained with other people, who were put at the disposition of Agents of the Public Ministry of the Federation more specifically SEIDO.
Damaso and his son, have aligned with Cesar Carrilio, son of the extinct leader of the Juarez Cartel, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, El Senor de los Cielos, the family which Chapo has been trying to kill for years, because of quarrels with the capos like Vincente Carrillo Fuentes, El Viceroy.
