Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat
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| At left is the photo said to be the first after his release-on the right an older photo |
According to an article published by the publication “La Pared” and posted on BB Forum by Sikiyou Kid, JT’s release date is Monday April 8, 2013.
However, I have heard in Mexico rumblings of one theme, “JT was released in March”. "El JT" is Javier Torres Félix
JT was arrested in January 2004 in an operation by the Mexican Army in Tule in Valle de San Lorenzo. Subsequently, he spent two years in the Mexican prison system while extradition proceedings were conducted, and in November 2006 he was extradited to the United States. JT is closely associated with Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, and at the time of his arrest was the Sinaloa cartel sicario boss.
Manuel Torres aka M1
JT’s brother is the deceased [José] Manuel Torres Félix aka “M1”. It was after JT’s arrest that M1 elevated in the Sinaloa ranks, working with El Chapo Guzmán’s son Ovidio, he eventually became a high ranking leader. M1 was killed on October 13, 2012 in a shootout with the military in the Culiacán, Sinaloa colonia Oso Viejo.
JT has been incarcerated in Beckley federal prison located in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Beckley is a medium security prison, he was originally scheduled for March 2013, although the date was changed to April 8, 2013.
Approximately 2 weeks ago rumors spread that JT had been released. I could find no reports of the release on either side of the border, but the rumors were persistent. I was sent a message from BB reader "Loks", that posted on FB, there was a new photo purported being the first post release photo of JT. In the photo JT does look older, and in my opinion, it is him.
In checking the “Inmate Locator” at the Federal Prison website, there are 21 Javier Torres’ incarcerated. Three of the Javier Torres’ are scheduled for 2013 releases. One was released in March, 2013, and the other two in late 2013. However the age is off of the man released in March, it is listed as 39, on the inmate list from 1982 to present
Name | Register # | Age-Race-Sex | Release Date  | Location | |
1. | JAVIER TORRES | 40188-086 | 38-White-M | 03-15-2013 | RELEASED |
Sikiyou’s research did find a Javier Torres Felix in a BOP inmate search:
Name Register # Age-Race-Sex Release Date Location
1. JAVIER TORRES-FELIX 28848-016 44-White-M UNKNOWN BECKLEY
It is peculiar that the lower search result is not on both federal websites dated 1982 to present. Further, is the “unknown” notation of Siskiyou’s result.
Has he been released?
We will have to wait until tomorrow to know if the rumors in Mexico were fact, or just another one of those famous/ infamous Mexican novelas.