Two members of a criminal gang dedicated to kidnapping in the State of Mexico were sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Through the Office of the Specialized Prosecutor for Organized Crime (FEMDO), the FGR reported that a judge in the case handed down convictions against José Monroy Montes de Oca, alias Pato and Ana Gissel Ramírez Lara, alias Gorda.
The crimes for which they were charged were aggravated kidnapping and possession of firearms for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces.
Both had a person deprived of their liberty in a home in the municipality of San Vicente Chicoloapan, State of Mexico, when they were arrested by members of the Federal Public Ministry (MPF), the Federal Ministerial Police (PFM) and the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC).
The authorities secured them a firearm and a magazine. After they were found criminally responsible, they were each sentenced to 50 years in prison.
The number of kidnapping victims in Mexico dropped to 131 in February, a monthly decline of 7.9% from 138 in January, reported the civil association Stop the Kidnapping.
In its monthly report, the organization explained that in February the number of detainees associated with the crime of kidnapping increased by 242.8 per cent, since in that month there were 120 persons arrested for this crime.
FGR handed down sentences of up to 82 years against Edomex gang
On March 5, the FGR obtained a sentence of up to 82 years in prison against four members of a gang of kidnappers operating in the eastern part of the State of Mexico
Jesús Santana Ferrusca Pitirijas, identified as the leader of the group, as well as Fernando Lemus González, Pedro Ruiz Martínez and Mario Ernesto Méndez Mendoza, were convicted of organized crime, kidnapping and carrying a firearm for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces.
All four were members of a criminal organization dedicated to kidnapping, which operated in the municipalities of Chimalhuacán, Texcoco, Nezahualcoyotl, San Vicente Chicoloapan and Los Reyes la Paz, in the State of Mexico.
The gang was detained by the authorities for years and in April 2019 they were convicted, although a Unitary Court ordered the procedure to be reinstated in order to ratify the opinion on physical integrity.
Once the reinstatement was completed, Jesús Santana Ferrusca Pitirijas and Mario Ernesto Méndez Mendoza was sentenced again for the crimes of organized crime, kidnapping and carrying a firearm for the exclusive use of the Army, Navy and Air Force; as well as against Fernando Lemus González and Pedro Ruiz Martínez for organized crime and kidnapping.
The penalties are 82 years 10 months 15 days in prison for Pitirijas; 74 years for Fernando Lemus; 72 years for Pedro Ruiz and 68 years four months 15 days for Mario Ernesto Méndez Mendoza.
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