Salu Francisco Hernández Tenorio, aka ‘El Ponchis’ or ‘El Ghost’, head of the Plaza of the criminal group of ‘Los Salazar’, armed and operational arm of the Sinaloa Cartel, on the border between Sonora and Arizona, escaped on Monday of the Social Readaptation Center (Cereso) Hermosillo Uno, in the state of Sonora, state authorities reported on Tuesday.
The now fugitive was considered a priority objective of violence for the security agencies of the Government of Mexico, but was locked in a jail that is not of maximum security, although it was investigated for serious crimes as homicide qualified with premeditation, alevosía and betrayal, as well as of criminal association.
The Secretary of Public Security in Sonora, Víctor Hugo Enriquez García, confirmed on Tuesday that the custodians of Cereso Hermosillo Uno, noticed the escape in the list pass on Monday night May 5.
“During the list pass at Cereso Hermosillo 1 the evasion of Salu Francisco Hernández, a person deprived of liberty was detected; the security protocols established for this type of incidents were immediately activated and the State Attorney General’s Office was notified, which has already initiated an exhaustive investigation to clarify the facts,” said the Secretary of Security.
In addition, he warned that the authorities of the Ministerial Agency for Criminal Investigation “are investigating the persons responsible for prison security and that any indication of complicity, negligence or cover -up, will be sanctioned with the entire weight of the law.
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Salu Francisco, who also uses the alias of Jorge Hernández Robledo, is sought and the operations for recapture contemplate Review of Roads, Bus and Airports Centrals throughout the country.
It was on March 25 when federal and state authorities announced the capture of Salu Francisco ‘N’, who was considered a priority objective by the Attorney General of Sonora, which offered up to 500,000 pesos for information that led to its location.
The authorities place him as the leader of ‘Los Ghosts’, an armed cell inside ‘Los Salazar’, which acted as an operational arm of the Sinaloa Cartel.
According to official reports and military intelligence documents of the army, the subject headed operations in several municipalities in northern Sonora: such as Sáric, Tubutama, Trincheras, Santa Ana, Altar and Magdalena, key areas for its proximity to the United States border.
One of the attacks attributed to its criminal cell, was an ambush to a convoy of defense and the State Public Security Police, on October 31, 2023, between altar and oquitoa, with a result of several injured agents.
With EFE information.
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