Ovidio Guzmán is currently in the Federal Center for Social Adaptation No. 1, better known as 'El Altiplano', a maximum security prison located in the municipality of Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico. This facility also houses several other prisoners, including several drug traffickers.
Altiplano, which became known as the Almoloya prison, had as its "guest" Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel and who was imprisoned between 2014-2015 - until he escaped through a tunnel that connected to a house under construction. These are the dangerous criminals who are housed in the detention center, reports radioformula.co.mx, Telegrafi reports.
What dangerous criminals are in Altiplano Prison?
According to data from the Secretariat for Citizen Security and Protection (SSMQ), until February 2021, there were 430 people who had been deprived of their freedom in the Altiplano prison, including some members of organized crime and criminals who are held in remember the sadism committed by them.
Rafael Caro Quintero
Rafael Caro Quintero
Known as "Narco de Narcos", Rafael Caro Quintero is one of the members of organized crime who have been in Cefereso number 1 since he was captured in July 2022 by federal authorities. United States authorities are also seeking to extradite the founder of the Guadalajara cartel.
Antonio Oseguera Cervantes
Antonio, who went by the nickname "Tony Montana", is the brother of Nemesio Oseguera, whose nickname is "El Mancho", and leader of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel. He was captured in December 2022, and sent to the Altiplano prison, where he is awaiting trial for crimes such as organized crime.
Hector Palma
Hector Palma
Among the figures linked to the Sinaloa cartel who were detained in the former Almoloya prison is Héctor 'El Güero' Palma, who is also the founder of the criminal organization in question. In July 2021, he briefly left the maximum security center after being declared innocent - but returned after a new arrest warrant.
Eduardo Arellano Felix
Eduardo Arellano Felix
Known by the nickname "El Doctor", he is one of the founders of the Arellano Felix cartel, which was captured since 2008, extradited to the USA in 2012, and then deported in August 2021 to the territory of Mexico, as soon as returned to the country, he was sent to the Altiplano prison, because he had to answer to the Mexican authorities.
Jose Antonio Yepez
Since August 2020, the Altiplano prison has José Antonio Yepez, who is otherwise known by the nickname "El Marro", as its "guest". He is the founder of the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, devoted above all to the illegal extraction of fuel (or huachicoleo), in addition to illegal activities such as kidnapping and extortion.
Who are some of the other "famous" prisoners on the Altiplano?
Inside the Altiplano prison, where Ovidio Guzmán will be held, there is also Jehli Ye Gon, a Chinese businessman accused of trafficking the raw material used for drug production. Luis Cárdenas Palomino, a member of the Federal Police during the six-year term of Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) and related to Genaro García Luna, is also in this prison.
Luis Cárdenas Palomino
Israel Vallarta, became known because he was the romantic partner of Florence Cassez and that both were linked to a gang of suspected kidnappers, known as 'Los Zodiaco', is also in the Altiplano prison, he has been in custody for 17 years. These are some of the companions that Ovidio Guzmán will have, as long as he is not sent to another prison or extradited to another country. /Telegraph/
