El Nini Cries Inside New York Court

“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat

Good afternoon. My name is Jesús García. Thank you for joining us for this special report from lower Manhattan here in New York. Just behind me is the federal court for the southern district of New York. Where there was a very interesting decision made today.  

Before starting I want to remind you that we are doing this double broadcast for our sister newspapers La Opinión and El Diario in New York. Today was the hearing where the accusations were made known to Néstor Pérez, who is accused of being the leader of the Los Chapitos hitmen, the sons of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán. 

This character known as El Nini was arrested last November in Mexico and was extradited to the United States last Saturday. He was presented in court this week. However, the charges were not read at that time and a hearing was scheduled.

This Thursday’s hearing occurred as I indicated, here at the court that you are seeing behind me. He asked that the charges not be read because his lawyer had already presented him with the document containing the accusations. The defendant was handed the paperwork to be read in Spanish because he was asking for a translator and it was read to him in Spanish. 

The judge asked him if she wanted all of the charges read to him and he said no. When the judge asked him how he pleaded, he answered not guilty. He faces several criminal charges. Among them are murder of or the alleged murder of a DEA agent. In addition to the murder of several DEA informants who helped US authorities capture Ovidio Guzmán. 

That is what is related to it as part of the investigations that have been carried out. And part of what we have published on our news portals. If we remember the context, Nini is considered a bloodthirsty hitman, quite harsh in his actions. We didn’t expect anything less from him being a hitman because of his position. 

But I mentioned this for context because at the start of the court hearing he showed himself as an extremely vulnerable person. There were 3 people present who didn’t want to speak even though they were asked for information about who they were. We’re under the understanding that they are family members. 

They were two women and a man. One of the women told him directly, my mom and dad love you. He responded before leaving the court in shackles, I too and he began to cry. That moment of vulnerability due to his position contrasts with how he presented himself or how he acted, as the leader of the Los Chapitos hitmen…

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