"So we put him in a hole and buried him," Valdez Rios told the court, adding that he had seen El Chapo torture and kill two other members of the Zetas drug cartel.įirst, the kingpin beat them nearly to death with a thick tree branch in a wooded area, he said.
The witness said that after two interrogations, Guzman shot the man, uttering his signature kill phrase: "F*** your mother!" But the kill shot was unsuccessful and the man was still breathing, said Valdez Rios, who worked for seven years in the Mexican army's special forces unit before joining Guzman's organization. His feet were burned," said the 39-year-old Valdez Rios.Īccording to the hitman, who later became Guzman's secretary and pilot, El Chapo became angry when he saw the condition of the man, so he left him locked in a chicken coop for days. He had burns made with a car lighter all over his body. "He had burns made with an iron on his back, his shirt was stuck to his skin. The victim had been tortured before he arrived at El Chapo's camp on the plane of Ismael "Mayo" Zambada, who led the Sinaloa organisation with Guzman. The former hitman, Isaias Valdez Rios - who goes by "Memin" or "Memo" - told the court on Thursday that he saw Guzman kill a member of the rival Arellano Felix cartel. He faces trafficking, firearms and money laundering charges that could see him jailed for life in the United States.
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While Guzman is not on trial for murder, federal prosecutors want to depict him as a violent and ruthless man ready to do anything to protect his business.
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