Daniel Arizmendi, widely known as “El Mochaorejas,” received a 50-year prison sentence for organized crime, asset laundering, and illegal weapons possession, eluniversal.com.mx reported.
Federal prosecutors secured the sentence and a fine of 916 mil 312.50 pesos following a court-ordered procedural reset that began in August 2003.
Daniel Venegas Martínez received a 22-year prison sentence and a fine exceeding four million pesos for organized crime and asset laundering. Dulce Paz Venegas was sentenced to 16 years in prison alongside a fine surpassing 280 mil pesos on identical charges.
Judicial authorities declared the sentences for Daniel Venegas and Dulce Paz fully compurgated. Both individuals remain in custody because they face separate ongoing criminal proceedings.
Investigators established that the group operated an abduction ring starting in 1998 across the State of Mexico and the former Federal District, eluniversal.com.mx reported. Law enforcement arrested Arizmendi on August 17, 1998, in Naucalpan while he allegedly attempted to collect an extortion payment.
Authorities captured Venegas Martínez and Paz Venegas four days later on August 21, 1998. Officials transferred both suspects to the Almoloya de Juárez maximum-security prison in the State of Mexico.
The judicial system originally issued guilty verdicts against all three defendants on August 21, 2003. Federal courts later granted amparo protections that mandated a complete procedural repetition.
Specialized prosecutors assigned to the State of Mexico presented fresh evidence to finalize the current rulings. The judiciary formally notified the defendants of their respective sentences following this review.
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