MORELIA.- Alfredo Ramírez Bedollagovernor of Michoacán, and his family would be “under the magnifying glass” of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for alleged links to organized crime.
According to intelligence documents and mapping of the DEAcited by The Broken ChairRamírez Bedolla and some of his relatives would have links and financial operations with the criminal group The Viagras.
The accusations arise at a time of intense violence in the region, complaints of extortion by said criminal group against producers, and recent homicides such as the case of Carlos Manzo in Uruapanhe pointed out Juan Veledíazdirector of The Sinaloa Sun.
⚠️ Military intelligence documents and DEA mappings have placed Michoacán Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla on the radar for alleged financial ties with the criminal group Los Viagras. Investigations point to his family circle and the role of his aunt, Anabel Bedolla Marín, wife… pic.twitter.com/XpC7YVtHgh
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They denounce alleged links between Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla and criminal groups in Michoacán
The first mentions of the governor emerged in mappings prepared by the DEA on the criminal network linked to Adalberto Fructuoso Comparan Rodríguezformer mayor of Aguililla.
Currently, Comparán Rodríguez is detained in the United States for his links with Los Viagras.
The name of Ramírez Bedolla appeared in these lines of research due to his relationship with Anabel Bedolla Marínwife of Comparán Rodríguez and aunt of the governor.
According to those reports, Anabel Bedolla Marín would have provided financial resources during Ramírez Bedolla’s campaign for the governorship of Michoacán, an allegation that remains under analysis by US authorities.
The investigations would also have identified financial movements associated with family and business networks in the region of Uruapan y Apatzinganareas designated by the DEA as logistical routes for the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs.
Anabel Bedolla Marín, alleged interlocutor of Los Viagras
Information about the governor’s family environment is expanded with documents from the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena)obtained after the collective was hacked Macaw.
In these files, Anabel Bedolla Marín is mentioned as interlocutor of the criminal group Los Viagrasheaded by Nicolas Sierra Santanaalias Coruco.
According to the authorities, Sierra Santana went from being a leader of the self-defense groups during the government of Enrique Pena Nieto head of the criminal organization in the six-year term Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).
Military reports indicate that Bedolla Marín maintained a direct relationship with the leaders of the criminal factions associated with her husband, serving as political liaison with representatives of different parties during the 2021 electoral process.
Tierra Caliente, under criminal control and extortion, according to DEA reports
The previous statements arise while the area known as Hot Land —which includes Aguililla, Apatzingán and Tepalcatepec— continues to be classified by military intelligence services as the epicenter of violence in Michoacán.
According to reports, the extortion of lemon producers It is today one of the main sources of financing for criminal organizations in the region.
The murder of Bernardo Bravopresident of the Association of Citrus Growers of the Apatzingán Valley and promoter of an anti-extortion law, increased pressure on state authorities.
After the homicide, Governor Ramírez Bedolla held a meeting with the head of the Ministry of Security, Omar García Harfuchand with the general Ricardo Trevilla Trejo of the Sedena.
At that meeting, a strengthening security for the citrus growing union in Apatzingan.
However, this announcement would have been interpreted as a “tacit recognition of failure” of the previous strategies, among them the installation of a military base in the Limonero market and the increase in troops of the National guard.
Various sources indicate that the new intelligence tasks could have little impactsince the extortion networks have local political protectionand the suspicions They continue to target the close environment of the Michoacan governor.
With information from The Broken Chair.