"The U.S. Treasury Department took a swipe at the Mexican prison system on Wednesday, disguised as a sanctions announcement against a criminal leader one of many it reports each year. The Treasury explained that it has decided to sanction Jose Antonio Yepez Ortiz, alias El Marro, head of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel (CSRL), for his industrial-scale fuel theft operation in the state of Guanajuato, in central Mexico."
"The Treasury's criticism underscores the Mexican state's inability to control its prisons, even the federal ones, theoretically the most secure and closely monitored. It reinforces a widely accepted theory, one that transcends Mexico's borders and pertains to Latin America in general: the idea that prisons, rather than being centers for social rehabilitation, are universities of crime and spaces for establishing networks with other criminals."
U.S. Treasury sanctioned Jose Antonio Yepez Ortiz, alias El Marro, targeting his industrial-scale fuel theft operations in Guanajuato. U.S. authorities allege El Marro continues to run the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel (CSRL) from prison, sending instructions through his lawyers and family. He was arrested in August 2020 and imprisoned since then; other records note a transfer to the federal prison in Durango in 2014. The Treasury statement criticizes Mexico's inability to control federal prisons and asserts that prisons function as training grounds and networking hubs for criminals. The statement also says El Marro orchestrated an alliance with the Gulf Cartel to confront the CJNG for control of Guanajuato.
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