Arturo Gallegos Castrellón
Castrellón received seven life terms to be served concurrently and three life terms to be served consecutively and a 20 year term to be served consecutively for money laundering.
April 26, 2014
El Paso, Texas - On Thursday, Arturo Gallegos Castrellón, 34, aka "Benny," "Farmero," "51," "Guero," "Pecas," "Tury," and "86," 35, of Chihuahua, Mexico, the Barrio Azteca Lieutenant who ordered the March 2010 murders of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee, was sentenced to serve ten life terms in a federal prison, the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) reported. Seven life terms to be served concurrently and three life terms to be served consecutively and a 20 year term to be served consecutively for money laundering.
Castrellón and his criminal gang organization operating in both Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas were involved in 1,600 homicides. Castrellón confessed of ordering the deaths of two U.S. Consulate workers gunned down in several areas on March 13 and the deaths of 14 students in Villas de Salvárcar on January 31, 2010. He also is accused of ordering the deaths of five federal police officers from Juarez.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone in the Western District of Texas sentenced Castrellón to life in prison. In addition, Judge Cardone ordered Castrellón to pay $998,840 in restitution and $785,500 in forfeiture.
Castrellón was extradited to the U.S. from Mexico on June 28, 2012, and a federal jury found Castrellón guilty of six counts of murder and conspiracies to commit racketeering, narcotics trafficking, narcotics importation, murder in a foreign country and money laundering.
Federal prosecutors proved that Castrellón ordered the March 13, 2010, triple homicide in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, of U.S. Consulate employee Leslie Enriquez, her husband Arthur Redelfs, a El Paso County Sheriff's detention officer and Jorge Salcido Ceniceros, a Mexican national working at the Consulate and married to another U.S. Consulate employee.
USDOJ reported that a total of 35 defendants were charged in the third superseding indictment and are alleged to have committed various criminal acts, including the 2010 Juarez Consulate murders, as well as racketeering, narcotics distribution and importation, retaliation against persons providing information to U.S. law enforcement, extortion, money laundering, murder and obstruction of justice. Of the 35 defendants charged, 26 have been convicted, one committed suicide before the conclusion of his trial, and two remain fugitives, including Eduardo Ravelo, an FBI Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitive.
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