Friday, December 3, 2010

"El Ponchis" Child Executioner Caught By Mexican Military Trying To Board A Flight To Tijuana

Edgar Jiménez Lugo, aka, "El Ponchis"

Photo: Morelos State PGR

Child executioner a U.S. Citizen born in San Diego

By H. Nelson Goodson
December 3, 2010

Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico - On Friday, the Mexican Secretary of Defense (Sedena) announced the arrest of Edgar Jiménez Lugo, 14, aka, "El Ponchis" along with two of his sisters, ages 19 and 23, aka, "Las Chabelas" yesterday. Lugo and his sister Elizabeth, 19, were trying to board a flight at the Mariano Matamoros Airport in Cuernavaca headed to Tijuana, when they were detained by members of the 24th Regional Mexican military. They were intending to cross into the U.S. after arriving in Tijuana, according to mexican authorities.
Lugo was previously believed to be 12-years-old, but turned out to be 14. He was wanted in connection for multiple homicides that included slashing the throats of victims after beating them while their hands were tied behind their backs, including bandaging their eyes and mouths shut with taped before decapitating some of them in state of Morelos. One of his sisters is not involved with the homicides or discarding bodies, authorities say.
An anonymous tip led to the arrest of Lugo just after 9:00 p.m. on Thursday at the airport. He was actually using his real name at the time of arrest and told authorities his stepmother had sent money for both him and one of his sisters to travel to Tijuana.
Authorities confiscated two cell phones and both phones had images of victims being tortured and killed. They also found a concealed handgun on Lugo, according to news reports, but could not be confirmed.
Lugo was born in San Diego, California and Elizabeth told authorities that their mother still lives in San Diego. Lugo's U.S. Citizenship hasn't been confirmed by the U.S. government.
Lugo told reporters outside a campound, that he was kidnapped by members of the South Pacific Cartel (Cartel Pacifico del Sur-CPS) when he was only 11 years old and then he was forced to kill rival members of the cartel. "I had to kill them by cutting their throats or the CPS would kill me, if I wouldn't do it. El Negro (the CPS leader) made me smoke marijuana before killing the victims. I was never part of discarding the bodies or hanging them under bridges," Lugo explained. Lugo says, he was paid with $2,500 U.S. dollars or with Mexican pesos for killing rival cartel members.
When asked by a reporter, if he knew what is about to happen to him? He told reporters that he understood the process of now being prosecuted for his alleged crimes resulting in multiple homicides, during an outdoor press conference by Sedena and the Morelos Attorney General's Office (PGR). Lugo showed signs of being beaten. He had two swollen lumps on his forehead, including an upper swollen lip that he kept licking several times while he was interviewed outdoors in a dark side of a brick wall. He was later turned over to the Federal Ministry Police to transport him to the federal attorney general's office in Mexico, D.F.
Several bodies hanging under a bridge were discovered more than two months ago under the Cuernavaca-Mexico bridge.
Lugo has confessed to only killing four people. One of his sisters is accused of leading a band of adolescents in ages of 12 to 23 who helped discard the bodies of rival members when they were executed by Lugo or the CPS. Lugo became the second most wanted killer in Mexico after posting videos of him beating victims and cutting their throats on social networks and the Internet.
Lugo evaded capture several times, once on October 29, when the military raided a home in Tejalpa and six members of the CPS were taken into custody. A teenager, Cristian García Martinez, aka, "El Cris," also arrested told authorities that Lugo, aka, "El Ponchis" was the executioner who was responsible for killing rival gang members. On November 11, Lugo was almost arrested, but evaded arrest when the military was able to raid a home where Radilla's girlfriend was detained.
Lugo and his sisters resided in Tejalpa, within the municipality of Jiutepec. He worked under Jusús Radilla Hernández or Julio Jesús Padilla Hernández, aka, "El Negro," leader of the CPS who is a fugitive and is being sought by the Mexican government.

Outdoor news conference between Edgar Jiménez Lugo, aka, El Ponchis and reporters at posted link: http://bit.ly/ekkHAQ

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