The government of Canada granted this Sunday, April 28, the extradition to Mexico of the retired Mexican Army general Eduardo León Trauwitzformer security chief of Mexican Petroleum (Pemex)accused of leading a network dedicated to the theft of hydrocarbons (huachioleo) in the paraestal.
In May 2019, a Control judge in the State of Mexico issued an arrest warrant against said person for organized crime in hydrocarbons and illicit theft of hydrocarbons.
According to the investigations, the general and other soldiers allegedly facilitated the huachicoleo activities. For this reason, arrest warrants were obtained against him for the crime of organized crime and theft of hydrocarbons.
In that same year, the general stated that he lived in “anguish” because his bank accounts had frozen for months.
León Trauwitz left the country and settled in Vancouver, Canada, But in October 2020, the FGR presented the formal extradition request to the Canadian government, which is why the surrender process began.
After being detained for extradition purposes, and after hearings in which the parties offered and presented evidence, the Judge determined that the extradition to Mexico of Eduardo León Trauwitz.
The Canadian authority indicated that the claimed You have 30 days to appeal said resolution, term that is in progress.
Who is Eduardo León Trauwitz, former head of Pemex Security?
During the six-year term of the former president Enrique Peña Nieto, Eduardo León Trauwitz, In addition to being the head of Pemex Security, he was deputy director of Pemex Strategic Safeguarding.
He also served as Enrique Peña Nieto’s bodyguard chief when he was governor of the State of Mexico, from 2005 to 2011.
León Trauwitz’s career in public service began with the government of Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderón. This person is allegedly related to the protection he gave to criminal organizations of huachicoleros, which resulted in million-dollar losses for at least the last six years.
