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Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison the Gang Leader Who Attacked Ciro Gómez Leyva

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A judge sentenced Armando Escárcega, alias El Patrono, the head of the criminals who attacked Mexican journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva in December 2022, to 14 years in prison this Tuesday, according to various national media and reported by the communicator himself. The judge’s decision is made by the attempted murder of Gómez Leyva, and adds to the six other convictions that have surrounded the case, including those of Héctor Martínez, El Bart, cons…

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After pleading guilty to being the intellectual author of the attack against Ciro G mez, Armando Escrcega, 'El Patr n', received 14 aos de prisi n.

·Mexico City, Mexico
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A judge sentenced Armando Escárcega, alias El Patrono, the head of the criminals who attacked Mexican journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva in December 2022, to 14 years in prison this Tuesday, according to various national media and reported by the communicator himself. The judge’s decision is made by the attempted murder of Gómez Leyva, and adds to the six other convictions that have surrounded the case, including those of Héctor Martínez, El Bart, cons…

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Armando Escárcega, alias ‘El Patrón’, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for having headed a criminal cell that attempted to assassinate journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva on December 15, 2022.On Tuesday, December 16, three years after the attack, the federal judge based in the North Prison, Edmundo Manuel Perusquía Cabañas, imposed this period in prison on ‘El Patrón’ and the payment of 45,856 pesos for compensation of the damage after authorizing th…

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At a hearing held at the Federal Criminal Justice Center, with residence in the North Prison, Judge Edmundo Manuel Perusquia sentenced him to 14 years in prison and to a fine of 45,896 pesos, to Armado Escárcega Valdéz, alias “El Patrón”, who acknowledged that he headed a criminal group that [...] The article Sentenced to 14 jail the leader of the gang that attacked Ciro Gómez Leyva first appeared in: 88.9 News.

On December 16, 2025, a judge at the Federal Criminal Justice Center of the North Prison sentenced Armando Escárcega Valdez, alias “El Patrón,” to 14 years in prison for the attempted murder of journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva. The ruling was issued during a summary trial, where the defendant accepted… Source

Armando Escárcega accepted his guilt as the intellectual author of the attack that took place in December 2022 The federal judge imposed 14 years in prison and the payment of more than 45,000 pesos for reparation of the damage.With this sentence, there are 13 persons convicted for the attack on the journalist Sentenced to three years of the attack Three years after the attack on the journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva, a federal judge sentenced Armando …

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Vanguardia broke the news in on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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