Daniel Arizmendi López, known as “El Mochaorejas,” has received a new 50-year prison sentence and a fine of 916,312.50 pesos, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) reported. The case ended with the Federal Prosecutor’s Office presenting evidence during a retrial ordered in August 2003. In the same proceedings, Daniel Venegas Martínez was sentenced to 22 years in prison and fined more than 4 million pesos, while Dulce Paz Venegas received 16 years and a fine of more than 280,000 pesos. The court declared the Venegas pair’s sentences served, but both will remain incarcerated because they face other criminal proceedings. The new decision was notified in recent days after evidence was presented by a prosecutor assigned to the Specialized Regional Control Prosecutor’s Office (FECOR) in the State of Mexico. Prosecutors said Arizmendi, Venegas Martínez and Paz Venegas had been members since 1998 of a criminal organization operating mainly in the State of Mexico and what was then the Federal District. The group was accused of kidnapping and other criminal activities. The ruling stems from a conviction handed down on Aug. 21, 2003. After they filed amparo lawsuits, the defendants were granted federal judicial protection and a retrial was ordered. Arizmendi was arrested on Aug. 17, 1998, in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, allegedly while going to collect a victim’s ransom. Four days later, Venegas Martínez and Paz Venegas were arrested and placed at the Federal Center for Social Readaptation No. 1 in Almoloya de Juárez. Arizmendi now has the 50-year sentence imposed, following the retrial, while the other two men remain jailed due to separate proceedings.