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Judge pauses 'El R2' court appearance from intensive care

Prosecutors' account of the Guadalajara restaurant raid includes an alleged offer of vehicles and bribes in exchange for freedom.

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¿Qué ofreció ‘El R2’ para escapar? La negociación con marinos tras la balacera en Guadalajara

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0:15The report describes Rafael "N" appearing by hospital videoconference under sedation at the November 11 hearing.
1:26The judge suspends his participation but continues proceedings for the other detainees.
3:10Prosecutors' reconstruction describes 19 ground-floor detentions and the seizure of suspected cocaine.
3:28The report recounts prosecutors' account of an upstairs shootout that wounded marines and Rafael "N."
4:28The title's promised answer arrives: prosecutors say he offered vehicles and bribes, which the marines rejected.
5:16Proceedings continue for the other detainees at Puente Grande while Rafael "N" remains hospitalized.

Rafael "N," known as "El R2," appeared by videoconference from a hospital bed, under sedation, before a judge suspended his participation in an initial hearing, Mexico's MILENIO reports. Proceedings continued for the other people detained in the same operation.

The November 11 hearing provided the basis for the report's reconstruction of a naval raid three days earlier at Sabea Restaurant and Hookah Lounge in Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco in western Mexico.

According to the prosecution's account relayed in the report, naval personnel arrived along Avenida Terranova in the afternoon and encountered an armed man at the entrance. They entered the restaurant, detained 19 people on the ground floor and seized suspected cocaine.

Prosecutors said Rafael "N" confronted marines upstairs, threatening them and opening fire. The report says members of the security forces were wounded and Rafael "N" suffered three gunshot wounds before being restrained.

The alleged attempt to bargain for release comes late in the video: wounded and surrounded, he offered access to vehicles downstairs and bribes, according to the prosecution's reconstruction. The marines refused and detained him, the report says. It does not identify a specific cash sum offered.

The video combines photographs, courtroom drawings, archival material and recreated voices. The dialogue accompanying the raid reconstruction is therefore not presented as an original recording of the confrontation.

Its Spanish title, "¿Qué ofreció 'El R2' para escapar? La negociación con marinos tras la balacera en Guadalajara", means "What did 'El R2' offer to escape? The negotiation with marines after the shootout in Guadalajara." The report ends with proceedings continuing for the other detainees at Puente Grande while Rafael "N" remained hospitalized.

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