Entire familieswho resisthave been slaughtered, Donahue said. The violence of 2015 was a wake-upcall,saidTerryCole, a former New York City police officer who oversees DEA agents in Guadalajaraas the assistant regional director forNorth and Central America. 2023www.courier-journal.com. The charges were later dropped and the case was closed. CJNG has skirted Mexican and U.S. inspections at legal border crossings by hiding drugs in semitrailers hauling tomatoes, avocados and other produce, dumping at least 5 tons of cocaine and 5 tons of meth into this country every month, according to DEA estimates. Two months after his arrest, his first child was born. In December 2022, El Mencho's brother Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Tony Montana," was arrested during an army raid in Guadalajara. The Jalisco cartel has also shown itself to have nearly unlimited reach within Mexico. [38], In response to his death, El Mencho commanded the CJNG to carry out attacks against the Mexican Federal Police. Nemesio Rubn Oseguera Cervantes (American Spanish:[nemesio oseea seantes]; born 17 July 1966 or 17 July 1964), commonly referred to by his alias El Mencho ([el mento]), is a Mexican drug lord and leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), an organized crime group based in Jalisco. He briefly worked as a police officer in Tomatln, a small town in Jalisco, learningthe inner workings of law enforcement,said DEA Special Agent Kyle Mori, who is heading the U.S. criminal investigationagainstEl Mencho fromLos Angeles. Omar Garca Harfuch was shot three times in the June 26 attack but survived. After his escape, the U.S. took its manhunt public. [89], In May 2018, El Mencho's wife Rosalinda was arrested on money laundering charges. Mexican marines almost captured El Mencho in October 2018. ", "Thats kind of hard to believe, but its true.". According to prosecutors, Alderete is a lieutenant of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," the shadowy and brutal cartel leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel who's a . Today, the Justice Department and DEA announced a superseding indictment on charges of alleged continuing criminal enterprise against Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, also known as "El Mencho," the undisputed leader of CJNG. If someone you love dies from an overdose tonight, he may very well be to blame. Analysts blame much of the killing on turf wars between the Jalisco cartel and its rivals as it expands into new territory. It could hide 9 kilos of drugs and a pile of cash. Between 2014 and 2016, the only region in the country where the CJNG lost its territorial presence was in Mexico City. Through a wiretap conversation, the police overheard El Mencho warning his brother to never do business with them again since they were undercover cops. For 53-year-old El Mencho, success did not come early. Investigative reporter Beth Warren spent threedays in Mexico City and Guadalajara with the U.S. DrugEnforcement Administration and Mexican police and government officials. The sanction was joint investigation conducted by the Treasury and the DEA office in Los Angeles as part of a larger effort with their Mexican counterparts to sanction drug trafficking groups in Mexico. 2:35. A judge scheduled her. He was released on July 1 for lack of evidence, but was re-arrested again on April 6 2016, for his involvement in the CJNG. CJNG's rapid rise to power and its expansion havestunned and stymied Americas top drug fighters. According to government sources, he is responsible for overseeing the CJNG's entire drug trafficking operations in the states of Jalisco, Colima, and Guanajuato, where he created a bastion for methamphetamine production and trade. Why is The Courier Journal reporting on a deadly Mexican drug cartel? [17][22], To legitimize its presence, El Mencho's group launched a propaganda campaign against its enemies, denouncing extortions done by rival gangs against civilians, businessmen, and government authorities. [73] CJNG co-founder Erick Valencia Salazar also split with El Mencho and became a high-ranking leader in the Nueva Plaza Cartel. These attacks brought him increased government attention and an extensive manhunt. The total death toll was 11; five police officers, three civilians, and three CJNG gunmen. Eight soldiers and Morales partner died. His second security circle is much larger in size and serves as a rearguard to notify El Mencho's inner circle of suspicious activity and ambush potential parties that attempt to get close to him. Its much more an ecosystem than it is a vertically integrated organization, said Alejandro Hope, a security analyst who writes a well-known column in Mexicos El Universal newspaper. December 1, 2021 Today, the U.S. Department of State is announcing a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez, an alleged high-level member of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG - Jalisco New Generation Cartel). That fight has been waged across America over the past seven years, federal court records show: CJNG is also using a mix of street gangsand white-collar businessmen to move the drugs and hide the money. In September 2011, the emerging cartel left 35 corpses on a street in the heart of. Security officials in the United States have been frustrated with the Mexican governments lack of a coherent strategy against the Jalisco cartel and the hampering of anti-drug operations by persistent corruption. A VICIOUS drug war between El Chapo's sons and the Jalisco New Generation cartel has seen nearly 250 people slaughtered in a month in Mexico. Smaller police forces. We are seeing the threat to institutions, a reality already visible in some states and now reflected in Mexico City, Alfaro told reporters. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel has killed judges, congressmen, dozens of police officers and thousands of civilians. According to Courier-Journal, Jessica Johanna Oseguera Gonzalez will plead guilty to a felony charge for helping the Jalisco cartel, as cited by documents filed in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.. ABC7 Chicago reported that federal authorities had . "A very big, increasing problem. Low 27F. The attack spread through 20 different towns and in three neighboring states. On November 15, troops arrested Rosalinda Gonzlez Valencia, wife of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho," one of Mexico's most powerful drug traffickers and leader of the Jalisco Cartel . According to the DEA, the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation now controls 23 of Mexico's 32 states. "Big cities have big police departments and DEA, FBI and (Homeland Security Investigations) and an ability to look at intelligence and focus on their cells and contacts, said the DEA's Donahue. Smaller towns. . Macrons retirement reforms undermine the French republic, Defying attacks, arts return to Somalia with first TV drama in 30 years, Divorced and remarried, these Afghan women are outlaws under Taliban rule. Selling drugs in bulk to local traffickers, who then sold to area dealers. Agents say Macias didn'tinvolveCalumet in his drug crimes. Three other CJNG suspects were killed. The violent CJNG is widely viewed as the most powerful gang in Mexico alongside the Sinaloa Cartel. In February 2022 unconfirmed reports began to surface stating that El Mencho died from respiratory arrest while undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Guadalajara. The CJNG set 39 buses, 11 banks, and 16 gas stations on fire. [88] He was later released in December 2016. [30], Since the 2000s, the DEA office in Los Angeles, California, has been tracking El Mencho's activities. "[101] La Vaca was also reported to have defected from the CJNG because of El Mencho's death.[101]. [58] In March 2014, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, based on the previous investigations by the DEA, indicted El Mencho for several charges, including drug trafficking and for being leaders of a "Continuing Criminal Enterprise". [14], In 1989, El Mencho was arrested again in San Francisco for selling narcotics. . rick Valencia Salazar, one of the clan members, wanted El Mencho to take command. [45] The announcement came after a series of violent attacks from the CJNG in previous weeks. [84][85], In addition, Mexican authorities suspected in 2016 that Omar Eleazar Oseguera Cervantes was part of the CJNG leadership structure. [14] In Mexico, he joined the local police forces of Cabo Corrientes and Tomatln in the state of Jalisco. U.S. drug agents believe he's in western Mexico, hiding in remote jungles or mountains of Jalisco, Colima or Michocan. 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Pineda Sanchez's attorney, Lawrence Beaumont, disputed his client's involvement. This year, despite the novel coronavirus, the violence has continued near record highs. A month later, Mexican authorities learned of ElMenchos new hiding spot andorganizeda secret mission to capture him. Pineda Penaloza and his crew were convicted of drug trafficking and are now in federal prison. "I was surprised that CJNGs efforts and tentacles were reaching into Kentucky, that they had expanded their reach that rapidly, said Evans, who previously headed the Louisville Field Division. Mexico's President Andrs Manuel Lpez . It is now the primary drug trafficking organization in 24 of Mexicos 32 states, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. It is known for its aggressive use of violence and its public relations campaigns. The DEA and Mexican investigators believe that it was during this time that he became involved in meth production and trade in Redwood City California (San Mateo County) alongside his brother-in-law Abigael Gonzlez Valencia (alias "El Cuini"). CJNG's Kentucky strategy has been repeated in town after town across America, in places better known for cheese, cows and corn. For now, at least, it appears that Mexico has arrived at a moment of reckoning, as the countrys elite look more closely at the new, more brazenly violent face of the countrys criminal underworld. . That designation allowed the department to levy sanctions against Mexican businesses linked to the cartels, includinga sushi restaurant, a tequila business, shopping centers, a medical clinic, two newspapers and famed Hotelito Desconocido, visited by Hollywood stars. She recruited helpers, too, and they frequently made deposits of less than $10,000 amounts small enough to dodge federal reporting requirements at bank branches in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee,as well asGreensboro and Winston-Salem,North Carolina. The unparalleled speed of CJNGs growth coasttocoast in less than a decade has made the cartel a clear, present and growing danger, says Uttam Dhillon, DEA's acting administrator. He is the most-wanted person in Mexico and one of the most-wanted in the U.S. [65], On 16 October 2018, the Departments of State, Justice, and Treasury announced a joint law-enforcement measure against the CJNG, and increased El Mencho's bounty to US$10million from US$5million. Lpez Obrador said the decision averted unnecessary bloodshed, but it was widely seen as a sign of governmental weakness. He was not a millionaire," Beaumont said. The cartel circulates these images of torture and execution on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites to spread fear and intimidation. A cartel member even worked at Kentucky's famed Calumet Farm, home to eight Kentucky Derby and three Triple Crown winners. [20] Two months later, Coronel was killed in a shootout with the Mexican Army. MEXICO CITY Before they allegedly tried to assassinate this city's police chief, the foot soldiers of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel already had left a bloody wake across the country. Rubn Oseguera Cervantes aka El Mencho and his wife Rosalinda Gonzlez Valencia have managed to stay under the radar for a long time. Attackers in armored vehicles opened fire with high-caliber weapons, gunning down officers driving five SUVs. Who was to blame? Alderete was indicted in September 2019 in Chicago on charges of trafficking more than a kilo of heroin and at least 400 grams of fentanyl from May to June of this year. [44], A month later on 1 May 2015, the Mexican government launched Operation Jalisco, a military-led campaign that intended to combat organized crime groups in Jalisco and capture their respective leaders. [30], On 25 August 2012, a unit of the Mexican Federal Police based in Tonaya, Jalisco, responded to an anonymous tip stating that there was an organized crime cell present in a rural community close by. As before, all of the U.S.-based assets of these businesses were frozen, and U.S. citizens were prohibited from doing business with them. The CJNG went from being a small, offshoot criminal gang to one of the leading criminal groups in Mexico. In Mexico, a DEA investigator said he was stunned when he learned CJNG cells were popping up in communities as small as Axton. [10][17] To strengthen his relationship with the Milenio Cartel, El Mencho married one of the clan leader's sisters, Rosalinda Gonzlez Valencia. Theyve got their money," Williams said. 13 Mexican police officers were killed in an ambush, sold heroin to two undercover police officers, fired Russian-made rocket-propelled grenade launchers, Investigators uncovered a hidden hub of stash houses, state trooper working with a DEA task force nearly brought down El Mencho, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. U.S. law enforcement has described Rubn Oseguera-Gonzlez, AKA El Menchito, as a former second-in-command of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Alderete also is accused of asking a criminal informant in Paducahfor assault rifles andagrenade launcherto supplya cartel "war" in Mexico,saidJesseRiddle, the Narcotics Unit captain with the McCracken County Sheriffs Office in Paducah. An unscrupulous drugs cartel has issued an open letter in a bid to win over terrified locals. Businesses in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Los Angeles would buy the goldand then send the payments through wire transfers to Mexico including to Parra Pedroza's precious metals business. "That's the type ofterrorists were dealing with here.". They got "Shorty," but Mexican authorities are dragging their feet on the fate of another 150 jailed drug traffickers awaiting extradition to the United States, a federal source told The Post. Beginning in 2015, the U.S. Treasury Department designated El Mencho a "kingpin," along with his brother-in-law, Abigail Gonzlez Valencia, leader of the Los Cuinis cartel. After being arrested several times, he was deported to Mexico in the early 1990s and worked for the Milenio Cartel. In 2009, the DEA detected that El Mencho was involved in another cocaine shipment originating from Ecuador. Both are now in prison for money laundering, and her sister, who has two children living in Kentucky, faces deportation. Throughout Mexico, more than 40,000 children and adults remain missing. At the site of the assassination attempt against Garca Harfuch in Mexico Citys tony Lomas de Chapultepec neighborhood, the police recovered Barrett semiautomatic rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Essential reporting and analysis from correspondents around the world. Type of a scam Debt Collections.
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