Mexico's military arrests wife of powerful drug lord "El Mencho"
November 16, 2021
10:19 AM CST
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Reuters
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MEXICO CITY, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Mexico's military on Tuesday arrested the wife of Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, best known as "El Mencho", in the western Jalisco state, Mexican officials said.
Rosalinda Gonzalez Valencia was detained in the municipality of Zapopan in Jalisco in a "a significant blow to the financial structure of organized crime in the state of Jalisco", the defense ministry said in a statement.
Gonzalez was detained for various crimes, with the evidence pointing to her involvement in "the illicit financial operation of an organized crime group," the ministry added.
Oseguera, a former policeman, is the leader of the ultra-violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), the most powerful criminal group in Mexico along with the Sinaloa Cartel.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-authorities-arrest-wife-powerful-jalisco-cartel-leader-el-mencho-2021-11-16/
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Daughter of “El Mencho” Pleads Guilty to Kingpin Act Violations
03/23/21 (written by rramos) – On March 12, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release stating that 34-year-old Jessica Johanna Oseguera González, the daughter of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, CJNG) leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, pled guilty to criminal violations of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, a U.S. federal law commonly known as the Kingpin Act. According to the DOJ statement, Oseguera González pled guilty to “willfully engaging in financial dealings with Mexican companies” that had been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for having “provided material support” to the CJNG’s drug trafficking activities. More specifically, court documents identified Oseguera González as an owner of two businesses that were formally identified by OFAC as “specially designated narcotics traffickers” for links to the CJNG, and as an “officer, director, or agent” of four other companies under OFAC sanctions. Two sushi restaurants, an advertising firm, and a tequila agency were among the six OFAC-designated entities with which Oseguera González “engaged in property transactions” and which were allegedly used to launder money for the CJNG. She is scheduled to be sentenced on June 11 and is facing up to 30 years in prison.
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https://justiceinmexico.org/daughter-mencho-guilty-kingpin-violations/
Jessica Johanna, a dual U.S.-Mexican citizen who also uses the criminal alias “La Negra,” was arrested by U.S. authorities in February 2020 at a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. She had been attempting to attend the trial of her brother, Rubén “El Menchito” Oseguera González, who had just been extradited from Mexico to face drug trafficking charges in the United States.