[84][85], In addition, Mexican authorities suspected in 2016 that Omar Eleazar Oseguera Cervantes was part of the CJNG leadership structure. El Cholo afterwards retaliated by co-founding a new cartel called the Nueva Plaza Cartel. After agents toppled the drug ring, the cartel turned on the gang. The drug cartel fought back against the Mexican army in the states of Jalisco and Guanajuato, blocking roads and setting fires to cars. Twomasterminds now in prisonorchestrated the scheme from Guadalajara:Carlos Parra Pedroza,aliasWalt Disney, who owned a jewelry store; and Diego Pineda Sanchez, an accountant. 8 [41][42] The incident was the deadliest single attack on the Mexico's police force since 2010. [88] He had served as the CJNG's lead financier. Why is The Courier Journal reporting on a deadly Mexican drug cartel? Nemesio Oseguera-Cervantes. In the sinister messages, the mobsters announce that the state is against the Operativa Blica - the Jalisco New Generation Cartel 's armed militia . CJNG wasn't the only cartel in the Bluegrass State in 2017, but authorities say it was the main supplier of fentanyl when Louisville's Adam Cooley, who sought heroin, snorted 20 times alethal dose. In recent times El Mencho (real name Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes) has taken over from his one-time ally, the now-jailed Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, as Mexico's most feared crime boss. Other bosses used threats of violence in the U.S., despite El Mencho's warnings against it. The daughter of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho," will plead guilty in the United States.. In court, El Mencho insisted that he was innocent. MEXICO CITY (AP) The Mexican army on Tuesday arrested the brother of the country's most wanted drug cartel boss, Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, the Mexico Defense Department said. Bill Bodner, special agent in charge of the DEA's field office in . ", "Top Mexican drug kingpin El Mencho reportedly builds own private hospital", "Betrayals, In-Fighting, Mysteriously Vanished Leader - Is Jalisco Cartel on the Brink? In Guanajuato and elsewhere, President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador has debated how to respond to the cartels expansion and the surging violence it has brought. [75] El Cholo was later murdered, with his body being discovered stabbed and wrapped in plastic on a park bench in downtown Tlaquepaque on 18 March 2021. Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera Cervantes rules the ruthless Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The teenager sneaked into the U.S. and triedto build a customer base as a street-level dealer. [53][56], On 27 September 2011, Mexico's Office of the General Prosecutor (PGR) issued an arrest warrant for El Mencho and offered MXN$2million for anyone who can help provide information that leads to his arrest. Even after El Mencho's girlfriend went to prison, the cartel quickly returned to the Gulf Coast with more loads of drugs. In2015, ElMenchoflexed that power to strike back at law enforcement who tried to stop him. Maciasand Sosa were convicted of meth trafficking and money laundering and are serving 31 and 15 years, respectively, in federal prison. But from the hospital, Garca Harfuch posted a tweet. [92], In April 2019, El Mencho's godson Adrin Alonso Guerrero Covarrubias was arrested on charges of drug trafficking and kidnapping. [49], According to the Mexican government, El Mencho may be hiding in the state of Jalisco, the CJNG's stronghold. Theyve got their money," Williams said. [60] In addition, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas is looking to convict El Mencho for drug trafficking offenses. 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. Members of a cartel cell inKansasCity, withdrug houses in both Kansas and Missouri between 2013 and 2016,splurged on $10,000ticketsto rapper Pitbulls concertand a Louis Vuittonpurse. he asked his team. [55] Two more shipments were then detected in 2013 from Mexico then again to the United States. . Local officials noticed the shift as if it had happened overnight: Troubled boys were suddenly driving expensive pickups and wielding military-grade weapons. The failed arrest of El Chapos son turned a Mexican city into an urban war zone. [46], In the small town of Villa Purificacin, Jalisco, El Mencho's men shot down a Mexican Army helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, killing 9 soldiers. the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacin CJNG) and the Sinaloa Cartel. Around the same time, a rival criminal group known as Los Zetas, with the backing of the Gulf Cartel, carried out an armed offensive against the Milenio Cartel in Michoacn. Though local politicians have been frequent targets, state governors and federal officials have not. The attack spread through 20 different towns and in three neighboring states. Sometimes the authorities and media try to build these guys up as criminal masterminds, but thats not whats going on, Hope said. It also operated a tequila label,casinos,two shopping centers,a medical clinic,real estate companies and a Pacific Ocean resort frequented by Americans, according to U.S. Treasury Department records. In Guanajuato, many analysts think the administration is merely waiting for one cartel to destroy the other so that relative peace can return under the monopoly of a single group. Those who tried to run were tortured, killed and sometimescannibalizedby fellow recruits in what U.S. federal agents describe as a disturbing riteof passage. According to government sources, Acevedo Crdenas directed CJNG cells in Zacoalco, Tlajomulco, Cocula, Tapalpa and Atemajac de Brizuela, Jalisco. Unlike the drug cartels of Pablo Escobars Colombia, Mexican drug trafficking organizations have rarely targeted top officials, in part to avoid a clash with the state and in part because they have found bribery a more useful tool than assassination. Mexican authorities arrested the brother of the supreme leader of Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) Tuesday. Omar Garca Harfuch was shot three times in the June 26 attack but survived. [32][33] Other reporting stated the U.S authorities had alerted the Mexican authorities based on their surveillance of the subject's girlfriend who was importing meth at Gulfport, Mississippi. Young people who are immersed in addiction problems are easy prey for these organized crime groups.. Throughout the process, El Mencho established himself as one of Mexico's most-wanted criminals. [54], In 2007, the DEA discovered that El Mencho was involved in a cocaine operation that went through Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and ended in the United States. In America, Hispanic workers find themselves looked atwith suspicion because of political rhetoric that brands the drug trade and immigration as one and the same, say advocates for those workers. Someone aware of the Lexington-Louisville operation talked to a DEA agent in 2016, who, in turn, flagged investigators in Kentucky. Macias' associate, Imanol Pineda Penaloza, headed a cell in Louisville while running his drug business through his used tire shop, Los 3 Hermanos. El Menchos drug empire "is putting poison on the streets of the U.S.," said Chris Evans, who runs the DEAs day-to-day global operations. More unchecked opportunities. "But its a little different when you go to Boise, Idaho, and other small towns where they dont have the resources to really focus on an international cartel.". The arrest took place on early Tuesday morning in Tlajomulco, Jalisco, when military . [10][17], Their operational capacity in Mexico is concentrated in 8 states: Jalisco, Colima, Guanajuato, Nayarit, and Veracruz, where it holds a firm grip of drug trafficking operations, and Morelos, Guerrero and Michoacn, where it fights competing rival drug groups. 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Make no mistake, Taylor said. [59] El Mencho and Abigael were accused of coordinating shipments of cocaine and methamphetamine from South America via Mexico to the United States. After some time he left the police and joined organized crime as a full-time member of the Milenio Cartel. On April 13, 2017, federal agents arrested Maciason his way to Calumet Farm. But thats the kind of dynamic weve seen in other cities in Mexico.. "Theyre killing the next generation, and one of them was my son," Brenda Cooley said. Somewhere deep in Mexico's remote wilderness, the worlds most dangerous and wanted drug lord is hiding. Throughout 2019, reporters analyzed thousands of court records of more than 100 criminal drug cases around the country and talked to more than 150 federal drug agents, police officers, defense attorneys and prosecutors. She was charged with engaging in transactions or dealings in properties with businesses blacklisted by the Treasury Department and providing financial support to the CJNG. He was arrested by the San Francisco Police at the age of 19 for stolen property and carrying a loaded gun. In Jalisco, El Mencho and the Milenio Cartel formed an alliance with the Sinaloa Cartel subgroup headed by Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a high-ranking drug lord and ally of Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzmn. These attacks brought him increased government attention and an extensive manhunt. CJNG's plan tomove intosmall-town America and cashin on the country's addiction crisis played out in Lexington, Kentucky. CJNG's rapid rise to power and its expansion havestunned and stymied Americas top drug fighters. [61] Police are investigating whether El Mencho gave the order to execute him, but no charges have been filed. The direct attacks of the CJNG against Mexico's security forces earned El Mencho a reputation among authorities as "principal enemy" of the state and as a dangerous criminal. [67], On 8 April 2015, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned El Mencho under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act ("Kingpin Act") for his involvement in international drug-smuggling operations. Treasury Department officials stood with Sessions and announced more sanctions on businesses linked to CJNG and its affiliate, Los Cuinis. [87] El Mencho's brother-in-law Elvis Gonzlez Valencia was arrested in 2016 as well. Both are now in prison for money laundering, and her sister, who has two children living in Kentucky, faces deportation. 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. Reporters Jonathan Bullington, Kala Kachmar, Chris Kenning andKarol Suarez contributed to this story. [23][24], As leader of the CJNG, El Mencho solidified his position and grew his organization through territorial expansion and by corrupting government officials. Initially, the CJNG produced methamphetamine, but then he moved to heroin production when the consumer demand changed. A veteran Jalisco police officer, whoasked not to be identified for his safety, said CJNG has officials on its payroll at thelocal, state and federal levels. "If he was, I didnt charge him enough.". Link copied Feb. 21, 2020, 6:03 PM UTC Mexican marines almost captured El Mencho in October 2018. I don't really care what the prosecutor says.. 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El Mencho was deported in 1997and then traveled to Tijuana. The DEA detected that the CJNG had expanded its drug-trafficking operations internationally. [19] On 6 May 2010 his brother Juan Carlos (alias "El Tigre") was arrested too. And federal prosecutors alleged in court that convicted drug traffickerJesus Enrique Palomera, theleader of a cartel cell in Tacoma, Washington, ordered the kidnapping and murderof a manwhose fingers and toes werechopped off a commonmethod of torturein Mexico. Two of his bodyguards were killed. As they hovered over a cartel convoy, CJNG members fired Russian-made rocket-propelled grenade launchers, shooting down Morales helicopterinto a cluster of trees. Last year was the deadliest in Mexicos recent history, with 35,588 homicides. [52] El Mencho is believed to live a modest lifestyle compared to other drug kingpins such as Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzmn and other members of the CJNG in order to keep a low profile and to avoid detection from law enforcement. It is known for its aggressive use of violence and its public relations campaigns. During a brief telephonecallfrom prison in August 2019,Palomerasaid heis a family manwhonever harmed anyone. [62], On 15 August 2018, the PGR announced they were offering up to MXN$30 million to anyone who provides information that leads to El Mencho's capture. Analysts blame much of the killing on turf wars between the Jalisco cartel and its rivals as it expands into new territory. CJNG members have followed relatives or friends who left Mexico for the U.S. to find jobs. Caller name: PABLO OSEGUERA. After the attacks were over, the government confirmed that El Mencho was in the area and had evaded capture. Who was to blame? [43] That same day, Miguel ngel Caicedo Vargas, the police chief of Zacoalco de Torres, was killed by CJNG hitmen. Many are committed by cartels. This article was published more than2 years ago. 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 . He's a recluse, a cockfighting high-roller, a former cop and a maniac. He quickly amassed a privatearmy, with CJNG members recruitingor kidnappinghundreds of men in their 20s and boys as young as 12. [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". Rosalinda Gonzlez is suspected of running the finances of her husband's Jalisco New Generation Cartel. This short film details The Courier Journal's investigation into CJNG and its leader, El Mencho, began in early 2019 and what was uncovered. In the 1990s, Abraham was given a 10-year prison sentence in California. "The threat of Mexican cartel violence and the drugs they bring into our nation cant be overstated," said Russell Coleman, the top federal prosecutor for the Western District of Kentucky. . [45] The announcement came after a series of violent attacks from the CJNG in previous weeks. Explore the investigation wall showing the connections of El Mencho and CJNG cartel. [28] The government estimates that El Mencho's group has about US$50billion in total assets. Under Coronel, El Mencho and his group managed the Sinaloa Cartel's drug operations, finances, and murder activities in the states of Colima and Jalisco. The 21-year-old's death was the latest bloodshed involving the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which was founded in 2009 and whose ruthless rise to global dominance has left an appalling history of . Oseguera Gonzalez pleaded guilty Friday to five counts of engaging in transactions with entities designated as having supported her father's criminal organization. August 1, 2022, 10:49am. . Pointing to more than 70,000 Americans who overdosed and died in 2017, Coleman said, Were fighting a war for our families, and (the cartels) are winning.. "It was almost unbelievable, the things we were hearing, theamountof drugs," said Benjamin Taylor, who oversees investigations for Homeland Security in Gulfport, Mississippi. [29] Part of El Mencho's success in the drug trade had to do with his ability to strategize market and consumer changes. The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacin - CJNG) is a criminal group that has evolved as a result of killings, captures and rifts in older cartels. Oseguera, who had a $10 million bounty placed on his head by U.S. authorities in 2018, has masterminded the CJNG's emergence as a criminal empire spanning five continents and is one of few. According to border entry records, El Mencho crossed the U.S.-Mexico border several times during the late 1980s under other aliases. The investigation documented how in each new community, CJNG uses local traffickers who can blend in to sell their drugs, with no regard for their race or ethnicity. We are seeing the threat to institutions, a reality already visible in some states and now reflected in Mexico City, Alfaro told reporters. "If you provide information to the Mexican government, its probably the last thing you would say.". 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. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is thought to be responsible for a video which began circulating on social media last week, showing a number of masked men standing in front of the camera while holding guns. Five years later, they discovered he had used firearms to facilitate his operations. So instead of blaming, we should look for solutions.. In America,ElMenchoexpectscartel members and associates to avoid violence, hidewealth anddisguise their CJNG affiliations, agents say. THE Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is in a bloodthirsty power grab across South America as experts warn they are creating an empire even bigger that El Chapo's. CJNG is a 13 billion drug empire led by Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera Cervantes which has now consolidated power across almost the whole of Mexico.
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