In Illinois,the cartel teamed with Vice Lordsgang members to grow a drug network that stretched from Southern California through the Midwest and into Nashville and Paducah, Kentuckyknown for its riverwalk murals and the National QuiltMuseum. . [18] Los Mata Zetas eventually won the war and consolidated their influence in western Mexico. A cartel member even worked at Kentucky's famed Calumet Farm, home to eight Kentucky Derby and three Triple Crown winners. El Mencho was 26 years old at that time, much younger than Abraham, but was savvy enough to recognize that the transaction was a set-up by the police. MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities have arrested the wife of the leader of Jalisco New Generation, one of the country's fiercest drug cartels. His name was Pablo Oseguera. The region of Baja California saw 2,938. Federal police officer Ivan Morales, his partner andsoldierswith theMexican national defense climbed aboard helicopters andheaded toward a CJNG compound in theJaliscomountains. among them Rubn Oseguera Gonzlez, known as "Menchito" (Little Mencho), who was . 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. (Video: Reuters). "If its coming from a cartel, they could have sold a pound to Asians, black guys, outlaw motorcycle gangs, white trash," said Lt. Jeremy Williams, of the Ashe County Sheriff's Office inNorth Carolina. Who is the richest person in the world? Make no mistake, Taylor said. 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. [3] The claim of his death was soon afterwards backed by narcomantas messages which appeared around the city of Colima and which were written by the Mezcales (also known as Cartel Independiente de Colima), presumably headed by El Mencho loyalist Jos Bernab Brizuela Meraz, alias La Vaca. Sometimes the authorities and media try to build these guys up as criminal masterminds, but thats not whats going on, Hope said. Pablo Escobar was a Colombian born drug kingpin who had a peak net worth of $30 billion dollars during his lifetime. [34], In a series of highly coordinated tactics to prevent El Mencho's arrest, the CJNG blocked several highways and roads across the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area by setting at least 37 vehicles on fire. [92], In April 2019, El Mencho's godson Adrin Alonso Guerrero Covarrubias was arrested on charges of drug trafficking and kidnapping. The cartel has been characterized by its aggressive use of extreme violence and its public relations campaigns. He's a recluse, a cockfighting high-roller, a former cop and a maniac. [45] The announcement came after a series of violent attacks from the CJNG in previous weeks. In2015, ElMenchoflexed that power to strike back at law enforcement who tried to stop him. For example, a Lexington waitress seekingcash to pay fordental assistant courses ended up making bank deposits that she didnt know were for CJNG, according to court transcripts. Oseguera, who had a $10 million bounty placed on his head by U.S. authorities in 2018, has . Immigrants, some fleeing criminal violence themselves, can be victimized by cartels on both sides of the border and unfairly targeted by U.S. political rhetoric or perceptions stoked by cartel crime. El Mencho then asked the other Milenio bloc to hand over Gerardo Mendoza (alias "Tecato" and/or "Cochi") for killing a group of men that reported to him in Tecomn, Colima. And yet until last month, many here saw the rise of the cartel as an internal matter for the parties in an interminable drug war. In Mexico, a DEA investigator said he was stunned when he learned CJNG cells were popping up in communities as small as Axton. ", Most Wanted Fugitive: Nemesio Oseguera-Cervantes, Cartel: The Coming Invasion of Mexico's Drug Wars, El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency, Manhunt of Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzmn (20012014), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nemesio_Oseguera_Cervantes&oldid=1141357243, Fugitives wanted on organised crime charges, People sanctioned under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 17:24. Agents say he typically travels in a convoy, surrounding himself withdozens of well-trained mercenaries armed with military-grade weapons that can tear through tanks, even aircraft. It is known for its aggressive use of violence and its public relations campaigns. When the security forces got to the area, a shootout broke out between the two parties. 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. According to border entry records, El Mencho crossed the U.S.-Mexico border several times during the late 1980s under other aliases. "We have a problem of corruption. Unlike his reclusive father, the 25-year-old lived in a luxury high-rise apartment in downtown Guadalajara and often stepped out in designer clothes to eat in fancy restaurants. Link copied Feb. 21, 2020, 6:03 PM UTC But from the hospital, Garca Harfuch posted a tweet. Even if U.S. and Mexican investigators can track El Mencho's location, capturing him won't be easy. It could hide 9 kilos of drugs and a pile of cash. 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. "I know Im not that person," he said, refusing to elaborate. rick Valencia Salazar, one of the clan members, wanted El Mencho to take command. [23][25], He consolidated his operations in Jalisco and its adjacent states by fighting off incursions from criminal groups like Los Zetas and the Knights Templar Cartel. [88] He had served as the CJNG's lead financier. Victim Location 32526. Pineda Penaloza and his crew were convicted of drug trafficking and are now in federal prison. The violent CJNG is widely viewed as the most powerful gang in Mexico alongside the Sinaloa Cartel. Instead, The Courier Journals investigation documented cells where CJNG members moved in, settling into a luxury condo near downtown Nashvilles honky-tonk district; an upscale Hollywood high-rise apartment near Sunset Boulevard; and sidewalk-lined suburbs in Cairo, Illinois; Johnson City, Tennessee; and Kansas City, Missouri. Eight soldiers and Morales partner died. Between 2014 and 2016, the only region in the country where the CJNG lost its territorial presence was in Mexico City. In the sinister messages, the mobsters announce that the state is against the Operativa Blica - the Jalisco New Generation Cartel 's armed militia . the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacin CJNG) and the Sinaloa Cartel. (24 November 2019). [81] Jessica Johana is married to Julio Alberto Castillo Rodrguez (alias "El Ojo de Vidrio"), first arrested on May 1 2015. But someCJNGbossesdidnt follow those rules. El Mencho was left with few options; if he pleaded not guilty, his brother Abrahamwho already had felony drug sentences in his recordwould probably face life in prison. 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. [47][48] The battle extended throughout several municipalities in Jalisco; El Mencho's men blockaded several roads across the Guadalajara area to slow down the mobilization of law enforcement and facilitate their leader's escape. After some time he left the police and joined organized crime as a full-time member of the Milenio Cartel. 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. Ciro Macias Martinez was praised by his supervisor and fellow farmhands alike for his punctuality, work ethicand soothing manner with horses at the breeding and training farm in the heart of Kentucky. Investigative reporter Beth Warren spent threedays in Mexico City and Guadalajara with the U.S. DrugEnforcement Administration and Mexican police and government officials. As they hovered over a cartel convoy, CJNG members fired Russian-made rocket-propelled grenade launchers, shooting down Morales helicopterinto a cluster of trees. By 2014, cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, was indicted by a district court in Washington, D.C., on charges of running a "continuous criminal enterprise," and for. They just had this rapid ascension because of their non-value of human life, no matter who you are, said Matthew Donahue, the DEAs deputy chief of operations. 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. The attack spread through 20 different towns and in three neighboring states. Smaller towns. The Jalisco cartel has also shown itself to have nearly unlimited reach within Mexico. 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The Jalisco cartel's violence has taken a horrific toll on the state and experts say it poses a threat to Mexico's government Skip to main content Skip to navigation Subscribe If someone you love dies from an overdose tonight, he may very well be to blame. The cartel has run brothels in Mexico, often using teens and women forced into CJNG's web. While some moves targeted the cartels finances, others were more personal. El Mencho is allegedly responsible for coordinating global drug trafficking operations. Three other CJNG suspects were killed. Tipped off that a police caravan was on its way to grab El Mencho, CJNGhitmen hidalong the route in April 2015 and ambushed fourpolice vehicles. "If that takes them killing other cartels or killing innocent people, they will do it.". Macias' associate, Imanol Pineda Penaloza, headed a cell in Louisville while running his drug business through his used tire shop, Los 3 Hermanos. Its fighters once shot down a military helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade. In a Chicago money-laundering case, a Guadalajara businessman working with CJNG urged an informant to settle his drug debt quickly, describing how cartel members settled another mans debt: "They chopped off his fingers.". In September 2011, the emerging cartel left 35 corpses on a street in the heart of. [25], In 2019 Kyle Mori, the head of the DEA team tasked with locating El Mencho, stated in an interview with Univision that he believed El Mencho had a net worth of at least $500 million and he could also be worth over $1 billion. Beth Warren. Though he has the same last name as El Mencho, he was listed as his son-in-law and not as one of his brothers. . Rommel Pascua Cipriano. According to the DEA, the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation now controls 23 of Mexico's 32 states. As a young adult, he and his older brother, Abraham Oseguera Cervantes,sold heroin to two undercover police officers at a San Francisco bar in 1992 and were sent to federal prison on drug trafficking charges. [74] They also have formed a rivalry with El Mencho and the CJNG as well. Hearing more details, the investigator, who asked not to be identified to protect his work, acknowledged to The Courier Journal: "Its a great strategy.". They also stated that the CJNG and Los Cuinis coordinated the collection and delivery of the drug proceeds from the U.S. to Mexico. The cartel circulates these images of torture and execution on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites to spread fear and intimidation. "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. After agents toppled the drug ring, the cartel turned on the gang. [79] He was arrested in Jalisco on December 4, 2015 by the Mexican Army and Navy for working as one of El Mencho's top financial operators. [16] It was in this criminal group where El Mencho would become a leading figure in organized crime. [50] Authorities suspect El Mencho's inner circle is made up of mercenaries with former military training. A high-ranking state official in Jaliscosaid Americans are too quick to blame Mexico for the U.S. drug crisis. Since then, several Mexican officials, including the governor of the western state of Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro Ramrez, and the head of the countrys human rights commission, Rosario Piedra Ibarra, have said that they received death threats from the cartel. In an international operation that stretches back to 2011 dubbed "King's Gold," Homeland Security investigatorsin Chicago uncovered a money laundering organization that funneled more than $101 million to CJNG and another cartel. In the hours after the attack, senior Mexican officials, including the mayor of Mexico City, refused to speculate on who might have been responsible. On Oct. 16, 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, standing next to a large "Wanted" poster of El Mencho, announced a $10 million reward for his capture and unveiled detailed indictments against him and CJNG. CJNG's rapid rise to power and its expansion havestunned and stymied Americas top drug fighters. [14], Three weeks after the incident both men were arrested by the police. 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. "It's gonna be hard to catch him slippin'," said Mori, the DEA agent overseeing the U.S. criminal investigation against El Mencho. Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez, known as El Menchito, is believed to be the second-in-command . I've implanted you a fee which you must pay. 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. [80], Rosalinda Gonzlez Valencia is the wife of El Mencho. . [27] On an international scale, the CJNG is mainly focused on trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine. "When they shot the helicopter out of the sky is when everyone respected CJNG as a powerhouse cartel and a rival of Sinaloa,"Donahue said. In September 1992, he was arrested again, this time on federal drug charges in Sacramento, California. [4][8] He has alternative aliases like "Nemecio", "Rubn Acerguera Cervantes", "Lorenzo Mendoza", and "Nemesio Oseguera Ramos". Courier Journal reporters pieced together CJNGs network, from the suburbs of Seattle, the beaches of Mississippi and South Carolina, Californias coastline, the mountains of Virginia, small farming towns in Iowa and Nebraska, and across the Bluegrass State, including in Louisville, Lexington and Paducah. Female cartel boss known as 'Dame of Death' killed in shootout with Mexican state forces Just 21, 'La Catrina' was a suspected boss in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel led by Nemesio. Even after El Mencho's girlfriend went to prison, the cartel quickly returned to the Gulf Coast with more loads of drugs. [53] In 2000, the U.S. government discovered that El Mencho was involved in a cocaine and methamphetamine operation internationally. In court, El Mencho insisted that he was innocent. In December 2022, El Mencho's brother Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Tony Montana," was arrested during an army raid in Guadalajara. On the run and out of sight, El Mencho is described by some veteran agents as a ghost. He quickly amassed a privatearmy, with CJNG members recruitingor kidnappinghundreds of men in their 20s and boys as young as 12. The CJNG set 39 buses, 11 banks, and 16 gas stations on fire. But federal agents say CJNG was Kentuckys main supplier of fentanyl at the time of his death. Yet, no sooner had authorities busted Kentucky's CJNG ringthan the cartel replaced Macias, sending in another team. Ciro Macias Martinez led a double life, working as a horse groomer by day and overseeing the flow of $30 million worth of drugs into Kentuckyby night before being imprisoned in 2018 for meth trafficking and money laundering, federal records show. In 2009, the DEA detected that El Mencho was involved in another cocaine shipment originating from Ecuador. Agents say Macias didn'tinvolveCalumet in his drug crimes. Initially, the CJNG produced methamphetamine, but then he moved to heroin production when the consumer demand changed. [17] The blockades were placed in strategic routes to prevent police reinforcements to come in or leave Guadalajara.
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