Pablo Escobar was a Colombian born drug kingpin who had a peak net worth of $30 billion dollars during his lifetime. Two of his bodyguards were killed. "If that takes them killing other cartels or killing innocent people, they will do it.". The cartel is run by the. [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. After being arrested several times, he was deported to Mexico in the early 1990s and worked for the Milenio Cartel. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel was founded in 2009 by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes ("El Mencho"), who is among the most wanted drug traffickers on the planet after the 2014 arrest of Joaquin . ", 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. The CJNG went from being a small, offshoot criminal gang to one of the leading criminal groups in Mexico. 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. 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. The failed arrest of El Chapos son turned a Mexican city into an urban war zone. "I promise, you will hear more about El Mencho.". The other division refused El Mencho's request, prompting an internal war. 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. "Your weapons laws (in the U.S.) are too weak," with American guns often ending up in the hands of cartel members in Mexico, he said. [2] He eventually climbed to the top of the criminal organization and founded the CJNG after several of his bosses were arrested or killed. [10][17] To strengthen his relationship with the Milenio Cartel, El Mencho married one of the clan leader's sisters, Rosalinda Gonzlez Valencia. 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[69], On 27 October 2016, the OFAC sanctioned nine more individuals for providing material and financial assistance to El Mencho and Gonzlez Valencia and their respective groups, the CJNG and Los Cuinis. We are seeing the threat to institutions, a reality already visible in some states and now reflected in Mexico City, Alfaro told reporters. [80], Rosalinda Gonzlez Valencia is the wife of El Mencho. my name is PABLO OSEGUERA member carte Jalisco New Generation and pimp of the domestic sexual service house I've been calling you cause you've been speaking to one of my girls which offered you her service and you only made her lose her time. Though local politicians have been frequent targets, state governors and federal officials have not. 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. [95], In November 2021, Rosalinda, known as "La Jefa," was arrested in Jalisco's Zapopan municipality. Rubn Oseguera Cervantes aka El Mencho and his wife Rosalinda Gonzlez Valencia have managed to stay under the radar for a long time. Hisoffice has prosecuted Sinaloa and CJNG members. El Menchos powerful international syndicate is flooding the U.S. with thousands of kilos of methamphetamines, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl every year despite being targeted repeatedly by undercover stings, busts and lengthy investigations. Following their downfalls, the Milenio Cartel began to rupture and El Mencho tried to take over its leadership structure. In June 2020, cartel gunmen carried out a brazen attack in Mexico City that left the police chief seriously . There, he built a thriving drug trafficking business, but the city's dominantcartel ordered him to leave when leaders became threatened by his success. CJNG remains the domineering force in its namesake state of Jalisco - where the former governor was gunned down on Friday, in what many believe to have been the work of the cartel - and its . [90][91] Rosalinda was later released after being granted a bail of 1.5 million pesos ($78,000) in September 2018, but remains criminally charged and will still face trial. According to the Mexican government, Juan and Miguel are involved with the CJNG. Garca Harfuchs armored Chevrolet Suburban had been struck by dozens of bullets. "The purge continues," warns the Old School Cartel, a narco gang previously known as Los Zetas. 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. Both governments are offering up to $30million and US$10million, respectively, for information leading to his arrest. Critics say the Mexican president, known as AMLO, seems more concerned about using federal troops to keep South Americanimmigrants out of his country than challenging the cartels. (24 November 2019). The cartel has run brothels in Mexico, often using teens and women forced into CJNG's web. Federal police officer Ivan Morales, his partner andsoldierswith theMexican national defense climbed aboard helicopters andheaded toward a CJNG compound in theJaliscomountains. Under his command, the CJNG became one of Mexico's leading criminal organizations. [69] The businesses were a sushi restaurant in Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara, a tequila company in Guadalajara,[e] a rental cabin business in Tapalpa, and an advertising firm and agricultural company, both in Guadalajara. These attacks brought him increased government attention and an extensive manhunt. [88] He was later released in December 2016. "Theyre killing the next generation, and one of them was my son," Brenda Cooley said. The army said it captured Antonio . Sometimes the authorities and media try to build these guys up as criminal masterminds, but thats not whats going on, Hope said. These are young people who were engaged in other types of crimes such as petty theft, and then suddenly we see them at incidents related to organized crime, said Pedro Alberto Corts Zavala, the secretary of security in the municipality of Irapuato, Guanajuato state. He's a recluse, a cockfighting high-roller, a former cop and a maniac. "It's gonna be hard to catch him slippin'," said Mori, the DEA agent overseeing the U.S. criminal investigation against El Mencho. [94] She pleaded guilty on March 12, 2021, and on June 11 was sentenced to 2.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}12 years in prison. During a brief telephonecallfrom prison in August 2019,Palomerasaid heis a family manwhonever harmed anyone. It has to do, without a doubt, with the work that is being carried out to guarantee peace and tranquility both in Mexico City and in the country, Lpez Obrador said. To help Maciassmuggle drugs into the U.S., cartel leaders used a Toyota Camry with a secret compartment on the armrest that opened through a sequence of steps: Turnon the heater. 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. The fierce ground war between the two groups in Guanajuato has transformed the state from one of Mexicos most peaceful into its deadliest. "What are they doing way out in the middle of nowhere?" Between 2014 and 2016, the only region in the country where the CJNG lost its territorial presence was in Mexico City. Two weeks before Garca Harfuch was targeted in an attack on his convoy, gunmen killed a well-known federal judge, Uriel Villegas Ortiz, and his wife, Vernica Barajas, in the state of Colima. Low 27F. But from the hospital, Garca Harfuch posted a tweet. American authorities are still seeking his extradition to the U.S. to face drug charges. Rubn "Nemesio" Oseguera Cervantes is the leader of Crtel Jalisco Nueva Generacin, better known as CJNG. [10][11] He is widely known by his alias "El Mencho", a nickname that derives from the phonetic derivation of Nemesio. . rick Valencia Salazar, one of the clan members, wanted El Mencho to take command. Victim Location 32526. CJNG also has enlisted white-collar expertise. While officials can't say how much of the U.S. drug trade comes from CJNG, they predict the powerful organization is poised to supplant the more well-known and established Sinaloa Cartel as the world's most powerful drug trafficking organization.