Who is ‘El Menchito’, the son of Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficker tried in the United States?

The trial against Rubén Oseguera González, alias ‘El Menchito’, son of the most powerful drug trafficker in Mexico Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, ‘El Mencho’, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)began on Monday in the US capital, more than four years after he was extradited from his country.

‘The Menchito‘ appeared before Judge Beryl A. Howell of the federal court of the District of Columbia to answer four charges of manufacturing and distributing illegal substances such as cocaine and methamphetamines, as well as possession of weapons, for which he could receive the maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

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Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez He was arrested and released four times in Mexico between January 2014 and August 2015, when he was finally imprisoned on charges of being second in command in the criminal structure of CJNG.

Who is ‘El Menchito’?

‘The Little Menchito’ He was born on February 14, 1990 in San Francisco, California, but has Mexican nationality, according to the Mexican media outlet Milenio.com.

His mother, Rosalinda Gonzalez Valenciais the sister of one of the former leaders of The Cuinisa criminal group linked to drug trafficking.

Milenio reported that before being captured, ‘The Menchito‘He was linked to the aliases Rubén Garibay González, El Junior, El Rubencito, El Rojo and El Niño.

When he was arrested in 2015, the then secretary of Mexico’s National Public Security System, Mount Alejandro Rubidosaid there were “indications that Rubén Oseguera González was in charge of buying and selling drugs produced in South America”.

He was also in charge of “ordering the execution of those who refused to collaborate with the organization and ensuring that rival organizations stayed out of the states.” Colima and Jalisco“Rubido added.

On Monday, the first witness presented by the US justice system was Oscar Nava Valenciaaka ‘The Wolf‘, former leader of the Millennium Cartel and ally of ‘El Mencho’.

In his testimony, ‘El Lobo’ said that he met ‘El Menchito’ in 2005 in Guadalajara, when he was only 15 years old.

Since then, his father introduced him to the drug trafficking business and trained him to be his successor.

“In the meetings we had with his father, with his uncles, that’s where they introduced him to me,” he said. Valencia in the trial.

The role of Oseguera Gonzalez within the CJNG It was the security Regarding the packages of narcotics such as methamphetamine, marijuana and cocaine, the witness said.

Before I turned 20, ‘The Menchito‘He already had hundreds of men under his command, he said. Nava Valencia.

By 2008, Nava Valencia said, ‘The Mencho’‘ made the decision to get involved in the synthetic drug business, so the Millennium Cartel He was in charge of providing precursors and ephedrine to father and son, leaders of the CJNGwhich generated profits of about $200 million a year.

The witness said that the methamphetamine linked to ‘El Mencho’ and ‘El Menchito’ used to be sent by air to TijuanaBaja California, to be entered from there by land to California, USA.

Univision recalled that at that time, both the Millennium Cartel like the CJNG They were allies of the Sinaloa CartelHowever, they separated from the organization of El Chapo Guzman to seek control of the multi-million dollar drug trafficking business.

According to the Mexican press, prosecutors in Washington have abundant evidence against ‘The Menchito’‘.

Among that evidence are text messages and other intercepted communications between Oseguera González and his uncle, Abigael González Valencia, leader of The Cuinisarmed wing of the CJNGthe newspaper reported Millennium.

On Tuesday, Elpidio Mojarro Ramirez, alias ‘El Pilo’former operator of the Millennium Cartel and enemy of the Osegueras, was presented as a witness.

This pointed out that ‘El Menchito’ first belonged to the Milenio Cartel and then to the CJNGin a cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine trafficking scheme.

According to Milenio, he said that his first meeting with ‘El Menchito’ was between 2006 and 2007. El Pilo, Óscar Nava Valencia, ‘El Mencho’, Abigael González Valencia and other drug traffickers were there. That day they talked about the war they had with The Michoacan Family and Los Zetasas well as the problems they experienced with drug distribution.

“The people who worked with me called him Jr. sometimes (…) sometimes they called him Chiquis,” Mojarro recalled about ‘‘The Menchito’.

‘El Pilo’ also said that Rubén Oseguera had a close relationship with his uncle Abigael González Valenciawho led a cell that operated cocaine trafficking to the United States and Europe.

He also confirmed that at that time ‘The Menchito’ I was learning about the drug business.

Since 2018, the CJNG has been on the United States’ list of transnational criminal organizations.specifically within the five priorities of the US Government.

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes He is the founder and leader of the criminal organization. At the end of 2018, the United States doubled the maximum reward offered for his capture, from 5 to 10 million dollars.

He CJNG It was created in 2007 as a group of hitmen at the service of the Sinaloa Cartel. It then became independent and is now competing with its former allies for drug trafficking sites.