The US offers US $ 5 million for the stepson of ‘El Mencho’, head of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel

USA said on Wednesday that it offers up to $ 5 million for information that allows the capture of Juan Carlos Valencia González, indicated stepson of the Mexican drug lord Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, leader of the mighty Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

Valencia Gonzalez he is “an alleged high-level member” of the CJNG, “one of the most violent drug trafficking organizations currently operating in Mexico,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said when announcing the reward.

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According to a statement, Valencia Gonzalez He was indicted by the United States justice for conspiracy to distribute drugs in the country.

The reward for Valencia Gonzalez complements those already offered by the US government by “The Mencho“(10 million dollars), and on the other of his lieutenants, Audias Flores Silva, alias” Gardener “(5 million dollars).

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“These actions are part of an approach by the entire United States government to combat drug trafficking and transnational organized crime worldwide and specifically against the CJNG in Mexico.“Said Price.

Two weeks ago, the wife of “The Mencho”Rosalinda González, considered a CJNG financial operator, was captured by the Mexican authorities in the municipality of Zapopan, next to Guadalajara.

A few days earlier, his brother José “La Chepa” González, a high-ranking CJNG leader, was extradited from Brazil to the United States to answer for drug trafficking charges.

The CJNG was created in 2007 as a group of hitmen at the service of the Sinaloa Cartel led by Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán, sentenced in 2019 to life imprisonment in the United States. Around 2010, the CJNG became independent and is now fighting for drug trafficking positions with its former allies.

The CJNG has distinguished itself by its direct attacks against authority.

On June 26, 2020, a heavily armed commando from the CJNG He wounded Mexico City’s Secretary of Security, Omar García Harfuch, in an unprecedented assault on one of the capital’s main avenues. Two bodyguards of the official and a woman who was passing by the place died.

In May 2015, the CJNG shot down a military helicopter flying over Jalisco with a rocket launcher, leaving eight soldiers and one police officer dead.

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