Mexico City, Mexico
The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) and the Secretary of the Navy captured Zapopan, Jalisco, in Juan Manuel Abouzaid El Bayeh “He Arabic“, Designated in Mexico and the United States as the alleged financial and drug trafficking operator of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG).
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the suspect was arrested on the basis of an arrest warrant issued by a control judge of the Federal Criminal Justice Center of the South Jail of Mexico City.
“Elements of the Federal Ministerial Police, with the support of SEMAR, completed the arrest on Ludwig Van Beethoven Avenue in the city of Zapopan, Jalisco,” the FGR said.
“After the respective medical certification and other necessary procedures, including the corresponding health measures, arising from the health contingency, the detainee was transferred to Mexico City in order to make it available to the federal authority. requester “.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) recently included Abouzaid on its list of high-level international drug traffickers, for its alleged link to the CJNG, which is why blocked their bank accounts.
In Mexico, since last year, the Financial Intelligence Unit had immobilized his financial assets, on suspicion of money laundering.
Also known by the nicknames “The Scorpion” and “The Boy,” the alleged financial operator is charged in the American Union with the crimes of criminal association to distribute cocaine and methamphetamines, with the intention of importing them into US territory. .
According to federal authorities, in Mexico the identification cards, technical networks and family ties and analysis of the criminal structure, determined that it is associated with the CJNG and is identified as a key piece of money laundering and trafficking. of drugs for this organization.