Mexico City, Mexico
Jessica Oseguera González, Daughter of the most wanted drug trafficker in the United States and Mexico, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias Mencho, pleaded guilty Friday to having financial ties with Mexican companies related to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), which he directs. his parent.
The U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement that the 34-year-old woman with dual U.S.-Mexican nationality pleaded guilty to “deliberately participating in financial dealings” with six Mexican companies sanctioned by Washington for providing support. material in the CJNG.
“Today’s guilty plea is the result of our relentless commitment to dismantling and dismantling all aspects of the CJNG organization,” said Special Agent Bill Bodner of the Los Angeles Division of the Drug Enforcement Agency. USA (DEA, for the acronym in English).
Court documents state that the defendant owned two of the sanctioned companies, J & P Advertising SA and JJGON, as well as a director or agent of four other Mexican companies designated by Washington, Les Flors Cabanas, Mizu Sushi Lounge, Tequila Onze Black and Operadora Els famosos SA
sanctions imposed
According to the US, the detainee continued to be the owner, agent or director of these companies after the sanctions imposed by the US Government.
The sentence in this case is expected to be handed down on June 11, and the defendant faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.
Last month, Oseguera González was arrested in Washington DC when she tried to see her brother Rubén Oseguera González, known as the Menchito, after he was extradited the previous week from Mexico, in a court in the American capital.
Since 2018, the CJNG has been on Washington’s list of transnational criminal organizations, specifically within the top five U.S. Government priorities. EFE