Mexican cartel leader's son convicted of violent role in drug trafficking plot

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Updated 5:30 PM CDT, September 20, 2024


WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of a Mexican drug cartel leader was convicted Friday of charges that he used violence, including the deadly downing of a military helicopter, to help his father operate one of the country’s largest and most dangerous narcotics trafficking organizations.

Rubén Oseguera, known as “El Menchito,” is the son of fugitive Jalisco New Generation cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera and served as the “CJNG” cartel’s second-in-command before his extradition to the U.S. in February 2020.

A federal jury in Washington, D.C., deliberated for several hours over two days before finding the younger Oseguera guilty of both counts in his indictment: conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine for U.S. importation and using a firearm in a drug conspiracy.

“El Menchito now joins the growing list of high-ranking Cartel leaders that the Justice Department has convicted in an American courtroom,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in an emailed statement. “We are grateful to our Mexican law enforcement partners for their extensive cooperation and sacrifice in holding accountable leaders of the Jalisco Cartel.”

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Old photo of El Mencho (father) with his children

Photo on left, his daughter, years later




"El Menchito" (son) after plastic surgery.



'El Menchito' Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez (pictured in 2015 apparently after plastic surgery) was number two in the powerful Jalisco New Generation drug cartel Mexican Interior Ministry / HO