{"id":11229,"date":"2025-03-07T20:56:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/son-of-ruthless-cartel-leader-gets-life-in-u-s-prison-for-trafficking-drugs-from-mexico\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T20:56:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:56:50","slug":"son-of-ruthless-cartel-leader-gets-life-in-u-s-prison-for-trafficking-drugs-from-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/son-of-ruthless-cartel-leader-gets-life-in-u-s-prison-for-trafficking-drugs-from-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of ruthless cartel leader gets life in U.S. prison for trafficking drugs from Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The son of a Mexican drug cartel boss was sentenced to life in a U.S. prison for his leadership role in one of the country&#8217;s largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organizations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rub\u00e9n Oseguera, known as &#8220;El Menchito&#8221;, is the son of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-mencho-mexican-cartel-boss-behind-one-third-of-drugs-in-the-us-2019-09-26\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Nemesio &#8220;El Mencho&#8221; Oseguera<\/a><\/span>, the fugitive cartel boss of the Jalisco New Generation cartel, which U.S. officials have described as &#8220;one of the world&#8217;s most violent and prolific drug trafficking organizations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The son served as the CJNG cartel&#8217;s second-in-command before his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.183377\/gov.uscourts.dcd.183377.13.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">extradition to the U.S.<\/a>\u00a0in February 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The younger Oseguera faced a maximum sentence of life in prison and a mandatory minimum of 40 years in prison when U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell sentenced him in Washington, D.C. One of the 35-year-old Oseguera&#8217;s defense attorneys asked for a 40-year prison sentence, noting his client was only 14 when he was recruited to join his family&#8217;s drug trafficking operation.<\/p>\n<p>Howell also ordered a forfeiture of over $6 billion as part of the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>In September, a federal jury\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ruben-oseguera-cartel-menchito-jalisco-new-generation-5130657a0a8859497dc3bccfb73d16ef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">convicted the younger Oseguera<\/a>\u00a0of conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine for U.S. importation and using a firearm in a drug conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;El Menchito led the Jalisco Cartel&#8217;s efforts to use murder, kidnapping, and torture to build the Cartel into a self-described &#8217;empire&#8217; by manufacturing fentanyl and flooding the United States with massive quantities of lethal drugs,&#8221; former U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in September.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-left embed--size-small\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"diaz-el-mencho-social-frame-1186.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2019\/09\/26\/7619df1a-8ccd-4b2f-89c9-61d69a336922\/thumbnail\/620x349\/f6403bb92d842bff7ee397f5f274cbfa\/diaz-el-mencho-social-frame-1186.jpg?v=63a2b43e2ef8917aa6bd547ca29dd4fa 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2019\/09\/26\/7619df1a-8ccd-4b2f-89c9-61d69a336922\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/aa8991f637d01839e66aef12d1c374c0\/diaz-el-mencho-social-frame-1186.jpg?v=63a2b43e2ef8917aa6bd547ca29dd4fa 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">El Mencho<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                DOJ<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ruben Oseguera\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.183377\/gov.uscourts.dcd.183377.132.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ordered the killings<\/a>\u00a0of at least 100 people, personally shot and killed at least two people and ordered subordinates to shoot down a Mexican military helicopter, killing at least nine people in 2015, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>The elder Oseguera is accused of fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking. He is one of the most wanted people in Mexico and the U.S., where authorities have offered a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-4-English-Reward-Poster-El-Mencho.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$15 million reward<\/a>\u00a0for his capture.<\/p>\n<p>His wife, Rosalinda Gonzalez, was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jalisco-cartel-boss-el-mencho-wife-released-prison-mexico\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">released from prison in Mexico\u00a0<\/a><\/span>in February. 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