{"id":61980,"date":"2025-12-19T12:29:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cartel-leader-accused-of-faking-his-death-to-live-a-life-of-luxury-in-california-is-sentenced-to-over-11-years-in-u-s-prison\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:29:53","slug":"cartel-leader-accused-of-faking-his-death-to-live-a-life-of-luxury-in-california-is-sentenced-to-over-11-years-in-u-s-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cartel-leader-accused-of-faking-his-death-to-live-a-life-of-luxury-in-california-is-sentenced-to-over-11-years-in-u-s-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartel leader accused of faking his death to &#8220;live a life of luxury&#8221; in California is sentenced to over 11 years in U.S. prison"},"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>A high-ranking <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/human-remains-grave-jalisco-mexico-cartel-stronghold\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mexican drug cartel <\/a><\/span>leader accused of faking his death to avoid capture was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in U.S. prison for his money laundering role in one of his home country&#8217;s largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa was living in California under a phony identity when he was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-cartel-leader-arrested-california-faked-own-death-justice-department\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arrested in November 2024<\/a><\/span>. The father of his longtime girlfriend is Nemesio Rub\u00e9n Oseguera Cervantes, the fugitive Jalisco New Generation boss <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=\"\">known as El Mencho<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez-Ochoa was wanted in Mexico on suspicion of kidnapping two Mexican Navy members in 2021 to secure the release of El Mencho&#8217;s wife after she had been arrested by Mexican authorities, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration agent&#8217;s affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of his arrest, Nicole Argentieri, a senior Justice Department official, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/high-ranking-mexican-cartel-leader-arrested-charges-international-drug-trafficking-and-money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> Gutierrez-Ochoa &#8220;allegedly directed the importation of tons of methamphetamine and cocaine into the United States and engaged in violence to aid the cartel&#8217;s criminal activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington sentenced Gutierrez-Ochoa to 11 years and eight months in federal prison. Howell said the violent cartel, known by its Spanish-language acronym CJNG, also is a &#8220;dangerous force&#8221; in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a dangerous way to make a living,&#8221; Howell said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a dangerous way to live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez-Ochoa told the judge that he accepts responsibility for his &#8220;mistake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I regret all of this,&#8221; he said through a translator. &#8220;Never again will I make a mistake like this in my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Justice Department prosecutors recommended a 14-year prison sentence for the 28-year-old Gutierrez-Ochoa, who pleaded guilty in June to conspiring to launder millions of dollars in drug trafficking proceeds. Prosecutors described him as a dangerous, trained operative who was secretly embedded in the U.S. to do the CJNG cartel&#8217;s bidding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The CJNG kills, tortures, and corrupts to traffic staggering quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs into the United States and elsewhere &#8211; all for profiting and enrichment, which in turn fund the cycle of violence, ravaging countless lives and communities,&#8221; prosecutors wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the U.S.\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-sanctions-cartel-accountants-timeshare-scams-target-americans\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">imposed sanctions<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on a group of Mexican accountants and firms allegedly linked to a\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexican-cartel-operators-posed-us-officials-target-americans-timeshare-scam\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">timeshare fraud ring<\/a><\/span>\u00a0run by the Jalisco cartel in a multi-million dollar scheme targeting Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez-Ochoa&#8217;s lawyers asked for a seven-year prison sentence. They said he was remorseful and accepted responsibility for his criminal conduct.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Gutierrez&#8217;s rehabilitation is not performative,&#8221; they wrote. &#8220;It reflects a young man who now fully understands the magnitude of his mistakes and who seeks to rebuild his life with integrity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>El Mencho told associates that he killed Gutierrez-Ochoa for lying, but Gutierrez-Ochoa actually faked his death and fled from Mexico to Riverside, California, authorities have said. Gutierrez-Ochoa and his girlfriend, a U.S. citizen, lived &#8220;a CJNG-sponsored life of abundance&#8221; in a $1.2 million home purchased with laundered cartel money, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/high-ranking-mexican-cartel-leader-arrested-charges-international-drug-trafficking-and-money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> previously that Gutierrez-Ochoa &#8220;assumed a false identity to evade justice and live a life of luxury in California.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The State Department has offered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/nemesio-ruben-oseguera-cervantes-el-mencho-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reward of up to $15 million<\/a> for information leading to the arrest of El Mencho.<\/p>\n<p>In February, President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/designation-of-international-cartels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">designated CJNG<\/a> as a foreign terrorist organization, giving authorities new tools to prosecute cartel associates.<\/p>\n<p>Howell has sentenced other CJNG leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia, a brother-in-law of El Mencho, was sentenced in June to 30 years in a prison after pleading guilty to a drug trafficking conspiracy charge. 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