The brother of Mexico’s most needed drug cartel boss Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera was arrested by troopers within the nation Tuesday, officers stated.
Antonio Oseguera, additionally recognized within the US as “El Tony Montana” was discovered hiding in a constructing with a cache of weapons on the outskirts of Guadalajara, the Mexico Protection Division stated.
Oseguera is an alleged logistics operator for the wide-reaching Jalisco cartel, operated by his sibling.
His arrest represents “a forceful blow” to the infamous felony group, the Mexican military stated.
Officers stated Antonio was in control of buying massive packages of weapons and “coordinating violent actions towards antagonistic teams.” He's additionally accused of operating cash laundering schemes and worldwide drug trafficking actions.
He was arrested Tuesday with seven weapons, two autos and “a bundle with doable cocaine,” stated officers.
Antonio is on a Treasury Division sanctions listing for his ties to the cartel, however it's not but recognized if the US will attempt to extradite him. American officers positioned a $10 million bounty on Nemesio’s head in 2018.
The Jalisco cartel primarily traffics medication to the US, notably methamphetamine and fentanyl. It has additionally been blamed for the American heroin disaster. Greater than 71,000 individuals died from artificial opioid-related overdoses in 2021, in accordance with US knowledge.
Mexico arrested Oseguera’s sister-in-law, Nemesio’s spouse Rosalinda Garcia, in 2018 for her ties to the vicious cartel. Nemesio’s daughter pleaded responsible in a US courtroom to finishing up enterprise transactions for the cartel in 2020.
The cartel can be recognized for its brutal violence. In 2020, it tried to assassinate Mexico Metropolis’s police chief and as a substitute killed three others.
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