Mencho’s daughter pleads guilty in US to drug trafficking links: how many years could she spend in prison

As announced a few days ago, this Friday Jessica Johanna Oseguera González, daughter of the chief of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes “El Mencho”, she pleaded guilty in a US court on charges that link her to organized crime financial operations. By declaring your participation in the events, the lawyers of Oseguera González, alias “La Negra”, will negotiate the sanctions to which she will be credited.

This was reported by United States Department of Justice by a declaration in which he declared:

According to court documents, Jessica Johanna Oseguera González, 34, of Guadalajara, Mexico, violated criminal sanctions under the Foreign Narcotics Designation Act (the Chiefs Act) by participating in real estate transactions with six Mexican companies that OFAC had previously designated as “specially designated drug traffickers”.

She is due to be sentenced on June 11 and faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account U.S. sentencing guidelines and other legal factors.

According to the statement, the companies for which Oseguera González was the representative provided material support to the criminal organization led by “El Mencho”, who had already been sanctioned by OFAC in April 2015, alongside Abigael González Valencia, head of the drug trafficking cell “Los Cuinis”.

What Infobae Mexico had advanced, CJNG leader’s daughter officially accepted the plea deal which was translated into Spanish by her defense, after such a pact was negotiated with U.S. prosecutors on March 8 and she orally agreed to the terms the next day, in a two-hour meeting with her lawyer.

Official information shared by the United States Department of Justice indicates that Johanna Oseguera pleaded guilty to violating the prohibitions established by US law against international drug trafficking, also known as Ley kingpin, in which it is stated that economic sanctions will be imposed worldwide against the main international drug traffickers, their criminal organizations and also against foreigners who support criminal cells.

The statement also states that Oseguera González owned the companies J&P Advertising and JJGON SPPR de RL de CV, whose companies were previously designated by OFAC. Likewise, he was in charge of other sanctioned activities, such as the case of Las Flores, Cabañas, Mizu Sushi Lounge, Tequila Onze Black and Operadora Los Famosos SA de CV, where it operated under the name Kenzo Sushi.

According to the file consulted by Infobae Mexico, the defense of Oseguera González did not stop throughout the year, because She was arrested on February 26, 2020, after attending the hearing of her brother, Rubén “El Menchito” Oseguera in Washington., who was charged with his alleged participation in the crimes of possession and use of a firearm, as well as aiding and abetting the distribution of drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamines in the United States.

For its part, The Ministry of Justice thanked the support received from OFAC as well as the Office of International Affairs of the Ministry of Justice, which provided assistance in the investigation process. In addition, he pointed out that the case of Oseguera González also received support from the program of the Organized Crime Drug Control Working Group (OCDETF), whose objective is to “identify, disrupt, dismantle and prosecute high-level members of drug trafficking organizations and companies , arms trafficking and money laundering. Silver”.

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