Son of Mexican drug lord sentenced to life in US prison

A apical person of Mexico's convulsive Jalisco New Generation cartel was sentenced to beingness successful US situation Friday for his bloody relation successful creating 1 of the world's astir almighty cause syndicates.

Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez, 35, is the lad of Mexico's most-wanted antheral -- Jalisco New Generation person Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, who has a $15 cardinal US bounty connected his head.

Known arsenic "El Menchito," Oseguera was convicted by a national assemblage successful Washington successful September of aggregate cause trafficking and firearms charges.

Pronouncing the beingness sentence, District Judge Beryl Howell said Jalisco New Generation was a "notoriously convulsive cartel" and that Oseguera had a "whole squad of hitmen" astatine his command.

Howell besides ordered Oseguera to forfeit $6 cardinal successful cause proceeds.

Anthony Colombo, Oseguera's lawyer, speaking to AFP aft the sentencing, said the beingness word was "greater than necessary" and that helium would record an appeal.

"This is simply a concern wherever nary acts were committed successful the US oregon connected US territory," Colombo said. "Everything was extraterritorial. This should person been a lawsuit tried successful Mexico, not successful the United States."

The US-born Oseguera was 2nd successful bid of Jalisco New Generation.

He was captured by Mexican authorities successful 2015 and extradited to the United States successful February 2020.

The United States has offered a reward of up to $15 cardinal for accusation starring to the apprehension of his father, Nemesio Oseguera, known arsenic "El Mencho."

According to tribunal documents, the younger Oseguera directed the smuggling of "staggering" quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl into the United States.

Oseguera besides "pioneered" the manufacturing of fentanyl successful Mexico to assistance physique his father's cartel into 1 of the world's astir almighty cause syndicates, the Justice Department said.

He amassed a immense arsenal of weapons, according to US authorities, and killed a fig of radical implicit the years to power and grow the cartel.

In April 2015, Oseguera "personally butchered 5 bound men who owed him wealth for drugs sold successful the United States," prosecutors said successful their sentencing memo.

"As described by 1 of the eyewitnesses, (Oseguera) slashed each of the 5 bound men's throats utilizing a half-moon shaped knife, and aft helium was done, asked for a cleanable shirt."

In different notorious incident, successful May 2015, cartel members acting connected Oseguera's orders changeable down a Mexican subject chopper hunting Jalisco New Generation leaders, sidesplitting astatine slightest 9 radical connected board.

A Mexican national constabulary serviceman who suffered burns implicit 70 percent of his assemblage survived the clang and was among those who testified astatine Oseguera's two-week trial.

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