CJNG Goes To Trial

The trial against ‘El Menchito’ could reveal the relationship between the CJNG and Mexican authorities, which would be a first obstacle to overcome for Mexico’s new president Claudia Sheinbaum.

Luis Chaparro in Mexico and Ángel Hernández Díaz in Washington

Washington, D.C.— This could be the first time we hear from the deep ins of the ruthless Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG for its Spanish acronym): the trial against Rubén Oseguera Gonzáles, known as ‘El Menchito’ after his father, CJNG leader Nemesio Oseguera ‘El Mencho’, bagan this week in Washington.

The trial will reveal several details -kept in secret until now- of how ‘El Mencho’ operates his organization in and outside of Mexico.

One of the first witnesses to be called is Oscar Nava Valencia, known as ‘El Lobo’ a former leader of the Valencia cartel who got extradited from Mexico to the U.S. in 2009. Nava Valencia is now a cooperating witness against the CJNG.

The next one up will be Elpidio Mojarro Ramírez known as ‘El Pilo’, a shadowy man who wanted to be at the place where ‘El Mencho’ sits today. Instead he will now go all in against ‘El Menchito’ and his father at a federal court.

The trial against ‘El Menchito’ could also reveal the relationship between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Mexican authorities, which would be a first obstacle to overcome for Mexico’s new president Claudia Sheinbaum.

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