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Javier Algredo Vázquez, a merchant who worked for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) for a decade, was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison for drug trafficking conspiracy and money laundering, according to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).
Algredo was identified as a resident of Queens, New York, where he appeared to be a merchant acquiring chemicals that were sent to the CJNG for the production of synthetic drugs in drug laboratories. Subsequently, the substances were distributed in US territory.
According to court documents, Algredo imported over 5 million kilograms of chemical substances to Mexico, including precursors to manufacture more than 700 million doses of methamphetamine and over 2 billion pills of fentanyl.
The 56-year-old man acquired these products in India, Turkey, and China, mainly. To do this, he resorted to shell companies such as Pro Chemie New York Inc., through which he sent the chemicals to the port of Manzanillo in the state of Colima (Mexico).
Other companies linked to Algredo that were detected by US authorities were the firm Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection, from India, and MB Barter & Trading Mexico S.A. de C.V., whose headquarters is located in the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico, according to the indictment filed in the Northern District of Columbia.
During the investigations carried out against Algredo, the neighboring country managed to seize four shipments of chemical precursors. The first occurred on June 8, 2021, in Oakland, California. On that occasion, 24,500 kilograms of methylamine hydrochloride from China were seized, destined for the port of Manzanillo, Mexico.
The other two shipments were seized in Houston, Texas, between August 25th and 30th, 2021. The cargo carried more than 50,000 kilos of cocaine and 50,000 kilos of citric acid that were also acquired in China. These illicit substances were going to be sent to the port of Veracruz.
On September 21, 2021, 44,400 kilograms of acetic acid were seized in Miami, Florida, which had been obtained in Turkey and were destined for Manzanillo. In this shipment, MB Barter appeared as the consignee.
According to the Department of Justice, Algredo began operating for the CJGN in 2011 and coordinated multiple shipments of chemical substances over a decade, until his arrest in 2021.
In July 2023, Algredo faced a trial in the United States for three charges filed in the District of Columbia, which were related to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine, chemical precursors, and money laundering.
As a result, the merchant was sentenced last February 23 to 18 years and eight months in prison for these crimes.
Javier has a brother identified as Carlos, who was also charged in the District of Columbia for his involvement in drug trafficking. This individual faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison for producing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine for distribution in the US.
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