El Mencho’s Son-In-Law Says He Fears For His Life

Cristian Gutierrez-Ochoa aka El Guacho, son-in-law of El Mencho, leader and founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, emerged in a federal court in California to appear for the first time before the United States justice system. According to reports from the American media, the judge accepted that the drug trafficker be transferred to Washington the first week of December. 

This was after El Mencho’s son-in-law expressed fear for his life and his refusal to return to Mexico. Due to this, the judge reported that the accused wouldn’t be available for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  During said hearing, the prosecutors indicated that more than two million dollars in cash and a high-caliber weapon were found in the mansion that El Guacho lived in in Riverside. 

U.S. prosecutors say Gutierrez Ochoa, 37, faked his own death and fled to the United States to escape Mexican authorities after kidnapping two members of the Mexican Navy in 2021. His father-in-law, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes aka El Mencho, told people close to him that he had killed his son-in-law for lying to him. But he actually helped him flee to the United States to be with his daughter, the Justice Department said. 

El Mencho’s son-in-law was arrested after he was identified through a facial recognition system from the Department of Homeland Security. Databases indicated that Gutierrez Ochoa used a social security number under the false name of Luis Miguel Martinez to apply for a driver’s license. The DEA reported that the residence where he lived was located in an exclusive neighborhood and was purchased in 2023 for $1.2 million in cash. 

According to information revealed by Illicit Investigations, the DEA identified Pasión Azul, a company specializing in agricultural services for the production of tequila, as the registered owner of the mansion. The businessman Víctor Alfonso Camacho Ortega, owner of the company Pasión Azul with headquarters in Atotonilco, Jalisco, disassociated himself from any link with El Mencho’s son-in-law, who was detained on November 19. 

The Mexican businessman assured that even though the residence is his property, he leased it to one person who in turn leased it to a third party. He said that he didn’t know the people who lived on his property, much less that they were under investigation for ties such as drug trafficking. The businessman’s defense, headed by lawyer Víctor Beltrán García, filed an injunction to avoid any legal action against his client while he legally clarifies that he has no ties to El Mencho’s son-in-law.

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