Juan Manuel Abouzaid, El Escorpión, of the Jalisco Cartel is arrested

Guadalajara

The Attorney General’s Office (FGR), in conjunction with the Secretary of the Navy (Semar), has detained Juan in Jalisco Municipality in Zapopan Manuel Abouzaid El Bayeh The scorpion, designated by the United States government as the purported operator of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)

Federal officials indicated that it is known after the information exchange with the US authorities The brother The The Arab It is an “important part of money laundering and drug trafficking” for that criminal organizationIt is also a pillar of financial support and various services for the CJNG.

The operation was in charge of elements of the Federal Ministerial Police (PFM), who, with the support of sailors, completed the arrest warrant on Ludwig Van Beethovenlaan, in Zapopan

Subsequently, The scorpion He was transferred to the Federal Criminal Justice Center in Mexico City’s South Prison, where he was placed at the disposal of the supervisory judge who ordered his capture.

In the United States, he is charged with the crimes of the criminal association for the distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine

In recent days, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has included Juan “A” in its list of high-level international drug traffickers because of his alleged link to the Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) cartel.

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