A former Mexican federal agent who testified against the drug trafficker son of the most wanted man in the country was shot dead in the central state of Morelos, authorities said on Thursday.
Ivan Morales witnessed prosecution at the United States trial of Ruben Oseguera González, A leader of the violent poster of the new generation of Jalisco de Mexico, who was imprisoned for life by a Washington court in March.
González’s father is Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as “The Mongo” – Who directs the poster and has an American reward of $ 15 million in the head.
Morales and his wife were shot dead on Wednesday morning while traveling in their vehicle in the Temixco area, about 60 miles from Mexico City, according to a police report.
State prosecutors are investigating crime and have not ruled out revenge as a possible reason, local media reported.
Morales had had a decade on May 1, 2015, survived one of the bloody drug trafficking attacks in Mexico, when a military helicopter that transported 16 soldiers and two federal police officers were demolished in the western state or Jalisco.
Nine people died, but Morales managed to escape the burning remains, although he suffered severe burns that left the game of his densfigured face.
That helicopter flew in a failed mission to judge “El Mencho”.
In September, a federal jury condemned the youngest Osecuera, nicknamed “El Mechito”, or conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine for the importation of the United States and use a firearm in a drug conspiracy.
“The mechito led the efforts of the Jalisco cartel to use murder, kidnapping and torture to build the poster in an” self -written “empire” manufacturing fentanil and flooding the United States with a massive Garly, say. “
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Ruben Oseguera ordered the murders of at least 100 people, shot personally and killed at least two people and ordered the subordinates to tear down the Mexican military helicopter in 2015, prosecutors said.
Jalisco poster directed by the United States
The new generation poster of Jalisco is one of the most powerful criminal gangs in Mexico and has been designated A foreign terrorist organization of the United States government. The group has been accused of using false job ads to attract new members and torture and kill recruits Who resist. In March, a group of people looking for missing relatives found Choss, shoes and clothes In a Sedped Training Field for the poster.
Thursday on Thursday Trump administration Economic sanctions imposed In three Mexican citizens and two entities based in Mexico involved in a drug trafficking network and fuel theft linked to the Jalisco cartel.
The new sanctions attacked the main members Cesar Morfin Morphin (called “Primito”) and his brothers Alvaro Noe Morphin Morphin and Remigio Morphin Morphin, point to the groups Fuel robbery network.
“The luxurious lifestyle of Primito has included property or exotic animals and luxury vehicle dishes,” the treasure said in a press release, while releasing an image of a Jaguar supposedly 2023 size.
Treasury Department of the United States
American officials claim that Primito is involved in the transport and distribution of fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana in the United States.
The Treasury Department says that the network has resulted in dozens of millions of dollars in lost income for the Mexican government and also finances the flow of illicit fentanyl in the United States.