Antonio Oseguera Cervantes

Antonio Oseguera Cervantes
Born (1958-08-10) August 10, 1958
Aguililla, Michoacán, Mexico
Other names Tony Montana
Joel Mora Garibay
Employer Jalisco New Generation Cartel
Criminal status Imprisoned
Relatives Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (brother)

Antonio Oseguera Cervantes (born August 20, 1958), commonly referred to by his alias Tony Montana, is a suspected Mexican drug lord and former high-ranking leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a criminal group based in Jalisco. His brother is Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (alias "El Mencho"), the leader of the CJNG and one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords. In Mexico, he was formally charged in 2015 for drug trafficking and being in possession of military-exclusive firearms.

On December 3, 2015, Oseguera Cervantes was arrested while driving in Tlajomulco, Jalisco. He was imprisoned at the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 11, a maximum-security prison in Sonora. The following year, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned him under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act for providing financial and material assistance to the CJNG.

Early life and career

Antonio Oseguera Cervantes was born on August 10, 1958, in Aguililla, Michoacán, Mexico.[1] He uses another formal name, Joel Mora Garibay,[2] and often goes by his alias "Tony Montana".[3] He reportedly has five brothers: Nemesio, Juan, Miguel, Marín, and Abraham.[4] His criminal background dates back to the 1990s. In 1996, Oseguera Cervantes was arrested for heroin charges in the U.S. and deported to Mexico, where he renewed his drug trafficking activities.[5] Several of his siblings were also accused of heroin distribution or other crimes in the U.S. that decade.[6][7] In 2001, Oseguera Cervantes was released from a prison in Mississippi after being convicted for property damage.[lower-alpha 1][9]

His brother Nemesio (alias "El Mencho") is the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords.[10] Under his sibling, Oseguera Cervantes was responsible for supervising the buying and selling of firearms for the CJNG. He was also responsible for managing money laundering schemes and passing on information of law enforcement activities to the CJNG.[6][11] According to Mexican security forces, he mostly coordinated the CJNG operations while based in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area.[12]

On October 27, 2016, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned nine Mexican nationals, including Oseguera Cervantes, under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (also known as the "Kingpin Act") for their alleged involvement in money laundering and/or international drug trafficking.[13] They were accused of providing financial and material assistance to his brother Nemesio and his in-law Abigael González Valencia (alias "El Cuini"), the two leaders of the CJNG and Los Cuinis.[lower-alpha 2] As a result of this sanction, Oseguera Cervantes' assets in the U.S. were frozen and U.S. citizens were prohibited from carrying out transactions with him; the other individuals sanctioned were Julio Alberto Castillo Rodríguez; González Valencia clan members Arnulfo, Édgar Edén, Marisa Ivette, Noemi, and Elvis; businessman Fabián Felipe Vera López and attorney María Teresa Quintana Navarro.[15]

Arrest

On December 3, 2015, Oseguera Cervantes was driving in Tlajomulco, Jalisco, when he noticed the presence of the Federal Police and the Mexican Army.[16][17] As he tried to avoid passing through them at a checkpoint near his home, the officers ordered him to stop.[lower-alpha 3][19] The police had followed his tracks for six months and knew that he was trying to live under a low profile to avoid the detection of law enforcement. Oseguera Cervantes was driving a Jetta 2010, was not accompanied by a bodyguard, and claimed to be a clothing merchant.[20] He identified himself using an ID with his other alias, Joel Mora Garibay.[8] The police arrested him and seized his vehicle, two assault rifles, a handgun, and a package with an undisclosed amount of narcotics.[lower-alpha 4][23] The Federal Police chief Enrique Francisco Galindo Ceballos confirmed his arrest the following day in a press conference.[24] He stated that Oseguera Cervantes was a high-ranking leader of the CJNG and that his arrest was a major blow to the group's financial circle.[25]

Imprisonment

On December 4, he was transferred to Mexico City and sent to the SEIDO installations, Mexico's anti-organized crime investigatory agency, for his legal declaration.[26] On December 7, he was sent to the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 11, a maximum-security prison in Hermosillo, Sonora. The Office of the General Prosecutor (PGR) confirmed that he was charged with drug trafficking and possession of military-exclusive firearms.[27] A federal court in Jalisco confirmed the charges on December 15 after it concluded that the PGR provided sufficient evidences against him. The court also specified that Oseguera Cervantes was found in possession of methamphetamine (1000.1 grams) with intent to distribute.[28]

On December 18, Oseguera Cervantes' defense issued a writ of amparo to an appeal court in Mexico City and requested them to remove his charges. The court investigated the injuries he had after he was arrested, and analyzed whether he was tortured to confess or if they were a result of him resisting arrest. The court struck the injunction after it considered that the charges against him were serious in nature and that the arrest was lawful.[29]

On July 15, 2016, an appeal court in Jalisco granted Oseguera Cervantes a writ of amparo after it discovered that he was formally charged with drug trafficking and possession of military-exclusive weapons without a required signature by a judge in one of the documents used in the case.[30] The documents without the signatures contained information linking Oseguera Cervantes to the weapons and drugs seized at the moment of his arrest through fingerprint evidences. It also included information of the defense's vehicle and his mental and behavioral exams conducted by criminal investigators. The appeal court stated that the lack of signature affected Oseguera Cervantes' legal representation and thus constituted a violation in the legal process. This pushed back the case against Oseguera Cervantes to its initial stages.[31]

See also

Sources

Footnotes

  1. ↑ One source confused this date with July 18, 2008.[8]
  2. ↑ Abigael González Valencia was arrested on February 28, 2015, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.[14]
  3. ↑ Other sources state he was arrested early in the morning of December 4, 2015.[18]
  4. ↑ Preliminary reports confused Oseguera Cervantes with Otoniel Mendoza (also known as "Tony Montana"), a former member of the CJNG who was arrested in 2012.[21][22]

References

  1. ↑ "Kingpin Act Designations; Counter Terrorism Designations Removals". Office of Foreign Assets Control. October 27, 2016. Archived from the original on April 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Capturan a hermano del 'Mencho', líder del Cártel Jalisco" (in Spanish). Telemundo. December 4, 2015. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ Mosso, Rubén (December 15, 2015). "Dan formal prisión a hermano de 'El Mencho'" (in Spanish). Milenio. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Encarcela PGR a hermano de 'El Mencho'" (in Spanish). El Diario de Juárez. December 7, 2015. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ Rivera, Carolina (October 26, 2016). "Nueve mexicanos más en la 'lista negra' de EU" (in Spanish). Milenio. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Huerta, Juan Carlos (December 4, 2015). "Cae el hermano de 'El Mencho' en Jalisco". El Financiero (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Hermanos del 'Mencho' Oseguera viven fuera de México" (in Spanish). SDP Noticias. June 16, 2015. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017.
  8. 1 2 Flores Martínez, Raúl (December 5, 2012). "Capturan al hermano del 'Mencho' en Jalisco". Excélsior (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 12, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Cae hermano de 'El Mencho', su operador financiero" (in Spanish). El Informador (Mexico). December 5, 2016. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Capturan a Antonio Oseguera, hermano de 'El Mencho', en Jalisco" (in Spanish). El Diario de Coahuila. December 5, 2015. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017.
  11. ↑ Castillo, Gustavo (December 5, 2015). "Confirman la detención de Antonio Oseguera, hermano de El Mencho, del cártel jalisciense" (in Spanish). La Jornada. p. 19. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017.
  12. ↑ Hernández, René (December 4, 2015). "Aprehenden al “Tony Montana” del CJNG" (in Spanish). La Cronica de Hoy. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Federal Register Volume 81, Number 211: Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act". Office of Foreign Assets Control. November 1, 2016. Archived from the original on April 3, 2017.
  14. ↑ Vicenteño, David (March 2, 2015). "Marina detiene a operador del cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación" (in Spanish). Excélsior. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Treasury Sanctions Individuals Supporting Powerful Mexico-Based Drug Cartels". United States Department of the Treasury. October 27, 2016. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017.
  16. ↑ Janowitz, Nathaniel (December 4, 2015). "The Brother of One of Mexico's Most Wanted Drug Lords Has Been Caught". VICE (magazine). Archived from the original on March 9, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Mexico snares brother of powerful drug cartel leader". Yahoo News. December 4, 2015. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Detienen al hermano de 'El Mencho', líder del Cártel Jalisco" (in Spanish). Aristegui Noticias. December 4, 2015. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017.
  19. ↑ Dávila, Patricia (December 4, 2015). "Capturan a Antonio Oceguera, hermano de 'El Mencho'" (in Spanish). Proceso (magazine). Archived from the original on April 10, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Como pantalla, #2 del CJNG tenía Jetta y evitaba escolta" (in Spanish). La Razón. December 7, 2015. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Reportan detención de mando del Cártel Nueva Generación" (in Spanish). El Informador (Mexico). December 4, 2015. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Confirma Sedena detención del líder del Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación; presentan a 15" (in Spanish). Excélsior. March 19, 2012. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Detienen a operador financiero y hermano de líder de cártel mexicano" (in Spanish). Agencia EFE. December 5, 2015. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Fuerzas federales detienen a hermano del líder del cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación" (in Spanish). CNN en Español. December 4, 2015. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017.
  25. ↑ Muedano, Marcos (December 4, 2015). "Confirma PF detención de hermano de 'El Mencho'" (in Spanish). El Universal (Mexico City). Archived from the original on April 13, 2016.
  26. ↑ García, Octavio (December 4, 2015). "Confirma PF captura en Jalisco de Antonio Oseguera, hermano de 'El Mencho'" (in Spanish). MVS Comunicaciones. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017.
  27. ↑ García, Dennis A. (December 7, 2015). "Consignan al hermano de 'El Mencho' en Sonora" (in Spanish). El Universal (Mexico City). Archived from the original on January 5, 2016.
  28. ↑ Dávila, Patricia (December 15, 2015). "Formal prisión a hermano de 'El Mencho'" (in Spanish). Proceso (magazine). Archived from the original on April 12, 2016.
  29. ↑ "Hermano de 'El Mencho' interpone un amparo" (in Spanish). El Informador (Mexico). December 18, 2015. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016.
  30. ↑ "Se cae juicio contra el hermano del 'Mencho'" (in Spanish). El Diario de Guadalajara. July 15, 2016. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017.
  31. ↑ "Amparan a hermano del 'Mencho'" (in Spanish). Zeta (magazine). July 15, 2016. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016.
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