the brand of tequila with which the head of the CJNG laundered money – 2024-02-23 16:40:33

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“El Mencho”: the brand of tequila with which the head of the CJNG laundered money

Nemesio Oseguera Cervante, alias “El Mencho”, founded a tequila brand to launder part of the millionaire profits of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

For several years, “El Mencho” laundered CJNG money with this brand of tequila. (Free Press Photo: DEA and Pixabay)

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The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is one of the most powerful criminal organizations of the moment by having a presence in 28 of the 32 states of Mexico.

Due to its illicit activities, the criminal organization led by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho”, It generates hundreds of millions of dollars monthly.

For later investment, These exuberant amounts of money have to be “justified” so as not to raise suspicions among local and US authorities.

So, The CJNG launches a “business plan” that it has been using for decadeswhich consists of using various businesses to launder your money.

The latest companies that the “El Mencho” organization has used to circulate its millionaire profits and not raise suspicions include a sushi restauranta tourism company, an agricultural business, an advertising company and a tequila brand.

Read also: “El Mencho”: the covert operation with which the head of the CJNG was arrested in the United States.

According to information from Union Jalisco, The brand of Tequila that Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes used to launder money was Onze Blackwhose main clients were organizers of palenques and mariachis.

The smoothness and maturity of Tequila Onze Black distinguishes a refined and well-defined character.

— Tequila Onze Black (@TequilaOnze) January 10, 2013

Its website described this brand of tequila as “a double distilled alcoholic beverage, smooth and with a magnificent crystalline body”and its price was around US$25.

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Although the year of its creation is unknown, Onze Black stopped producing tequila once The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control identified it as one of the companies used to launder money from the CJNG.

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