As Mexico continues to crack down drug cartels and other criminal groups, authorities in the state of Jalisco secured the arrest of a key member of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación thanks to previous intelligence and surveillance reports.
On Feb. 28, members of the Mexican National Guard that were patrolling the small town of Atarjeas de Covarrubias —located in southwest Jalisco— noticed suspicious activity from a man and decided to follow him. After investigating and arresting the suspect, he was identified as Abraham Oseguera Cervantes, also known as "Don Rodo," the older brother of CJNG leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes "El Mencho."
According to Mexico's Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), El Rodo was arrested alongside three other Jalisco cartel members. All four suspects were armed and carried a small quantity of drugs as well as cash.
As reported by Infobae Mexico, Abraham Oseguera, formed part of El Mencho's criminal enterprise, helping with money laundering and purchasing properties all around Mexico. According to authorities, Don Rodo worked alongside notary public offices in Ciudad Guzmán and Autlán de Navarro to manage changes of ownership of the properties he purchased for the CJNG cartel leader.
On top of that, reports suggests that El Rodo's wife, Virginia León Osornio, also plays a major role in the cartel's real estate masterplan by purchasing and investing money on gold mines located in the states of Michoacán and Nayarit.
After Mexican authorities secured the arrests, El Mencho's older brother and the other three suspects were transported to central Mexico where two days later Abraham Oseguera had a hearing with a federal judge.
After a long hearing, the judge determined that Don Rodo be transferred to the infamous maximum security prison known as El Altiplano, the same facility from where Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escaped in 2015.
Apart from forming part of his brother's criminal organization, authorities accuse Abraham Oseguera of illegal possession of firearms exclusive to Army personnel and crimes against health and safety.
It is not the first time Don Rodo has been in deep trouble with Mexican authorities. Last year, he was arrested by members of the National Guard in Jalisco on April 21. He remained under arrest at the El Altiplano max facility until April 30, when he was set free after a federal judge said there was not enough evidence to convict him of the crimes he was accused of by Mexico's Attorney General's Office.
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