Trump administration offers $25M for US citizen said to lead Mexico’s most powerful cartel
The reward was raised from $5 million as the Trump administration targeted 50 people and companies linked to the cartel, officials said.
- On Wednesday, The State Department offered a $25 million reward for the capture of Juan Carlos Gonz, known as "Pel," who has emerged as the figurehead of Mexico's most powerful cartel.
- Cartel leadership shifted after the Mexican military killed former leader Nemesio Rub Oseguera Cervantes, or "Mencho," in February; Gonz, his stepson, now controls the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
- Trump offered a total of $100 million in rewards for various Jalisco New Generation Cartel leaders, bumping Gonz's reward from $5 million while officials sanctioned associates and companies to block financial transactions.
- President Donald Trump has ramped up pressure on Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to crack down on cartels, threatening military action while The State Department aims to prioritize "crippling the organization's leadership."
- Jalisco New Generation Cartel operations involving avocado production and drug smuggling have extended into the United States and beyond; the group is designated a foreign terrorist organization.
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US offers $25 mil. reward for US citizen reportedly leading Mexican cartel
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. government on Wednesday offered a $25 million reward for information leading to the capture of Juan Carlos González, or "Pelón,” scaling up pressure on a U.S. citizen who has emerged as the figurehead of Mexico's most powerful cartel. The reward was bumped up from $5 million. The Trump administration offered a total of $100 million in rewards for various leaders of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, and restricted…
The U.S. State Department raised its offensive against drug trafficking in Mexico this Wednesday. It increased to $25 million the reward it offers for information leading to the capture of Juan Carlos Valencia González , whom it considers the new leader of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). The context is a greater pressure from the United States to the government of Claudia Sheinbaum to hand over to politicians of his party linked to o…
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Washington is cracking down on the notorious Mexican CJNG cartel, offering a total of $100 million in rewards. Who is the new leader, "Pelón?
Trump administration offers $25M for U.S. citizen said to lead Mexico’s most powerful cartel
CJNG is among eight Mexican cartels designated as a foreign terrorist organization. The group was dealt a blow in February when leader Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, or “El Mencho.” was killed by the Mexican military. The U.S. provided intelligence for the operation, which resulted in a burst in violence in the state of Jalisco.
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