Feds Arrest Mexican Cartel Leader Who Faked Own Death to ‘Live a Life of Luxury’ in California

The Jalisco Cartel is infamous of for mass-producing and smuggling fentanyl-laced pills into the United States.
Feds Arrest Mexican Cartel Leader Who Faked Own Death to ‘Live a Life of Luxury’ in California
The Department of Justice in Washington on Jan. 14, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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A high-ranking Mexican cartel member who faked his own death to “live a life of luxury” in southern California has been arrested and charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, the Justice Department said.

Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa, 37, was arrested on Nov. 19 in Riverside, California. He is the son-in-law of Nemesio Oseguera-Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho,” the leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel.