The son of a Mexican drug cartel leader was convicted Friday on charges that he used violence, including the fatal shooting down of a military helicopter, to help his father run one of the country’s largest and most dangerous drug-trafficking organizations.
Rubén Oseguera, known as “El Menchito”, is the son of fugitive Jalisco New Generation cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera and served as the “CJNG” cartel’s second-in-command before his extradition to the United States in February 2020.
A federal jury in Washington, DC, deliberated for several hours over two days before finding the younger Oseguera guilty of both counts of his indictment: conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine for importation into the United States and using a firearm in a drug conspiracy.
The younger Oseguera, who was born in California and holds dual U.S.-Mexican citizenship, is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 10 by U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell.
He had no obvious reaction to the jury’s verdict. One of his lawyers patted him on the shoulder before he was led out of the courtroom.
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