He will spend his entire life in prison; they sentenced 'El Menchito' to life imprisonment.

The son of the CJNG leader, Ruben Oseguera alias "El Menchito" was sentenced to life imprisonment this Friday, March 7. He will spend the rest of his life in a United States prison.

Judge Beryl Howell, of the Federal District Court of Columbia, in Washington, imposed life imprisonment and an additional 30 years in prison. Additionally, she ordered the 35-year-old drug trafficker to pay more than $6 million in damages.

Dressed in a white t-jersey and black sweater, the prisoner attended the court hearing without flinching, which lasted several hours. The press could not see his face during the reading of the verdict.

Minutes later, he shook hands with his lawyers, who plan to appeal the sentence. They claim that, if necessary, they would appeal to the Supreme Court.

"It should have been a case tried in Mexico, not in the United States, because no acts were committed on U.S. territory."

declared the lawyer Anthony Colombo at the end of the hearing.

Spending the rest of his life in a U.S. prison is one of the worst punishments for a drug trafficker. Or so said the Colombian Pablo Escobar, shot dead in 1993.

The sentenced is the son of one of the most wanted kingpins by the United States and Mexico: Nemesio Rubén Oseguera, alias "el Mencho,"  leader of the CJNG. The CJNG is one of the eight criminal groups designated by Washington as global terrorist organizations.

In 2023, "el Menchito" was found guilty of trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine. As well as illegal use and possession of firearms, after a two-week jury trial.

El Menchito was 'the second in command'

According to court documents and evidence presented at the trial, between 2007 and 2017 "el Menchito" led a drug trafficking organization. In that organization, El Menchito held the position of "second in command."

During the process, it was evidenced that he personally resorted to firearms, murders, and kidnappings.

His hitmen, whom he called "high command special forces," used weapons to protect him.

In 2015 he ordered his subordinates to shoot down a Mexican armed forces helicopter carrying 18 soldiers and police officers. At least nine people on board died.

Mexican authorities captured him less than two months after that attack. When he was surrounded by soldiers and police, he brandished an assault weapon and a grenade launcher, demanding his release because he was a member of the CJNG.

In 2020 he was extradited to the United States, the country where he was born.

While he was in prison in Mexico, "el Menchito" continued to control the CJNG. He negotiated drug transactions and approved the purchase of weapons, according to Washington.

The final sentence in the United States

The sentence was released after President Trump stated that "the United States is waging a war against Mexican drug cartels."

According to the analysis center Insight Crime, the CJNG not only sows terror in Mexico. Its networks extend to several countries in Latin America, Canada, Australia, and Southeast Asia.

The Oseguera brothers' organization was created in 2007 as a group of hitmen serving the Sinaloa Cartel.

Around 2010,the CJNG became independent and now disputes with its former allies several territories for drug trafficking. It has distinguished itself by attacking high-ranking Mexican officials.