The leader of the “Los Cuinis” international drug trafficking organization, linked to the Mexican Jalisco New Generation Cartel, has pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Jose Gonzalez-Valencia, alias Chepa, was a leader of Los Cuinis from 2006 to October 2016. In 2017, he was apprehended by Brazilian authorities at the request of the U.S. He was extradited to America in November 2021.
Gonzalez-Valencia’s brothers Abigael and Gerardo continue to lead Los Cuinis, and Gonzalez-Valencia’s brother-in-law Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias Mencho, is the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG in Spanish).