US grand jury widens charges against Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel second-in-command
Audias Flores Silva, the cartel’s reported second-in-command, was already facing cocaine and heroin charges and could face 10 years to life if convicted.
- On Thursday, a U.S. federal grand jury expanded charges against Audias Flores Silva, alias 'The Gardener,' second-in-command of Mexico's Jalisco New Generation Cartel, accusing him of methamphetamine trafficking and conspiracy to launder money.
- Mexican Navy special forces arrested Flores Silva on April 27 in Nayarit based on information from U.S. agencies. He served as head of security and oversaw drug operations in Jalisco, Zacatecas, and neighboring states.
- Authorities identified Flores Silva as a possible successor to leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias 'El Mencho,' who was killed in February during an army operation in Jalisco.
- If convicted, Flores Silva could face between 10 years and life in prison. He also faces prior charges from an August 2020 indictment for trafficking cocaine and heroin.
- Designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. in February, the CJNG remains Mexico's largest criminal group with operations spanning 21 of the country's 32 states.
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The court case of Audias Flores Silva, alias El Jardinero, in the United States has added two more charges: money laundering and methamphetamine trafficking. One of the men who most resonated as successor to Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, at the head of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación was arrested at the end of April in Nayarit and then had a provisional arrest warrant from Washington for the purpose of extradition for crimes of crim…
Feds indict CJNG leader eyed as cartel successor after El Mencho’s death
A federal grand jury in Washington has returned a superseding indictment against a high-ranking leader of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, expanding drug trafficking and money laundering charges against a man prosecutors say was reportedly considered a potential successor to the violent Mexican cartel following the death of its longtime chief.
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US grand jury widens charges against Mexico's Jalisco New Generation Cartel second-in-command
A U.S. federal grand jury has expanded charges against Audias Flores Silva, the second-in-command of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
U.S. justice has hardened the coup against the command structure of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG). A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia filed a modified formal indictment against Audias Flores Silva, alias “El Jardinero”, the organization’s high-ranking leader, expanding the original charges of 2020 to include now the massive trafficking of methamphetamines and conspiracy for money laundering. “El Jardinero”, 45 years ol…
A federal jury extended the charges brought against Audias Flores Silva, alias “El Jardinero”, considered as a possible successor to Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho”, former leader of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), with whom he would face a sentence of up to life imprisonment in the United States. Flores Silva is accused of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine in the United States; use …
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