Chivis Martinez republished and translated from Reforma
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Arrested is a brother of Abigael González Valencia, known as the "El Cuini”, the brother in law of El Mencho and co-leader of CJNG and Los Cuinis
In the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, in a luxurious tourist complex, the Brazilian Federal Police the alleged drug trafficker José González Valencia, designated as one of the leaders of the Cartel of Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).
The Mexican capo, 42, was arrested on an arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Brazil's highest court, in response to an extradition request made by the United States.
"The extradition was requested by the Government of the United States under the accusation of having committed the crime of drug trafficking and money-laundering in that country and in Mexico, and of participating in the Jalisco Cartel New Generation".
The detainee was with his family in a tourist complex in the metropolitan region of Fortaleza (northeastern Brazil), where he occupied a rented residence on the exclusive beach of Taíba. He did not resist arrest.
He entered Brazil as a tourist from Bolivia, where he apparently resided since he fled Mexico two years ago.
The defendant carried a document issued by Bolivia in which he identified himself as a Mexican citizen, but with the false name of Jafett Arias Becerra.
According to the commissioner of the Federal Police, Aldair Rocha, one of those responsible for the capture, he has spent a holiday season with his family in Fortaleza since December 22, from when he was being watched by the Brazilian authorities.
After his arrest, González Valencia was taken to the cells of the headquarters of the Superintendence of the Federal Police in Fortaleza, where he remained at the disposal of the highest Brazilian court, which has to rule on his extradition.
According to press reports, the alleged capo was known as "Chepa", "Camarón" or "Santy" and is one of the brothers of Abigael González Valencia, known as the "El Cuini", chief of the CJNG together with Nemesio Oseguera.
‘El Cuini’ himself was captured on March 28, 2015, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, during an operation carried out by the Mexican federal forces. At the time of his arrest, Valencia had offered soldiers a million dollar cash bribe for his release and three million not to have his face shown on T.V.
The CJNG, which is mainly engaged in transporting synthetic drugs to the United States, emerged in 2007 as the armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel, from which it split in 2010, and in a few years became one of the main drug trafficking organizations in Mexico.