Rosalinda “La Jefa” González Valencia was sentenced to 5 years in jail for laundering cash by means of a automobile wash she owns in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. Prosecutors argued that Valencia was laundering cash for Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the harmful legal group allegedly run by Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera-Cervantes.
Car washes are undoubtedly a sub-par place to wash your car, however they’re seemingly simply as terrible at obscuring illicit monetary dealings. González Valencia’s lawyer admitted that she had hidden transactions made at her institution in 2015 and 2016 however the courtroom didn’t definitively join her to organized crime. Vice News reported:
“[The prosecutor] didn’t demonstrate that [Mrs. González Valencia] belonged to an organized crime group, didn’t demonstrate that she has operated with illicit proceeds, didn’t prove that this is money-laundering and didn’t show that she has manipulated her bank accounts,” her lawyer Víctor Francisco Beltrán García informed the Mexican newspaper El Universal.
He argued that El Mencho’s spouse was accused of laundering cash, not hiding monetary transactions, and is interesting his shopper’s sentence.
Yes, it must be famous that González Valencia married El Mencho, and organized crime has seemingly been a household affair for her. Her son Rubén Oseguera González is about to be tried within the United States subsequent 12 months. El Menchito was arrested by Mexican legislation enforcement in 2015 after which extradited to the US. The United States Drug Enforcement Agency has a $10 million bounty on El Mencho himself, and he nonetheless stays at giant.
Source: jalopnik.com