(11/15) A DEA informant who worked for El Mencho around 2010 and 2011 revealed that he sought land in Jalisco for cultivating blue agave for tequila production, including for Pasión Azul. The informant claimed El Mencho used extortion and violence to eliminate rival agave producers. He also identified Gutiérrez Ochoa’s father as Jose Luis Gutiérrez Valencia, alias “Don Chelo,” a veteran drug trafficker arrested in Mexico in 2015.
(10/15) Another interesting detail uncovered by the DEA is that Laisha Michelle owns a café located about 20 miles from the Riverside mansion. As a U.S. citizen, El Mencho’s youngest daughter has no outstanding legal issues and was not arrested alongside her husband. DEA agents monitoring Gutiérrez Ochoa reported seeing several luxury cars parked at the Riverside mansion, and “Guacho” or “El Palomo” was often seen driving a BMW. On several occasions, when agents tailed him, Gutiérrez Ochoa noticed and performed evasive maneuvers, demonstrating he had received training in escaping authorities.
(9/15) The DEA found that Pasión Azul S.A. de C.V. applied for a trademark in Mexico on February 15, 2023, which was approved on June 6 of the same year. Agents discovered that the legal representative of Pasión Azul S.A. de C.V. has registered 53 brands in Mexico related to alcoholic beverages and tequila. The DEA suspects Pasión Azul S.A. de C.V. is another company used by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel for money laundering, with the multiple trademark registrations (often done using a Hotmail account) intended to confuse and distract both Mexican and U.S. investigators.
(8/15) Pasión Azul S.A. de C.V., the owner of the Riverside home where El Mencho’s youngest daughter lived with her husband, is a tequila industry company providing agricultural services to major tequila producers. According to its website, its clients include brands like Don Julio (Diageo), Pernod Ricard, Tequila Herradura, Sauza, José Cuervo, and Mezcal Amores. Public records indicate that the company’s founder and owner is Víctor Alfonso Camacho Ortega, who also serves as the legal representative of eight other tequila industry companies.
(7/15) The property was purchased under the name of a Mexican company based in Atotonilco El Alto, Jalisco, called Pasión Azul S.A. de C.V. The previous homeowners and the real estate agent involved in the sale told the DEA they had suspected from the beginning that the buyers were Mexican drug traffickers.
(6/15) Once the Interpol notification reached the DEA in Los Angeles, federal agents initiated surveillance operations and phone tapping. This was not an easy task, as “Guacho” reportedly had the necessary technology to detect when his phones were being tapped. The DEA discovered that the luxurious Riverside, California home where “Guacho” lived with Laisha Michelle was purchased in 2023 for $1.2 million in cash.
(5/15) According to confidential U.S. government sources, in 2023, Gutiérrez Ochoa disappeared from Mexico with the help of his father-in-law, El Mencho, who fabricated a story about his death, claiming he had ordered him killed for being a liar and traitor. In reality, this was a ruse to facilitate Gutiérrez Ochoa’s escape, allowing him to live comfortably in California with his wife, El Mencho’s youngest daughter, Laisha Michelle Oseguera González. DEA informants also indicated that in Mexico, Gutiérrez Ochoa went by the nickname “El Palomo.” His method of entry into the U.S. remains unclear, but U.S. officials suspect he crossed clandestinely through a tunnel from Tijuana.
(4/15) The Interpol Red Notice issued by the Mexican government stated that in November 2021, Gutiérrez Ochoa kidnapped two members of the Mexican Navy, holding them hostage to pressure for the release of his mother-in-law, Rosalinda González Valencia, who had been arrested on Monday, November 15, 2021, in Zapopan, Jalisco. Interpol identified Gutiérrez Ochoa by the alias “Guacho.”
(3/15) Using advanced facial recognition software, the U.S. government discovered that Miguel Luis Martínez was indeed Cristian Fernando Gutiérrez Ochoa. The DEA’s investigation revealed that on September 8, 2023, Martínez used a fraudulent Social Security number to obtain a California driver’s license, committing identity theft. This Social Security number reportedly belonged to a deceased individual who passed away in 1992.
(2/15) In October 2024, the DEA office in Los Angeles received a Red Notice from Interpol issued by the Mexican government to capture Cristian Fernando Gutiérrez Ochoa. Mexican intelligence suspected he was living in California. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducted a database search and confirmed that photos of El Mencho’s son-in-law provided by the Mexican government matched the biometric records of a California resident named Miguel Luis Martínez.
(1/15) #LosAngeles#California Cristian Fernando Gutiérrez Ochoa, the son-in-law of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho,” was arrested on November 19 in Riverside, California. This story, worthy of a Hollywood script, unveils the ties between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and Mexico’s powerful tequila industry. Here’s the story… 🧵
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