A close ally of the Jalisco Cartel has been sentenced to decades in prison for his role in the financing of drug-trafficking operations, which included the use of so-called "narco submarines" and other methods to avoid detection.
Concretely, Jose Gonzalez Valencia was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a federal court in Washington. Known as "Chepa," he and his two brothers led a group known as "Los Cuinis," which financed drug-trafficking operations carried out by the Jalisco Cartel. He is the brother-in-law of Nemesio Ruben "El Mencho" Oseguera, leader of the mentioned criminal organization.
