A high-ranking personnel of 1 of Mexico’s astir powerful and convulsive supplier cartels — known arsenic “The Scorpion” — has been extradited to nan United States aft spending almost a decade connected nan run.
Juan Manuel Abouzaid El Bayeh, 52, was handed complete to nan US Marshals Service connected Monday aft being arrested successful Mexico successful 2021. He faces charges of conspiracy to administer cocaine and methamphetamine.
El Bayeh, who is known arsenic “El Escorpion” aliases “The Scorpion,” was a known apical subordinate of nan prolific Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).
CJNG came to powerfulness successful Jalisco, Mexico successful 2009 aft taking advantage of nan downfall of nan Valencia/Milenio cartel.
Its ruthless leader, Ruben Oseguera-Cervantes — referred to by his othername “el Mencho” — is 1 of nan Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) astir wanted fugitives pinch a $10 cardinal bounty connected his head.
Oseguera-Cervantes led CJNG done bloody turf battles to summation power complete strategical areas for supplier distribution, yet turning nan criminal statement into 1 of nan 5 astir vulnerable transnational cartels designated by nan Department of Justice (DOJ).
“The cartel has established itself astir nan world, not conscionable dumping each nan narcotics successful America, they’re sending narcotics to 30, 40, 50 countries… because nan marketplace for narcotics is exploding,” Derek Maltz, who antecedently served arsenic nan DEA’s main of typical operations, told The Post.
El Bayeh was portion of a typical group wrong CJNG tally by Oseguera-Cervantes, according to Univision.
“This feline is conscionable different high-ranking confidante of El Mencho, who is evidently a important player,” Maltz said.
El Bayeh was indicted successful May 2017 for supplier trafficking by nan US District Court successful DC, which said he’d been engaged successful criminal activities since 2012.
Mexican authorities later blocked El Bayeh’s slope accounts successful June 2020 owed to his domiciled successful nan cartel, according to nan Treasury Department.
In March 2021, nan Treasury Department designated El Bayeh a supplier trafficker “for providing worldly support to” CJNG.
However, while Maltz said he’s gladsome to spot nan extradition, it will not apt effect nan proviso concatenation of deadly narcotics crossed nan separator successful nan US.
“It’s good beyond criminal cases against cartel leadership, we’re good beyond that,” Maltz said, explaining that location needs to beryllium a powerful effort to trim nan cartels’ proviso chain.
Another rumor is nan timing of nan apprehension — which whitethorn beryllium politically motivated, Victor Avila, a retired supplier for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) who was changeable successful nan statement of work by a Los Zetas cartel member, told The Post.
“Although these high-level cartel arrests are ever welcomed, we must mobility nan timing of nan arrest. Remember that Mexico has statesmanlike elections this June and it ever looks bully to look for illustration you’re fighting these cartels. This benefits some elections,” Avila said.
El Bayeh is expected to person his first tribunal quality May 17 successful Washington, DC, according to Border Report.
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