Mexico Captures, Releases, Then Recaptures 'El Menchito,' Son of Powerful Drug Lord Duncan Tucker - VICE News
go to original July 3, 2015

The US-born son of one of Mexico's most wanted drug lords has been captured, released, and re-captured in less than 10 days, in a farcical series of events that analysts say raises questions about the competence of Mexico's police and judicial institutions.

Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez, the suspected second-in-command of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, had also been detained and released in 2014.

Known as "El Menchito," Oseguera, 25, was born in California and holds dual US-Mexican citizenship. Federal forces arrested him in the early hours of June 23 during a joint police and army raid on his home in the Zapopan suburb of the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, authorities said.

Charged with organized crime and money laundering, Oseguera was then transferred to the Altiplano maximum-security prison in the State of Mexico on Saturday.

...The younger Oseguera had apparently recently undergone a nose job before his arrest, Rubido said. Criminal figure in Mexico sometimes attempt to alter their appearance with plastic surgery to avoid identification and capture.

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