CHAR
JUNE 20, 2025
MILENIO
CRISTIAN FERNANDO GUTIERREZ-OCHOA
EL GUACHO
VIDEO TRANSLATION
MALE ANCHOR: In the United States tomorrow, one of the sons-in-law of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel, will plead guilty to money laundering, as confirmed to Milenio. Sources close to the case confirmed that he is Cristian Ochoa, alias El Guacho, who in 2021 kidnapped two members of the Mexican Navy in Zapopan, Jalisco. This is the work of Ángel Hernández.
ANGEL HERNANDEZ DIAZ: This Friday, Cristian Fernando Gutiérrez Ochoa, alias El Guacho, operator of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel, will plead guilty to conspiring to launder money in the Federal Court of Washington, DC. Sources close to the case confirmed that Gutiérrez is a major drug trafficker and the son-in-law of the absolute leader of the criminal organization, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, since he is the partner of his daughter, Laisha Oseguera González. Pleading guilty, the prosecution will dismiss the other charge against him: conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine to the United States. The agreement, according to the source, would not imply collaboration between Gutiérrez and U.S. authorities, and the maximum sentence he could face is 30 years in prison.
In addition, the government will confiscate the luxurious residence where he was arrested in November 2024 in Riverside, California. The $2,250,000 seized at the property included valuables such as watches and jewelry, and three vehicles: a BMW M4, a Mini Countryman, and a GMC Yukon Denali in Mexico. Gutiérrez Ochoa and Laisha Oseguera were accused by the Navy of being behind the kidnapping of a cadet and a second teacher in Zapopan, Jalisco, in November 2021. Fortunately, five days later, both were found unharmed on a highway. The Marines are presumed to have been kidnapped in retaliation for the arrest of Rosalinda González. Rosalinda Valencia, wife of El Mencho and mother of Laisha, who stopped going to sign for precautionary measures at the unit as part of her money laundering case, according to Washington. From 2015 until 2024, Guacho was part of the cartel's cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking operations and laundered the profits. Guacho was arrested in the United States thanks to an Interpol file with his photograph. He went there to hide after the kidnapping of the two marines. He acquired residency through the tequila company Pasión Azul, a front company for the Jalisco cartel. He used a false identity and also wanted to protect himself by spreading the word among the cartel that his father-in-law had killed him for lying to him.
Lara discovered that in Mexico there is an arrest warrant against Guacho for organized crime and kidnapping, so once he completes his sentence in the United States, he could be deported to face another trial. The woman claims that Laisha was also in Los Angeles and owned a cafe near the Riverside home. Laisha is considered a fugitive from justice and, according to the prosecutor's office, in addition to her Mexican citizenship, holds U.S. citizenship. Ángel Hernández, a former U.S. citizen, claims to be a fugitive from justice.
