The U.S. Justice Department
released the below information:
A dual U.S.-Mexican
citizen had her initial appearance in federal court in the District of
Columbia Wednesday on charges related to her alleged
involvement in five business entities designated by the Department of
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) as providing
material support to the international narcotics trafficking activities of the
Mexican narcotics trafficking organization known as the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva
Generacion (CJNG).
Assistant Attorney
General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and
Special Agent in Charge William Bodner of the Drug Enforcement
Administration’s (DEA) Los Angeles Field Division made the announcement.
Jessica Johanna
Oseguera Gonzalez, known as “La Negra,” 33, who was residing in
Guadalajara, Mexico, was arrested in Washington,
D.C. Wednesday pursuant to a warrant stemming from a Feb. 13, 2020,
indictment. The charges were unsealed earlier today and she remains in
U.S. custody. Her detention hearing is on Monday before U.S.
Magistrate Judge Robin M. Meriweather in the District of Columbia.
The five-count indictment alleges
that Oseguera Gonzalez, engaged in transactions or dealings in
property or interests in property with five business entities, which
have been designated by OFAC as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers
pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. The
businesses are alleged to provide financial support to, and are subject to the
control of, the CJNG. As a result, U.S. persons are generally prohibited
from engaging in transactions with them.
The indictment alleges
that Oseguera Gonzalez continued her involvement with J&P
Advertising S.A. de C.V., JJGON S.P.R. de R.L. de C.V., Las Flores Cabanas, Mizu
Sushi Lounge and Operadora Los Famosas S.A. de C.V., and Onze Black, after
their designations by OFAC on Sept. 17, 2015.
The charges contained
in the indictment are merely accusations, and the
defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a
reasonable doubt in a court of law.
The DEA’s Los Angeles
Field Division led the investigation in conjunction with the Department of
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control. Assistant Deputy Chief
Anthony Nardozzi, and Trial Attorneys Brett Reynolds, Kaitlin Sahni, and
Cole Radovich of the Criminal Division’s Narcotic and Dangerous Drug
Section are prosecuting the case.
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