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Elvis González Valencia

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Elvis González Valencia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈelβis ɣonˈsales βaˈlenθja]; born 12 October 1980 or 18 March 1979), commonly referred to by his alias El Elvis (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈelβis]), is a Mexican suspected drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and Los Cuinis, two allied criminal groups based in Jalisco. He was reportedly responsible for managing international drug trafficking operations and money laundering schemes under his brother Abigael González Valencia (alias "El Cuini") and brother-in-law Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (alias "El Mencho").

Elvis González Valencia
Born (1980-10-12) 12 October 1980 (age 44) or
(1979-03-18) 18 March 1979 (age 45)
Aguililla, Michoacán, Mexico
Other namesEl Elvis
Alejandro Tapia Castro
SpouseAdriana Sánchez Reyna
RelativesAbigael González Valencia (brother)
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (brother-in-law)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Valencia.

On 2 January 2016, González Valencia registered at a hospital in Zapopan, Jalisco, using fake identification after suffering several gunshot wounds. He was later arrested there and imprisoned at the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1, Mexico's maximum-security prison. He was released in December 2016 after a judge concluded that the evidence against him was insufficient. However he was later rearrested and was sent back to the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1.

Early life

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Elvis González Valencia was born on 12 October 1980 in Aguililla, Michoacán, Mexico.[1] His parents were J. Abigael González Mendoza (father) and Estela Valencia Farías (mother).[a][3] According to the United States Department of the Treasury, he has an alternative date of birth, 18 March 1979, and an alternative legal alias, Alejandro Tapia Castro.[1] He is commonly referred to by his alias "El Elvis".[4] González Valencia also had two Unique Population Registry Codes (CURP), a unique identifier of Mexican citizens and residents.[5]

According to the Mexican government, the González Valencia clan was made up of 18 siblings.[6] The males are Abigael, José María, Arnulfo, Ulises Jovani, Elvis, Édgar Edén, Mauricio, Gerardo, José and Luis Ángel.[b] The females are Rosalinda (also known as Rosalía), Noemí, Berenice, Marisa Ivette, María Elena, Érika and Abigaíl.[8] People in their hometown nicknamed the clan "Cuinis" in reference to a ground squirrel (Spermophilus adocetus), commonly known as "Cuinique"; it is common for this squirrel to have litters of over a dozen kits.[3][9]

Criminal career

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González Valencia was suspected by Mexican security forces to be a high-ranking leader and top financial operator of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and Los Cuinis, two criminal groups based in Jalisco.[10] In 2015, González Valencia's rank within the organizations grew after several of his family members were arrested by Mexican security forces. In 2014–2015, his nephew Rubén Oseguera González was arrested.[c] his brother Abigael González Valencia (alias "El Cuini") in February 2015; and his in-law Antonio Oseguera Cervantes in December 2015.[13][14]

Along with his siblings Gerardo, José María, Ulises Jovani, Édgar Edén, and Rosalinda, he began to make major decisions on the financial operations of the two criminal groups. They reported to Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (alias "El Mencho"), the top leader of the CJNG and one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords. Oseguera Cervantes is González Valencia's brother-in-law because he is married to his sister Rosalinda.[13] According to Jalisco authorities, he was investigated for three charges: two extortion cases and a property damage charge.[15][16] At a federal level, the Mexican government was investigating him for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking and money laundering.[10][17] They believe that he was responsible for directing negotiations with criminal groups in the United States and South America to facilitate his criminal operations internationally.[18]

In the United States, he was sanctioned by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (also known as the "Kingpin Act") on 27 October 2016, for his alleged involvement in money laundering and/or international drug trafficking.[19] This sanction was a result of an investigation by the Treasury Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office in Los Angeles in an attempt to disrupt the inner circle of the CJNG and affect their finances in Mexico's domestic economy. This sanction was also extended to eight more individuals: Antonio, Julio Alberto Castillo Rodríguez, businessman Fabián Felipe Vera López, attorney María Teresa Quintana Navarro, and four of González Valencia's siblings: Arnulfo, Édgar Edén, Marisa Ivette, and Noemí. They were accused of providing material assistance to Nemesio and Abigael for their criminal operations. As a result, all of González Valencia's U.S.-based assets were frozen. The act also prohibited U.S. citizens from conducting business transactions with him.[20]

Arrest

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Early in the morning on 2 January 2016, González Valencia and his companions left San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, after a meeting and stopped on the side road of a highway to go to the restroom.[d][22] After they exited their vehicle, a group of gunmen shot them from a moving vehicle.[23] González Valencia was struck twice in the arm and had one bullet graze.[e][26] He first visited a rural hospital near San Miguel el Alto to treat his gunshot wounds, but because the wounds were serious, he was taken to a private hospital in Zapopan, Jalisco.[f][29]

At the hospital, he registered using fake identification;[30] Mexican law required the hospital was report any gunshot wound so that the incident could be investigated. In this case, authorities suspected that the victim was not who he posed to be.[31] The first officers to arrive were from the Federal Police and the Fuerza Única Jalisco, a branch of the state police.[10] They kept González Valencia under custody to fully identify him, and safeguarded the premises to prevent his attackers from injuring him again or his comrades from orchestrating his escape.[21][25] The Mexican Army later arrived to help safeguard the area.[10]

On 3 January, the SEIDO, Mexico's anti-organized crime investigatory agency, confirmed his identity.[32] His arrest was then confirmed by Jalisco state authorities, who told the press that González Valencia was under custody in the hospital and that he was a high-ranking member of the CJNG and Los Cuinis.[21][33] They stated that once González Valencia was healed, he would be transferred to the SEIDO headquarters in Mexico City.[34][35] Two days later, he was transferred from Jalisco to the SEIDO installations in Mexico City.[g][37]

On 6 January, González Valencia was placed under a 40-day preventive detention due to his alleged involvement in criminal activities.[38] The purpose of the preventive detention was to give investigators from the Federal Public Ministry more time to collect more evidences against González Valencia.[39] His wife Adriana Sánchez Reyna tried to issue a writ of amparo in favor of her husband in order to prevent his detention.[40] González Valencia was later imprisoned at the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 (also known as "Altiplano"), Mexico's maximum-security prison in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico.[41]

Release

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On 23 December 2016, González Valencia's defense issued two writs of amparo to a State of Mexico court of appeals. The court struck the requests stating that they were not able to notify González Valencia because he was no longer in prison since 14 December.[42][41] He was released because a judge considered that there was not sufficient evidence to support the charges of organized crime and illicit enrichment.[43]

See also

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Sources

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Other sources state that Estela Valencia Farías may be González Valencia's half sister. She was described as older than the rest of his siblings.[2]
  2. ^ Ulises Jovani is sometimes spelled as Ulises Giovanni.[7]
  3. ^ Oseguera González was arrested, released from prison, and re-arrested multiple times in less than a year.[11][12]
  4. ^ Another source states that González Valencia was leaving from a party.[21]
  5. ^ Preliminary reports stated that González Valencia was involved in a car accident in Teocuitatlán, Jalisco.[24][25]
  6. ^ The name of the first hospital was San Miguel el Alto Regional Hospital.[27] The private hospital in Zapopan is Real San José.[28]
  7. ^ Another source stated he was transferred first to a hospital in Mexico City.[36]

References

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  3. ^ a b Langner, Ana (16 December 2015). "EU liga al periódico Unomásuno y a su dueño con el narcotráfico". El Economista (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 March 2017.
  4. ^ Vicenteño, David (7 January 2016). "Arraigan 40 días a 'El Elvis', cuñado de 'El Mencho', líder del CJN". Excélsior (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act". Federal Register. 1 November 2016. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016.
  6. ^ "El Gobierno Federal busca a 18 de 'Los Cuinis'". Televisa (in Spanish). López-Dóriga Digital. 29 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017.
  7. ^ Huerta Vásquez, Juan Carlos (15 January 2016). "El Menchito, un desafío para la PGR". Proceso (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Va el gobierno tras 18 integrantes de Los Cuinis, clan de los González Valencia" (in Spanish). El Sur de Acapulco. 29 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017.
  9. ^ Ceballos, G.; González, C.; Martínez, E. (22 September 2010). "Spermophilus adocetus (Cuinique)" (in Spanish). Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d "Cae 'El Elvis', cuñado de 'El Mencho'". Zeta (in Spanish). 3 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017.
  11. ^ Yánez, Israel; Garduño, Javier (2 July 2015). "Liberan a El Menchito, pero lo vuelven a retener" (in Spanish). 24 Horas. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017.
  12. ^ Garduño, Javier; Rodríguez, José Víctor (14 June 2015). "Capturan a El Menchito por tercera vez en año y medio" (in Spanish). Diario 24 Horas. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015.
  13. ^ a b "La reestructura del CJNG". Zeta (in Spanish). 26 December 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017.
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  21. ^ a b c Reza M., Gloria (3 January 2016). "Capturan a cuñado de 'El Mencho' tras llegar herido a hospital de Jalisco". Proceso (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 August 2016.
  22. ^ "Confirman detención de operador del cártel Nueva Generación". El Informador (in Spanish). 2 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  23. ^ "Detienen en México al presunto operador financiero del Cártel Jalisco" (in Spanish). Guadalajara, Jalisco: Agencia EFE. 3 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017.
  24. ^ "Cuñado del 'Mencho' podría estar detenido en hospital de Zapopan". La Crónica de Hoy (in Spanish). 1 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017.
  25. ^ a b Flores Martínez, Raúl; Luna, Adriana (3 January 2016). "Resguardan a presunto cuñado de 'El Mencho' en Zapopan". Excélsior (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 April 2017.
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  28. ^ "Detienen a hermano de 'El Cuini' en hospital". Milenio (in Spanish). 2 January 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
  29. ^ "Suspected cartel money man arrested in western Mexico". The San Diego Union-Tribune. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017.
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  31. ^ "México: Cae probable operador financiero del Cártel Jalisco" (in Spanish). Chicago, Illinois: Telemundo. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017.
  32. ^ Cerna, Cecilia (3 January 2016). "Confirman detención del cuñado del 'Mencho'" (in Spanish). El Sol de México. Organización Editorial Mexicana. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017.
  33. ^ "Fiscalía confirma detención de Elvis González, operador financiero del CJNG" (in Spanish). Diario 24 Horas. Agencia EFE. 3 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017.
  34. ^ Monroy, Jorge (3 January 2016). "Hermano del Cuini, detenido en hospital de Jalisco". El Economista (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 August 2016.
  35. ^ "Cuñado de El Mencho habría sido detenido" (in Spanish). Diario 24 Horas. 2 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017.
  36. ^ "Trasladan a cuñado de 'El Mencho' al DF" (in Spanish). Zócalo Saltillo. 5 January 2016. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016.
  37. ^ Franco, Luciano (5 January 2016). "Trasladan a la SEIDO a Elvis González, cuñado de El Mencho". La Crónica de Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 January 2016.
  38. ^ "Arraigan por 40 días al cuñado de 'El Mencho'". Proceso (in Spanish). 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016.
  39. ^ Garduño, Javier (8 January 2016). "PGR arraiga por 40 días a Elvis González, operador financiero del CJNG y cuñado de El Mencho" (in Spanish). Diario 24 Horas. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017.
  40. ^ "Cártel de Sinaloa corrompe al Ejército". Zeta (in Spanish). 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017.
  41. ^ a b Martínez, Jorge (29 December 2016). "Liberan a uno de 'Los Cuinis'". Milenio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 April 2017.
  42. ^ "Núm. de Expendiente: 1889/2016 (Elvis González Valencia)". Milenio (in Spanish). 26 December 2016. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017.
  43. ^ Neri, Antonio (30 December 2016). "Ponen en libertad a líder de los "Cuinis" por falta de pruebas" (in Spanish). W Radio. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016.
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