The Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act targeted an all-female Jalisco syndicate moneyman.
After Mexican government detained and flown him to Washington, D.C., on April 29, Juan Manuel Abouzaid El Bayeh, aka” El Escorpion,” was detained by the U.S. Marshals Service. He is accused of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and methamphetamine, and assisting and abetting criminal activity.
Federal officials also request several forfeitures of house and proceeds from an allegedly illicit income, according to documents from an sealed national indictment.
Abouzaid was designated a” specifically designated cocaine trafficker” by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control in 2021 for allegedly facilitating drug shipping and money laundering to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, in accordance with the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.
Abouzaid reportedly provided material aid, money, technical assistance, goods and services in pursuit of Jalisco gang activities, according to the Treasury Department. U. S. and Mexican officials have since blocked Abouzaid’s known bank transactions.
Abouzaid, who has been involved in the pharmaceutical industry since 2012, has a close relationship with older CJNG leaders like drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka” El Mencho,” according to the Treasury and the Department of Justice.
The Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control stated in a statement that the Treasury’s motion against Abouzaid shows how committed it is to ending CJNG by using crucial elements of the firm’s management structure.
The specific agent in charge of the DEA’s Los Angeles Field Division at the time said,” The CJNG is responsible for the majority of the methadone, meth, and other illegal drugs that storm Los Angeles.”
Abouzaid’s Houston-based counsel was reportedly granted a two-week grace period by the court to prepare an adequate security according to records. A May 3 standing hearing has been moved to May 17.
