Leader of La Familia Arrested
Jose de Jesus Mendez aka "El Chango" or The Monkey was taken into federal custody in the central Mexican state of Aguascalientes on June 21, 2011. Mr. Mendez is going to need to hire a federal criminal defense lawyer to defend him in court. Mendez led a faction of La Familia, a network that specializes in producing and shipping methamphetamine to the United States. Alejandro Poire, the government's security affairs spokesman stated, "With this capture, what was left of the command structure of this criminal organization is destroyed."
La Familia was one of Mexico's most feared and most powerful cartels until the death of its boss Nazario Moreno split it into factions. Mendez has been running La Familia since Moreno's death along with another suspected kingpin, Servando Gomez. La Familia has several different factions who are heavily armed and move loads of cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamines into the United States.
Servando Gomez is still at large and has vowed to replace La Familia with Knights of Templar. The name Knights of Templar alludes to a Christian order of knights founded in Jerusalem in 1118 to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land after the First Crusade.Gomez is wanted by the United States for conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine according to a 2009 federal indictment. The indictment also states that he may be behind the murder of 12 Mexican federal law enforcement officers. If and when Gomez is caught he will need to hire a federal criminal defense lawyer.
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If you or somone you know is facing a federal indictment, please call The Mace Firm to schedule a free consultation with one of our good Charleston criminal defense lawyers. The criminal defense lawyers are experienced in handling federal cases in the United States District Court.
