Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar Explained

Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar
Birth Date:1976 6, mf=yes
Birth Place:Sabancuy, Carmen Municipality, Campeche, Mexico
Alias:Z-7
El Mamito
Charge:Organized crime, murder, drug trafficking, mercenary
Conviction Status:Captured (July 4, 2011) and Extradited to the United States (Sep 11, 2012)
Occupation:A former leader of Los Zetas

Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar (a.k.a. Z-7, El Mamito)[1] is a former leader of the Mexican criminal organization known as Los Zetas.[2] [3] He was wanted by the governments of Mexico and USA until his capture on July 4, 2011 in Atizapán de Zaragoza, a Mexico City suburb.[4]

Biography

Rejón Aguilar was born in Sabancuy, Carmen Municipality, Campeche, Mexico, in 1976.[5] On April 3, 1993, Rejón Aguilar entered the Mexican Army in his home state of Campeche and in 1996 was assigned to Special Forces Airmobile Group (GAFE). In 1997, he was assigned to the Mexico's Federal Attorney General's Office (PGR) in the cities of Reynosa and Miguel Alemán in Tamaulipas. In 1998 he was assigned to Saltillo, Coahuila. He deserted the army in February 1999 and in March the same year, at the invitation of Arturo Guzmán Decena, known as "The Z1" was integrated into the group of 14 former soldiers who founded Los Zetas as the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel.[6] [7]

Rejón Aguilar oversaw the paramilitary training of new recruits[8] and then oversaw Gulf Cartel trafficking activities in the state of Coahuila along with Alejandro Treviño Morales. Rejón Aguilar is responsible for multi-ton shipments of marijuana and multi-kilogram shipments of cocaine from Mexico to the United States.[2] [9] In 2004, Rejón Aguilar coordinated a failed raid on the maximum security prison 'El Altiplano', as he attempted to liberate his boss Osiel Cárdenas Guillén.[10] According to government documents, his plan consisted of using 3 helicopters and over 50 Zeta members to liberate Cárdenas Guillén.[11] In 2007 Rejón Aguilar was assigned to the streets of Nuevo Laredo and Miguel Alemán under the command of Miguel Treviño Morales, where he remained until early 2009.

After the split between the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas in 2010, Rejón Aguilar was assigned as the regional coordinator in the states of central and northern Mexico.

Kingpin Act sanction

On 24 March 2010, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Rejón Aguilar under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (sometimes referred to simply as the "Kingpin Act"), for his involvement in drug trafficking along with fifty-three other international criminals and ten foreign entities.[12] The act prohibited U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with him, and virtually froze all his assets in the U.S.[13]

Capture

Mexican authorities had posted a $30 million peso (US$2.3 million) bounty for Rejón Aguilar,[14] while the United States posted in July 2009 a US$5 million bounty.[2] [3] [15] On July 4, 2011, police captured Rejón in a Mexico City suburb without firing a shot.[4] [16]

Rejón Aguilar was extradited to the United States on 11 September 2012 for drug trafficking and organized crime charges,[17] [18] pleading guilty for conspiracy to traffic large sums of narcotics to the U.S. in February 2013. He faces a mandatory 10-year sentence and a maximum sentence of life in prison.[19]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Zetas" se surten en Guatemala: Rejón . 4 October 2012 . . 6 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121012075339/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/186870.html . 12 October 2012 . live . es .
  2. Web site: Narcotics Rewards Program: Jesus Enrique Rejon-Aguilar. United States Department of State. 4 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110111100428/http://www.state.gov/p/inl/narc/rewards/123691.htm. 11 January 2011. dead.
  3. Web site: Reward Offers for Top Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas Leaders . . 4 October 2012 . Washington, D.C. . 20 July 2009 .
  4. News: Lange . Jason . Mexico nabs top lieutenant of dreaded Zetas cartel . 4 October 2012 . . 4 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111214025837/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/04/us-mexico-drugs-idUSTRE76331220110704 . 14 December 2011 . live . Mexico City .
  5. News: Armamento de 'Los Zetas' se compra en EU, dice fundador del grupo criminal . 4 October 2012 . CNNMéxico . 5 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121009060814/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/07/05/armamento-de-los-zetas-se-compra-en-eu-dice-fundador-del-grupo-criminal . 9 October 2012 . dead . es .
  6. Web site: Ley de Transparencia . . 4 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130616011027/http://www.sedena.gob.mx/leytrans/petic/2006/enero/25012006b.html . 16 June 2013 . live . 1 September 2009 . es .
  7. News: Cae "El Mamito", líder Zeta implicado en la muerte del agente Zapata . 4 October 2012 . . 4 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110907055603/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/a3a4f854e099228757da6f3aa2e94726 . 7 September 2011 . live . Mexico City . es .
  8. News: Reyes . José . El imperio del Lazca durante el foxismo . 4 October 2012 . Contralínea . 6 September 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020102802/http://contralinea.info/archivo-revista/index.php/2009/09/06/el-imperio-del-lazca-durante-el-foxismo/ . 20 October 2012 . live . Mexico City . es .
  9. Web site: DEA Fugitive: REJON-AGUILAR, JESUS ENRIQUE. Drug Enforcement Administration. 4 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20100102083822/http://www.justice.gov/dea/fugitives/houston/REJON-AGUILAR.html. 2 January 2010. live.
  10. News: Cae presunto líder fundador de Los Zetas . 4 October 2012 . . 4 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121012075137/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/776951.html . 12 October 2012 . live . Mexico City . es .
  11. News: Baranda . Antonio . Ubican en SLP a 'El Mamito', jefe de El Piolín . 4 October 2012 . . 25 February 2011 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20121024235837/http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/1053725/Ubican+en+SLP+a+El+Mamito+jefe+de+El+Piolin.htm . 24 October 2012 . live . es .
  12. Web site: DESIGNATIONS PURSUANT TO THE FOREIGN NARCOTICS KINGPIN DESIGNATION ACT . . 28 May 2014 . 11 . 15 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130514025153/http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/narco_designations_kingpin.pdf . 14 May 2013 . dead .
  13. Web site: An overview of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. United States Department of the Treasury. 28 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140528053616/http://www.assetsearchblog.com/uploads/file/drugs.pdf. 28 May 2014. 1. 2009.
  14. News: Vega . Aurora . Los Zetas ordenaron el ataque y la muerte del agente de EU . 4 October 2012 . . 28 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110303071934/http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&id_nota=718077 . 3 March 2011 . live . es .
  15. Web site: Treasury Targets Perpetrators of Mexican Drug Trafficking Violence Tied to Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel . . 4 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120921015543/http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg605.aspx . 21 September 2012 . live . 24 March 2010 .
  16. News: Romo . Rafael . Authorities: Mexican drug lord tied to death of ICE agent captured . 4 October 2012 . . 4 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120121120929/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-04/world/mexico.arrest_1_zetas-mexican-authorities-mexican-drug-lord?_s=PM:WORLD . 21 January 2012 . dead .
  17. News: Vega . Aurora . El Mamito es extraditado a EU; era fundador de Los Zetas . 12 September 2012 . . 11 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121024084031/http://excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&seccion=seccion-nacional&cat=1&id_nota=858517 . 24 October 2012 . live . es .
  18. News: Jackson . Allison . Mexico: Senior Zetas drug cartel member Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar extradited to the US . 4 October 2012 . . 12 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005134747/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/mexico/120912/mexico-zetas-drug-cartel-jesus-enrique-rejon-aguilar-US . 5 October 2012 . live .
  19. News: Mexico's "Los Zetas" Cartel Member Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy Charges in U.S. . 3 February 2013 . . 1 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223736/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=667352&CategoryId=14091 . 3 March 2016 . . dead .

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