Cristian Fernando Gutierrez Ochoa was arrested last week in Riverside where he had been living.
A high-ranking leader of a Mexican drug cartel accused of living in the U.S. under a phony identity after faking his own death was back in court Tuesday.A high-ranking leader of a Mexican drug cartel accused of living in the U.S. under a phony identity after faking his own death was back in federal court Tuesday.
His father-in-law, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes or "El Mencho," told associates he killed Gutierrez Ochoa for lying, helping the man escape to the U.S. to be with "El Mencho's" daughter, the Justice Department said. He's accused of kidnapping the two Mexican Navy members in 2021 in the hopes of securing the release of "El Mencho's" wife after she had been arrested by Mexican authorities, according to the Justice Department.
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