This is how the CJNG “corridor” that trafficked chemicals to China, India, and Turkey operated

On February 23, 2024, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the sentencing of a man identified as Javier Algredo Vázquez to 18 years and eight months in prison for conspiracy to commit drug trafficking and money laundering for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

According to statements by the then-United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, he was also identified as a precursor chemical dealer from Queens, New York.

“The Department of Justice accused him of importing five million kilograms of chemicals into Mexico, including the precursors needed to produce more than 700 million doses of methamphetamine and more than two billion doses of fentanyl,” the official explained in a statement.

Algredo Vázquez was indicted in the District of Columbia for conspiracy to commit three counts of methamphetamine manufacturing, precursor chemical distribution, and money laundering. The U.S. government charged him with participating in operations between 2011 and September 2021 related to the importation of illicit substances for the cartel led by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho.”