The sonof Mexico's most wanted drug lord
was rearrested Wednesday shortly after
he had been freed for a second time in six
months,
Ruben Oseguera 'allias El Menchto" had
been detained just a week ago over allegations
that he is the second in command of the
Jalisco New Generation drug cartel
But a federal court in the central state of
Mexico ordered the 25 years old suspect's
release ,saying the authorities failed to
prove his link to the gang,
Authoritries arrested him again after his release
this time over his presumed participation
in the disappearance two people "the attorney
general's office said in a statement,
Prosecutions also appealed the court's
ruling Officers had waited for Oseguera
outside the Almoloya prison in Mexico
State to re arrested him
Letting Oseduera go free would have been
an embarrassment for the authorities ,who
captured him once before in January 2014
but were ordered to free him a year later
due to a lack of evidence,
The US born son carted boss Nemesio
"El Mencho" Oseguera was detained again
on June 23 as he rode in a car with his brother
in-law in a suburb of Guadalajara Jalico's
capital
Authorities said they were carrying four assault
rifles ,including an AR-15 with Menchito
(Little Mencho ) engrave on one side and
on the other the cartel's initials CJNG the
number "02"and the abbreviation Jr"
In it ruling the court said the pair should
be releaseg because it took nine hours
foe police to present the suspects to
prosecutors and they were not duly assisted
in an immediate way by a defence lawyer
The powerful New Generation cartel which
has links to gang as far away as Asia has
emerged as anew challenge to President
Enrique Pena Neito's administration'
AFP
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