Rosalinda González Valencia

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Rosalinda González Valencia (Spanish pronunciation: [rosaˈlinda ɣonˈsales βaˈlensja]; born 1963) is a Mexican businesswoman and convicted money launderer of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a criminal group based in Jalisco. She has also been known by her alias "La Jefa" (The Boss). She was married to El Mencho, once one of Mexico's most-wanted criminals. Born in rural Michoacán, Rosalinda grew up in a family of 18 siblings and was the eldest of her sisters. Her family originally grew avocados, but eventually turned to cultivating marijuana and opium poppy. In the 1970s, her family formed the Milenio Cartel, the predecessor group of the CJNG, and began trafficking narcotics from Mexico to the United States. According to Mexico's Secretariat of the Interior, González oversaw the CJNG's financial and legal resources, including over 70 businesses affiliated with the criminal group. Some of them were sanctioned under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. González's defense...

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