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Is Rosalinda González Valencia Arrested? Wife Of Mexico’s Most Wanted Cartel Leader El Mencho

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Lily Fisher

Published Feb 26, 2026

Rosalinda González Valencia, the wife of cartel leader El Mencho, was arrested in Zapopan, Jalisco, by personnel of the Army and the Attorney General’s Office.

Rosalinda Gonzalez Valencia is the wife of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, the commander of the Jalisco Cartel – New Generation (CJNG).

The woman was apprehended yesterday in collaboration with the National Intelligence Center (CNI) due to an arrest warrant for several offenses, and evidence suggests she is tied to an organized crime group’s illicit money operation.

Is Rosalinda González Valencia Arrested?

In Zapopan, Jalisco, units of the Army and the Attorney General’s Office apprehended Rosalinda Gonzalez Valencia.

The woman was apprehended yesterday in collaboration with the National Intelligence Center (CNI) based on an arrest warrant for multiple offenses. According to the evidence, she is linked to an organized crime group’s illicit financial operation.

According to police, this arrest is a severe blow to organized crime’s financial system in Jalisco.

Valencia, Rosalinda Gonzalez The Federal Center for Social Readaptation No. 16 “CPS Femenil Morelos” in Coatlán del Ro, Morelos, was available to the appropriate judicial authorities.

In May 2018, the capo’s wife was arrested on a warrant for her alleged involvement in organized crime acts with the intent of money laundering.

Rosalinda González Valencia -Wife Of Mexico’s Most Wanted Cartel Leader El Mencho

Rosalinda González Valencia is married to a man for whom the then-Attorney General’s Office announced a 2 million peso reward in 2018, and who has escalated violence in the country, torched Jalisco, and is one of the US’s most wanted foes.

In 2018, the woman was apprehended in a Zapopan, Jalisco, residential area.

She was then flown to Mexico City’s Special Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime Investigation via helicopter.

Rosalinda González Valenci Family

Rosalinda González Valencia was born in El Naranjo, a rural community in Aguililla, Michoacán, Mexico, in 1962/1953. His father was J. Abigael González Mendoza and her mother was Estela Valencia Farías.

According to the Mexican government, Rosalinda’s family includes at least 18 of her siblings.

The men were Abigael, Arnulfo, José María, Ulises Jovani, Édgar Edén, Elvis, Mauricio, José Gerardo, and Luis Ángel and female were Érika and Abiga. Rosalinda was the eldest of these sisters.