Mexico News Report by Allan Wall 8/5/2026
Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez was born in California, and thus is a U.S. citizen; he’s also a Mexican citizen.
Valencia is now the boss of the CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación) , which is now Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel.
I wrote about Valencia Gonzalez this past March, in the article Can a U.S. Citizen Run a Mexican Drug Cartel? I pointed out that the U.S. government already had a 5 million dollar bounty on his head and I wrote “That bounty will probably be increased soon”.
Well, sure enough, on August 5th, 2026, the U.S. government quintupled Valencia’s bounty to 25 million dollars!
Here’s an excerpt from the government media note: “In a historic and decisive action in support of President Trump’s mission to eliminate narco-terrorist cartels threatening the American people, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is announcing reward offers under the Narcotics Rewards Program (NRP) and Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP) totaling up to $102 million for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions, in any country, of eight leaders and associates of Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). These rewards are offered in coordination with the DOJ, DEA, FBI, HSI, IRS, CBP, and the National Coordination Center.”
There are also visa restrictions: “Additionally, the Department [of State] is imposing visa restrictions on 65 individuals who are family members or close personal or business associates of persons linked to CJNG (who have been sanctioned under Executive Order 14059, Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade). Twenty-six of those individuals had existing visas, which have now been revoked. Since announcing this visa restriction policy in June 2025, a total of 93 visas have been revoked from family members and associates of sanctioned drug traffickers connected to FTO-designated cartels. Under President Trump and Secretary Rubio’s leadership, violent cartel operatives and their criminal facilitators are no longer able to enter our country and terrorize the American people.”
More:
https://mexiconewsreport.com/index.php/2026/08/05/u-s-government-quintuples-bounty-for-dual-citizen-cartel-boss/
