The daughter of notorious cartel boss El Mecho lives a life totally different to her now deceased father, although still does have some links to the criminal underworld
While Mexican streets still show the signs of gunfire and burning cars in the aftermath of her father’s death, the daughter of infamous cartel leader El Mencho has been far away in California, frothing milk and brewing coffees inside her bougie cafe in California.
According to a report made by the New York Post, 24-year-old Laisha Oseguera has taken up a career that could not be further from the drug trafficking and killings preferred by her criminal dad, running a coffee shop in a US shopping mall.
El Rincon, which translates to ‘the corner’ in Spanish, is according to reports a nice if unremarkable establishement, decorated with neon signs and twee artwork. Customers can enjoy a variety of homebaked pastries served on heart shaped plates, and the drinks menu boasts the likes of cookie-flavoured lattes and strawberry matchas, as well as your usual coffees and teas.
While there is nothing necessarily unique about El Rincon, there certainly is about the woman running it, or at least her infamous father.
El Mencho, whose real name is Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, was until recently the boss of the notorious Jalisco cartel, arguably Mexico’s most brutal drug organisation.
The 59-year-old’s gang smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine across the border into the United States.
Last February, the cartel boss was captured during a military operation in the Mexican state of Jalisco, having been severely wounded. He would later die en route to a hospital.
Following his death, the Jalisco cartel retaliated in brutal fashion, killing at least 74 people, as well as burning countless cars and buildings in what were some of the most violent scenes in recent Mexican history.
While her father and his gang brought terror and chaos to the streets of Mexico, Oseguera was busy mastering her machiatos.
Customers reportedly described her as “nice” and “respectful”, adding that her dad was never mentioned. One former visitor to El Rincon did describe an outburst of anger by Oseguera that may be more in line with her father. The customer told reporters that she had become furious at an old lady who fell and spilt a drink.
“I don’t know why, but the old lady fell, and Laisha told her to leave because she had fallen and didn’t want to be sued”, they claimed.
While Oseguera is not known to have been in contact with her father, she did attend his funeral in Mexico.
She is reportedly married to Cristian Gutiérrez-Ochoa, 39, who allegedly abducted two members of the Mexican Navy following the arrest of his mother-in-law.
Incredibly, Gutierrez-Ochoa avoided arrest by faking his death before entering the US through a secret underground tunnel. He was subsequently arrested in California and sentenced to eleven years behind bars for money laundering and the trafficking of narcotics.