The person at the center of this case
Julio Cesar Montero Pinzon (fugitive suspect)
Justice for Julio Cesar Montero Pinzon (fugitive suspect) — the trail went cold in 2025, but the truth hasn't.
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What is Montero Pinzon's current location and how is he evading international law enforcement?
What specific timeshare fraud operations were used to launder hundreds of millions of dollars?
Who are the members of the elite sicario hitmen units allegedly under Montero Pinzon's command?
Julio Cesar Montero Pinzon is alleged to be a high-ranking leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) who directed an international fraud scheme targeting American timeshare owners in Mexico, laundering hundreds of millions to finance the cartel's drug and weapons operations. Federal charges filed in October 2025 include money laundering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, and material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Montero Pinzon remains at large with suspected ties to Jalisco, Mexico, and is considered extremely dangerous due to his alleged command of elite sicario hitmen units with access to military-grade weaponry.
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Money Laundering Conspiracy; Providing Material Support, Attempting to Provide Material Support, and Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization; Wire Fraud Conspiracy Caution: Julio Cesar Montero Pinzon is an alleged high-ranking leader of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a major transnational cartel and designated foreign terrorist organization based in Mexico. Montero Pinzon allegedly directed an international complex fraud scheme targeting American timeshare owners in Mexico.
Over the past decade, this operation allegedly laundered hundreds of millions in alternative revenue to finance CJNG’s drug and weapons trade. Montero Pinzon is also an alleged leader of elite sicario hitmen units responsible for extreme violence and high-profile assassinations with access to military-grade weaponry.
On October 27, 2025, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Montero Pinzon in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York, after he was charged with Money Laundering Conspiracy; Wire Fraud Conspiracy; and Providing Material Support, Attempting to Provide Material Support, and Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Remarks: Montero Pinzon has ties to Jalisco, Mexico.
Arrest warrant issued in United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York for Money Laundering Conspiracy, Wire Fraud Conspiracy, and Providing Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization
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