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Upon her arrival on Wednesday to observe a bail hearing for her brother, the daughter of Mexico's suspected Jalisco New Generation drug cartel leader, another prominent person in Washington, was apprehended abruptly at a federal court.

Jessica Johana Oseguera Cervantes' apprehension occurred because she was probably unaware of an existing arrest warrant and an indictment of 13 February before being taken by security personnel into captivity.

The prosecution filed in court on Thursday, accused her of breaching an American ban on dealing with known drug traffickers and individuals on five counts. Following a trial on Wednesday afternoon, she pleaded not guilty before the US judge Michael Harvey.

Last February, her brother Rubén Oseguera-González also known as the "El Menchito", 30, was detained on alleged United States drug trafficking and possession and use of firearms during his operations. 

Mennito searched dozens of faces in the courtroom during his brief hearing as if he were looking for somebody. His sister had been to court but before her sudden arrest, it is unknown whether she was able make it.

The siblings were declared to have been involved in the operations of their father, Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes also known as "El Mencho ''. He was one of the most important persons on the US list of confirmed traffickers according to the court documents.

Jessica Johanna and her brother were raised in the United States, which gave her double citizenship-but also made her susceptible to this assault campaign by federal law enforcement officials.

The US-based attorneys of the El Mencho's siblings did not respond or comment anything about the said issue. The Representative for the Drug Enforcement Administration and US Marshals Service also declined to comment anything about the issue.

El Mencho and El Menchito's transactions were revealed when the Drug Enforcement Administration knew where there cartels would be and the locations where they will do their businesses in like the countries Europe, Asia, North America and as well Australia.

The US Treasury Department has been targeting those cartel leaders, family members, businesses that are seeking to disrupt their finances; they were declaring that their funds are increasing due to the drug sales in the United States.

Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez insisted that he is not guilty of the accusations given to him and he also insisted that he is not even the son of the affirmed trafficker, El Mencho. He said that for the past five years he already demonstrated his innocence many times.

As for Jesica Johana, whilst the importance of her detention to US law enforcement authorities is uncertain, her seizure illustrates a growing pressure camp in narco-trafficking cases by the US Department of Justice.

Her father is thought to be secretly in Mexico. CBS News' Adriana Diaz estimated in September that his cartel was responsible for nearly one third of the narcotics that reach the United States by land and by sea. The cartel has trafficked tons of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin, according to Prosecutors.

The government offered a $10 miilion bounty to anyone who can lead them to El Mencho.