Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice said Thursday a high-ranking Mexican cartel leader who faked his own death has been charged with international drug trafficking and money laundering after his arrest in California. Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa is a high-ranking member of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, according to prosecutors. Advertisement He is the son-in-law of the cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho. "The Jalisco Cartel -- one of the