"We consider this cartel to be one of the five most dangerous transnational criminal organizations on the face of the Earth, and it is doing unimaginable damage to the people of this nation," Sessions said. Notorious drug boss Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, leader of the New Generation Jalisco Cartel (CJNG), appears to be asking Mexico's criminal syndicates to leave priests, doctors,. [41][42] The incident was the deadliest single attack on the Mexico's police force since 2010. Agents say Macias didn'tinvolveCalumet in his drug crimes. MEXICO (INFOBAE/DEA) - Clashes, executions, clandestine graves. Theyve got their money," Williams said. Some members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) have no qualms about showing their faces, a sign they're confident that official security forces are powerless to stop them and they. Lpez Obrador said the decision averted unnecessary bloodshed, but it was widely seen as a sign of governmental weakness. Low 27F. We believe that we are very far from achieving the goal of reducing the flow of weapons that nurture organized crime and that generate violence in our country, said a senior Foreign Ministry official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly about the issue. The army said it captured Antonio . According to the DEA, the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation now controls 23 of Mexico's 32 states. Smaller towns. CJNGs rapid rise heralds the latest chapter in a generations-old drug war in which Mexican cartels are battling to supply Americans insatiable demand for narcotics. The individuals sanctioned were El Mencho's brother Antonio; his son-in-law Julio Alberto Castillo Rodrguez; five of Gonzlez Valencia's siblings: Arnulfo, dgar Edn, Elvis, Marisa Ivette, and Noem; businessman Fabin Felipe Vera Lpez; and attorney Mara Teresa Quintana Navarro. Smaller police forces. But in America, few know who he is or why his rise to power matters. THE Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is in a bloodthirsty power grab across South America as experts warn they are creating an empire even bigger that El Chapo's. CJNG is a 13 billion drug empire led by Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera Cervantes which has now consolidated power across almost the whole of Mexico. [53][56], On 27 September 2011, Mexico's Office of the General Prosecutor (PGR) issued an arrest warrant for El Mencho and offered MXN$2million for anyone who can help provide information that leads to his arrest. Early Monday morning, a video began circulating on social media in which a man claiming to be Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the head of Mexico's notorious Jalisco New Generation cartel,. [10][17] To strengthen his relationship with the Milenio Cartel, El Mencho married one of the clan leader's sisters, Rosalinda Gonzlez Valencia. [20] Two months later, Coronel was killed in a shootout with the Mexican Army. The bizarre request of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel came as the government gave its version of a violent massacre caught on a video that went viral. The billion-dollar criminal organization has a large and disciplined army, control of extensive drug routes throughout the U.S., sophisticated money-laundering techniques and an elaborate digital terror campaign, federal drug agents say. The investigation documented how in each new community, CJNG uses local traffickers who can blend in to sell their drugs, with no regard for their race or ethnicity. The other division refused El Mencho's request, prompting an internal war. [10] At the age of 14 he started guarding marijuana plantations. I've implanted you a fee which you must pay. But will Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka El Mencho, do what he's been threatening for . CJNG also has enlisted white-collar expertise. The region of Baja California saw 2,938. It also identified at least two dozen "cells," which the DEA defines as places where cartel members set up shop to do business and live in the communities. "I was surprised that CJNGs efforts and tentacles were reaching into Kentucky, that they had expanded their reach that rapidly, said Evans, who previously headed the Louisville Field Division. Immigrants, some fleeing criminal violence themselves, can be victimized by cartels on both sides of the border and unfairly targeted by U.S. political rhetoric or perceptions stoked by cartel crime. [69], On 27 October 2016, the OFAC sanctioned nine more individuals for providing material and financial assistance to El Mencho and Gonzlez Valencia and their respective groups, the CJNG and Los Cuinis. [14], Three weeks after the incident both men were arrested by the police. He told his brother that the men to whom they gave the heroin handed over perfectly stacked dollar bills instead of loose ones. CJNGs increased distribution of fentanyl across the country has helped the synthetic opioid unseat heroin as the nations No. Omar Garca Harfuch, Mexico Citys secretary of public security, was shot and injured in an assassination attempt on June 26. ", "The cartels have become so large and powerful that you sometimes need an army to defeat an army!". [80], Rosalinda Gonzlez Valencia is the wife of El Mencho. [14] In Mexico, he joined the local police forces of Cabo Corrientes and Tomatln in the state of Jalisco. Il est galement prsent aux tats-Unis, o il est impliqu dans un tiers deux tiers du trafic de drogue national, notamment dans les villes de Los Angeles, Houston, New York et Chicago.. Il est aussi implant au Guatemala et est l'un des groupes . United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, List of fugitives from justice who disappeared, Infobae: Cmo es y qu se sabe hasta ahora sobre la nueva pareja sentimental del "Mencho", ""El Mencho" est muerto? They also stated that the CJNG and Los Cuinis coordinated the collection and delivery of the drug proceeds from the U.S. to Mexico. December 20, 2022. [54], In 2007, the DEA discovered that El Mencho was involved in a cocaine operation that went through Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and ended in the United States. 1 killer. [16] It was in this criminal group where El Mencho would become a leading figure in organized crime. To build their lucrativedrug networks in the U.S., CJNG bosses mandated discretion to dodge police attention. The DEA and Mexican investigators believe that it was during this time that he became involved in meth production and trade in Redwood City California (San Mateo County) alongside his brother-in-law Abigael Gonzlez Valencia (alias "El Cuini"). [12] Another nickname is "The Lord of the Roosters", said to be derived from his love for cockfighting. [62], On 15 August 2018, the PGR announced they were offering up to MXN$30 million to anyone who provides information that leads to El Mencho's capture. Who was to blame? El Mencho was 26 years old at that time, much younger than Abraham, but was savvy enough to recognize that the transaction was a set-up by the police. For example, a Lexington waitress seekingcash to pay fordental assistant courses ended up making bank deposits that she didnt know were for CJNG, according to court transcripts. We are seeing the threat to institutions, a reality already visible in some states and now reflected in Mexico City, Alfaro told reporters. [94] She pleaded guilty on March 12, 2021, and on June 11 was sentenced to 2.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}12 years in prison. For 53-year-old El Mencho, success did not come early. Businesses in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Los Angeles would buy the goldand then send the payments through wire transfers to Mexico including to Parra Pedroza's precious metals business. 14. . [64] The bounty derives from a new arrest warrant issued against him for his alleged participation in masterminding the kidnapping and murder of two agents of the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC), a branch of the PGR, in February 2018. "If that takes them killing other cartels or killing innocent people, they will do it.". On the run and out of sight, El Mencho is described by some veteran agents as a ghost. Someone aware of the Lexington-Louisville operation talked to a DEA agent in 2016, who, in turn, flagged investigators in Kentucky. . He was arrested by the San Francisco Police at the age of 19 for stolen property and carrying a loaded gun. [40], On 6 April, CJNG gunmen blocked a road in San Sebastin del Oeste, Jalisco, with a burning vehicle and opened fire at a convoy of the Jalisco State Police, killing 15 policemen and wounding 5 more. He decided to plead guilty and protect his brother from life imprisonment. Three other CJNG suspects were killed. Instead, The Courier Journals investigation documented cells where CJNG members moved in, settling into a luxury condo near downtown Nashvilles honky-tonk district; an upscale Hollywood high-rise apartment near Sunset Boulevard; and sidewalk-lined suburbs in Cairo, Illinois; Johnson City, Tennessee; and Kansas City, Missouri. [88] He was later released in December 2016. Its extreme savagery in Mexico includes beheadings, public hangings, acid baths, even cannibalism. One of the most sought after drug lords in the world, and. [93], In February 2020, El Mencho's daughter Jessica Johana, 33, known as "La Negra" was arrested in Washington D.C. when she went to see her brother Ruben who was extradited in the US for drug trafficking. Officials in Attorney General William Barr's office declined to comment on The Courier Journal's findings. [72], In March 2017, El Mencho ordered the murder of El Cholo, a former CJNG member who betrayed the CJNG by joining the Nueva Plaza Cartel and conspiring against his former allies. At least three women and six children, all apparently U.S. citizens, were slaughtered by drug cartel gunmen in northern Mexico. U.S. officials have documented the cartels strategy of using extreme violence to overwhelm local populations. [50][51] He usually travels across the mountains and rural terrains in these areas since it provides multiple escape routes in the event that security forces attempt to encircle him. The sanction extended to the CJNG, his brother-in-law Abigael Gonzlez Valencia, and Los Cuinis. It hauled inmore than 3 kilos of fentanyl, the synthetic opioid so potent that an amount as small as Abraham Lincoln's cheek on a pennycan be fatal. . U.S. officials have mapped the rapid expansion of the cartel, known as CJNG for its initials in Spanish. After his escape, the U.S. took its manhunt public. That made the assassination attempt against Garca Harfuch and news of threats against prominent officials particularly startling. These attacks brought him increased government attention and an extensive manhunt. The attack was a response by the CJNG to protect El Mencho, who was reportedly in the area for a meeting. December 1, 2021 Today, the U.S. Department of State is announcing a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez, an alleged high-level member of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG - Jalisco New Generation Cartel). From the shadows, he continues to lead CJNG with ruthless authority. Twomasterminds now in prisonorchestrated the scheme from Guadalajara:Carlos Parra Pedroza,aliasWalt Disney, who owned a jewelry store; and Diego Pineda Sanchez, an accountant. In the hours after the attack, senior Mexican officials, including the mayor of Mexico City, refused to speculate on who might have been responsible. Oseguera Gonzalez pleaded guilty Friday to five counts of engaging in transactions with entities designated as having supported her father's criminal organization. Rubn "Nemesio" Oseguera Cervantes is the leader of Crtel Jalisco Nueva Generacin, better known as CJNG. Last year was the deadliest in Mexicos recent history, with 35,588 homicides. [81] Jessica Johana is married to Julio Alberto Castillo Rodrguez (alias "El Ojo de Vidrio"), first arrested on May 1 2015. Under Coronel, El Mencho and his group managed the Sinaloa Cartel's drug operations, finances, and murder activities in the states of Colima and Jalisco. During his arrest, the army confiscated multiple weapons. He is the most-wanted person in Mexico and one of the most-wanted in the U.S. Moreover, the U.S. lacks the authority to make arrests in foreign countries, said Evans, a senior DEA official. [89], In May 2018, El Mencho's wife Rosalinda was arrested on money laundering charges. Two weeks before Garca Harfuch was targeted in an attack on his convoy, gunmen killed a well-known federal judge, Uriel Villegas Ortiz, and his wife, Vernica Barajas, in the state of Colima. Female cartel boss known as 'Dame of Death' killed in shootout with Mexican state forces Just 21, 'La Catrina' was a suspected boss in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel led by Nemesio. [25], In 2019 Kyle Mori, the head of the DEA team tasked with locating El Mencho, stated in an interview with Univision that he believed El Mencho had a net worth of at least $500 million and he could also be worth over $1 billion. "Big cities have big police departments and DEA, FBI and (Homeland Security Investigations) and an ability to look at intelligence and focus on their cells and contacts, said the DEA's Donahue. That attack appears to have been carried out by the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel against the Jalisco cartel. The populist leader campaigned under the slogan Abrazos, no balazos Hugs, not Bullets suggesting that he would not launch a military offensive to curb the Jalisco cartels influence. For now, at least, it appears that Mexico has arrived at a moment of reckoning, as the countrys elite look more closely at the new, more brazenly violent face of the countrys criminal underworld. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is thought to be responsible for a video which began circulating on social media last week, showing a number of masked men standing in front of the camera while holding guns. ", Most Wanted Fugitive: Nemesio Oseguera-Cervantes, Cartel: The Coming Invasion of Mexico's Drug Wars, El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency, Manhunt of Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzmn (20012014), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nemesio_Oseguera_Cervantes&oldid=1141357243, Fugitives wanted on organised crime charges, People sanctioned under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 17:24. The charges were later dropped and the case was closed. The DEA last year carried out a roundup of Jalisco cartel operatives and traffickers in the United States, making more than 600 arrests. CJNG is "among us. In the sinister messages, the mobsters announce that the state is against the Operativa Blica - the Jalisco New Generation Cartel 's armed militia . Paying semitruck drivers to haul hidden caches of drugs into the U.S. and return cash to Mexico. "Your weapons laws (in the U.S.) are too weak," with American guns often ending up in the hands of cartel members in Mexico, he said. A war ensued, and the two groups fought for the drug smuggling turfs in Jalisco. Adam died midsentence while writing a thank-you note to a friend on the eve of entering a rehab facility. Yet, no sooner had authorities busted Kentucky's CJNG ringthan the cartel replaced Macias, sending in another team. [23][25], He consolidated his operations in Jalisco and its adjacent states by fighting off incursions from criminal groups like Los Zetas and the Knights Templar Cartel. On November 15, troops arrested Rosalinda Gonzlez Valencia, wife of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho," one of Mexico's most powerful drug traffickers and leader of the Jalisco Cartel . 13 Mexican police officers were killed in an ambush, sold heroin to two undercover police officers, fired Russian-made rocket-propelled grenade launchers, Investigators uncovered a hidden hub of stash houses, state trooper working with a DEA task force nearly brought down El Mencho, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. They stormed a hideout west of Guadalajara, but the cartel leader climbed into a vehicle and was rushed to safety. [10][17], Their operational capacity in Mexico is concentrated in 8 states: Jalisco, Colima, Guanajuato, Nayarit, and Veracruz, where it holds a firm grip of drug trafficking operations, and Morelos, Guerrero and Michoacn, where it fights competing rival drug groups. [17] The blockades were placed in strategic routes to prevent police reinforcements to come in or leave Guadalajara. Leave a Comment. El Menchos drug empire "is putting poison on the streets of the U.S.," said Chris Evans, who runs the DEAs day-to-day global operations. By 2014, cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, was indicted by a district court in Washington, D.C., on charges of running a continuous criminal enterprise, and for the alleged manufacture, importation and distribution of cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine. He is among the DEAs most wanted fugitives; the U.S. government has offered a $10million reward for information leading to his capture. Initially, the CJNG produced methamphetamine, but then he moved to heroin production when the consumer demand changed. [30], Since the 2000s, the DEA office in Los Angeles, California, has been tracking El Mencho's activities. Oseguera, who had a $10 million bounty placed on his head by U.S. authorities in 2018, has . On 12 August 2003 his boss was arrested by Mexican authorities. [98] Authorities have stated that he was a logistics operator of the CJNG, supplying weapons, laundering money, and coordinating actions against other cartels. In cases in which immigrants resist the cartel's offer, CJNG members often threatened violence to them or their loved ones back in Mexico, according to court cases and law enforcement officials. "I promise, you will hear more about El Mencho.". [19] On 6 May 2010 his brother Juan Carlos (alias "El Tigre") was arrested too. He quickly amassed a privatearmy, with CJNG members recruitingor kidnappinghundreds of men in their 20s and boys as young as 12. [88] He had served as the CJNG's lead financier. The cartel exploits its connections with otherwise hard-working immigrants, said Dan Dodds, who leads DEA operations in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. With a $10 million reward on his head, he's on the U.S. Drug Enforcement. Essential reporting and analysis from correspondents around the world. [17][18], El Mencho relocated in the state capital, Guadalajara, with his father-in-law Jos Luis Gonzlez Valencia (alias "El Quini") and Romn Caballero Valencia. In February 2022 unconfirmed reports began to surface stating that El Mencho died from respiratory arrest while undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Guadalajara. rick Valencia Salazar, one of the clan members, wanted El Mencho to take command. "That's the type ofterrorists were dealing with here.". But the extradition of close associate Juan Padilla 'El . CJNGmembers or associates would sell drugs to traffickers inWisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, California, Texas, Kentucky, Illinois and North Carolina. Rommel Pascua Cipriano. "It's important for all Americans to understand the threat to their community and what might impact their everyday lives," Evans said. In a Nov. 5 tweet, after nine people including six children with dual U.S.-Mexican citizenship were killed by cartels(though different ones than CJNG), President Donald Trump vowed to assist Mexican officials "in cleaning out these monsters. Victim Location 32526. He got his first glimpse of CJNGs success when he was overseeing drug cases in Los Angeles, a key cartel hub. "If its coming from a cartel, they could have sold a pound to Asians, black guys, outlaw motorcycle gangs, white trash," said Lt. Jeremy Williams, of the Ashe County Sheriff's Office inNorth Carolina. Bounty: US$10 million offered from the U.S. government; MXN$30 million offered from Mexico's, Originally the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was known as "Los Mata Zetas" and was an, Other sources state that the tequila company is based in. I've implanted you a fee which you must pay. [14] He had five brothers: Juan, Miguel, Antonio, Marn, and Abraham. [68], On 17 September 2015, the OFAC sanctioned five businesses in Jalisco for financially supporting the CJNG and El Mencho's operations. A veteran Jalisco police officer, whoasked not to be identified for his safety, said CJNG has officials on its payroll at thelocal, state and federal levels. In Mexico, El Mencho is a household name. (24 November 2019). It could hide 9 kilos of drugs and a pile of cash. The president has said the cartel most likely attacked Garca Harfuch for his crackdown on its expansion. His second security circle is much larger in size and serves as a rearguard to notify El Mencho's inner circle of suspicious activity and ambush potential parties that attempt to get close to him. The answer, The Courier Journal found, kept pointing to CJNG. Dozens of couriers throughout the U.S. would then collect the drug profits and use the dirty moneyto buy scrap and fine gold. The trail of viole Somewhere deep in Mexico's remote wilderness, the worlds most dangerous and wanted drug lord is hiding. [32][33] Other reporting stated the U.S authorities had alerted the Mexican authorities based on their surveillance of the subject's girlfriend who was importing meth at Gulfport, Mississippi. CJNG took credit on social media for the massacre. [10][14] According to court records, El Mencho and his brother Abraham were at a San Francisco bar known as Imperial to carry out a heroin deal: five ounces for US$9,500. The sanction was joint investigation conducted by the Treasury and the DEA office in Los Angeles as part of a larger effort with their Mexican counterparts to sanction drug trafficking groups in Mexico. Photos of Cartel Jalisco New Generation leader Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera and methamphetamine confiscated in a local operation are displayed at a news conference at the DEA San Diego office . [79] He was arrested in Jalisco on December 4, 2015 by the Mexican Army and Navy for working as one of El Mencho's top financial operators. The 21-year-old's death was the latest bloodshed involving the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which was founded in 2009 and whose ruthless rise to global dominance has left an appalling history of . The killing was ordered after Rosales dissed JNGC leader Oseguera Cervantes a.k.a El Mencho on social media (GRAPHIC) [35] The purpose of the burning vehicles was to place them as blockades to impede the security forces from traveling across Jalisco's capital and giving El Mencho ample time to escape. They got "Shorty," but Mexican authorities are dragging their feet on the fate of another 150 jailed drug traffickers awaiting extradition to the United States, a federal source told The Post. Local officials noticed the shift as if it had happened overnight: Troubled boys were suddenly driving expensive pickups and wielding military-grade weapons. he asked his team. Make no mistake, Taylor said. We're guests in their country.. Security forces suspect he is hiding in the rural terrains of Jalisco, Michoacn, Nayarit, and/or Colima, and is guarded by mercenaries with former military training. [44], A month later on 1 May 2015, the Mexican government launched Operation Jalisco, a military-led campaign that intended to combat organized crime groups in Jalisco and capture their respective leaders. Parra Pedroza and Pineda Sanchez received 13 and 15 years, respectively, in prison after both pleaded guilty to money laundering. They also contacted more than two dozen accused cartel members or CJNG associates in prison and traveled to Mexico City, Guadalajara and 15 U.S. cities to see firsthand the far-reaching repercussions of El Menchos cartel. The Courier Journal could not say with certainty who supplied the drugs that killed Adam Cooley. Federal police officer Ivan Morales, his partner andsoldierswith theMexican national defense climbed aboard helicopters andheaded toward a CJNG compound in theJaliscomountains. El Mencho was left with few options; if he pleaded not guilty, his brother Abrahamwho already had felony drug sentences in his recordwould probably face life in prison. And, in a 2019 case pending in federal court,an accused cartel lieutenantconnected to Chicago drug trafficking settled into a $2 million Nashville condo. Villegas Ortiz had become famous in presiding over the case that enabled the extradition to the United States of Rubn Oseguera, known as El Menchito, a son of the head of the Jalisco cartel. On 1 January 2023, a gang stormed a prison in Ciudad Jurez, Chihuahua, Mexico, resulting in the deaths of 19 people. Five were arrested, and one alleged gang member died in. [15] He dropped out of primary school in fifth grade to work in the fields. [28], El Mencho was able to make the CJNG one of Mexico's most profitable criminal gangs. The strategy: Make it illegal for any U.S. citizen or company to spend money at a cartel-affiliated business. Today, the Justice Department and DEA announced a superseding indictment on charges of alleged continuing criminal enterprise against Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, also known as "El Mencho," the undisputed leader of CJNG. More unchecked opportunities. El Mencho is allegedly responsible for coordinating global drug trafficking operations. Passed over for promotion, ElMenchoteamed withhis in-laws who ran an affiliatedcartel and forged his own criminal organizationin early 2011 CJNG. On Oct. 16, 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, standing next to a large "Wanted" poster of El Mencho, announced a $10 million reward for his capture and unveiled detailed indictments against him and CJNG. The Jalisco cartel has also shown itself to have nearly unlimited reach within Mexico. Just hours after the crash, the cartel carried out coordinated attacks in 39 cities, blowingup banks, gas stations and setting cars and semis on fire on major highways to slow down police reinforcements. Pablo Escobar was a Colombian born drug kingpin who had a peak net worth of $30 billion dollars during his lifetime. The cartel alsorecruitsspies in theMexicangovernment and policeto keep its leaders out of jail and avoid drug busts. The cartel's expansion into smaller, unexpected communities began to mushroom about five years ago as U.S. intelligence analysts tracked its movements far beyond border towns and major hubs. Flames leftMoralesdisabled and disfigured. A judge scheduled her. [61] Police are investigating whether El Mencho gave the order to execute him, but no charges have been filed. Antonio lived in the U.S. and was released from a Mississippi prison in 2001 after completing his sentence for property damage charges. Before they called themselves Jalisco New Generation, they were known as the Matazetas or Zeta Killers. Garca Harfuchs armored Chevrolet Suburban had been struck by dozens of bullets. There, he built a thriving drug trafficking business, but the city's dominantcartel ordered him to leave when leaders became threatened by his success. Oseguera, a former policeman, has masterminded the CJNG's emergence as a criminal empire spanning five continents and a rival to the Sinaloa Cartel of captured kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo'. He dropped out of sixth grade to helphis family pickavocados. February 27, 2023 new bill passed in nj for inmates 2022 No Comments . Mexico Citys top security official injured in apparent assassination attempt. [10][11] To conceal his identity in the U.S., he used different names and combinations, like "Rubn vila", "Jos Lpez Prieto", "Miguel Valadez", "Carlos Hernndez Mendoza", "Roberto Salgado", among others. [49], According to the Mexican government, El Mencho may be hiding in the state of Jalisco, the CJNG's stronghold. Theyre also working to train Mexican police to improve the country's solve rate for kidnappings and murders, which is less than 5%. In Mexico, a DEA investigator said he was stunned when he learned CJNG cells were popping up in communities as small as Axton. [27] On an international scale, the CJNG is mainly focused on trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine. But Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador declined Trump's offer for U.S. troops, saying his country doesn't need help. American officials have described Ruben Oseguera-Gonzalez as a former second-in-command of the fast-growing and ultra-violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Pointing to more than 70,000 Americans who overdosed and died in 2017, Coleman said, Were fighting a war for our families, and (the cartels) are winning.. Nemesio Rubn Oseguera Cervantes (American Spanish:[nemesio oseea seantes]; born 17 July 1966 or 17 July 1964), commonly referred to by his alias El Mencho ([el mento]), is a Mexican drug lord and leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), an organized crime group based in Jalisco. As they hovered over a cartel convoy, CJNG members fired Russian-made rocket-propelled grenade launchers, shooting down Morales helicopterinto a cluster of trees. [17][18], One sect within the Milenio Cartel wanted to appoint as the leader of the group Elpidio Mojarro Ramrez (alias "El Pilo"), who worked closely with scar Orlando and Juan Carlos before their arrests. When presenting the reportJalisco New Generation Cartel, mafia without borders" which has 10 chapters, Rodrguez Morales assured that the organization led by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho"manages the export of Colombian cocaine after the dismantling of the large drug cartels in that South American country.

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