Characterized for carrying high-powered weapons, such as the 50-caliber Barret rifles, among its members, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel It emerged in 2010 and has had a rapid growth in the country and the world.
In its latest report, the Drug Control Administration (DEA) revealed that the criminal organization, led by the Michoacán, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes“El Mencho” already operates drug transfers, kidnapping, extortion, oil theft, money laundering in 25 of the 32 states of the country, which makes it see as the most powerful.
“It is one of the fastest growing transnational criminal organizations in Mexico, and it is among the most prolific methamphetamine producers in the world,” according to the DEA.
After the abatement by the Army of Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel, head of plaza del Sinaloa cartel In Guadalajara, the CJNG was born, considered the most violent for the narcoterror practices that it infuses its rivals, as they did The Zetas at its peak.
Derived from the death of “Nacho” Coronel and the capture of the leader of the Millennium Cartel, Óscar Orlando Nava Valencia, “El Lobo”, who work in alliance, the group fragmented and gave rise to the organizations La Resistencia and Los Torcidos.
The Resistance, who opposed “El Mencho” taking command, and Los Torcidos started fighting in Jalisco and Colima until Los Torcidos became the New Generation Jalisco Cartel, founded by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes and Erick Valencia Salazar, ” The 85 ”, with whom there is already a breakup.
The group consolidated in the Guadalajara metropolitan area and later expanded in the country and the world, as it is responsible for trafficking tons of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl to the United States; managed to spread to Europe, Asia and Australia.
Established an alliance “The Cuinis”, made up of the González Valencia family, who became their main financial arm with which they launder millions of pesos and dollars obtained from their illicit profits.
The United States government estimates that the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel introduces to that country about five tons of cocaine and five tons of methamphetamine per month; for the production of drugs, it could operate around one hundred drug labs in Mexican territory.
In August 2018, the then Attorney General’s Office (PGR) raised the reward for those who contribute valuable information leading to the capture of Oseguera Cervantes, from 2 to 30 million pesos, also known as “El Gallero” and / or “The Lord of the Roosters”.
While the United States Treasury Department issued a $ 10 million reward, one of the largest in history, for information leading to the arrest of Oseguera Cervantes, originally from Aguililla, Michoacán.
The so-called Nueva Plaza cartel, which came to light in the case of the film students killed in Tonalá, is considered the first division of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG).
According to federal officials, the criminal group has its operations center in the city of Zapopan and has not yet consolidated its presence in the state of Jalisco, where it is in dispute with the maximum leader of the CJNG, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho ”
The leader of the criminal organization is Enrique Sánchez Martínez, “El Cholo”, who until last year was one of the closest operators of “El Mencho”. However, they broke up after Sánchez Martínez ordered the execution of a subject nicknamed “El Colombiano”, considered the main financial operator of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
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