Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

Accused of trafficking the drug for Mexican cartels and laundering millions of dollars, he had fled to Cuba after escaping from Mexico City last summer while on house arrest

At a roundtable on his homeland security task forces, the US president again floated the possibility of land incursions against drugs in Latin America

The testimonies of 38 people forcibly recruited in January by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel depict the deceptions and threats employed by the criminal organization

The transfer follows the same pattern as last February, when Mexico handed over 29 drug lords, including Rafael Caro Quintero, the ‘Narco of Narcos’

The Environmental Investigation Agency report that the criminal organization has earned more than $8 billion since 2019 through smuggling in Mexico bound for South America

The academic year ends without any celebrations in the midst of the Mexican state’s ‘narco-war.’ Entire families sheltered their children at home, turning classrooms into virtual spaces, not by choice, but for survival

A mixture of fear, silence and the need to carry on make up daily life in this Mexican state. June ended with over 200 murders and 80 disappearances, making it the most violent month since the war between Los Mayitos and Los Chapitos began

A veteran officer from the anti-drug agency told the U.S. Senate how the Mexican organization conducted surveillance during the trial of Rubén Oseguera González, son of El Mencho, in Washington DC

Judge hands 80-year prison sentence to Marco Ramírez Chávez, a CJNG leader in Irapuato, based on local songs used by prosecution

In an interview with ‘El Faro,’ Charli, leader of a faction of Barrio 18, details how the rapprochement with the president’s circle began

Eulogio Sosa, a member of the band, reflects on the controversy that has put the genre in the spotlight. He also acknowledges the widespread concern over the withdrawal of US visas from artists who sing these ballads

El Mencho ordered trailers to be set alight and highways blocked in Michoacán, Jalisco, and Guanajuato. Two police officers were killed, but no arrests were made: ‘We’ve never seen blockades of this scale’

Five women who are looking for missing family members across Mexico have denounced Claudia Sheinbaum’s failure to address the issue during her presidency. They accuse her of only taking action following the discovery of a mass grave in the town of Teuchitlán. These women also highlight the inaction of the prosecutors’ offices and the threats they’ve received from the cartels

Hundreds of people are searching among the objects found at a ranch used by the CJNG cartel for any clues about their missing loved ones. Collectives of mothers are organizing across Mexico to travel to the site

In the last four years, authorities have seized 5.4 tons of fentanyl, almost 50% in territory controlled by the sons of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, from where it is trafficked to the US through Tucson and San Diego

The White House has set a price on the capture of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, offering more than the reward for Los Chapitos and the same amount it would pay for Nicolás Maduro

The Bonques Brothers, key operators of the cartel in the state of Nayarit, will lose access to bank accounts in the international financial system. The move is part of Washington’s fight against fentanyl trafficking from Mexico

U.S. authorities are stepping up their fight against the criminal organization, which the Treasury Department claims is responsible for a ‘significant proportion’ of the trafficking of the opioid

The latest annual report from the anti-narcotics agency warns that the two criminal groups ‘have effectively eliminated any competition’ and already have a presence in all 50 states of the country

After the latest blows inflicted, the authorities claim the criminal organization has splintered and lost its power; independent researchers argue that it is a hidden monster with deep roots in working-class neighborhoods

Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas has sent a bill to Congress asking the Pentagon for regular briefings to explain its efforts against the powerful criminal organization

A recent case involving the murder of seven call center workers in the Mexican state of Jalisco has shed light on one of the new tentacles of the cartel. Shell companies – which are controlled by the mafia – issue fake documents to tourists and demand that they pay taxes on properties that don’t exist

A week later, there is no trace of the missing employees. Authorities suggest the establishment was a front for a network with ties to organized crime that swindled foreigners, especially elderly U.S. citizens

For two years, a war between criminal groups has terrorized Frontera Comalapa and its farming communities. Residents and NGOs have denounced an upsurge in violence