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’
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel is reacting to increasing pressure from the Mexican government, which has targeted high-ranking bosses and important logistics operators
A study by the Colegio de México reveals that the CJNG is the most active in using social media to recruit adolescents
Images from the Los Alegres del Barranco concert in Guadalajara open a new episode in the long series of controversies over the dissemination of symbols of organized crime
A concert in Guadalajara that paid tribute to the leader of the Jalisco New Generation forces us to confront the social complacency that these criminal organizations enjoy in the country
The internal war that has weakened the Sinaloa Cartel has only strengthened its main rivals, but the pressure from the United States to capture its leader, along with the discovery of the Teuchitlán ranch, has refocused attention on the brutal organization
The boss of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has never set foot in a Mexican prison, and is defined by the legend of a drug trafficker who rose from the bottom, relying more on violence than on ostentation
The state of tequila and mariachi is the heart of one of Mexico’s most powerful and bloodthirsty cartels, and people live in fear, trying not to make a wrong move
A judge’s blocking of the transfer of Abraham Oseguera, brother of the CJNG leader, to the U.S. is added to his arrest last year and release nine days later. The then-Mexican president considered it proof of the corruption of the judicial system
Drug trafficking, homicide and organized crime are some of the charges that the dozens of cartel members extradited to contain tariff threats face in US courts
The designation of six Mexican criminal groups as terrorist organizations, which takes effect on February 20, raises questions about their size, activities, and territorial reach
The music promoter, linked to artists such as Gerardo Ortiz and Julión Álvarez, was gunned down in one of the most luxurious areas of Mexico City. The US had pursued him for years for alleged links to drug trafficking
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 drug lord was the leader of Los Cuinis, an ally of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico
The judicial crackdown against relatives, old partners and informants has been decisive in detaining top members of the Sinaloa Cartel. The evidence collected will be key to putting the capo’s heirs on trial
Mexican drug traffickers account for seven of the top 10 names on U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s list of priority fugitives
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes is the leader of the brutal Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Despite being the most wanted criminal in North America, with millions of dollars in rewards hanging over his head, both the Mexican and US governments have failed to track him down