According to U.S. officials, the CJNG is now the primary drug trafficking outfit in 24 of Mexico's 32 states. Farfan agreed to forfeit $100,000, and the judge ordered him to remain on supervised release for five years after he serves his time in prison. But Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador declined Trump's offer for U.S. troops, saying his country doesn't need help. CJNGs increased distribution of fentanyl across the country has helped the synthetic opioid unseat heroin as the nations No. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! In June, operatives attempted to assassinate Mexico City's police chief, Omar Garcia Harfuch hammering his body with at least three bullets and slaying two of his bodyguards. Other bosses used threats of violence in the U.S., despite El Mencho's warnings against it. A judge sentenced Roberto to three years in custody in January 2021. During his March sentence hearing, Farfan apologized for his crimes, but insisted, "I've never been a violent person. The young man, an opponent from a rival cartel, finds himself in the clutches of the Cartel de Sinaloa. As well as its feud with El Menchos CJNG, El Marros group has made threats against new Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, intelligence website InSight Crime reports. With a $10 million reward on his head, hes on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrations Most Wanted list. John Walker in uniform (left), and Walker in his undercover look (right). Pineda Penaloza and his crew were convicted of drug trafficking and are now in federal prison. 1 drug killing Americans. He can be contacted atbdarby@breitbart.com. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. The knives stabbed into the corpse fixed boards with messages to the body, one of which read "the traitor" in Spanish, Vice reports. A month later, Mexican authorities learned of ElMenchos new hiding spot andorganizeda secret mission to capture him. The cartel circulates these images of torture and execution on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites to spread fear and intimidation. Even after El Mencho's girlfriend went to prison, the cartel quickly returned to the Gulf Coast with more loads of drugs. "When they shot the helicopter out of the sky is when everyone respected CJNG as a powerhouse cartel and a rival of Sinaloa,"Donahue said. It also operated a tequila label, casinos, two shopping centers, a medical clinic, real estate companies and a Pacific Ocean resort frequented by Americans, according to U.S. Treasury Department records. Reply Delete "You ask almost any young boy in Jalisco what they want to be when they grow up," one former intel officer, now based in Mexico City, lamented. "My family knows Im not that person. Legal Statement. Even if U.S. and Mexican investigators can track El Mencho's location, capturing him won't be easy. Hearing more details, the investigator, who asked not to be identified to protect his work, acknowledged to The Courier Journal: "Its a great strategy.". CJNGmembers or associates would sell drugs to traffickers inWisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, California, Texas, Kentucky, Illinois and North Carolina. Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook A federal grand jury had indicted him and more than 20 others on money laundering and drug trafficking charges. He quickly amassed a privatearmy, with CJNG members recruitingor kidnappinghundreds of men in their 20s and boys as young as 12. 7. UNCENSORED VIDEO BELOW / New horrifying video shows three CJNG cartel members beheading two men from a rival cartel in Mexico. "If an agent saw him, we couldnt say, 'Hey, were gonna grab El Mencho right now, take him and put him into custody.' It also forbids any U.S. bank to approve loans or credit card transactions for those CJNG-backed enterprises. He said very little while chatting on cell phones, and he changed phones a lot. In turn, the Sinaloans killed a high-ranking CJNG boss in the area, Emiliano Torres Ramrez AKA El Agapo. He had at least five aliases and kept slipping back into the U.S. Jason Hoover, who oversaw Walker and teamed to raid area drug houses in the case. That designation allowed the department to levy sanctions against Mexican businesses linked to the cartels, includinga sushi restaurant, a tequila business, shopping centers, a medical clinic, two newspapers and famed Hotelito Desconocido, visited by Hollywood stars. He was thought to be one of the leaders of Carteles Unidos. There's a reason why gente de Sinaloa stay in business while everyone else eats shit and goes away. Viral videos captured the gruesome execution on social media. "I promise, you will hear more about El Mencho.". But federal agents say CJNG was Kentuckys main supplier of fentanyl at the time of his death. The investigation documented CJNG operations in at least 35 states and Puerto Rico, a sticky web that has snared struggling business owners, thousands of drug users and Mexican immigrants terrified to challenge cartel orders. El Mencho and his cartel, with more than 5,000 members worldwide, have a clear-cut objective: "They want to control the entire drug market," said Matthew Donahue, who oversees foreign operations for the DEA. Next steps crucial, experts say, US drug czar wants India to stem flow of chemicals used by Mexican cartels for fentanyl, Ignoring cartel danger, Mexican families scour wilderness for missing loved ones' remains, This small-town Oregon bricklayer had a side hustle: Gun supplier for Mexican drug cartel, Mexico-US investigation links cartel downing of military helicopter to Oregon gun supplier, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Armas also used a former nurse from Clatsop County who was battling addiction to cart drugs from Hillsboro to the coast. I am a family man. Yet, no sooner had authorities busted Kentucky's CJNG ringthan the cartel replaced Macias, sending in another team. Authorities identified one of the four victims as Rey Jose Poblete Ramos, a man with a lengthy criminal history. The unparalleled speed of CJNGs growth coasttocoast in less than a decade has made the cartel a clear, present and growing danger, says Uttam Dhillon, DEA's acting administrator. Somewhere deep in Mexico's remote wilderness, the worlds most dangerous and wanted drug lord is hiding. "Once 'safe' areas such as Mexico City and Puebla State and the tourist zones of the Yucatan Peninsula are now contested. More:He reached 'kingpin' status by selling Mexican cartel-supplied drugs. CJNG wasn't the only cartel in the Bluegrass State in 2017, but authorities say it was the main supplier of fentanyl when Louisville's Adam Cooley, who sought heroin, snorted 20 times alethal dose. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. The note was signed with the initials CJNG, or Jalisco Nueva Generacin Cartel, a cartel considered to be Mexico's most-dangerous cartel. He shares intel with the DEA,but not his own people. To build their lucrativedrug networks in the U.S., CJNG bosses mandated discretion to dodge police attention. State and federal authorities have been unable to stop a fierce war in Michoacan between the CJNG and Carteles Unidos, an alliance of smaller regional organizations with proxy support from the Sinaloa Cartel. But he kept getting caught. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Betrayal led to the drug ring'scollapse. The CJNG could take on the Sinaloa area, Baja California and the Golden Triangle, which it currently does not have in its control, but it's trying," said Wesley Tabor, a retired assistant special agent in charge of Los Angeles Field Division of the DEA. Farfan wasn't as lucky. "This happened to me for being a thief, and because I didn't respect hard-working people and continued to rob them," the chilling note strapped to their bodies read. Adam died midsentence while writing a thank-you note to a friend on the eve of entering a rehab facility. 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. "He has transformed his life from being an insular methamphetamine abuser to an active member of the recovery community, mentoring and guiding others who struggle," his attorney argued in a May 6, 2020, sentence memo asking for leniency. Reporters Jonathan Bullington, Kala Kachmar, Chris Kenning andKarol Suarez contributed to this story. CJNG, which routinely faces off with its No. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is targeting and killing police officers at their homes in Guanajuato, Mexico's most violent state and the most dangerous for police. . While Luis Alderete maintains his innocence,court records show that his brother, Roberto Alderete, identified Luis asa cartel lieutenant. Echeagaray pointed out that CJNG, although very violent, does not target civilians systematically. First, Mexican cartel suppliers established a pipeline to the Portland area. 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. Observers and anti-trafficking personnel who closely monitor the CJNG, which emerged around 2009 after splintering from the Sinaloa cartel, broadly conclude that much of its bloody approach can be attributed to its ruthless leader, Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera. When authorities arrested him, they found twoassault rifles, one inscribed with "Menchito" little Mencho and anotherengraved with"CJNG 02 JR.". Signs have also pointed to CJNG widening its footprint in the capital, Mexico City, aligning itself with the Fuerza Anti-Union gang to tackle the city's most extensive criminal enterprise, La Unin Tepito. Mexican marines almost captured El Mencho in October 2018. Investigators uncovered three main pieces of the puzzle that revealed a snapshot of how this drug ring thrived. Ciro Macias Martinez led a double life, working as a horse groomer by day and overseeing the flow of $30 million worth of drugs into Kentuckyby night before being imprisoned in 2018 for meth trafficking and money laundering, federal records show. Armas used the couple's home as a drug stash house, paying them with enough meth for their daily fix. 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. Closethe air vents. In May, a judge sentenced Armas to serve seven years and six months in prison, followed by five years of supervision. "Different groups are active in virtually all Mexican territory, with the Sinaloa federation being concentrated in the north/west portion of the country, and CJNG being concentrated in the south/central but extending across Mexico to Veracruz.". There's a lot of family back in Michoacn.". And he realized he faced a mandatory minimum of 10 years if convicted at trial and would miss watching his 6-month-old son grow up. Hollie McKay has a been a Fox News Digital staff reporter since 2007. He never mentioned suppliers in Mexico linked to a cartel, or what he called the Mexican mafia. For police, it was d vu. 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. Market data provided by Factset. "I had a prosecutor who was sympathetic that this guy was just a bond-hit, video-game type of kid," Schindler said. Zetas behead and dismember four women from the Gulf Cartel The video shows four women on their knees in a field, their hands tied behind their backs. But he ended up working for his Uncle Victor. Ciro Macias Martinez was praised by his supervisor and fellow farmhands alike for his punctuality, work ethicand soothing manner with horses at the breeding and training farm in the heart of Kentucky. Who is El Mencho, the most powerful drug kingpin in the world? "As well as the violence and corruption that puts at risk the neighbor with which the United States shares an enormous land border, and in which thousands of U.S. companies operate, and U.S. citizens live.". U.S. officials have . It is a tactic later mimicked by the likes of ISIS, a digital bid to intimidate and inflict anxiety on enemy factions and send a warning to government law enforcement who dare to meddle in their monetary schemes. During his three months in jail, he got sober. GRAPHIC VIDEO: CJNG cartel members behead two men from rival cartel July 12, 2022 UNCENSORED VIDEO BELOW / New horrifying video shows three CJNG cartel members beheading two men from a rival cartel in Mexico. Agents arrested him in 2006, and he was convicted of illegally reentering the U.S. and trafficking cocaine and meth. He was thought to be one of the leaders of Carteles Unidos. "When Eduardo got involved in this he was a very young man, and it was because of a family connection an uncle who had been involved in Mexico organized crime for decades," his attorney, Matthew A. Schindler, told The Courier Journal, referring to Victor Farfan. The Portland-based drug network, which stretched into affluent area suburbs, westbound to Oregon's quaint coastal cities and north into southwestern Washington, is emblematic of a key Mexican cartel strategy to establish drug pipelines far beyond the border and into small, unsuspecting towns. There, amid the lush pastures and white rail fences, a Mexican immigrant with asinister secret quietly groomed prized thoroughbreds at historic Calumet Farm, according to court records. Snchez was once a top lieutenant in the CJNG, but split to form his own cartel called La Nueva Plaza in 2017. A high-ranking state official in Jaliscosaid Americans are too quick to blame Mexico for the U.S. drug crisis. In the recordings, it can be seen how little by little assassins from the Sinaloa Cartel are killing the woman's life and dismembering her, first it is observed how they remove her arms, later they cut her neck and thus continue with the other extremities. Soldiers stand guard in front of a modified and armored truck as it is displayed to the media at a military base in Reynosa, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas June 5, 2011. In just six months, smugglers brought across the border almost two kilos of fentanyl up to 1 million lethal doses of the No. More:US drug czar wants India to stem flow of chemicals used by Mexican cartels for fentanyl. Law enforcement agencies say that Mexican cartels have been targeting tourist destinations along the Oregon coast in an attempt to conceal their operations. It is known for its aggressive use of violence and its public relations campaigns. CJNG burns rivals face alive as a way of mocking his nickname Ghost Rider. Man filmed eating dead body parts of rival Cartel member. They seized more than $1 million in drug moneyhis couriers were hauling to Mexico. 12:52 you're really coward and pathetic what about cjng all the killings from . He initially came to the U.S. to earn money as a mechanic for another relative. 1 / 6. This case had some odd twists, including the involvement by a retired U.S. Marine and his wife, an agonizing test of family loyalties and a gruesome threat from Mexico. Here you'll find all collections you've created before. His agents helped on the Farfan investigation. The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacin - CJNG) is a criminal group that has evolved as a result of killings, captures and rifts in older cartels. How a Mexican cartel turned a rural area into a hidden cocaine hub, One mistake trapped a desperate dad in a Mexican drug cartel's web. Smaller towns. Cannibalism in Mexico! Further details Roberto Alderete revealed about CJNG remain hidden in sealed documents. He is loving, respectful and a very caring human being.". Throughout Mexico, more than 40,000 children and adults remain missing. Cartel members fired hundreds of rounds and hurled grenades and jugs of gasoline. El Menchos powerful international syndicate is flooding the U.S. with thousands of kilos of methamphetamines, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl every year despite being targeted repeatedly by undercover stings, busts and lengthy investigations. In the past, student filmmakers have been kidnapped and tortured to death, journalists frequently killed before they can even begin to probe a likely CJNG crime, dozens of lawmakers and judges have been butchered and death threats have haunted scores of Mexican officials. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is targeting and killing police officers at their homes in Guanajuato, Mexico's most violent state and the most dangerous for police. Drug dealers may not have worried about being caught here, in Clatsop County, a 90-minute drive northwest from the bustling city of Portland. He had to pay $50,000. Next steps crucial, experts say. ", "He said: 'I'll do the time. . During that time,overdoses sent more victims to Kentucky's morgues than bullets and car crashes combined withthe commonwealth sufferingthe fifth-highest overdose death rate in the nation. American authorities are still seeking his extradition to the U.S. to face drug charges. They control witnesses in the U.S. by threatening to kidnap, torture and kill loved ones within their reach in Mexico, hamstringing agents trying to target drug kingpins and their powerful inner circle. "If one wants to gain power, control and territory, it's a must that they conquer non-alliance cartels and gain the assistance of police and government entities to assist them in their global success.". Se le pudre el Gobierno de #Michoacan a @ARBedolla MASACRAN A 17 PERSONAS que se encontraban en un velorio. Walker realized he wasn't the only one watching this drug ring. "Theyre a business," Hammer said of cartels. In June 2015, the Mexican military arrested El Menchos son and second-in-command, Rubn Oseguera Gonzles. Because it's here, A short film: What Courier Journal uncovered about Jalisco New Generation Cartel's El Mencho. Chicago prosecutors allegein court filingsthat LuisAlderetewas ahigh-level cartel operativewhoshopped for a hitman on Facebook to take care of a gang member in Cairo, Illinois, to silence him. A young woman en route to selling street food was also fatally struck by a stray bullet through a car window. In Illinois,the cartel teamed with Vice Lordsgang members to grow a drug network that stretched from Southern California through the Midwest and into Nashville and Paducah, Kentuckyknown for its riverwalk murals and the National QuiltMuseum. In Mexico, a DEA investigator said he was stunned when he learned CJNG cells were popping up in communities as small as Axton. He and Helida Montes, his partner for 16 years, settled their two children in Oregon City as Farfan grew his business, roping in two of his nephews. The case took place in Marcos Castellanos, Michoacan, where gunmen stormed a funeral service and forced mourners to line up against a wall before opening fire. Investigators trailed behind Eduardo to the Lloyd Center shopping mall in Portland on July 10, 2018. Los Marros behead man, woman from CJNG cartel, Two men dismembered, ditched on road along with pizzas and cartel narcomantas, CJNG cartel members BBQ dismembered opps in Mexico, Sicarios who brutally stabbed two men to death dismembered in Mexico, Cartel members skin two men alive and wear their faces on their head. Eduardo began running errands for his uncle, including delivering a bag to an El Salvador native who flew in from Maryland. 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. "The violence in Mexico and elsewhere is something that doesn't stop at the border. Flames leftMoralesdisabled and disfigured. Pullup the seat. 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. More unchecked opportunities. Armas, in turn, supplied the former nurse and other dealers who carted the drugs further west into Seaside and other communities in Clatsop. March 30, 2022 MEXICO Grisly videos have emerged showing CJNG cartel members beheading rival narcos working under commands from La Vaca. In a desperate bid to cling to its remaining territory, the group has joined forces with a former rival: a fast-growing cartel called the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). He handed the bag to Noe Antonio Machado-Medrano, then age 23. In America,ElMenchoexpectscartel members and associates to avoid violence, hidewealth anddisguise their CJNG affiliations, agents say. The cartel exploits its connections with otherwise hard-working immigrants, said Dan Dodds, who leads DEA operations in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. Pineda Sanchez's attorney, Lawrence Beaumont, disputed his client's involvement. Headless bodies were dumped at the doorstep of a business associated with the Farfan family in their home state of Michoacn. Still, The Courier Journal traveled to Portland, its suburbs, the Oregon coast and Seattle to review court records and interview federal agents, defense attorneys and prosecutors to learn about the Farfan drug ring, its cartel ties and how it finally imploded. Hisoffice has prosecuted Sinaloa and CJNG members. CJNG torture video - The man was poured alcohol on his head and set on fire The man was poured alcohol on his head and set on fire The gunmen used isopropyl alcohol to set fire to the man's face and mocked his nickname. We have all had a drug consumption problem," said the official, who asked not to be identified for his protection. 2023www.courier-journal.com. Smaller police forces. For two years, Farfan's nephew, Eduardo Alvarez Farfan, was scared silent. Mexican Cartel Members Sending Message To Rivals. More:This small-town Oregon bricklayer had a side hustle: Gun supplier for Mexican drug cartel. "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. 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 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. On April 6, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against Carlos . The cartel alsorecruitsspies in theMexicangovernment and policeto keep its leaders out of jail and avoid drug busts. 17. The United Cartel carried out the attack against the Jalisco New Generation Cartel [CJNG] on the border separating northern states Michoacan and Jalisco earlier this month. To use social login you have to agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. ", Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. CJNG members have followed relatives or friends who left Mexico for the U.S. to find jobs. Farfan got the drugs from CJNG members in Michoacn, a western state long controlled by the cartel, La Familia Michoacna. ", "Thats kind of hard to believe, but its true.". Since the arrest and extradition to the U.S. of Sinaloa frontman Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzmn in 2016, analysts say that the CJNG has steadily encroached on new terrain including Tijuana bringing with it a recipe for bloodletting and groups waginga war of dominance. It has an army of 5,000 members . The judge said Farfan's attorney negotiated "a very significant break for him," cutting his possible prison time in half, considering sentencing guidelines called for a sentence of 30 years. This time, as Farfan oversaw his drug business, FBI agents mounted an investigation against him. It has drug cells all across the U.S., even in tiny towns. The judge also noted that while there was no evidence Farfan was physically violent, "the drugs that he played a role in distributing, including as a leader, caused so much harm in our community.". Alarmed by CJNG's surging violence in Mexico andcontinued expansion across this country, U.S. officials have pushed back. Victor Alvarez Farfan, a native of Michoacn, Mexico, headed the Portland drug ring blamed for bringing large amounts of meth, heroin and fentanyl across the border beginning in October 2017. All rights reserved. They stormed a hideout west of Guadalajara, but the cartel leader climbed into a vehicle and was rushed to safety. He dropped out of sixth grade to helphis family pickavocados. Four men alleged to be leaders in a Mexican cartel enforcement cell have been indicted in San Diego on drug-trafficking charges and are accused of orchestrating a wave of . He was not a millionaire," Beaumont said. Walker then secured search warrants to monitor social media accounts, where drug ring members chatted in code on Facebook Messenger. "Anyone who does the same will suffer. Sam Upshaw Jr., Louisville Courier Journal. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. While the CJNG makes no effortsto hide its beef with adverse cartels and Mexican military and law enforcement, civilians are all too often caught in the cryptic crossfire. ", The mother of his two youngest children wrote a letter saying: "He is one of the greatest fathers that there is. Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password. 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