CJNG: MEXICO’S EMERGING DRUG CARTEL

 This article was written by Iñigo Camilleri De Castanedo and originally published on Grey Dynamics.

Starting life as the armed wing of the Cartel de Sinaloa, the CJNG formally separated from its parent organization and has exponentially evolved to be one of the major organized crime players in Mexico. Despite early success, the group is facing rival organizations, splinter groups, and the Mexican and U.S. government:

• It is likely that the CJNG has deterred governmental efforts to tackle organized crime. A lack of governmental aid combined with humanitarian efforts by the CJNG has likely increased the social roots and legitimacy of the group amongst communities.
• The targeting high-government officials will likely increase. The pandemic has limited the governmental capability to counter organized crime, and the CJNG has an opportunity to signal intentions and expand with a reduced risk of resistance.
• Violent clashes between the CJNG and local organized crime groups will highly likely increase. A damaged criminal economy will push groups to compete for territory and sources of revenue which are controlled in their majority by the CJNG or the Sinaloa Cartel. . . 

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Not Everyone Is Happy With CJNG

MS 13 In The Americas

 MS13 in the Americas: How the World’s Most Notorious Gang Defies Logic, Resists Destruction

Insight Crime

The Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) is one of the world’s largest and arguably most violent street gangs. After relatively humble beginnings in Los Angeles in the 1980s, it has spread to more than a half-dozen countries and become a central focus of law enforcement in two hemispheres. In spite of these efforts, the MS13 remains a persistent threat and shows signs of expanding its criminal portfolio. This report attempts to explain what makes the MS13 such a difficult problem for authorities to tackle. It focuses on assisting law enforcement’s understanding of the gang’s criminal activities, but it includes deep discussion on the social and political issues around the MS13. Below are our major findings.. . 

MS 13 In The Americas 

Los Zetas Gunmen Being Set Free

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A team of cartel gunmen belonging to one faction of Los Zetas were released after a state judge dismissed their cases. At least four of those gunmen are now linked to a double execution.

Breitbart Texas learned through court filings that Coahuila State Judge Maritza Gonzalez Flores ordered the release of 10 gunmen allegedly part of a Zetas faction that entered Coahuila to carry out attacks on rivals. The judge released one of the gunmen after he was arrested in connection with a murder and blocked investigative efforts to capture others.

As Breitbart Texas originally reported in early October, Piedras Negras and Coahuila State Police Officers arrested 10 members of the Vieja Escuela Zeta after a shootout. During questioning, the gunmen claimed they slipped into Piedras Negras intending to destabilize the area and fight their rivals, the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) faction of Los Zetas. The CDN continues to control drug and human trafficking in the area.

Suicide By Journalism

TIJUANA, Mexico—On Friday mornings before daybreak, trucks bearing the slogan “Free as the wind” deliver tens of thousands of newspapers to an old-fashioned network of vendors, who stand at intersections across the city, right up to the line at the United States’ busiest border crossing, handing hot-off-the-press newsprint to groggy international commuters.

The small team of intrepid reporters who keep the weekly newspaper, Zeta, stocked with some of the country’s most fearless journalism were under heavy police protection this week, after state authorities anonymously warned the editorial staff of an impending attack, in retaliation for last week’s front-page story: “The Jalisco Cartel’s Most Wanted.”

By Monday it became apparent that among the thousands who read the story was a cartel operative nicknamed Goofy, whose face was plastered across the cover, along with seven other members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartelplus one from the Sinaloa cartel.

The plan to shoot up the newspaper’s headquarters has been, apparently, postponed, in light of the heavy police presence now at Zeta headquarters.

But what happened this week is hardly new for the weekly publication, which has a long history of standing up to the cartels operating in the city.

The story that upset local members of Jalisco New Generation was just official state confirmation of an open secret. According to the DEA this cartel has become the fastest growing drug trade organization in Mexico since splintering from the Sinaloa cartel in 2010, exploding in the last year after taking over territory once controlled by the quasi-religious Knights Templar cartel.

The poorly kept secret is that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has aligned itself with what remains of the crippled Tijuana cartel, which was founded by the Arellano Felix brothers. In their heyday they were responsible for 40 percent of the cocaine entering the U.S., but their organization has—through death or arrests—been largely eradicated from the local scene. . . 

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A New Generation of Drug Cartels Awaking in Mexico

What was until four years ago a little known criminal group has become a threat to Mexico and Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

A new wave of violence and corruption has been growing in the country, under the leadership of former  policeman Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, who is running the Jalisco New Generation cartel.

But the tentacles of this criminal organization extend beyond Mexican territory. Its reach goes all the way to China, Africa and eastern Europe — leaving a trail of blood that has evaded attempts by President Enrique Peña Nieto to restore peace and law. . . 

Source: https://panampost.com/elena-toledo/2016/10/12/the-new-generation-of-the-mexican-cartels/

Three Cartel Soldiers Killed Near Rio Bravo

RIO BRAVO, Tamaulipas — Mexican marines killed three cartel gunmen during an operation at a stash house that turned into a 30 minute shootout.

The raid took place this week when Mexican Marines surrounded a house that had previously been identified as a Gulf Cartel stash house. In response to the siege, the gunmen called for backup and began to fire at authorities. Additional Gulf Cartel SUVs arrived at the scene to provide backup to the gunmen.

A video taken by local residents captured the audio of the ongoing gun battles. The two residents can be heard joking about the fighting and discussing publishing the video online. In northern Tamaulipas, cartel gun battles have become an almost daily occurrence that are largely ignored by news outlets. Local residents have developed a cavalier attitude in response. . . 

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/12/09/video-3-cartel-gunmen-killed-raid-near-texas/

Manufacturing Grenades on the Southern Border

A Tuesday raid conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as well as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement netted six individuals in Texas, including one who was in the country illegally, all for manufacturing grenades and selling them to undercover agents.

The proximity to the southern border, as well as the involvement of an illegal alien, brought up issues of violence and border security yet again. . . 

Source: http://conservativetribune.com/atf-chilling-move-in-texas-danger/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=PostUp&utm_campaign=CTDailyEmail&utm_content=2016-12-08

Migrant Surge Is Not Letting Up

Customs and Border chief: Migrant surge not letting up

DONNA, TEXAS: The surge of Central American families seeking asylum at U.S. borders is not letting up, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske said Wednesday after touring a temporary holding facility in the Rio Grande Valley set up to manage the influx.

The number of apprehensions along the southwestern border can be close to 2,000 a day — with most people turning themselves in, Kerlikowske said in a phone interview. The November influx was as high as what was seen in October: 46,195, he said.

The precise monthly number is to be announced next week. . .

Source: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article119461283.html#storylink=cpy

CJNG Sicarios in Baja California

Border Violence: The Most Wanted CJNG Sicarios in Baja California

Original Article at ZETA

During the last two years, state authorities denied the presence of the CJNG in Tijuana, however their presence was detected by police forces when they became victims of armed attacks.

CJNG started with the control of the area of Sanchez Taboada, and they extended their presence by taking control of  La Presa, El Florido, Cañadas, Terrazas, Villas del Campo and the entrance to Tecate. Today, 8 of the 10 most wanted for murder, are CJNG recruits.

The names of minor criminals, drug dealers and thief’s are being summed up to the list of investigations for murder in Tijuana, their numbers continue to rise, and they don’t do anything but to fatten the list of the Most Wanted, which was created by the Coordination Group of Baja California, and shows the lack of coordination between the Government of Peña Nieto and the Coordination Group of Baja California.

The wallet of criminals who are presumably involved in murders identify by the Coordination Group, according to declarations from the Secretary of Public Security of Baja California, Daniel de la Rosa Anaya, in 2014 there were 64 names. In November 18, of 2016, De la Rosa informed that they are concentrating their efforts on those 10 that head the list. . . 

Source: http://www.rightsidenews.com/us/homeland-security/border-violence-the-most-wanted-cjng-sicarios-in-baja-california/

Trump's Wall Will Redirect but Not Stop

Opinion: Trump’s wall could redirect, but not stop, the flow of people and goods

By Scott Steward

About a month has passed since U.S. voters chose their next president, and over the past few weeks it has become a little clearer how the policies of President Donald Trump will differ from the promises of candidate Trump.

As we have seen since January 2009, when newly elected President Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize for his campaign pledges of change and hope, reality has a way of constraining a leader’s ability to effect real change. More often than not, the policies that presidents put into practice look very different from the ideas they put forth on the campaign trail.

The same will probably be true of Trump’s vow to seal the U.S.-Mexico border by building a wall. One of the biggest problems with this proposal is that the flow of illegal immigrants and contraband between the two countries is not a simple matter of physical security, international relations, or customs and immigration law. Rather, the cross-border movement of goods and people is driven by formidable economic forces that are powerful enough to overwhelm any barrier — just as they have with walls built for the same purpose in the past. . .

Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-wall-could-redirect-but-not-stop-the-flow-of-people-and-goods-2016-12-05

Cruz Channels Trump

Cruz Channels Trump

By Cortney O'Brien

You may have thought it was President-elect Donald Trump sitting down to talk with local law enforcement officers at a border security roundtable in McAllen, Texas on Friday. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) took a page out of Trump's rhetorical playbook after the roundtable discussion, slamming the Obama White House for continuing to release "murderers" and "rapists."

"This administration, for eight years, has persisted in releasing criminal illegal aliens," he told local news media. "Every year, they release murderers, they release rapists. They release burglars and people who have committed violent crimes. And that has got to change."

Of course, Cruz is not being hyperbolic. Too many stories exist of Americans being killed by dangerous illegal immigrants. One of the more talked about tragedies was that of Kate Steinle, a young woman who was killed last summer in the sanctuary city of San Francisco by an illegal immigrant who had been previously deported. . . 

Source: http://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2016/12/05/cruz-channels-trump-at-mexican-border-n2255413

Arizona Ranchers Fear Cartels More than Immigrants

On a sweltering summer evening in southern Arizona, dozens of carpet-soled moccasins lie along the portico of a ranch 20 miles from Mexico, serving as a reminder of one of the biggest problems on the border: not illegal immigration, but drug trafficking. 

Interrupted only by the cicadas, Jim Chilton, a fifth-generation rancher, and his wife Sue explain that Mexican drug mules, who routinely traverse their 50,000 acres of land, cover the soles of the moccasins — which are then worn over shoes — with carpet to avoid leaving tracks that US border agents could follow. . . .

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d181cc8c-765e-11e6-bf48-b372cdb1043a.html#axzz4Jn8lc56w

$20,000 For MS-13 Drug Runner

The FBI is offering up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest of reputed MS-13 enforcer Efrain “Caballo” Vasquez-Yanez, a convicted felon on the run from federal RICO and drug charges.

The 34-year-old native El Salvadoran was last seen in Everett in July and is believed to still be in the Boston area, FBI officials said.

Vasquez-Yanez, described as having a tattoo of the Grim Reaper, as well as a skeleton, on his right arm, “is known to have ‘homeboy’ status within MS-13,” the FBI said. “To achieve homeboy status, gang members must commit a murder and/or inflict serious physical injury in the name of MS-13.”

“Due to the aggressive, violent, and impulsive nature of MS-13 gang members, the FBI believes Vasquez-Yanez poses a serious danger to the public and we’re asking anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact law enforcement,” said Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division. “Concerned citizens can play an important role in capturing fugitives by coming forward with whatever information they might have.”

Murderer of Patrol Agent Arrested Illegally Crossing Border

By Bob Price

A Mexican national who was deported from the U.S. after serving 11 years in prison for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Jorge Salomon-Martinez in 2003 was apprehended after he illegal re-entered the United States Sunday.

Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector arrested Francisco Javier Rosas-Molina after he illegally crossed the border into Arizona on Sunday, the Tucson Sentinel reported. Rosas-Molina was one of four men who beat Agent Salomon-Martinez to death when he was off-duty in Mexico in 2003. The beating occurred after Rosas-Molina learned that Salomon-Martinez was a Border Patrol agent. Rosas-Molina had been deported from the U.S. multiple times before this murder.

“The men sneaked up behind him Salomon and beat him, pelting him with rocks until they eventually crushed his skull with a 50-pound rock,” Mexican prosecutors stated according to the Tuscon newspaper. The murder occurred near the town of Bacocahi, Sonora, Mexico, about forty miles south of the Arizona border. . . 

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/09/08/previously-deported-border-patrol-agent-killer-caught-u-s-border/

Me: Why was this scum not put to death? 

Border Insecurity Is An Existential Threat To America

By Molly O'Toole

“In comparison to other global threats, the near collapse of societies in the hemisphere with the associated drug and [undocumented immigrant] flow are frequently viewed to be of low importance,” Kelly told Defense One. “Many argue these threats are not existential and do not challenge our national security. I disagree.”

Source: http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2014/07/top-general-says-mexico-border-security-now-existential-threat-us/87958/

Terror On Mexican Highways in Tamaulipas

By Cartel Chronicles

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Business leaders in this border city have once again sounded the alarm about highway travel after a recent increase in robberies, carjackings and kidnappings.

The alert points to the recent increase in criminal activity that targets innocent tourists, commuters and others using the various highways in this state that lead to the border, said Cristian Perez Cossio, the local director for the National Chamber of Commerce in Matamoros (CANACO) said during an interview with Breitbart Texas. . . 

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No Security Surge For Cartel Lands

By Cartel Chronicles

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Authorities in this border state have postponed sending security reinforcements to the highways and rural areas adjacent to the war zone known as Tamaulipas. The reduction in security will allegedly take place until authorities are able to train additional police forces.

The cartel violence that has proliferated along the border in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas and threatens to spill over to Nuevo Leon began in recent days with the murder of a regional cartel leader known as Comandante Aguila, Breitbart Texas reported. The violence had been escalating in in recent months on another front as two rival factions of the Los Zetas cartel continue to fight for control of lucrative drug trafficking and distribution routes, Breitbart Texas reported. . . 

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http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/09/06/mexico-cancels-security-surge-cartel-lands-texas-border/http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/09/06/mexico-cancels-security-surge-cartel-lands-texas-border/

Templar Cartel Shots Down Police Helo

By ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

Knights Templar cartel gunmen shot down a police helicopter in the Mexican State of Michoacán. Authorities have seized multiple RPGs, rockets and other ground-to-air weapons.

The helicopter crash took place Tuesday in the rural farming community known as La Huacana, information provided to Breitbart Texas revealed.

Panther Cartel Members Found Dead

By Cartel Chronicles

On Tuesday afternoon, Mexican authorities in the neighboring state of Nuevo León discovered the bodies of Gumercindo “El Aguila” Gamez Villarreal and Teofilo Saul Rodriguez, who is believed to be a cartel member part of the group known as Panteras or “Panthers”. The discovery was made when authorities in Nuevo Leon responded to calls about an abandoned vehicle in the town of General Bravo . .