After posting written messages in various municipalities in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, several hitmen recorded themselves to issue a message saying that the state is under the control of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG).
“All of Guanajuato already has an owner and it is Mr. ‘Mencho’ [CJNG leader]. Sincerely, the ‘Elite’ group. Come and run into filthy people who kill innocents,” the hitmen are heard saying that they recorded themselves leaving the messages in municipalities like Irapuato, Celaya and Apaseo el Grande.
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The men who starred in the videos identified themselves as part of the Elite group, which is designated as the armed wing of the CJNG. They were all wearing ski masks or black masks to hide their identity.
In the messages, the CJNG blames an antagonistic group for the massacres presented in bars and businesses of the entity located in the Mexican Bajío area.
So far in 2022, only in Guanajuato there are already 1,932 intentional homicides, according to data from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System.
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WHO IS THE ‘MENCHO’?
Nemesio Oseguera Ramos, better known as El Mencho, is the leader of the CJNG.
According to the US Treasury Department, the CJNG is currently one of the main drug trafficking groups in Mexico.
“The organization relies on high-powered weaponry, often trafficked from the US, to employ extreme violence in furtherance of its drug trafficking activities.
The CJNG is responsible for a significant proportion of the fentanyl and other deadly drugs trafficked into the United States,” says a document from the US agency.
Currently, El Mencho is wanted by the DEA and offers US$10 million to anyone who gives information that leads to the capture of the drug trafficker.
In July 2020, it was revealed that the cartel has threatened the country’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, with death threats.
With information from Sputnik