{"id":4875,"date":"2017-03-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwp.insightcrime.org?p=4875"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:14:33","slug":"jose-jesus-mendez-vargas-el-chango","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-mexico\/jose-jesus-mendez-vargas-el-chango\/","title":{"rendered":"Jos\u00e9 Jes\u00fas M\u00e9ndez Vargas, alias &#8216;El Chango&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jos\u00e9 Jes\u00fas M\u00e9ndez Vargas, alias \u201cEl Chango\u201d, fue una figura clave del grupo criminal mexicano La Familia Michoacana, y era considerado la mano derecha del l\u00edder del grupo, Nazario Moreno, alias de \u201cEl M\u00e1s Loco\u201d o \u201cEl Chayo\u201d. El Chango fue capturado el 21 de junio de 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Historia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este presunto exintegrante del Cartel del Golfo coordinaba el env\u00edo de cargamentos de metanfetaminas y de coca\u00edna. Su equipo de seguridad era conocido como \u201cLos Doce Ap\u00f3stoles\u201d, otra muestra de la macabra ideolog\u00eda religiosa de La Familia Michoacana. Se cree que los nuevos reclutas de la organizaci\u00f3n ten\u00edan que estudiar las ense\u00f1anzas de El Chango, las cuales inclu\u00edan sus interpretaciones b\u00edblicas como parte de un ritual de iniciaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El gobierno mexicano lleg\u00f3 a ofrecer cerca de US$2,3 millones de recompensa por su captura y US$160.000 por informaci\u00f3n sobre su paradero. Seg\u00fan los informes, en 2008 Los Zetas intentaron asesinarlo por intentar expandir La Familia Michoacana a Ciudad de M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En junio de 2011, la polic\u00eda federal mexicana arrest\u00f3 a El Chango en el estado de Aguascalientes. Su arresto llev\u00f3 a las autoridades a declarar que La Familia Michoacana hab\u00eda quedado sin liderazgo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Actividades Criminales<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Chango estaba a cargo del tr\u00e1fico de coca\u00edna y metanfetamina para La Familia Michoacana, tambi\u00e9n es acusado de cometer secuestros y extorsiones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geograf\u00eda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La Familia Michoacana se origin\u00f3 en Michoac\u00e1n, lugar que continuar\u00eda siendo su base de operaciones. Sin embargo, el grupo eventualmente se expandi\u00f3 a regiones cercanas, como el Estado de M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aliados y enemigos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despu\u00e9s de la muerte de El Chayo en 2010, El Chango comenz\u00f3 a librar una lucha contra Servando G\u00f3mez Mart\u00ednez, alias \u201cLa Tuta\u201d. El Chango se mantuvo fiel a los miembros tradicionales de la Familia, pero en marzo de 2011 La Tuta form\u00f3 su propia facci\u00f3n, conocida como los Caballeros Templarios. Las dos c\u00e9lulas rivales combatieron fuertemente por el control de Michoac\u00e1n, presuntamente obligando a El Chango a buscar ayuda en Los Zetas, un antiguo rival de La Familia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Perspectivas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En abril de 2014, un tribunal mexicano rechaz\u00f3 la apelaci\u00f3n de El Chango por un \u201camparo\u201d \u2014que es similar a una orden judicial\u2014 que le impedir\u00eda ser extraditado a Estados Unidos. El Chango es buscado por la Corte Federal del Distrito Sur de Nueva York por cargos relacionados con el tr\u00e1fico de coca\u00edna y metanfetaminas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jos\u00e9 Jes\u00fas M\u00e9ndez Vargas, alias \u201cEl Chango\u201d, fue una figura clave del grupo criminal mexicano La Familia Michoacana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"hidden","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[333],"tags":[1536,436,501],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[4427],"class_list":["post-4875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias-crimen-organizado-mexico","tag-el-chango-es","tag-familia-michoacana","tag-personajes-de-mexico","entry"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-mexico\/jose-jesus-mendez-vargas-el-chango\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Jos\u00e9 Jes\u00fas M\u00e9ndez Vargas, alias &#8216;El Chango&#8217;","url":"http:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-mexico\/jose-jesus-mendez-vargas-el-chango\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-mexico\/jose-jesus-mendez-vargas-el-chango\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"M\u00e9xico","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"InSight Crime"}],"creator":["InSight Crime"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InSight Crime","logo":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo.png"},"keywords":["el chango","la familia michoacana","personajes de m\u00e9xico"],"dateCreated":"2017-03-10T00:00:00Z","datePublished":"2017-03-10T00:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-03-20T15:14:33Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Jos\u00e9 Jes\u00fas M\u00e9ndez Vargas, alias &#8216;El Chango&#8217;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"http:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-mexico\/jose-jesus-mendez-vargas-el-chango\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2017-03-10T00:00:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"M\u00e9xico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"el chango,la familia michoacana,personajes de m\u00e9xico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"InSight Crime\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/insightcrime.org\/p.js"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7033,"url":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-mexico\/familia-michoacana-perfil\/","url_meta":{"origin":4875,"position":0},"title":"Familia Michoacana","author":"InSight Crime","date":"14 de julio de 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Durante la cima de su poder, las brutales t\u00e1cticas de la Familia Michoacana, su fuerte base de sus operaciones y su ideolog\u00eda pseudoreligiosa, hicieron del grupo una amenaza significativa y un punto de fascinaci\u00f3n para los observadores internacionales. 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