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Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG)

The Jalisco Cartel New Generation is often considered Mexico's most feared cartel, whose operations stretch across the country.

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GULF CARTEL / 7 SEP 2023

Killings of police officers in Mexico’s northern state of Nuevo León have increased 143% between 2019 and 2022 amid a…

CHAPITOS / 17 JUL 2023

The Sinaloa Cartel has survived over thirty years as the top dogs of Mexico's drug trafficking world. What is the…

CHAPITOS / 23 JUN 2023

The CJNG, Sinaloa Cartel, Chapitos and more have used military-style patches to promote unity and loyalty.

DISPLACEMENT / 2 JUN 2023

Clashes between the Sinaloa Cartel and the CJNG in Chiapas, close to the Mexico-Guatemala border have displacee of thousands.

EXTORTION / 31 MAY 2023

A new report has found that organized crime groups are overwhelmingly to blame for violence in Mexico, and the CJNG…

COCAINE / 24 MAY 2023

Guatemala's military was corrupted by Mexico's CJNG, a former Guatemalan colonel has confirmed during a drug trafficking trial in the…

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Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias 'El Mencho'

MEXICO / AUGUST 7, 2022

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho," has propelled the Jalisco Cartel’s growth to become a fierce and powerful cartel.

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