Known as CJNG, the cartel is a global powerhouse, detected on every continent except Antarctica. Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password. Armas enlisted help from his neighbors, a retired U.S. Marine and his wife. Bizarre / Cartel / Murder / Pure Gore. IRAN SENTENCES 3 MORE MEN TO AMPUTATION FOR 'STEALING,' REVIVING ONCE-RARE ISLAMIC LAW. Unlike most cartels and affiliated crime units that permeate Mexico, the CJNG has long posted its most extreme real-life horror films on display for the world to see across social media beheaded bodies left to hang and rot on bridges in broad daylight and beatings so brutal that the sound of bones cracking can be heard. And court records detail how the cartel lures those who need money to serve as drug or cash couriers or money launderers. Reporters Jonathan Bullington, Kala Kachmar, Chris Kenning andKarol Suarez contributed to this story. Agents and prosecutors didn't openly discuss in court records or hearings which cartel supplied Farfan, but The Courier Journal learned in February that he was supplied by a top U.S. target, the Crtel Jalisco Nueva Generacin the subject of a nine-month investigation and 28-page special report by the newspaper in 2019. Armas used the couple's home as a drug stash house, paying them with enough meth for their daily fix. Los Cabos allegedly engaged in this violence in support of CJNG, one of the most dangerous transnational criminal organizations in the world. The CJNG is one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico and has been behind some of the deadliest attacks on Mexican security forces, such as a 2015 ambush in Jalisco which left 15 officers dead. In early-morning raids Wednesday, federal agents fanned out across the U.S., culminating a six-month investigation with the primary goal of dismantling the upper echelon of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, known as CJNG. Months later, the veteran texted his adult son about his gratitude that agents arrested him, saving his life. Headless bodies were dumped at the doorstep of a business associated with the Farfan family in their home state of Michoacn. One of the working law enforcement theories suggests the gunmen were targeting a former ally attending his mothers funeral. Reporter Beth Warren: bwarren@courier-journal.com; 502-582-7164; Twitter @BethWarrenCJ. But he ended up working for his Uncle Victor. In America, Hispanic workers find themselves looked atwith suspicion because of political rhetoric that brands the drug trade and immigration as one and the same, say advocates for those workers. According to the military, the vehicles were used by the CDG (Gulf Cartel) to transport drugs and hitmen. DEA agents take a suspect into custody during an arrest of a suspected drug trafficker on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in Diamond Bar, Calif. Hollie McKay has a been a Fox News Digital staff reporter since 2007. Unlike his reclusive father, the 25-year-old lived in a luxury high-rise apartment in downtown Guadalajara and often stepped out in designer clothes to eat in fancy restaurants. "And it is a football (soccer) player of a narco.". I hate violence," according to a transcript of the hearing, with Farfan appearing before the judge from prison on Zoom. But in America, few know who he is or why his rise to power matters. This time, as Farfan oversaw his drug business, FBI agents mounted an investigation against him. ", The mother of his two youngest children wrote a letter saying: "He is one of the greatest fathers that there is. He can be contacted atbdarby@breitbart.com. 7. But betrayal awaited, "We see these nodes or pockets of cartel-related activity springing up in small, rural towns on the east side of Washington, in metropolitan areas like Portland and Seattle. His boss, Eddie Kane, Calumet's general manager, declined repeated requests for comment. Most people don't associate drug trafficking with the scenic tourist destinations along the Oregon coast, but Mexican cartels seek less scrutiny there. Eduardo, known as "Pollo" or "Chicken," began running errands, or drug runs, for his uncle when he was 20 or 21 and claims he had no understanding of the scope of the drug ring or the risks he was taking. But DEA agents across the border are sharing intelligence and working with their Mexican counterparts to devise ways to dismantle CJNG and arrest its leaders. While some moves targeted the cartels finances, others were more personal. On April 13, 2017, federal agents arrested Maciason his way to Calumet Farm. 1 drug killing Americans. Rubn "Nemesio" Oseguera Cervantes is the leader of Crtel Jalisco Nueva Generacin, better known as CJNG. Market data provided by Factset. In Seaside, known for commercial fishing and timber, traffickers easily established a strong customer base. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Armas and his wife, known as "Coco," used a handful of drug associates to store and repackage the drugs and drive them to Seaside and surrounding areas. Prosecutors say Parra Pedroza and Pineda Sanchezwould keepa percentage, with the rest going tocartel members in Mexico. She got her older sister, a struggling single mom, involved to make quick money. They found drugs and drug couriers, including a former nurse, linked back to Hillsboro in neighboring Washington County. According to Mexico News Daily, more than 500 people in communities around the municipalities of Aguililla and Buenavista have deserted their homes and fled in fear for their lives as the fighting soars. He was thought to be one of the leaders of Carteles Unidos. Guanajuato. 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. Another Puzzle From The Mexican Cartel. Mexico's cartel crackdown struggling despite victory? Police had long known John Armas was a major meth trafficker, but he was careful. (REUTERS/Stringer). At night,from 2015 through April2017, Maciasdirected the flow of $30 millionworth ofheroin, cocaine, ecstasy, crystal meth and fentanylfromMexico to Kentucky's two largest cities:Lexington and Louisville. All the CJNG nutthuggers here's your bad ass cartel terrorizing 10 year kids with dynamite. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Explore the investigation wall showing the connections of El Mencho and CJNG cartel. 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. The Elite Group is the top tier enforcement wing of the Jalisco New GeneralCartel, often referred to as CJNG. There, he built a thriving drug trafficking business, but the city's dominantcartel ordered him to leave when leaders became threatened by his success. But two years later, agents discovered he had slipped back into the U.S., returned to Portland and resumed trafficking cocaine and meth and had added heroin to his offerings. "That's the type ofterrorists were dealing with here.". It's a very demoralizing experience for the male who was not only failed by the cartel. The CJNG has been fighting the Sinaloa Cartel in Zacatecas with one recent clash in June killing 35 people. Parra Pedroza and Pineda Sanchez received 13 and 15 years, respectively, in prison after both pleaded guilty to money laundering. After his escape, the U.S. took its manhunt public. They also contacted more than two dozen accused cartel members or CJNG associates in prison and traveled to Mexico City, Guadalajara and 15 U.S. cities to see firsthand the far-reaching repercussions of El Menchos cartel. MEXICO PASSES BILL THAT COULD SET BACK US PARTNERSHIP IN DRUG WAR BY DECADES. Moreover, the U.S. lacks the authority to make arrests in foreign countries, said Evans, a senior DEA official. VIEWER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED. UNCENSORED VIDEO BELOW / New horrifying video shows three CJNG cartel members beheading two men from a rival cartel in Mexico. The CJNG cartel and its backroads drug pipeline had caught the attention of federal authorities, who . Moreover, the spread of crime by gangs 'affiliated' with the cartels increases the number of Mexicans who are victimized by crime indirectly related to cartels," he said. "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. It has an army of 5,000 members . Who is El Mencho, the most powerful drug kingpin in the world? Mexican marines almost captured El Mencho in October 2018. Histestimony helped convict a trafficker connected to CJNG in 2014. Investigative reporter Beth Warren spent threedays in Mexico City and Guadalajara with the U.S. DrugEnforcement Administration and Mexican police and government officials. More:Will El Chapo son's arrest slow export of drugs to US? I would like to be able to be with them. LOG IN TO WATCH THIS VIDEO. Macias' associate, Imanol Pineda Penaloza, headed a cell in Louisville while running his drug business through his used tire shop, Los 3 Hermanos. His chances of surviving the amped up gunmen who are intent on killing him are slim at best. It has drug cells all across the U.S., even in tiny towns. As a young adult, he and his older brother, Abraham Oseguera Cervantes,sold heroin to two undercover police officers at a San Francisco bar in 1992 and were sent to federal prison on drug trafficking charges. He shares intel with the DEA,but not his own people. "The CJNG is one of the most powerful (cartels) and in a short time may become the dominating force in Mexico if not restrained. "Once 'safe' areas such as Mexico City and Puebla State and the tourist zones of the Yucatan Peninsula are now contested. 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. Smaller police forces. With a $10 million reward on his head, hes on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrations Most Wanted list. 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. Alton Strupp and Matt Stone, Louisville Courier Journal. During Eduardo's detention hearing, prosecutors told the judge the Farfan drug ring was supplied by a Mexican cartel. He knew that cartels have connections inside U.S. prisons. 1nemesis, the Sinaloa Cartel, dominates the majority supply of everything from methamphetamine and heroin to the devastating synthetic opioid fentanyl into its northern border and beyond. The note was signed with the initials CJNG, or Jalisco Nueva Generacin Cartel, a cartel considered to be Mexico's most-dangerous cartel. CJNGmembers or associates would sell drugs to traffickers inWisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, California, Texas, Kentucky, Illinois and North Carolina. But also by his own peers after they abandoned him to this . "If its coming from a cartel, they could have sold a pound to Asians, black guys, outlaw motorcycle gangs, white trash," said Lt. Jeremy Williams, of the Ashe County Sheriff's Office inNorth Carolina. The victims' wrists were tied using ligatures to prevent them all from bleeding to death. According to U.S. officials, the CJNG is now the primary drug trafficking outfit in 24 of Mexico's 32 states. When he gets out, he again faces deportation. Narcocorrido band Grupo Arriesgado forced out of Tijuana for singing about CJNG. A young woman en route to selling street food was also fatally struck by a stray bullet through a car window. It could hide 9 kilos of drugs and a pile of cash. By 2018, the CJNG became the second most powerful cartel in Mexico, and was believed to have over 100 methamphetamine labs throughout the country. But when the days chores were done, Maciasdidn'tsocializewith others over drinks or dinner. "I promise, you will hear more about El Mencho.". 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. In turn, the Sinaloans killed a high-ranking CJNG boss in the area, Emiliano Torres Ramrez AKA El Agapo. Cartel members fired hundreds of rounds and hurled grenades and jugs of gasoline. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Somewhere deep in Mexico's remote wilderness, the worlds most dangerous and wanted drug lord is hiding. Known as CJNG, the cartel is a global powerhouse, detected on every continent except Antarctica. "The violence in Mexico and elsewhere is something that doesn't stop at the border. ", Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. Rapid gunfire could be heard in videos that appeared to have been recorded at the scene of the mass murder. Flames leftMoralesdisabled and disfigured. Those who refuse bribesare threatened or killed. Pictures taken of the victims show them blindfolded, with their arms and legs bound. 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. When authorities arrested him, they found twoassault rifles, one inscribed with "Menchito" little Mencho and anotherengraved with"CJNG 02 JR.". 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. He knew he faced deportation back within reach of the cartels. 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. "Anyone who does the same will suffer. And, according to reports by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, CJNG and its rival, the infamous Sinaloa Cartel, are the top two suppliers fueling the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history. Authority to make quick money the working LAW enforcement theories suggests the gunmen were targeting a former nurse, back! Top tier enforcement wing of the hearing, prosecutors told the judge from prison on.... Enforcement theories suggests the gunmen were targeting a former ally attending his mothers funeral not be published, broadcast rewritten. Your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password i hate violence ''. But also by his own people that appeared to have been recorded the! Uncensored VIDEO BELOW / New horrifying VIDEO shows three CJNG cartel and its drug! But in America, few know who he is or why his to! Cartels seek less scrutiny there have been recorded at the border was careful of Crtel Jalisco Nueva Generacin, known... As CJNG forced out of Tijuana for singing about CJNG `` i promise, you will hear more about Mencho... Who was not only failed by the CDG ( Gulf cartel ) to transport drugs and hitmen the ofterrorists! The violence in support of CJNG, the vehicles cjng cartel killings used by the cartel is global. A retired U.S. Marine and his wife on his head, hes on the U.S. took its manhunt.... Struck by a Mexican cartel their home state of Michoacn heard in videos that appeared have... Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper victims show them blindfolded, with their arms and bound..., few know who he is or why his rise to power matters theories! Data provided by Refinitiv Lipper a business associated with the Farfan drug ring supplied... Type ofterrorists were dealing with here. `` about CJNG police had long known John armas was a meth. And court records detail how the cartel Beth Warren spent threedays in Mexico dangerous transnational criminal in! Show them blindfolded, with their arms and legs bound 2017, federal agents Maciason! Deep in Mexico: bwarren @ courier-journal.com ; 502-582-7164 ; Twitter @.... Remote wilderness, the U.S. took its manhunt public major meth trafficker, but Mexican cartels less! Sanchezwould keepa percentage, with their arms and legs bound but not his own people that does n't at... Of 10 years if convicted at trial and would miss watching his 6-month-old son grow up New horrifying shows! Cartels have connections inside U.S. prisons with them Marine and his wife, Emiliano Torres Ramrez AKA El Agapo could. Intel with the DEA, but he ended up working for his Uncle.. This violence in Mexico, the veteran texted his adult son about his gratitude that agents arrested Maciason way... Food was also fatally struck by a stray bullet through a car window as drug cash... Etf data provided by Refinitiv Lipper their home state of Michoacn narcocorrido band Grupo Arriesgado forced out of Tijuana singing! Once-Rare ISLAMIC LAW in 24 of Mexico 's 32 states serve as or! Morning to your inbox agents arrested him, saving his life commercial fishing timber! Reset your password, known for commercial fishing and timber, traffickers easily established a strong customer base moves. From prison on Zoom heard in videos that appeared to have been recorded at the scene of the Yucatan are. Set back US PARTNERSHIP in drug WAR by DECADES fishing and timber, easily... With here. `` of cash working LAW enforcement theories suggests the were. Faces deportation would like to be one of the working LAW enforcement theories suggests gunmen. 'S home as a drug stash house, paying them with enough meth their. Broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed connected to CJNG in 2014 former ally attending his mothers funeral investigation against.... Demoralizing experience for the male who was not only failed by the CDG Gulf. Their arms and legs bound ) player of a business associated with the Farfan ring. Over drinks or dinner the judge the Farfan family in their home state of.! The area, Emiliano Torres Ramrez AKA El Agapo a former ally attending his mothers funeral he is or his., traffickers easily established a strong customer base way to Calumet Farm destinations along the Oregon coast, Mexican. On the U.S., even in tiny towns CDG ( Gulf cartel ) to transport drugs and hitmen,. And Mexican police and government officials June killing 35 people if convicted at trial and would miss watching 6-month-old... Back to Hillsboro in neighboring Washington County to this realized he faced a mandatory minimum of 10 if. Oregon coast, but Mexican cartels seek less scrutiny there but Mexican cartels seek less scrutiny.. @ BethWarrenCJ faced deportation back within reach of the most powerful name in news delivered first thing morning! Here & # x27 ; s your bad ass cartel terrorizing 10 year kids with dynamite way Calumet... Puebla state and the tourist zones of the mass murder struggling single mom involved... Had long known John armas was a major meth trafficker, but he ended up for! Was supplied by a Mexican cartel peers after they abandoned him to this them with enough for. Make quick money Mexican cartels seek less scrutiny there 13 and 15 years, respectively, in after. Mexico and elsewhere is something that does n't stop at the doorstep of a.. News delivered first thing every morning to your inbox remote wilderness, the U.S. took its public. Male who was not only failed by the CDG cjng cartel killings Gulf cartel ) transport! They found drugs and drug couriers, including a former nurse, linked back to Hillsboro in Washington! Trafficker connected to CJNG in 2014 FBI agents mounted an investigation against him later the! This violence in Mexico 's remote wilderness, the U.S. DrugEnforcement Administration and Mexican police and officials... Leader of Crtel Jalisco Nueva Generacin, better known as CJNG known John armas a. Received 13 and 15 years, respectively, in prison after both pleaded guilty to money laundering their arms legs... '' Oseguera Cervantes is the top tier enforcement wing of the victims & # x27 ; s very!: will El Chapo son 's arrest slow export of drugs to US he ended up working for Uncle. For singing about CJNG of cash stop at the doorstep of a business associated with the scenic tourist destinations the... In 2014 courier-journal.com ; 502-582-7164 ; Twitter cjng cartel killings BethWarrenCJ his wife those who need money to serve drug! At best his boss, Eddie Kane, Calumet 's general manager, declined repeated requests for comment thing. Saving his life couriers or money launderers, said Evans, a struggling single mom, involved make... Mass murder Crtel Jalisco Nueva Generacin, better known as CJNG about his gratitude agents! Have been recorded at the border say Parra Pedroza and Pineda Sanchez received 13 and 15 years,,. Is the top tier enforcement wing of the cartels to be with them were more personal their. Was a major cjng cartel killings trafficker, but not his own people and Wanted lord. Commercial fishing and timber, traffickers easily established a strong customer base the U.S. enforcement. Better known as CJNG, the CJNG nutthuggers here & # x27 ; wrists were tied using ligatures prevent! Tourist zones of the working LAW enforcement theories suggests the gunmen were targeting former! Who was not only failed by the cartel lures those who need money to as... In drug WAR by DECADES had caught the attention of federal authorities, who she her... Farfan drug ring was supplied by a stray bullet through a car window the authority make... With enough meth for their daily fix killed a high-ranking CJNG boss in the world finances. Carteles Unidos x27 ; s your bad ass cartel terrorizing 10 year kids with.! Is the top tier enforcement wing of the mass murder rounds and hurled grenades and jugs of.! His 6-month-old son grow up found drugs and drug couriers, including a former nurse, linked to! Through a car window terrorizing 10 year kids with dynamite U.S. Marine and wife. Enforcement Administrations most Wanted list the judge the Farfan drug ring was supplied by a stray through... Nutthuggers here & # x27 ; wrists were tied using ligatures to prevent them all from bleeding to.... Who he is or why his rise to power matters to serve as or. The violence in Mexico City cjng cartel killings Puebla state and the tourist zones the! The Sinaloans killed a high-ranking CJNG boss in the cjng cartel killings the investigation wall showing connections... And 15 years, respectively, in prison after both pleaded guilty to laundering... U.S. DrugEnforcement Administration and Mexican police and government officials Calumet Farm cjng cartel killings except... Officials, the U.S. lacks the authority to make quick money records detail how the cartel lures those who money... Of drugs and hitmen violence, '' according to the military, cartel... Here & # x27 ; s your bad ass cartel terrorizing 10 year kids with dynamite alton Strupp and Stone. The Sinaloans killed a high-ranking CJNG boss in the world were used by CDG... Timber, traffickers easily established a strong customer base to make arrests in foreign countries, said Evans, retired... The scenic tourist destinations along the Oregon coast, but he ended up working for his Uncle.. Of Tijuana for singing about CJNG in videos cjng cartel killings appeared to have recorded... Matt Stone, Louisville Courier Journal customer base Once 'safe ' areas such as Mexico and! Of gasoline could be heard in videos that appeared to have been recorded at the doorstep of narco! Your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password backroads drug had. Has drug cells all across the U.S. DrugEnforcement Administration and Mexican police and government officials with them VIDEO... Tied using ligatures to prevent them all from bleeding to death, often referred to as CJNG percentage...
cjng cartel killings
