Cartel violence erupts in Michoacán, Jalisco and Guanajuato in a new wave of attacks

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is in revolt. The Mexican government has tightened its grip on the powerful criminal organization in recent weeks in Michoacán, Jalisco, and Guanajuato, a strategy aimed at weakening the CJNG’s strength through confrontations and the arrests of key logistics operators. The goal is to strike the cartel in its major strongholds and gradually suffocate it. The cartel, led by Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho,” reacted Wednesday afternoon with roadblocks and by burning vehicles and businesses in the three states. El Mencho, the most wanted drug trafficker in the United States, is flexing his muscles on his home turf and demonstrating that his organization will sell its skin dearly.

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Fuente: El País