CJNG displaces the Sinaloa Cartel as the largest criminal organization in Mexico, according to the DEA
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With a presence in 22 of the 32 states, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is emerging as the fastest growing criminal organization in recent years in Mexico, unlike the Sinaloa Cartel, which will operate in 13.

In 2018, the US Department of Justice considered the CNJG to be one of the six most important cartels in the country and among the five most dangerous transnational criminal groups in the world.

For its part, the Sinaloa Cartel is listed by the Drug Control Administration (DEA) as the fastest growing Mexican criminal organization at the international level; in Mexico, it operates along the Pacific coast.

According to information from the DEA, the CJNG is the most recent creation in Mexico, whose presence extends to the countries of the northern hemisphere of America, as well as to Europe, Asia and Australia.

Reports of the National Evaluation of Drug Threat 2018 presented by the DEA, point out that the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, whose headquarters are in Guadalajara, is dedicated to the manufacture and trafficking of large quantities of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl.

In the United States, illicit drug trafficking is carried out through several corridors of the southwestern border of the United States located in Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez and Nuevo Laredo, to reach cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Atlanta.

For its part, in Mexico, according to information in the article "Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG)", published and updated on May 21 of this year by the InSight Crime Foundation, the cartel would have operations in 22 states in the country, a figure that matches the evaluation of the DEA.

Among these are: Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Puebla, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Jalisco and Tamaulipas.

In addition, Colima, Michoacán, Morelos, Guanajuato, Nayarit, Guerrero, Veracruz, Mexico City and the State of Mexico.

Likewise, the National Evaluation of the Drug Threat 2018 details that the rapid expansion of the CJNG is due to the fact that its drug trafficking activities are characterized by violent clashes with government security forces and rival cartels.

According to the media, among the most violent acts that the cartel has carried out against Mexican authorities, is the ambush in April 2015 in Guadalajara, where 15 state policemen died.

That same year, on the southern coast of Jalisco, the CJNG shot down a helicopter of the Mexican Air Force when the authorities allegedly went after the leader and founder of this criminal organization, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho.

The DEA offers for this character that is listed in "The Most Wanted Fugitives", 10 million dollars for those who give accurate information about their location.

On the other hand, among the ex-public officials related to the cartel is the former governor of Nayarit, Roberto Sandoval, who the DEA accused, in May of this year, receiving bribes from drug trafficking organizations, including the CJNG.

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