Problems for the Mexican Jalisco cartel
September 2, 2019

The Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, or CJNG for short, or the Jalisco cartel, has problems. According to Mexican media , a cell of the organization, called Los Cabos, has left the cartel. With bloody violence as a result. Women and small children are also among the victims.

The problems are particularly noticeable in the state of Baja California, where dozens of people have died in the last few months in the city of Tijuana, especially assassins from Los Cabos. This cell is primarily concerned with human trafficking. The number of murders in Baja California has increased by 30% in the last 4 months compared to the same period last year.

"El Mencho"
Los Cabos left the Jalisco cartel because of dissatisfaction with the new structure of the organization. This was necessary because Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka “El Mencho” , the leader of CJNG, has been hiding for a long time. Both Mexicans and Americans have started the hunt for him and have put a high price on his head. The departure of Los Cabos has been meticulously answered by the Jalisco cartel. This also includes innocent victims. In the first week of August, the lifeless bodies of a 25-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter were discovered in Tijuana. Both were shot. A few days later, a woman's head was found in a plastic bag in the same neighborhood.

Sinaloa cartel
After the departure of Los Cabos from the Jalisco cartel, another human trafficking cell arose: they lost the protection of CJNG and thereby became an easy target of the Sinaloa cartel. The latter organization has been fighting a bloody battle with the Jalisco cartel for years. Los Cabos, for example, literally came under fire from 2 drug cartels. One of the victims of the violence was Ricardo Álvarez Olivares, aka "El Baby" or "El Cabo 39". The 30-year-old criminal was wound up in La Paz while he was in his car (photo above). "El Baby" went into hiding in vain.

Issue
But the departure of Los Cabos is also a problem for CJNG: in addition to fighting the ancient enemies of the Sinaloa cartel, they also have to fight with their former comrades from Los Cabos. In that complex struggle, it is not always clear to which camp the people involved belong.

Crystal meth
CJNG is considered to be one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico. Currently, the activities of the Jalisco cartel are mainly concentrated in eight Mexican states. But the cartel also plays a very important role in the international coke trade and especially in the trade of synthetic drugs and in particular crystal meth. The cartel has links with criminal groups around the world. The export to the US runs over various international stages. Similarly, Chinese criminals are said to be involved in the export of drugs to North America.