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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Zacatecas: Deaths and Disappearances Increase due to Sinaloa Cartel vs. CJNG

As reported by Alfredo Valdez and Gustavo Castillo for La Jornada 

Over the past two years the violence caused by the war between the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) for control of the distribution of narcotics in Zacatecas, in addition to the transport of precursory chemicals and drugs from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, as well as towards areas closer to the United States, has caused over one thousand reports of people missing and the multiplication of murder in the state.

For criminal organizations this state has become a key point for land routes that extend from the center of the country to the north and serves to connect between areas that, up until 2018, had been in the hands of the Cartel del Golfo and Los Zetas, which have been overwhelmed by the violence created by the Sinaloa Cartel and the CJNG.

Reports from the Executive Secretary of the National System of Public Security (SESNSP) showed that in this state, which borders San Luis Potosí, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Nayarit, Guanajuato, Durango, Coahuila and Nuevo León, in 2020 there was an increase in the number of murders of almost 50 percent compared to those registered from 2017 to 2019.

In 2017 the federal organization dependent on the Secretary of Citizen Security and Protection (SSPC) registered 551 cases of murder, in 2018 a total of 561, and in 2019 510 were counted. In 2020 the number increased to 789 murders.

In this context, while the average number of murders was 42 cases during the month of January from 2017 to 2020, during the first month of this year the SESNSP has been notified of 108 killings of this type.

The groups and Areas of Dispute

Federal officials pointed out the reports from the Security Cabinet referring to the dispute for control of Zacatecas beginning in 2018, when cells of the CJNG, led by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho", made an act of presence in the area known in the area known as Los Cañones de Jalpa and Tlaltenango, which is located on the Jalisco border [Red on map below].

The initial confrontations occurred with the groups Los Zetas and Cartel del Golfo, which operated in the state. The organization of "El Mencho" absorbed cells of rival groups, as occurred in other states.

The presence of the groups originally from Tamaulipas and with a presence in Coahuila, Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí (above all those identified with the Cartel del Noreste) have lost territory in Zacatecas, mostly since 2019, when cells of the Sinaloa Cartel entered through the municipalities of Sombrerete, Miguel Auza and Juan Aldama [Blue on map above].

[Note from Itzli: To clarify part of this article, it is my understanding that the Cartel del Golfo, which once had significant power in Zacatecas under the leadership of Francisco Noé González Ramírez, alias "F1", became aligned with the CJNG following his arrest and has basically been absorbed by the CJNG last year. As for the Cartel del Noreste, as late as December of last year incursions into Zacatecas have been reported but they do not seem to hold any significant territory. In addition to the CDN, the article's mentioning of Los Zetas alludes to Los Talibanes, which once held significant power in Zacatecas. Following the arrest of their leader, Martín del Río Espinoza in November of last year, it was reported that Los Talibanes worked in close coordination with the CJNG.] 

In addition to drug trafficking, the criminal groups have increased their activities of extortion, kidnapping, "cobro de piso", causing cases of stores and businesses being burned in the municipalities of Fresnillo, Jerez, Guadalupe and Zacatecas.

Weeks ago, Luz Domínguez Campos, head of the Commission of Human Rights in the state made known that during the last decade the Attorney General has located 334 clandestine graves in the state.

In this context, 2,192 reports of missing persons were made to authorities over the last decade, but in 2019 the State Attorney General's Office (FGJE) stared 389 investigations for reports of unlocated people and in 2020 the number rose to 581 cases.

With that respect, Ricardo Bermeo, coordinator of the Citizen Advice for the State Mechanism for the Search for People lamented that in order to attend to this grave problem the attorney general of Zacatecas only authorized six investigators, two commanders, and four agents of the Public Ministry, that are "completely insufficient for the investigation and search" for the disappeared.

37 comments:

  1. CJNG making CDS members disappear should be the name of the article!

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  2. Animo sicarios!

    El Señor Azteca 18 o H-18 al mando de Zacatecas plaza del CDS

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  3. People from Zacatecas are saying CDS be dropping them dudes from Jalisco can it be true?

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    1. True . Mencho no Paga they don’t have weapons in fresnillo cjng drooping like flies . So they call themselves carteles unidos . Golfo cjng, cdn and talibanes are all together now vs CDS
      “ El Zacatecas “

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    2. CJNG will never call themselves Carteles Unidos because of the war they have going in Michoacán. Everything you just said is false try again

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    3. 9:09 no wonder the menchas are killing so many business people in fresnillo for not paying them extortion, they are desperate for money

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    4. Ahí un chingo de estacas en la ciudad de Durango. Se van armar los chingasos. Sigue llegando gente. Agárrese papá.

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    5. I doubt cdn allied with cjng they hate each other very much

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    6. 10:50 ay estacas de cjng entrando ala ciudad de durango o están juntando mas gente en durango los cds mz para mandar a Zacatecas? Explica mejor pariente esta bueno ser informado somos delos dos estados.

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    7. 9:40 there’s videos about this look it up we’re from Zacatecas we fucken know was going on . I understand in other states there going hard against each other but in Zacatecas these faction were weakend so they had to either aligned themselves or die so guess what they are now holding hands like little bitches and fighting together against CDS att
      “El Zacatecas “

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    8. Fresnillo is CDG/Zetas what are you all gong on about. They might have an alliance with CJNG. CJNG has people in Nayarit, Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern Jalisco. They have people in Colima and the people fighting in Michocan which is a small group 1000 at most probably less. Guanajuato, the people in Huetamo and that area. The people fighting the Correas in Ciudada Hidalgo Michoacn, people in Mexico state and the list goes on.

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  4. Sinaloa is kicking ass all over the place . They did have a confrontation with guardia nacional in Santa Rosa which resulted in 5 sicarios dead and 4 arrests . This was after they burned down a house in Jerez . They are burning down all the spots were drugs are being sold and the vehicle’s too right after they execute the person there after . Look these guys sell drugs for Cjng but are not armed because menchos is not providing weapons to this guys that’s why cds is killing them off in reality menchos armed forces are only in certain areas most likely in the south part of Zacatecas . Att
    “El Zacatecas” cerquita de Fresnillo

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    1. Who did those 5 guys belong to???I heard a lil story about that shooting,we from very close to Santa Rosa

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    2. Not in Chihuahua that's for sure

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    3. They were from CDS
      “ El Zacatecas”

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    4. Killing off local drug dealers and puahers is not always a sign of killing off rivals.
      Rivals just heat up the plazas that way.

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    5. 10:08 that's I thought when this guy watering his animals ran into this group of guys right before the shooting,they told him they would not hurt him n if he wanted they could even help him feed his animals...

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  5. CDS is only tough in THEIR fantasy music 🎶
    CJNG let them know what time it is in many PLAZAS.. Too MANY CDS GROUPIES confusing music with REAL life

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    1. 7:52 don't believe everything those pendejos from cjng be saying in the wack videos n banners they make..🤣

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    2. CDS uses music and CJNG uses social media videos for propaganda. Don’t be fooled.
      It’s all a method of brainwashing.

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    3. You sound like a jalisco groupie. That makes you no better than the cds groupies pendejo

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  6. The new State's Citizens' Security Narco-Secretary has been denounced for ties with cartels, the prior secretary, some sanababich from SLP was forced to resign to favor the new one who has proven to be one worse asshole with "training with the police in france", one more asshole like Omar Hamid Garcia Harfuch, Manelich Castilla Craviotto and enrique francisco Galindo ceballos el Carnicero de Tanhuato, Tanhuato's Butcher...
    ("Tanhuato, a State Crime")
    What can you expect from a "gendarmeria veteran"?
    Crime, crime, and more crime

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  7. To think Zacatecas was once titled safest place in Mexico. It's been 18 years since last visited. How things have changed & the 🌎 around us.


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    1. And remained safe up until CJNG decided they’d try and take over. All cartels are bad but CJNG is a major cause of the violence. Political Corruption is still the main cause of instability and violence in MX.

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    2. Where were you in 2005 to 2015?

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  8. Which state is Cjng most focused on?

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  9. In 2007 a good friend of mine got deported back to his home state of Zacatecas. I never did hear back from him.

    Ladies and gentlemen educate one and another, your family and love ones. This war on drugs is senseless. Don’t matter how much you’re struggling to make ends meet; its no reason you should join a criminal organization. Or even consume drugs.

    Much love and peace

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    1. Estimates clearly show the costs of fighting this drug war globally. An astronomical number where funds can be allocated elsewhere for effective results. A neverending cycle to which law enforcement continues to loose.
      Nevertheless, I praise law enforcement for their tireless efforts in combating drugs.

      E42

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    2. Had a cousin sent to Mexico as part of an arrangement to get his papers thru his wife, got killed 2 months later for selling weed. WEED!

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    3. One of my boys got picked up and killed over 1000 pesos in Mich. About 75 dollars at the time.

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  10. I have family from zacatecas and according to them . sinaloa is killing Jalisco all over the state

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    1. There is a huge presence of armed people all over Zacatecas thats for sure from what i hear, the cds have more respect towards the civilians and will check you if you seem suspicious but let you go if your not involved unlike other groups who clump up innocent people with those who are involved.

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    2. 10:41 PM What are you going on about I seen a video of CDS with a man who was innocent they never asked him any question he never made it home. Everyone in the comments section was telling them he wasn't involved even the opps.

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  11. Cjng getting their butts kicked in Zacatecas & Michoacan from what they say , in Guanajuato they have serious resistance from the fuel thiefs of sledgehammers crew. To top it off they are having internal fighting in there state. its going to be interesting to see if they can last long or if they will start pulling away from some states.

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  12. Nothing more cringy then some keyboard warriors calling Mencho mencha.

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    1. Is your ego hurt jalisco cheerleader, people are starting to sniff the bs your state’s criminal group is bringing into other peaceful states

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