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Sunday, August 21, 2022

CJNG Grupo Elite Denies Involvement in the Murder of the Mayor's Son in Celaya

"HEARST" and "Huaso" for Borderland Beat 

In a new narco banner the CJNG has denied being involved in the recent killing of the Celaya mayor’s son, which happened just a few days ago.



The Banner About the Mayor's Son


At approximately 9:00 am on August 20, 2022, residents of the city of Celaya, in Guanajuato, awoke to find a number of narco banners had been placed across the city. They all bore the same message and were signed by the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation (CJNG) subgroup Grupo Elite. 



The banner read as follows, as translated by El Huaso: 


We, the CJNG, distance ourselves from the attack and death of Guillermo Mendoza, successful businessman and son of Javier Mendoza, mayor of Celaya.


These are the desperate acts of those filthy people who kill innocents and who continue threatening the population, and who we will continue hunting down until the scumbags are finished and return tranquility to the people.


We don’t charge ‘piso’, we don’t extort, we don’t kidnap, and above all we don’t kill innocent people and we won’t let these filthy commoners continue acting with impunity in the streets.


Because Celaya and all of Guanajuato already have an owner, and it is Señor Mencho.


Sincerely CJNG GRUPO ELITE 


The message is referring to the August 17, 2022, assassination of the Celaya mayor’s son, named Guillermo Mendoza, who was shot to death while he was sitting in his parked car by a group of unknown armed men. For more details on the killing of the mayor’s son, please see this previous story  here.



The killing happened just nine days after federal forces allegedly launched an operation which aimed to capture high ranking CJNG member, Ricardo Ruiz Velasco, alias “El RR”. 


El RR is reported to be the leader of the CJNG subgroup Grupo Elite, which has a strong presence in the state of Guanajuato. When news of his possible arrest broke, a large number of narco blockades were erected by CJNG members within Guanajuato as retaliation against law enforcement. It was later reported that RR managed to get away and was not arrested. 


With this context in mind, some online questioned whether the CJNG was behind the killing of the mayor’s son as it happened shortly after. This banner appears to be the group’s response to said suspicions.





Linguistic and Design Aspects to The Banner


A phrase within the banner, “Guanajuato already has an owner” is a common phrase used in CJNG messaging. When Huaso reviewed his data on narco messages placed in Mexico in 2021, and found that of the 57 narco messages signed by CJNG in Guanajuato, 45 (79%) had this same phrase within them.


Celaya August 2019   -   Celaya January 2020, Alternative Link   -   Acámbaro February 2020   -   Celaya October 2020, Alternative Link   -   Salamanca September 2021   -    Celaya August 13, 2022


It is interesting to note that, as discussed by Borderland Beat contributor Huaso in previous articles, for the last two years, CJNG’s Grupo Elite has been using the same background, decorative graphics, and text style for all of their banners in Guanajuato. That being said, Grupo Elite signs, such those left with human remains, do not adhere to this format.





It appears that this style was developed as a kind of “letterhead”, if you will, for announcements made via banner. Grupo Elite may be doing this in order to denote authenticity and deter the creation of fake banners that rivals might sign as CJNG in order to misdirect law enforcement or heat up the plaza.



Sources: All Source News, José Antonio Cano Hernández, BB - CJNG Grupo Elite,BB - Analysis and Updates on CJNG IED

27 comments:

  1. So Mencho owns the town(Must be terrible to live in a town owned by a criminal gang) and the mayor works for CJNG or he would be dead by now

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    1. 7:12 Well Puerto Vallarta is nice its 100% CJNG

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    2. Mencho ESTA muerto Mijo.

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    3. Not really a good line of logic or example. Towns which are owned by a single cartel tend to be rather safe but the towns in Guanajuato obviously are disputed territory so there’s more violence and less balance.

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    4. @8:15 no buddy puerto vallarra, puerto peñasco, mazatlan etc... are actually controlled by the government. Tourist dollars reign king it doesn't matter how much influence cartels may have in the area, anything to keep the foreigners coming. Ask macho prieto

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    5. Mencho is alive.

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    6. 11:13 in our memories

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    7. Man these people who think Mencho is dead are pretty slow.

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    8. @8:57 post proof or stfu lmao.. you are on every post saying the same shit. .. just cause el pendejo de sargy said he died we supposed to believe it.. smh..

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    9. 8:15 You are wrong!!! It's control by the Cartel!!! They have an agreement not to heat up certain cities because of the tourist. Vallarta is ALL Mencho, Mazatlan y Puerto Peñasco is ALL Mayo

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    10. @10:43 Wait lol you’re seriously suggesting Puerto Vallarta isn’t cartel influenced? Never heard of money laundering 😂

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    11. Mencho died in February, Roldofo.

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    12. @5:45 yes I'm seriously stating that. Do you think the heavy response of all levels of government that shut down vallarta when the chapitos got kidnapped because they are protected? It was initially rumored as a mass kidnapping at a upscale restaurant in a tourist zone which absolutely scared the shit out of the government thinking the victims were foreigners.

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    13. 6:51 in your dreams

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  2. Grupo Elite 03 RR

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  3. Hearst & Huaso nobody tried getting el doble r. The government set up an arrangement to meet with the 3 cjng leaders but it was a set up. & that’s how 03 ppl reacted to that. Doble r is not even a lieutenant he just a regional leader

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    1. Stop watching el joto del Sargy my guy. Sargy used to be reliable at least 60% in terms of info being legit. Now hes just desperate to remain relevant because people see hes just a liar
      Ixtlahuacan del Rio is RR HQ. Hes been caught there before and its always been said that in that area all the way towards GDL zapopan etc. He is untouchable as he has everyone paid off from municipales to Federal forces
      Doble R is no regional leader. Hes jefe de plaza in GTO under 03, and in many key parts of Jalisco on top of commanding support "special forces" in many states. Hes proven to be reliable, loyal and capable so its why he is sent all over to help the local native cjng cells wirh support like men weapons training etc
      Sargy is so full of shit now. Just the other day he swore M2 was almost captured lol didnt he say M2 died, then he said M2 faked his death so he could retire and and or be lowkey.. well then why did he "tell" the biggest blabber mouth story teller in the narco journalist game. Dude doesnt even knoe what to say anymore. Too much crystal, even has him beating up women in Oklahoma lol

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    2. Surely you have more knowledge, experience and contacts huh?🤫

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    3. Quien es papa del 03? Quien es el papa de la negra. SERA que el menchito es el unico tuyo?

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  4. If they washing their hands that means they did do

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  5. Non related but el 80 of la linea got extradited today

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  6. Fucking not elite mofos need to stop lying on mantas

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  7. Of course he’s gonna deny it he knows the Mexican government has been hitting people left and right over there.

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    1. mexican government hitting people?, how do you know that?

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  8. A little update, guys. They announced that they caught the killer of the mayor's son. It's unclear if he's CSRL or CJNG.

    https://twitter.com/FGEGUANAJUATO/status/1561775198231154688?t=VRpacilx7qSOsy_3zDnd-g&s=19

    Someone might do a follow up story on this soon.

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    1. Celaya Mayor had just said crime in Celaya was none of his business...

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