Don Chelo of CJNG gunned down in firefight ten days after leaving prison, gold plated pistols and exotic animals found at his ranch

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Milenio article.

Subject Matter: Don Chelo, Jose Luis Gutierrez Valencia
Recommendation: Read this article by BB reporter DD

UPDATED 12/6/2017 WITH FACE PHOTOS, Thanks Tia Chivis, and new material from Milenio

Jose Luis Gutierrez Valencia, who organized a narco party in the Puente Grande prison in 2013, died in a gunfight with the Mexican Marines at Rancho La Esperanza in Jalisco

Reporter: Milenio Digital
Ten days after being freed from the Puente Grande prison, Jose Luis Gutierrez Valencia, Don Chelo, alleged member of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion died during a confrontation with the Secretary of the Marines on a ranch in Tonala, informed sources from the Attorney Generals Office of Jalisco.

Around 03:00 am, Marines carried out an operation on the La Esperanza ranch and had a confrontation with armed men, that left two Marine elements wounded and three civilians dead, among them Don Chelo.

On the 9th of May, Milenio published fragments of a video of two hours duration of a party organized in 2013 inside the Puente Grande prison organized by Don Chelo who during the years of his incarceration controlled the prison.

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"I’m the one who gives orders here. Ask for whatever you want, I’ll give it to you." Don Chelo at prison party

Posted by DD from Mexico News Daily and Milenio

Ask for whatever you want, I’ll give it to you." Don Chelo

 

The whisky was flowing (screen capture from video)

 
Those were the words of José Luis Gutiérrez Valencia to his fellow inmates during a party captured on video inside the maximum-security prison Puente Grande in Jalisco. 

Also called “El 77” and “El ojo de vidrio” (glass eye), Gutiérrez is best known as Don Chelo and since his imprisonment in 2010 is seen as having been the real prison warden due to the control he exercises.

Grupo Milenio obtained a copy of the two hour video that shows inmates freely enjoying themselves at a party organized by the prison kingpin. The celebration was held on a Sunday afternoon between December 2015 and March 2016.



In the video you can see the organizer, Don Chelo, consuegro of' El Mencho 'and' boss' of Puente Grande, always surrounded by two men wearing fanny-packs, tending to  whatever Jose Luis Gutierrez Valencia might need.  

 'Viva Jalisco Nueva Generación!', Shouts someone before the microphone of one of the members of the musical group Los Buchones de Culiacán.

You will hear cheers and applause.

It is the culminating moment of the party organized inside the state prison of Puente Grande, in Jalisco, by Don Chelo for years the true head of that presidio.

'Here is the one who orders me,' says the killer, 'whatever you want, I give it to you.'

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Navy and PGR detain "El Tolin", in law of El Menchito and son of El Chelo

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from Zetatijuana article

Subject Matter: Jose Luis Ochoa, El Tolin
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required

Reporter: Carlos Alvarez
Elements of the Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico (Semar) in coordination with the Attorney General's Office (PGR) detained José Luis Gutiérrez Ochoa, alias "El Tolín",  in the municipality of Bahía de Banderas, state of Nayarit, he is the son of José Luis Gutiérrez Valencia, "Don Chelo" and brother-in-law of Rubén Oseguera González, "El Menchito", son of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho", leader of the Jalisco Cartel Nueva Generación (CJNG).

Through a statement, the federal institutions announced that "El Tolín", and / or "77" and / or "El Senor de la TT", was arrested during an operation carried out in the residential complex Green Bay II, located in the interior of the El Tigre golf club, where they were confiscated two handguns with  cartridges -among them a 9 millimeters-, and synthetic drugs (around 300 doses of crystal meth).

"El Tolín" was made available to the agent of the Public Ministry of the Federation, in order to determine his legal status. According to the PGR, this subject served as operator of the CJNG in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.

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Manta links Federal Public Ministry with organized crime in Jalisco

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article

Subject Matter: Government collusion with Cartels
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required

Reporter: Goria Reza M
A manta that was located in Tonala accuses the Federal Public Ministry of allegedly receiving funds from organized crime and handing over to elements of the Secretary of the Navy to Jose Luis Gutierrez Valencia, Don Chelo, in law of the leader of the CJNG, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho.

The manta, which was placed in an overpass of the Santa Rita colonia, in the municipality of Tonala, said the following:
"Lic, MPF Oscar Cruz Reyes bit the hand that feeds him, you sent the Navy to Chelo, yout truck was stolen, CJNG."

In his twitter account, the Tonala Police mentioned that " we verified under the command and leadership of the MP, at two different points, the appearance of tarpaulins with a criminal message. Gutierrez Valencia was arrested in January 2010 in Puerto Vallarta, under the name of Antonio Herrera, at that time he was part of the Sinaloa Cartel.

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Videos: Military Overwhelms Zapopan In Searches For Laisha Michelle, Daughter Of Mencho

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As reported by Solcalj yesterday, the Virreyes neighborhood of Zapopan, Jalisco, was swarmed by federal forces, helicopters, armored vehicles and technicals as they searched for the two kidnapped Marines and the kidnappers themselves. Now videos have emerged online which depict the level of resources and personnel being used as part of the search.

Background

On November 15, 2021, the FGR and the Army arrested Rosalinda González Valencia, who is the wife of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho”, the leader of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). 

A few hours after the arrest operation concluded but before the arrest was publicly announced, two Marines went missing from the parking lot of the Walmart, on Aviación street, in Zapopan, Jalisco. It was immediately suspected to be an act of retaliation against federal personnel in response to Rosalinda’s arrest. 

The mobile service provider of the Marines' cell phones was able to tell investigators that that both phones were turned off for the last time at 10:49 pm at night, local time. As reported by Solcalj, the white 2017 Jeep Wrangler belonging to the missing Marines was located on the corner of Santa Anita and Agua Escondida streets in the El Campanario neighborhood in Zapopan.

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The Freedom of the CJNG

Translated by El Profe for Borderland Beat from Zeta Tijuana

                                          

Direct family members and politicians close to Nemesio Oseguera "El Mencho" have been released during the last year, among them his wife, an in-law, and a son-in-law. Authorities boast of the capture of more than 30 cartel members, 15 of them ringleaders, during the same period. However, even with the reward increase of 30 million pesos, the CJNG leader cannot be located. 

Although during the last twelve months more than 15 important leaders in the organization chart of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) have been detained, including several relatives of the leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes "El Mencho", at least five other relevant operators have regained their freedom and possibly continue with their activities.

 

The number of captured has increased after Mexican authorities declared that, in the fight against drug trafficking, the Michoacán criminal group became the priority objective. This is the cartel with presence in 25 states, generator of violence in the states of Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, Nayarit, Baja California, Quintana Roo, and Veracruz.

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Military Arrests 8 Alleged CJNG Hitmen Involved In Abducting SEMAR Soldiers In Jalisco

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Eight CJNG members who were allegedly involved in the abduction of the two SEMAR soldiers were arrested in the greater metropolitan area of the city of Guadalajara, in the state of Jalisco. 

On the afternoon December 1, 2021, agents from the Federal Attorney General's Office (FGR) and soldiers from the Navy (SEMAR) were seen conducting a search in Zapopan, which is the western metropolitan area of Guadalajara city. 

The FGR agents and soldiers arrested Manuel "N", an alleged CJNG member, while he was aboard a vehicle driving on Playa Blanca Poniente street, between Severo Díaz and Moctezuma Avenue in the Moctezuma neighborhood.

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El Mencho alone in the mountain border of Jalisco and Michoacan -if he is captured, then who will take over CJNG?

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat from La Silla Rota

Hidden in the mountains of Jalisco and Michoacan, Mencho's close circle is being neutralized little by little-what becomes of the cartel if Mencho is captured?

During the dawn of August 15, in the city of San Julian, Jalisco, there was a clash between an armed group and elements of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena). 

The shootout ended after the criminals fled the scene leaving two dead, three detainees, three wounded soldiers, and a seizure of a rocket launcher, eight Barret rifles, 47 long weapons, 30 hand guns of various caliber, and a massive amount of ammunition.

 The confrontation was the consequence of an operation, a part of the intense move to capture the leader of the Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG), Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, best known as “El Mencho”.  On the same day of the confrontation, the attorney general’s office or PGR, increased the reward for information leading to his capture to 30 million pesos.

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CJNG advances in 22 states

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana article

Subject Matter: CJNG
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required

Neither the detentions, those executed, or the sanctions against their businesses, have stopped the expansion of the CJNG in Mexico and abroad. The most recent capture of Jose Gonzalez Valencia, La Chepa, a financial operator from Los Cuinis, may prove a blow but various states blame the cartel for their increases in violence.

Reporter: Zeta Investigations
Although the Sinaloa Cartel is considered the cartel with the most infrastructure and experience in the country, the CJNG, became the cartel with a presence in the largest number of states in Mexico in history, execising a globalized drug trafficking and power base, utilizing money laundering, violence and terror.

Its expansive advance is recognized by authorities of other countries. According to investigations from the United States, the cartel led by the Michoacan born Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, has penetrated into at least 22 Mexican states, and in the American Union, has increased the dispute over the traffic and sale of narcotics in its streets.

For its part, Colombia warns of the growth of the CJNG in Central America where it already has operating bases in a similar way as the Sinaloa and Los Zetas cartels. While in Asia and Europe there are indications of his presence as a client and supplier of drugs.

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How Mencho's Son-in-Law Fled to California After Faking His Death

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

In 2020, social media and narco news outlets reported on the death of "El Mencho." Such rumors have been commonly thrown around with these elusive drug lords who have been out of the public eye for decades. It is believed the leader of CJNG was receiving treatments for his kidneys.

A few years later, a similar death rumor was being spread within the CJNG organization itself, that someone very close to "El Mencho," and his family was recently killed because he had lied to the leader of the CJNG. 

This rumor soon spread to the intended ears of Mexican and US law enforcement. Cristian Fernando Gutiérrez-Ochoa, better known as "El Gaucho" was dead...that is until on November 19, 2024 when he was arrested in a luxury home in Riverside, California, living under the name of Luis Miguel Martinez.

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The Luxurious Rural Hideouts Of “El Mencho”

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Vanguardia

These are narco ranches and rural properties used for relaxing and collecting exotic animals, luxury cars, jewelry and other rare items.

In the past Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, ''El Mencho'' , could have a more relaxed life and occasionally go to urban areas to enjoy his ill - gotten gains, but by becoming one of the most wanted kingpins  by both  the governments of Mexico and the United States he now requires  hide outs in different hidden places.

During the search for "El Mencho" by authorities they have managed to detect properties used by the head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) as temporary shelters.

The rural ranches were adequate to make the stay of Oseguera Cervantes and his criminal cohorts a pleasant one.

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Missing Marines' Jeep is Found, WhatsApp Misinformation and More Details on Rosalinda's Arrest

 "Socalj" for Borderland Beat

Federal authorities have deployed an operation in the municipality to find the two elements of the Navy who were disappeared yesterday.

Police from the Jalisco state Public Security Secretariat located the vehicle in which two elements of the Mexican Armed Navy were moving yesterday before being kidnapped by members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) as reported by Borderland Beat.

The truck with Jalisco plates JLS-1552 is a white 2017 Jeep Wrangler, was located on the corner of Santa Anita and Agua Escondida streets in the El Campanario neighborhood in Zapopan.

So far there is no information on the location of the two elements of the Navy who disappeared yesterday. Various cells of the Mexican Armed Navy (SEMAR) have deployed a strong operation in Zapopan to locate two agents who were allegedly kidnapped by operators of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG).

From the morning of this November 17, the troops mobilized to the north of the Jalisco city, in the Virreyes neighborhood. With helicopter flights and dozens of armed trucks, the federal forces are in search of the driver corporal and the Second Infantry Master who disappeared last Monday night.

While the missing Marines were not involved with the operation leading to the arrest of El Mencho's wife, it is suspected that their daughter and son-in-law, who was in the supermarket at the time of the disappearance are behind the kidnapping. Currently, SEMAR and are searching for the missing elements.

Christian Fernando Gutiérrez Ochoa, the alleged son-in-law of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, is identified as the intellectual author of the disappearance of two agents.

Naval intelligence sources confirmed to Infobae Mexico that the image of the suspect is the one that began to circulate on networks after the arrest of Rosalinda González Valencia. According to reports, Christian Fernando acted in retaliation for the arrest together with his partner, Laisha Michell Oseguera González, daughter of the top leader in the CJNG. She, 20, and he, 24, would have ordered the kidnapping of the sailors in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart in Zapopan.

Just as Laisha Michelle Oseguera González belongs to a family of the main leaders of the CJNG, Christian Fernando Gutiérrez Ochoa would be the son of José Luis Gutiérrez Valencia, Don Chelo, killed in Tonalá by Semar in 2017 and who took over the Puente Grande prison. In 2018, the then Attorney General's Office reported the arrest of Luis Fernando Gutiérrez Ochoa "El Tolín" who was identified as the son-in-law of Mencho.

Now the name of Christian Fernando with the same surname has come to light, as it is presumed that he would be Tolín's brother, according to the sources consulted by this medium. However, reports indicate that the partner of Laisha Michelle Oseguera González would be the subject who was at the Wal-Mart in Zapopan and not Tolín.

Misinformation regarding additional arrests, revenge plots began to appear throughout WhatsApp. 

This Wednesday, November 17, a chain began to circulate in the instant messaging application WhatsApp where it is stated that there will be an alleged attack, perpetrated by the criminal organization tonight, for the arrest of Arnulfo González Valencia. González Valencia is identified as Rosalinda's brother and, therefore, El Mencho's brother-in-law.

"A chain circulates on WhatsApp about an alleged revenge of the #CJNG tonight in Zapopan for the arrest of Arnulfo González Valencia, Rosalinda's brother and brother-in-law of 'Mencho'," the crime journalist Oscar Balmen posted on his Twitter account. The reporter claimed that the information shared is incorrect. “It is false: Arnulfo has been detained since the end of 2019 for crimes against health. Calm down.” he pointed out.

Not only him: Abigael, José, Gerardo, Arnulfo, and Ulises González Valencia, El Mencho's brothers-in-law and identified as the main operators, leaders, and members of Los Cuinis, the cartel's financiers, have already been captured by the authorities.

Arnulfo and Ulises González Valencia were sentenced in December 2019 to five and six years in prison, respectively. They had been detained in June 2018 by agents of the then-Attorney General's Office (PGR) and the Federal Police in the municipalities of Zapopan and Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco.

Víctor Francisco Beltrán García. the defendant's legal representative claimed that the Army agents and the Attorney General's Office threatened minors with rifles and even physically hurt them, in clear violation of their individual rights. "She was in a toy store with her grandchildren, they kneed the children, they threatened them with their weapons, another of her grandchildren who is 13 years old was thrown and beaten, they are not the forms," ​​the defender said in a radio interview with Formula Group.

She is currently being held after a federal judge ordered justified preventive detention at the Federal Center for Social Readaptation (Cefereso) No. 16 “CPS Femenil Morelos” in Coatlán del Río, in the state of Morelos. In addition to his wife, who was recaptured this Monday in Zapopan, two of El Mencho's children and various brothers-in-laws are currently in prison in both the US and Mexico.

Although his close circle has been weakened by the arrest of at least eight of his relatives, he remains free. Last year, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) placed billboards on various streets and highways in Los Angeles, California, offering a $10 million reward to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.

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Mencho's Son-in-Law Behind Threats Against Group Arriesgado, Claims Zeta Tijuana

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Mencho's son-in-law is alleged to be the CJNG figure who ordered the threats against the Sinaloa Cartel corrido band Grupo Arriesgado in Baja California. 

An interrogation of a hitman revealed how the CJNG trains and maneuvers hitmen from out-of-state to carry out attacks, and video from the incident exposed how an FGE agent acted as bodyguards for the Mayo-affiliated Grupo Arriesgado. 

Group Arriesgado Attacker Arrested

On February 10, 2023, cartel hitmen fired shots into the air during an autograph signing event for the narco-ballad band Grupo Arriesgado at Plaza 2000 in Tijuana, Baja California.

The gunfire was allegedly intended to intimidate the band, and in particular, its lead singer Arturo Gonzalez, into canceling an upcoming concert. For more details about the series of attacks which ultimately led the group to cancel their concert, please see this previous story.

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DEA places “El Mencho” and “El Alfredillo”, as the first and third most wanted fugitives

Chivis Martinez  Borderland Beat  TY SD  Zeta Tijuana

"He has made few mistakes, he has a lot of experience on the street, that has made it very difficult for us to lead the investigation to arrest him," he acknowledged. ..“He is an intelligent man, he is very good at what he does: he is avoiding being caught."...“El Mencho” does not assume unnecessary risks and has a behavior similar to that of Ismael Zambada García, alias “El Mayo”....

The Administration for Drug Control (DEA), of the United States Department of Justice, placed Michoacáno Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho”, alleged leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG ) as their number one target on their top 10 most wanted fugitive list.

After "El Mencho", the third most wanted,  is Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, "El Alfredillo", son of Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, alias "El Chapo", who in September 2018 was included in the list of the ten most wanted fugitives by the DEA.

 The Sinaloan bosses Rafael Caro Quintero, “El Príncipe”, and Ismael Zambada García, “El Mayo”, are in fifth and sixth place, respectively.

Tuesday, March 10, the DEA placed billboards on various roads in Los Angeles, California, where a reward of $ 10 million is offered to anyone who provides information that leads to the capture of "El Mencho."

The family circle of the CJNG leader has been weakened with the extradition to Washington of Rubén, "El Menchito", and the arrest of Jessica Johanna, "La Negra", both with the last names Oseguera Gonzalez and sons of the Michoacán kingpin.

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Military Hack Reveals Links Between CJNG, La Barredora & Tabasco State Police Officials

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

Hernán Bermúdez, Secretary of Public Security in Tabasco with the Secretary of the Interior and former Tabasco Governor, Adán Augusto.

One of the internal reports revealed by the hacking of the Guacamaya group indicates that the current Secretary of the Interior, then governor of Tabasco, appointed men in Security and in the State Police with alleged links to the Jalisco Cartel. One of the accused denied the accusations.

In his tenure as governor of Tabasco, Adán Augusto López Hernández, current Secretary of the Interior, appointed officials who, according to intelligence reports from the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena), are allegedly linked to the State Security Department and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

It is about the head of the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), Hernán Bermúdez Requena, and the commissioner of the State Police, José del Carmen Castillo Ramírez, who remain in their positions in the management of the current governor, Carlos Manuel Merino. The third accused of an alleged relationship with organized crime is the general director of the State Police, Leonardo Arturo Leyva Ávalos.

The alleged link is referred to by intelligence reports on criminal activity in Tabasco, carried out by the Southeast Intelligence Fusion Center between 2019 and 2022 and sent to the National Intelligence Center (CNI).

In one of the reports, sent on August 30, 2022, the southeast Cerfi warns that the three police commanders are part of the CJNG cell known as La Barredora, which had been led by Benjamín Mollinedo, 'El Pantera', but that after being arrested, Felipe Mollinedo, 'El Felipe', was left as his successor.

The criminal cell, the reports say, is dedicated to "the extraction and sale of illicit fuel, the sale of drugs, extortion, and theft of Pemex pipes," for which it has co-opted "authorities from the three levels of government." Intelligence reports refer to Hernán Bermúdez as 'Commander H', who "authorized 'Pantera' to take control of Huimanguillo and part of Cárdenas, Tabasco" since 2020.

 

Links to Tabasco State Officials

José del Carmen Castillo Ramírez was sworn in as commissioner of the State Police on November 19, 2019, on the instructions of the then-governor, Adán Augusto López. A month later, on December 11, López Hernández swore in Bermúdez Requena, as reported in a statement. "I urge Hernán Bermúdez to maintain the security policy and give continuity to the strategic actions promoted by the state government in this matter," he said.

A day later, the Sedena Intelligence Fusion Center (Cerfi) informed the General Headquarters of the 30th Military Zone about the alleged links between Bermúdez Requena and Trinidad Alberto de la Cruz Miranda, 'el Pelón de Playas', leader of a criminal group of the entity, according to intelligence reports.

Despite the above, on February 5, 2021, Bermúdez Requena appointed Leonardo Arturo Leyva Ávalos, 'el León', as director general of the State Police, who is also part of the list of the alleged 12 members of La Barredora identified by the police.

Together with the previously mentioned officials, Sedena also identified Carlos Tomás Díaz Rodríguez, 'el Licenciado' or 'Tomasín', as related to 'Pelón de Playas'. This official in turn also served as an advisor to the SSPC of Tabasco.

Denial of Corruption

Hernán Bermúdez Requena denied the accusations of the alleged links and even the existence of the criminal group La Barredora, despite the fact that there are various journalistic notes that account for the violence of this organization.

“We cannot even protect, and well, how are we going to protect something that does not have proof of its existence (…) I am not aware of the existence (of La Barredora),” he said in an interview.

“La Barredora is non-existent (sic), there are many who sign, but here where I see the blankets and cardboard they are very common, but we do not do research. Here we are not aware that there is a cartel and more of that magnitude. There are local criminals, they are local criminals and they cannot be called organized crime cartels. With regard to the State Police, we focus exclusively on the municipality of the Center.”

In addition, he said, he has not had any official notification regarding these accusations. “I have never been notified, much less of any of this. Even today we had a meeting with the board and the subject was touched upon; I spoke with the CNI here and they were asked if he was aware of its existence today and he said 'no', just like the governor”.

“If there is something against it, then at any time they feel me on the bench of the accused. And I can answer everything, but that there are baseless accusations because that deteriorates the image. And furthermore, I sincerely believe that this, as everyone says, is a hack and we don't know if this information really comes from Sedena or if the hackers themselves are taking advantage of this to say 'this is what we found there. It is an invention, it could be”, said Bermúdez.

Although Adán Augusto López left the government of Tabasco on August 26, 2021, to occupy the Ministry of the Interior, his version was also requested regarding this case, since it was he who made the appointments. However, there was no response.

CJNG Network in Tabasco

In the internal document revealed by Guacamaya, Sedena also reported that La Barredora was led by Benjamín Mollinedo Montiel, 'el Pantera' or 'el Panther', who once captured was replaced by Felipe Mollinedo Montiel, 'el Felipe'.

Below these criminal commanders, Euler Rubalcaba Colorado, 'Comandante Rayo', leader of the CJNG who was also in prison at that time, was identified. Also, to Roger Pérez Salazar, 'el Profe', plaza boss in Macuspana, Tacotalpa, Jalapa, and Teapa, "who was picked up on Mar. 24, 2022, by an armed commando and to date is missing."

The document mentions that in Tabasco the main municipalities with the greatest presence due to the management of routes of transfer and illicit extraction of hydrocarbons, transfer, and distribution of drugs and migrant trafficking by criminal organizations are Huimanguillo, Cárdenas, Cunduacán, Centro, Paraíso, and Comalcalco.

Felipe Mollinedo Montiel is specifically mentioned as the plaza boss in Huimanguillo and Eleazar Sierra Chávez, 'Comandante Chelo', with a presence in Playas del Rosario.

In a final list of officials, the Intelligence Fusion Center mentioned as members of the State Attorney General's Office with possible links to 'el Pelón de Playas' Manuel Hernández Hernández, 'el Gato', and Omar Romero, inspector of Central Zone and Police Investigation Unit, respectively.

On the night of Monday, December 31, 2021, elements of the National Guard arrested the 'Pelón de Playas', who according to local press reports was a deserter from the police who went on to form his own criminal cell on the beaches of Tabasco. That's where his nickname comes from.

After his arrest, a message allegedly addressed to López Hernández was spread on social networks, in which he was reproached for having failed to comply with the “Peace Pact, therefore his family of notaries will pay for this offense, the miarda command that participated in the capture of the pattern (sic)”.

The Guacamaya group hack was revealed last week. The hacktivists claim to have obtained six terabytes of information.

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Baja California Authorities Identify More CJNG and Sinaloa Cartel Sicarios and Drug Dealers in Tijuana

"MX" for Borderland Beat

Neighborhoods in Tijuana under CJNG or Sinaloa Cartel control

In a recent report published by the Tijuana-based and award-winning news magazine Zeta, Baja California state officials released the names of 48 newly-identified sicarios and drug dealers from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and the Sinaloa Cartel that operate in Tijuana's most dangerous boroughs. These criminals rotate in and out of prison and are responsible for driving violence in the city.

The criminals in the report operate in Sánchez Taboada, Natura and Centenario, three boroughs in Tijuana. At least 40% of the murders committed in Tijuana are committed in these three locations. In addition, at least 89 drug sale locations are located in these areas. Tijuana currently has the highest homicide rate in the state of Baja California, but authorities say they are working to curb the drug-violence.

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