Markos Hernandez Aka "El Smith or El Karton" a CJNG operator executed in Zapopan, Jalisco

Original article available at Proceso/ With additional information provided by El Wachito
Additional information was obtained through personal contacts of El Wachito
Translated by El Wachito

On Tuesday morning, the driver of a red BMW i8 suffered an armed attack in Zapopan Jalisco. According to Proceso the car has an estimate value of 2.7 million pesos, and the Ministerial Power APRO believes that the victim was a member of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, which is an organization headed by Nemesio Oseguera, El Mencho.

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The driver of the BMW died moments after the aggression, and according to documents of law enforcement agencies, his name was Marcos Hernandez or Alejandro Ruano, El Karton and he belonged to a cell of "El 2", which has the objective to eliminate Carlos Enrique Sanchez Martinez or Miguel Angel Sanchez Solorzano and Luis Emmanuel Rodriguez Cerros, aka "El Cholo".



At the beginning of this year, "El Cholo" was considered a right man of "El Mencho", however El Cholo ordered the execution of "El Colombiano", who was the principle financial operator of the CJNG. Mencho found himself bothered by the unauthorized execution from El Cholo and he decided to kill him.

BMW i8 of El Karton

According to local media, El Colombiano died during a firefight in March 10th, in Puerto Vallarta, inside the parking lot of a Walmart store located in Blvd. Francisco Medina Ascencio.

"Because of this, El Mencho put a price on the head of El Cholo and ordered his execution, which led a struggle for the territory of Tonala, Guadalajara and Tlajomulco de Zuñiga". Other collaborators of "El 2" were, El Karton, El Padrino, El Pipo and El Tortas.

According to information provided by Law Enforcement, "El 2" ordered the execution of everyone involved in crimes of theft, which led to a series of assassinations in the metropolitan area, and a couple of narco mantas.

Law Enforcement agents claim that "El 2" is responsible for the bodies that were found in black plastic bags in Colonia San Martin de las Flores de Abajo, in Tlaquepaque, and also the bodies that were hung from the bridges in Periferico, Zapopan. Both executions happened in July 8th.

El Karton in Italy

El Karton, was between 30 and 35 years old, and he was attacked in Periferico and Melchor Ocampo street, around 9:40 AM of Monday 28th, by a couple of individuals that were traveling on a black high powered motorcycle. They shot him around 5 times. The victim received 2 gunshots, one in the neck and another one in the shoulder.

After being attacked, he drove a couple of meters and crashed against 5 vehicles that were waiting on the traffic light. The crashed left 3 individuals with minor injuries. The paramedics took "El Karton" to a hospital, whoever he died minutes later.

The execution happened 350 meters away from the PGR Headquartes of Zapopan.