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Thursday, March 14, 2024

Which Drug Groups Operate In Zapopan, The Municipality Of Jalisco Where Journalist Jaime Barrera Was Kidnapped

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

The 56-year-old communicator spent more than 24 hours abducted, He revealed that his captors warned him to 'lower' the topics he covers.


At least three criminal groups operate in Zapopan.


Safe and sound. This is how journalist Jaime Barrera Rodríguez was located during the early hours of this Wednesday, who was last seen on the afternoon of March 11 in Zapopan, Jalisco. In his first statements, the communicator revealed that his captors didn’t ask for money in exchange for his release; instead, they left a warning: he has to stop covering certain topics. In this regard, the question arises: what criminal group could be behind these events?

According to the chronology of the events and public police reports, the renowned Jalisco communicator attended his radio program at the Megaradio facilities, located in the Jardín de San Ignacio neighborhood and, around 2:00 p.m. on Monday, he left from the building to leave in his vehicle.

It was then that, as revealed by the head of the State Prosecutor's Office (FE) of Jalisco, he was intercepted by a group of three or four men, one of whom had a long weapon.


Jaime Barrera. 


The story of the collaborator of Televisa Guadalajara, El Informador and Canal 44 indicates that he was forced to get into another vehicle blindfolded and with his hands tied. Immediately afterwards, he began to be questioned about why he wrote what he writes and who he works for.

“What I told you, I don't write on behalf of anyone or under anyone's orders, I write what I believe is journalistic (...). I think it was a bit of intimidation,” he shared in a brief interview with Azucena Uresti for Grupo Formula.

In other meetings with the media, he indicated that, shortly after 24 hours held in a warehouse, his captors took him to the municipality of Magdalena, Jalisco, where they released him with a warning.

“If he didn't do certain things or didn't calm down, they already knew where I lived, who my children are, where I travel through.”

In this regard, he highlights that these events were recorded almost a month after the communicator published the column 'The US persecutes him, in Autlán they allow him to roam freely'; a text in which he directly talks about Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias 'El Mencho', leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).


'El Mencho', leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel


The CJNG, main suspect

According to data from federal authorities updated until the end of 2022, the criminal organization that has the greatest presence in Jalisco is the four letter cartel, its illicit activities have been tracked throughout the entity.

Among the 125 municipalities in which the CJNG operates is Zapopan, the municipality in which journalist Barrera Rodríguez was abducted. But these aren’t the only ones.

Various investigations indicate that in the city there is also a presence of Los Cuinis, the financial arm of the CJNG headed by the González Valencia family, and the Nueva Plaza Cartel, a criminal group that was born as a split from the same organization, but is currently its rival.

Despite this, multiple media outlets already point to the CJNG as being directly responsible, since it is the one that has been attributed the greatest number of crimes of the three groups, in addition to the fact that Zapopan is one of the cities where they have created a business network for laundering their profits.

Likewise, as journalist Héctor de Mauleón refers in his most recent column, Jaime Barrera Rodríguez had recently written about the leader of this criminal organization.

“He then wrote the lines that, according to state sources linked to the investigation, could have caused him to be kidnapped when he left his radio program (sic),” he said.

So far, the authorities have not arrested any of those responsible or referred to which criminal group could be behind the illegal detention of the communicator.






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33 comments:

  1. Zapopan is 100% CJNG, nueva plaza is gone. Alot of CJNG bosses have property and reside in Zapopan.

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    1. This guy is correct. This was absolutely a CJNG kidnapping. Los Cunis work directly with CJNG. Nueva Plaza is very weak and barely alive. CDS operates in eastern Jalisco no where near Zappopan.

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    2. Cuinis are CJNG…

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    3. All of the Nueva Plaza guys are back where they started. The ones that followed Cholo were allowed back. The ones that didn’t go back, left town or were dealt with. Saludos desde Zacoalco perros.

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  2. A que pinches pedas con barbies nos aventamos en el LoU Lou .. antro alli en zapopan y en el STRaNA tambien se puso chingon . Y si ay andaba pura gente de las 4 .. en los baños puro jale de las 4 se consume asta los municipales te revisaban la bolsa si traia un gallo o una gallina estampada te levantan alv y a hablar con el tarjetas segun comentaban los camaradas alli en esos rumbos

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    1. What?? "Si traia un gallo o gallina estampado en la bolsa te levantan alv". El gallo no es marca de las 4?

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    3. 2pm mi disculpa .. no le puse bien. Si no traia un gallo o gallina te levantaban alv segun alli nos comentaron unos camaradas de tlaquepaque

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    4. You drink with Barbie’s?

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    5. I drink with barbies aca en el malecon, unas fersitas que welen a Christian Dior, tiri titi ti ti ti ti ti....

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  3. Lucky to get off with a warning, although I am very glad he did.
    No more writing about Mr Mencho I expect.

    Tricky

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    1. He got off with a write up , next is a 2 day suspension without pay

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  4. They don't just let journalist go free/alive,, is it possible Barrera is connected to politicians?

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    1. No. They realized they messed up by kidnapping him. It would’ve brought bad spotlight on them.

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  5. So what happened to La Corona and Martín Beltrán Coronel "El Águila"? He and his allies "Los Güeros" Rodríguez Olivera were said to also be fighting against CJNG in Jalisco. Both were mentioned in a video. Rumor was they absorbed the remnants of CNP after "El Cholo" got obliterated. This map doesn't show their presence anywhere in the state.

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    1. They’re en teocaltiche playa

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  6. It could always be a staged kidnapping also to bring eyes to his article and he could be working for a government or rival cartel 😆

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    1. That’s actually what I believe to be the case..

      How many other key officials in Jalisco have been kidnapped and found alive?

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    2. Staged kidnappings in Mexico are Common.

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    3. 6:30. Oh really? No they’re not common; just as school shootings in USA fortunately are not common.

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  7. Zambadas Esparagozas Guzmanes Beltranes and other Sinaloan families millions up on millions of pesos in real estate and properties in that area . Financially CDS and probably all the major cartels are in that area

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    1. I can’t imagine how much property in even just MX is owned by cartels and their families… I remember an article back in the day stating that Chapo had over 400 mansions in Peru alone, likely stash spots for massive coke loads.

      Wish I can find that article, I might have seen it here!

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    2. Imagine where else in the world

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    3. 6:35 Colombia Peru Venezuela are also mayor financial hubs for CDS

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    4. Europe as well

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    5. 521 your delusional

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  8. CDS is still in Zap

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    1. No there not. CDS are in los altos and the areas bordering Aguascalientes, and teocaltiche etc

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    2. Yeah they are I just checked

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    3. 11:04 Los Altos is 99% CJNG always has and always will be CDS is getting pushed out from Tecal they’re closer to La Chona now won’t be long until they have no presence left.

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  9. Just want to thank everyone that’s part of the team today at BB. I have been a devoted fan for over 10 years and not only have you helped keep the spirit alive, you’ve ensured that this place will always be the number one narco news blog..

    Paz and Peace, 🦉

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