Jalisco Cartel New Generation "CJNG Cartel" Attacks against El Abuelo Farias and Allies Continues In Michoacan. Home of Mayoress of Querendaro, Michoacan, Raided, vandalized,and set on fire by CJNG Cartel.

 BY: CHAR 

AUGUST 1, 2025

The Jalisco Cartel New Generation's armed wings, including Grupo Delta, Fuerzas Especiales Mencho, Los Guerrero, and Los Viagras Cartel (which has formed an alliance with the CJNG Cartel), have continued their attacks on El Abuelo Farias or Cartel de Tepalcatec territories. 

Moreover, for almost two weeks straight now, violent incidents have occured in Michoacan, the attacks led by the CJNG Cartel-Los Viagras Cartel in territory controlled by El Abuelo Farias and allies. This Friday night, August 1, 2025, CJNG Cartel made an incursion into Querendaro, Michoacan, in which they targeted the house of the mayoress of Querendaro. The house was vandalized, set on fire by the armed group, and two vehicles with a 'CJNG' sticker were left behind by the assailants. 

CJNG ATTACKS QUERENDARO MAYORESS' HOME 

The two videos uploaded were published by the 'ZULU' telegram channel on August 1, 2025. 

"Last night, CJNG hitmen raided the home of the mayor of Queréndaro.

During their escape, they left two vehicles abandoned on the outskirts of Queréndaro, one of which was set on fire."

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Alleged Townspeople Approve The Recent Attacks Of CJNG Cartel Against El Abuelo Farias and Allies In Michoacan.

 BY: CHAR 

JULY 24, 2025 

On Saturday, July 19, 2025, CJNG Cartel resumed its attacks against El Abuelo Farias/ Poncho La Quiringua/ El Guicho de Los Reyes/ and Los Caballeros Templarios. Simultaneously, the Jalisco Cartel New Generation armed wings, Fuerzas Especiales Mencho/ Grupo Delta, and Los Viagras Cartel (allies of CJNG) initiated an offensive attack on various flanks. The attacks of the CJNG Cartel occured in Tepalcatepec, banners were found in Los Reyes, and clashes occurred in Apatzingan. 

On Tuesday, July 23, 2025, a video surfaced of alleged townspeople in Michoacán supporting the recent attacks by the CJNG Cartel against its rivals. 

VIDEO TRANSLATION

BY: SOL PRENDIDO

Good evening to all the Michoacán citizens, federal government, and the leaders of the Ministry of National Defense. The day of a social uprising is very near. As citizens, we will protect our families and stop the murders of innocent, hardworking people committed by Wicho, Poncho, and Abuelo Farías. 

We say to the government, that if you are going to continue supporting the insults and abuses committed by these extortionists, the people will no longer allow it. Let them wage their war with other cartels. It's not fair that we, the people, have to pay for this.

Their extortion and fee collection business is lucrative. But now, they’re trying to recruit our wives and daughters to form so-called self-defense groups. Open your eyes: these self-defense groups are hitmen under the command of Wicho, Poncho, and Abuelo Farías. It's unjust to see them mess with the lives of people and hard working citizens.

We're fed up with their persecutions, the government's abuses, and their lies. The only thing they’ve ever given us was lots of empty promises. If Michoacán and Mexico need another revolution, it will be born here in Michoacán. The state of Michoacán will no longer live under the injustices of the government and the murders of the so-called self-defense groups.

As for you, Abuelo Farías, we all know that the government supports you with the weekly percentages you give them. Wicho and Poncho, we Michoacanos know that you are supported by the mayors of Los Reyes, Tingüindín, Tocimbo, and Cotija.

They’re the ones that allow them to have those scumbag public security directors who lend themselves to the disappearances of citizens and many other things. Let it be clear, government, this is our last warning. Expect us very soon.

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Army busts clandestine mega-lab in Tepalcatepec, a blow of 80 million a week to Michoacán's biggest drug lord, after the murder of eight soldiers in his territory

 CHAR 

MAY 28, 2025

INFORMATION BY NOVENTA GRADOS 

Tepalcatepec, Mich., May 28, 2025. In a major blow to organized crime, members of the Mexican Army located and dismantled a clandestine mega-laboratory in the municipality of Tepalcatepec. The laboratory had the capacity to produce nearly two tons of synthetic drugs weekly, with an estimated value of more than 80 million pesos per week.

The operation was reportedly carried out during surveillance and reconnaissance patrols in high-crime areas, specifically in the vicinity of the town of Catarino Pérez, according to the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena).

During the operation, soldiers detected several individuals aboard a pickup truck who, upon noticing the military presence, abandoned the vehicle and fled into the undergrowth. The vehicle, which had been reported stolen, was transporting two tubs containing approximately 300 kilograms of a granulated substance with characteristics similar to methamphetamine.

After securing the vehicle, the soldiers conducted a search of the area and, a short distance away, located a clandestine complex operating as a drug laboratory. The site was equipped with industrial infrastructure and large quantities of chemical inputs.

At the site, four reactors, four condensers, three metal centrifuges, seven cylindrical containers, 53 drums containing unidentified chemicals, 32 vats, 29 drums containing various substances, six buckets containing unknown white material, 64 sacks containing probable caustic soda, more than 10 gas tanks, and three large-capacity metal pots were seized.

This discovery represents one of the most significant seizures in the region so far this year and comes just hours after the deaths of eight Army and National Guard soldiers when a mine was activated that blew up the armored truck they were traveling in, on the border between Michoacán and Jalisco. The crime is attributed to the terrorist organization (designated as such by the United States) Carteles Unidos, which includes the Los Reyes Cartel and the Tepalcatepec Cartel, with Juan José Farías "El Abuelo" as its top leader.

Despite being the leader of a terrorist group, it is presumed that El Abuelo Farías does not have a single arrest warrant in Michoacán. However, it has been proven that the Army protects its territory from incursions by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, even using helicopter gunships to preserve the drug trafficker's hegemony.

The state government has even further protected the criminal stronghold of Tepalcatepec—a municipality governed by a sister-in-law of El Abuelo Farías—by installing six Interinstitutional Operations Bases with state agents and soldiers, a disproportionate number compared to, for example, Morelia, the state capital, where there are only five bases to protect one million residents, while Tepalcatepec has only 24,000 inhabitants.

SOURCE: NOVENTAGRADOS 

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FOLLOW-UP: None of the seven bodies from the plane that crashed in Quitupan have been identified, nor have they been handed over to their families: Jalisco

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was posted by EL OCCIDENTAL 

The State Prosecutor's Office indicated that no one has come forward to claim the bodies.

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Elizabeth Ibal

More than 24 hours after the crash of an aircraft in the municipality of Quitupan, none of the bodies have been delivered to their relatives, according to sources from the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences.

The bodies were taken to the regional forensic headquarters around noon on Monday, and later processing began to obtain genetic samples for identification.

Until Monday night, the bodies were not yet delivered to their relatives, however, through social networks, some possible names of the crew members of the Cessna 207 light aircraft, registration number XB-MLO, began to circulate.

One of the deceased was pre-identified as Juan de Dios Frías Villalobos, son of the former municipal president of Tepalcatepec, Uriel Frías, and nephew of Juan José “El Abuelo” Farías.

Some other names of the possible identities of the rest of the victims have been circulated through social networks, however they have not been confirmed by any authority.

On Sunday afternoon, the aircraft crashed in the town of Palo Verde, in the municipality of Quitupan.

According to the State Civil Protection Unit of Jalisco, the plane left the town of La Parota, in Huetamo, Michoacan, but later suffered an accident and fell in a property in the municipality of Jalisco.

SOURCE: EL OCCIDENTAL 

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Güicho De Los Reyes "R5" War Against El Delta Maximo Leader Of CJNG Armed Wing Grupo Deltas Continues: Michoacán

 "Char" and "Enojon" for Borderland Beat

July 30, 2024

The following video was uploaded by a social media account affiliated with Güicho De Los Reyes or R5 criminal group. The video was published on July 29, 2024, and a voice can be heard directing the hitmen to stay focused in the audio-recorded. This voice is none other than Luis Enrique Barragan Chavez "El Güicho De Los Reyes" or "R5". The heavy clash is between Güicho de Los Reyes against CJNG Cartel armed wing Grupo Deltas led by Maximo Delta or Delta Maximo former longtime bodyguard of Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes "Mencho". 

VIDEO TRANSLATION 

GÜICHO DE LOS REYES: Maniaco give them all, with all you have!

Hitmen: inaudible 

GÜICHO DE LOS REYES: Hit the monsters .. Chino, Chino how are you?

Chino: I am good, I am good. Hell yeah!! I will hit those dogs!! 

Hitmen: inaudible 

Hitmen: Cmon, Cmon people we gotta keep hitting them! 

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El Abuelo Farias And Omar Mora "La Nalgona" Key Criminal Figures In Tepalcatepec And La Ruana According To Dozens Of Narco-Banners: Michoacán

 "Char" and "Enojon" for Borderland Beat 

July 12, 2024

Image by SocalJ

Juan Jose Farias Alvarez "El Abuelo Farias" was once again in the eye of the storm named alongside Omar Mora "El Nalgon", in dozens of narco-banners. The infamous so-called self-defense leader El Abuelo Farias who in reality is a local Michoacán cartel leader is at an all-out war with his compadre and CJNG cofounder Nemesio Ruben Oseguera-Cervantes "Mencho." 

The above narco-banners were allegedly hung Friday, July 12, 2024, in dozens of strategic points. Noventa Grados and other news sites indicate that the banners were placed in the municipalities of Uruapan, La Huacana, Nueva Italia, Paracho, Apatzingán, and Buenavista. Moreover, surprisingly the banners were not signed by rival groups which is interesting because CJNG Cartel has made their war very public against El Abuelo Farias from the very beginning. 

The banners not being signed by CJNG could mean that they probably did not want the heat of military authorities, or could be a sign that there is tension growing between Cartel De Tepalcatepec and Los Viagras. 

BANNER TRANSLATION

" Statement 

Omar Mora “La Nalgona” and Juan José Farías “El Abuelo” are the owners of the more than 600 kilos of crystal meth seized in the La Rauna. The attorney general of the state in the municipality of Buenavista, Michoacán, sources of the municipality informed that the drug load was found in a property used as a tire and repair shop owned by “La Nalgona” and Juan José Farías Álvarez “El Abuelo” this two mentioned are widely recognized to be part of a criminal group that operates in the region of Tepalcatepec and La Ruana. These criminals have committed crimes for years. El Abuelo Farías was captured by military forces in an impressive operation on May 18, 2018, but was liberated because of his connections. Lastly, the sources informed us that in La Ruana Antonio Naranjo is a member of the 

"TEPALCATEPEC CARTEL"  

“El Abuelo Farías” was captured on September 16, 2023, with a large arsenal of weapons trying to make himself look like a Self-Defense leader, and finally he was captured a second time by the FGR (Attorney General Office) in July 3, 2024, with another large arsenal of weapons along with 28 persons for the theft of horses, and was also captured on March 12, 2014, in the municipality of ALVARO OBREGON. 

SOURCES: NOVENTA GRADOS,  Borderland Beat, Borderland Beat, Borderland Beat 

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