CJNG Cartel Announces Offensive Attacks Against Poncho La Quiringua, El Guicho De Los Reyes, And Maniaco In Los Reyes, Michoacan. CJNG Operatives Attacked Tepalcatepec And Apatzingan Reported Gunfire For 12 Hours

 CHAR 

JULY 19, 2025 

The morning of this Saturday, July 19, 2025, Michoacan woke up to Jalisco Cartel New Generation attacks against longtime rivals, El Abuelo Farias, Poncho La Quiringua, El Guicho De Los Reyes, and Maniaco. 

LOS REYES, MICHOACAN BANNERS SIGNED BY CJNG 

Several banners were hung in Los Reyes, Michoacan, in which CJNG claimed responsibility. The banners were found early Saturday, July 19, 2025, on the roads leading to Los Reyes, Tinguindin, and Tocumbo, according to Monitor Expresso. 

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TOWN OF LOS REYES 

WE ARE HERE. THE CLEANSING OF DIRTBAGS HAS BEGUN, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT THAT SUPPORTS, GUICHO, PONCHO, MANIACO, VENADA, SOMBRA, MASCARITA, ARLEQUIN, YOUR BUSINESS OF EXTORTION HAS FINISHED AGAINST AVOCADO GROWERS, MOREROS, LIMON GROWERS, AND THE FACTORIES. PRESIDENT HUMBERTO JIMENEZ SOLIS, YOU ARE HERE TO PROTECT YOUR TOWN, NOT TO SUPPORT THOSE DIRTBAGS, COMMISIONARY JUAN SEBASTIAN MANZO..... 

TEPALCATEPEC AND APATZINGAN SHOOTOUTS

CJNG Cartel attacked the limits of Tepalcatepec yet again, this past Friday afternoon, and shootouts were also reported this Saturday in Apatzingan, Michoacan. 

The Zulu Telegram channel reported that clashes between CJNG and its rivals took place in the small town of Cholula, located in Tepalcatepec, Michoacán, on Friday, July 18, 2025. 

Zulu Telegram channel reported that CJNG Cartel clashes against rivals reignited this Saturday morning in Cholula and Olivos, located in Tepalcatepec, Michoacan. 

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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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Sedena Deploys 860 Elements In Michoacan To Guarantee Lemon Production

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was posted by LA JORNADA 

WRITTEN BY: CESAR ARRELLANO GARCIA 

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Apatzingán, Mich. The Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) deployed 860 elements in six municipalities of Michoacán, including Apatzingán, Buenavista, Parácuaro, Múgica, Tepalcatepec and Aguililla, to guarantee the production and commercialization of lemons, threatened by extortion by members of organized crime, mainly by the Viagras cartel.

La Jornada visited the “Rancho Seco” orchard, the “La Luna” packing plant and El Tianguis Limonero, located between the town of Antunez and the municipalities of Apatzingan and Paracuaro, which were targets of extortion by organized crime. Producers were asked for up to 2 pesos for each kilo of packaged lemons.

However, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo committed to actions in favor of security in Michoacan municipalities where lemon production is the main economic activity.

Therefore, as of October 1, the 100-day plan of the Federal Administration was launched, with the aim of guaranteeing that the citrus production and commercialization chain develops in an environment of security and public peace.

According to the results of the citrus plan, from October 1 to November 25, 63 alleged members of organized crime have been arrested, 61 firearms, 383 magazines, 11,322 cartridges, 12 grenades, 28 vehicles were seized and 132 kilo 670 grams of marijuana and 980 grams of methamphetamine were seized.

“With the start of the current administration, strategies were implemented mainly related to the attention to the different problems in the country, mainly violence and insecurity. In Michoacán we are working with all the authorities: federal, state, armed forces, police, state and municipal public security. There are 64,111 hectares of lemons grown in the state. The state has the first place in lemon production. We have a register of 3,411 producers. There are 26 municipalities in the state that are dedicated to lemon production, but the concentration is in the six aforementioned municipalities of this hot land area,” said Brigadier General Eugenio Leonardo Lopez Arellanes, State Coordinator of the National Guard in Michoacan.

He indicated that 420 elements of the Armed Forces, National Guard participate, 360 elements of the Army, “we have 50 elements of the Secretary of Public Security of the State, Civil Guard is known, as well as 30 elements of Municipal Public Security. We do it in different routes established in the six municipalities, patrolling, visiting plants and orchards.

Likewise, military protection posts have been set up and personnel carry out security patrols along the lemon routes, visit packing plants and provide escorts for vehicles transporting lemons from the production fields to the storage places and marketing points, as well as for the transportation of lemons from the production fields to the storage places.

But not only that, during the operation the elements have managed to combat extortion, kidnappings, homicides and other crimes related to the production and commercialization of this product.

Hours earlier, the Sedena killed two alleged criminals and injured another, seized a vehicle and seized six weapons, the confrontation originated some 30 kilometers from the site.

Gerardo Zavala González, president of the Parácuaro Lemon Growers Association, said that among the main problems is that drivers transporting lemons to different states of the country are sometimes robbed. “One packer was robbed on the way from Morelia to Querétaro, that is what they face outside the municipality, being stopped and robbed. Another packer told me that he was also robbed in Maravatío. We are calmer with the presence of the National Guard, there is more security”.

SOURCE: LA JORNADA 

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What Is The New Cartel In Michoacán That Announced A Purge Of Its Rivals? Cartel Michoacan Nueva Generacion Or Michoacan Cartel New Generation

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated INFORMADOR MX

Organized crime in Mexico has reconfigured itself and new criminal groups have emerged, changing the criminal map of the country.

By: SUNDAY

November 2, 2024 - 09:36 am

Organized crime in Mexico has reconfigured itself and new criminal groups have emerged, changing the criminal map of the country and demanding a security strategy from the authorities.

Among these new criminal organizations is the self-proclaimed Michoacan Cartel New Generation, which has a presence in the state of Michoacan, very close to Jalisco. But how was it formed and what is its impact?

The Michoacán New Generation Cartel

The union between the New Generation Cartel (CNG) and “Los Viagras” became what is now known as the New Generation Michoacan Cartel, made up solely of Michoacans to confront the strongholds of “Los Templarios” in Apatzingan and the so-called “El Abuelo” Cartel of Juan Jose Farias Alvarez, based in the municipality of Tepalcatepec, in the Tierra Caliente region bordering Jalisco.

Through various messages, the criminal group asked the population of Aguililla, the homeland of the leader of the New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho,” for a vote of confidence in the alliance between the CNG and “Los Viagras” and announced a cleansing of their rivals.

“We have a presence in 80% of the state of Michoacán. A strategy that lasted more than five years and in a short time we will all be the Michoacan New Generation Cartel,” the group warned in a message released in August.

Among the priority targets of the security cabinet of President Claudia Sheinbaum's government are the leaders of “Los Viagras”, Nicolas Sierra Santana, “El Gordo”; Cesar Sepulveda Arellano, “El Boto”; Heladio Cisneros, “La Sirena”; Jose Enereo Yanez Pacheco, “Mono Verde”, who allied themselves with the New Generation Cartel.

Federal authorities are also targeting the head of Los Templarios in Apatzingan, Jorge Luis Nolasco Guillen, “Cokis” or “Galleta”; Juan Jose Farias Alvarez, “El Abuelo”; and Miguel Angel Gallegos Godoy, “Migueladas,” who controls illicit activities in La Huacana and is a target of the New Generation Cartel.

SOURCE: INFORMADOR.MX 

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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

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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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