"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.
