In May, a judge sentenced Armas to serve seven years and six months in prison, followed by five years of supervision. We see them operating illegal marijuana farms in southern Oregon.". Smaller police forces. All the CJNG nutthuggers here's your bad ass cartel terrorizing 10 year kids with dynamite. It is known for its aggressive use of violence and its public relations campaigns. He is loving, respectful and a very caring human being.". Ransom-seekers and other cartelsare responsible for many of those disappearances,with CJNG to blame for thousands,DEA agentssay. On April 13, 2017, federal agents arrested Maciason his way to Calumet Farm. his anguished parents asked. For example, a Lexington waitress seekingcash to pay fordental assistant courses ended up making bank deposits that she didnt know were for CJNG, according to court transcripts. "Theyre a business," Hammer said of cartels. First, Mexican cartel suppliers established a pipeline to the Portland area. "Either you or your family could be killed. Garbage. "My family knows Im not that person. His cousin, Roberto Carlos Farfan Alvarez, known as "Raton" or "Mouse," pleaded guilty but never talked to police. That load was headed from Portland to Baltimore. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. El Menchos powerful international syndicate is flooding the U.S. with thousands of kilos of methamphetamines, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl every year despite being targeted repeatedly by undercover stings, busts and lengthy investigations. CHINESE 'CARTELS' QUIETLY OPERATING IN MEXICO, AIDING US DRUG CRISIS. The CJNG has also been accused of directly extorting businesses in the capital. Through corruption and intimidation, CJNG has thrived, even as it found additional ways to make money. The billion-dollar criminal organization has a large and disciplined army, control of extensive drug routes throughout the U.S., sophisticated money-laundering techniques and an elaborate digital terror campaign, federal drug agents say. Man filmed eating dead body parts of rival Cartel member. From there, Victor Farfan and his inner circle supplied drug trafficker John Armas in Hillsboro. The Michoacan Attorney Generals Office revealed that the bodies were removed and the scene was largely cleaned by the perpetrators. Experts estimate that the CJNG also brings in the millions in a multitude of methods aside from the drug trade including illegal mining, human trafficking, money laundering, and the extortion of farmers and their families for a cut in avocado exports and the forced protection payment or else meet a premature death. Four men alleged to be leaders in a Mexican cartel enforcement cell have been indicted in San Diego on drug-trafficking charges and are accused of orchestrating a wave of . The cartel's expansion into smaller, unexpected communities began to mushroom about five years ago as U.S. intelligence analysts tracked its movements far beyond border towns and major hubs. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, A young woman en route to selling street food was also fatally struck by a stray bullet through a car window. Farfan got the drugs from CJNG members in Michoacn, a western state long controlled by the cartel, La Familia Michoacna. Then in September 2020, a video believed to have been filmed in the central state of Zacatecas showed CJNG members directly threatening Ismael Zambada Garca, alias "El Mayo," leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. VIEWER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED. In the recordings, it can be seen how little by little assassins from the Sinaloa Cartel are killing the woman's life and dismembering her, first it is observed how they remove her arms, later they cut her neck and thus continue with the other extremities. Moreover, the spread of crime by gangs 'affiliated' with the cartels increases the number of Mexicans who are victimized by crime indirectly related to cartels," he said. He agreed to talk to agents only about certain drug crimes, including detailing his actions and his uncle's actions inside the U.S., after a judge released him from jail on bond and after his elder family members gave him their blessing. But someCJNGbossesdidnt follow those rules. "Once the cartel brings a huge load across (the border) and throws it out there for everyone to sell, its out of their hands. The incident is only one of many deeds of bloodshed to have been carried out by the CJNG, whose barbarity is said to be on ascendance in recent weeks and months spilling on to U.S. soil and livelihoods. CJNG members have followed relatives or friends who left Mexico for the U.S. to find jobs. A high-ranking state official in Jaliscosaid Americans are too quick to blame Mexico for the U.S. drug crisis. 2023www.courier-journal.com. Who is La Vaca? including the drug-related killings of two Mexican brothers in 2014, one of whom was found . We're guests in their country.. GRAPHIC VIDEO: CJNG cartel members behead two men from rival cartel July 12, 2022 UNCENSORED VIDEO BELOW / New horrifying video shows three CJNG cartel members beheading two men from a rival cartel in Mexico. Cartels target tourist destinations along Oregon coast for illegal drug distribution. But in America, few know who he is or why his rise to power matters. There's a serious danger. Farfan agreed to forfeit $100,000, and the judge ordered him to remain on supervised release for five years after he serves his time in prison. The gruesome crimes took place in Mexico's state of Colima. Investigators trailed behind Eduardo to the Lloyd Center shopping mall in Portland on July 10, 2018. Farfan wasn't as lucky. Eduardo mulled over his future. Critics say the Mexican president, known as AMLO, seems more concerned about using federal troops to keep South Americanimmigrants out of his country than challenging the cartels. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is targeting and killing police officers at their homes in Guanajuato, Mexico's most violent state and the most dangerous for police. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Victor Alvarez Farfan, a native of Michoacn, Mexico, headed the Portland drug ring blamed for bringing large amounts of meth, heroin and fentanyl across the border beginning in October 2017. "All intelligence indicates hes still there, moving regularly," said Craine, the retired DEA supervisor who led the successful hunt for El Chapo. As a young adult, he and his older brother, Abraham Oseguera Cervantes,sold heroin to two undercover police officers at a San Francisco bar in 1992 and were sent to federal prison on drug trafficking charges. Betrayal led to the drug ring'scollapse. And though few Americans know his name, authorities promise they soon will. FBI agents led a raid at the couple's home on Oct. 24, 2018, arresting the 51-year-old military veteran and his 53-year-old wife. Echeagaray pointed out that CJNG, although very violent, does not target civilians systematically. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel). MEXICO PASSES BILL THAT COULD SET BACK US PARTNERSHIP IN DRUG WAR BY DECADES. Courier Journal reporters pieced together CJNGs network, from the suburbs of Seattle, the beaches of Mississippi and South Carolina, Californias coastline, the mountains of Virginia, small farming towns in Iowa and Nebraska, and across the Bluegrass State, including in Louisville, Lexington and Paducah. To an extent, it worked, illustrating how cartels manipulate on both sides of the border through threats and violence. "It's important for all Americans to understand the threat to their community and what might impact their everyday lives," Evans said. But soon, he was asked to deliver drugs. Macias' associate, Imanol Pineda Penaloza, headed a cell in Louisville while running his drug business through his used tire shop, Los 3 Hermanos. El Mencho eventually joined the Milenio Cartel, gaining a reputation as a cunning sicario, or hitman, and then a boss of hitmen in Guadalajara, Jalisco's capital city. That designation allowed the department to levy sanctions against Mexican businesses linked to the cartels, includinga sushi restaurant, a tequila business, shopping centers, a medical clinic, two newspapers and famed Hotelito Desconocido, visited by Hollywood stars. On April 6, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against Carlos . Make no mistake, Taylor said. "This happened to me for being a thief, and because I didn't respect hard-working people and continued to rob them," the chilling note strapped to their bodies read. The cartel has run brothels in Mexico, often using teens and women forced into CJNG's web. This short film details The Courier Journal's investigation into CJNG and its leader, El Mencho, began in early 2019 and what was uncovered. He co-founded Breitbart Texas Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Enemies: CJNG, Juarez Cartel, Los Zetas. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Armas used the couple's home as a drug stash house, paying them with enough meth for their daily fix. He had at least five aliases and kept slipping back into the U.S. CJNG is "among us. Guanajuato. VIEWER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED. More:US drug czar wants India to stem flow of chemicals used by Mexican cartels for fentanyl. A nine-month Courier Journal investigation reveals how CJNG's reach hasspread across the U.S. in the past five years, overwhelming cities and small towns with massive amounts of drugs. The case took place in Marcos Castellanos, Michoacan, where gunmen stormed a funeral service and forced mourners to line up against a wall before opening fire. The violence of 2015 was a wake-upcall,saidTerryCole, a former New York City police officer who oversees DEA agents in Guadalajaraas the assistant regional director forNorth and Central America. Robertois awaiting sentencing in Paducah in August for trafficking meth while armed with a gun. This case had some odd twists, including the involvement by a retired U.S. Marine and his wife, an agonizing test of family loyalties and a gruesome threat from Mexico. The investigation documented how in each new community, CJNG uses local traffickers who can blend in to sell their drugs, with no regard for their race or ethnicity. U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Simon said he was troubled by Farfan's repeated drug crimes dating back at least to 1999. CJNGmembers or associates would sell drugs to traffickers inWisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, California, Texas, Kentucky, Illinois and North Carolina. hammering his body with at least three bullets, stolen cars converted into armored vehicles to drones and high-powered machine guns. Most people don't associate drug trafficking with the scenic tourist destinations along the Oregon coast, but Mexican cartels seek less scrutiny there. Flames leftMoralesdisabled and disfigured. "A very big, increasing problem. He was thought to be one of the leaders of Carteles Unidos. Pineda Sanchez's attorney, Lawrence Beaumont, disputed his client's involvement. Federal police officer Ivan Morales, his partner andsoldierswith theMexican national defense climbed aboard helicopters andheaded toward a CJNG compound in theJaliscomountains. Months later, the veteran texted his adult son about his gratitude that agents arrested him, saving his life. That fight has been waged across America over the past seven years, federal court records show: CJNG is also using a mix of street gangsand white-collar businessmen to move the drugs and hide the money. Mexican Cartel Members Behead Two Men. "As well as the violence and corruption that puts at risk the neighbor with which the United States shares an enormous land border, and in which thousands of U.S. companies operate, and U.S. citizens live.". "We consider this cartel to be one of the five most dangerous transnational criminal organizations on the face of the Earth, and it is doing unimaginable damage to the people of this nation," Sessions said. Farfan pleaded guilty in November 2021 to trafficking drugs and illegally reentering the U.S. and was the last of 23 defendants in the case to admit guilt. Eduardo, known as "Pollo" or "Chicken," began running errands, or drug runs, for his uncle when he was 20 or 21 and claims he had no understanding of the scope of the drug ring or the risks he was taking. He also didn't want to be shunned by his close-knit family for betraying his uncle, a senior relative. Pointing to more than 70,000 Americans who overdosed and died in 2017, Coleman said, Were fighting a war for our families, and (the cartels) are winning.. Throughout Mexico, more than 40,000 children and adults remain missing. Signs have also pointed to CJNG widening its footprint in the capital, Mexico City, aligning itself with the Fuerza Anti-Union gang to tackle the city's most extensive criminal enterprise, La Unin Tepito. According to Mexico News Daily, more than 500 people in communities around the municipalities of Aguililla and Buenavista have deserted their homes and fled in fear for their lives as the fighting soars. When authorities arrested him, they found twoassault rifles, one inscribed with "Menchito" little Mencho and anotherengraved with"CJNG 02 JR.". One of the working law enforcement theories suggests the gunmen were targeting a former ally attending his mothers funeral. Known as CJNG, the cartel is a global powerhouse, detected on every continent except Antarctica. The cartel alsorecruitsspies in theMexicangovernment and policeto keep its leaders out of jail and avoid drug busts. CJNG has skirted Mexican and U.S. inspections at legal border crossings by hiding drugs in semitrailers hauling tomatoes, avocados and other produce, dumping at least 5 tons of cocaine and 5 tons of meth into this country every month, according to DEA estimates. During Eduardo's detention hearing, prosecutors told the judge the Farfan drug ring was supplied by a Mexican cartel. When he gets out, he again faces deportation. Unlike most cartels and affiliated crime units that permeate Mexico, the CJNG has long posted its most extreme real-life horror films on display for the world to see across social media beheaded bodies left to hang and rot on bridges in broad daylight and beatings so brutal that the sound of bones cracking can be heard. The unending stream of narcotics has contributed to this countrys unprecedented addiction crisis, devastating families and killing more than 300,000 people since 2013. Sam Upshaw Jr., Louisville Courier Journal. "Once 'safe' areas such as Mexico City and Puebla State and the tourist zones of the Yucatan Peninsula are now contested. A larger probe was underway by Washington County Sheriff's WIN Team, the Westside Interagency Narcotics task force that includes agents with the FBI, Hillsboro and Beaverton police and the Oregon National Guard County-Drug investigators. Both are now in prison for money laundering, and her sister, who has two children living in Kentucky, faces deportation. "Big cities have big police departments and DEA, FBI and (Homeland Security Investigations) and an ability to look at intelligence and focus on their cells and contacts, said the DEA's Donahue. CJNG burns rivals face alive as a way of mocking his nickname Ghost Rider. . The investigation documented CJNG operations in at least 35 states and Puerto Rico, a sticky web that has snared struggling business owners, thousands of drug users and Mexican immigrants terrified to challenge cartel orders. Tifa Winters. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. More:Mexico-US investigation links cartel downing of military helicopter to Oregon gun supplier, "I know that what I committed was wrong, but believe me, I'm not the worst person here. He paid couriers to return the drug profits to him. If you have drugs in your community, and I don't think there is any community that can say they don't have any, it is coming from the drug cartels. As well as its feud with El Menchos CJNG, El Marros group has made threats against new Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, intelligence website InSight Crime reports. 1 nemesis, the Sinaloa Cartel, dominates the majority supply of everything from methamphetamine and heroin to the devastating synthetic opioid. Investigators listened in on several calls between Armas and his neighbors using code to coordinate drug deals. CJNG's Kentucky strategy has been repeated in town after town across America, in places better known for cheese, cows and corn. ", "He said: 'I'll do the time. "You ask almost any young boy in Jalisco what they want to be when they grow up," one former intel officer, now based in Mexico City, lamented. ", "The cartels have become so large and powerful that you sometimes need an army to defeat an army!". Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. El Menchos drug empire "is putting poison on the streets of the U.S.," said Chris Evans, who runs the DEAs day-to-day global operations. or redistributed. American authorities are still seeking his extradition to the U.S. to face drug charges. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! "And that his uncle had manipulated him and used him and his cousin. The strategy: Make it illegal for any U.S. citizen or company to spend money at a cartel-affiliated business. CJNG even established a cell in south-central Virginia, buying or renting a cluster of modest homes in Axton an unincorporated community of roughly 6,500. More:This small-town Oregon bricklayer had a side hustle: Gun supplier for Mexican drug cartel. Known as "El Mencho," he's remained in hiding for years and is on the DEA's Most Wanted list. Hisoffice has prosecuted Sinaloa and CJNG members. During that time,overdoses sent more victims to Kentucky's morgues than bullets and car crashes combined withthe commonwealth sufferingthe fifth-highest overdose death rate in the nation. Bizarre / Cartel / Murder / Pure Gore. In America,ElMenchoexpectscartel members and associates to avoid violence, hidewealth anddisguise their CJNG affiliations, agents say. On the run and out of sight, El Mencho is described by some veteran agents as a ghost. Despite the capture of certain top leaders, it is now Mexico's foremost criminal threat . Balaclava-clad members of the CJNG released a video claiming responsibility for the killings it later emerged that the victims had no connection to organised crime whatsoever. They found drugs and drug couriers, including a former nurse, linked back to Hillsboro in neighboring Washington County. Provided by McCracken County Sheriff's Department. While some moves targeted the cartels finances, others were more personal. "I still expected that they would be in markets in the Southwest, a little bit into some of the other major corridors, such as Atlanta and Chicago, Evans said. According to U.S. officials, the CJNG is now the primary drug trafficking outfit in 24 of Mexico's 32 states. Beginning in 2015, the U.S. Treasury Department designated El Mencho a "kingpin," along with his brother-in-law, Abigail Gonzlez Valencia, leader of the Los Cuinis cartel. It also forbids any U.S. bank to approve loans or credit card transactions for those CJNG-backed enterprises. The young man, an opponent from a rival cartel, finds himself in the clutches of the Cartel de Sinaloa. The information leaks make catching El Mencho extremely difficult, he said. Since the arrest and extradition to the U.S. of Sinaloa frontman Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzmn in 2016, analysts say that the CJNG has steadily encroached on new terrain including Tijuana bringing with it a recipe for bloodletting and groups waginga war of dominance. "Anyone who does the same will suffer. "I know Im not that person," he said, refusing to elaborate. More:Will El Chapo son's arrest slow export of drugs to US? "Drug cartels generally do not control territory in the same way that governments or even gangs do, but traditionally exert influence over certain activities in certain areas or routes," Ellis explained. John Walker in uniform (left), and Walker in his undercover look (right). Armas, in turn, paid Farfan, who then oversaw the flow of money back to cartel members in Mexico. The Elite Group is the top tier enforcement wing of the Jalisco New GeneralCartel, often referred to as CJNG. He never mentioned suppliers in Mexico linked to a cartel, or what he called the Mexican mafia. A video allegedly showing El Cholo surrounded by CJNG captors was uploaded ahead of the mutilated body's discovery Credit: YouTube. On Oct. 16, 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, standing next to a large "Wanted" poster of El Mencho, announced a $10 million reward for his capture and unveiled detailed indictments against him and CJNG. For two years, Farfan's nephew, Eduardo Alvarez Farfan, was scared silent. He said very little while chatting on cell phones, and he changed phones a lot. Armas enlisted help from his neighbors, a retired U.S. Marine and his wife. Cartel members fired hundreds of rounds and hurled grenades and jugs of gasoline. 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