Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco: CJNG Dealt a Major Blow by Military

   "Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

This is how the crime group takes advantage of people's need for work, by forcing them in belonging to drug trafficking

In the municipality of Lagos de Moreno in the state of Jalisco, a place where drug traffickers of the Cartel Jalisco New Generation(CJNG) have their operations center, 18 people kidnapped were rescued and 4 more were arrested. Just as well an arsenal was also seized from them.

According to unofficial information the victims are suspected of being recruited by the criminal group of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes alias El Mencho, Señor de los Gallos or el Gallero, leader, of the CJNG.

The release was achieved after elements of the Mexican Army and the National Guard carried out an operation, the State prosecutor, Gerardo Octavio Solís Gómez, reported without giving further details, who added that the case is being investigated by the Attorney General's Office (FGR ).

“The collaboration of this agency was requested, in an excellent operation carried out by members of the Guard, the Army and the Attorney General's Office, the release of a little more than 20 people was achieved.

The preliminary data may refer to four detainees. Further details about the operation is being worked by the Attorney General's Office ".

According to unconfirmed information, among the 18 rescued victims, there are six minors between the ages of 13 and 17, originally from other municipalities who were "recruited" with deception, by offering them work.

It was detailed that the operation was carried out in a building in the La Ladera Grande neighborhood, where they also secured long weapons, short weapons, magazines for long rifles, and 25 sacks of marijuana.

Place of terror where the CJNG carries out crimes

In that same municipality of Lagos de Moreno in June 2020 at least 14 bodies were found in the El Puerto and San Cayetano ranches, located in that area where drug traffickers of the Cartel Jalisco New Generation. They are the group that reigns in this region.

On that occasion, the authorities detailed that in the El Puerto ranch they found the corpses of three men and a woman, each one tied hand and foot. In addition two of them were covered in lime. Apparently in order not to give off bad smells.

Bodies were reported to be on the surface and out in the open, so no excavation work was necessary.

On the other hand, on a hill near the San Cayetano ranch, the Jalisco Attorney General's Office located another 10 bodies in a property called La Cañada. They were also discovered and many of them were just skeletal bones. It is in this area where the Cartel Jalisco New Generation has a wide presence.

Sources: La Opinion