CJNG Destroy Camp Of CU Hitmen & The CU Extorting Families, Michoacán

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Tepalcatepec CJNG Video

A video which allegedly depicts Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) members from the subgroup Grupo Delta, or Los Deltas was uploaded to social media on August 19, 2021. 

The social media account which uploaded it, Elblogdelosguachos, alleges that the video depicts men from Grupo Delta walking through a Carteles Unidos camp they had just destroyed on the banks of Tepalcatepec municipality, Michoacán.

Warning: Video depicts dead bodies and mutilation of said dead bodies.

Video Credit: Elblogdelosguachos

In the video, the hitmen can be seen shouting various insults at a dead Carteles Unidos man who they had allegedly just killed. The deceased appears to be wearing a tactical vest and a hitman stomps on his corpse, then the camera man appears to shoot his dead body. 

The hitmen continue walking through a camp that appears to be located in a remote wooded location, with green tarps slung to provide shade to chairs.  An emplacement constructed out of sandbags is walked into. One of the hitmen can be seen to be crouching down, filling up a bottle and his vest bears the letters DELTA. Then more sandbag walls are walked by, tables with plastic coolers presumably for food are passed. 

Two more dead CU hitmen are seen lying on the ground near two CJNG men, both wearing vests that read DELTA. One of the CJNG men appears to grab a large rock and drop it onto one of the heads of the dead bodies. Then he proceeds to stab the dead man’s skull with some sort of pole or pike. Then he moves onto doing the same to the next dead body. The cameraman says towards the end of the video “for the four letters”, which refers to the four letters of CJNG.

CU Fining Families of Michoacán

Residents of the municipalities of Tepalcatepec, Coalcoman, Los Reyes and Buenavista in the state of Michoacán have reported that they are forced to pay a fee of 300 pesos per house to the organized crime groups that dominate the region. Allegedly if these fines are not paid, the families are threatened with potential "punishments".

According to Proceso, residents reported that those who refuse to participate in the defense of the barricades are forced to pay 300 pesos per week. The barricades in question have been constructed and are manned by Carteles Unidos forces. They presumably have been constructed as part of the larger war between the CU and the CJNG, as the CU fights to maintain control of Tepalcatepec despite more frequently attempted pushes by the CJNG in the last month.

The payment stub reads dated August 13, 2021 for the amount of three hundred pesos, for the concept of "support", "for the people's autodefensa movement".

Three out of the four municipalities listed (which are Tepalcatepec, Coalcoman, Los Reyes and Buenavista) are known to be controlled by Carteles Unidos currently. 

Tepalcatepec is currently thought to be controlled by Cártel del Abuelo (sometimes called Cartel de Tepalcatepec), led by Juan José Farias Álvarez alias “El Abuelo”. 

Los Reyes is thought to be held by the group “Los Reyes” which is led by Alfonso Fernández Magallón, alias “Poncho La Quiringua” and Luis Enrique Barragán Chávez, alias “El R-5”.  

And Buenavista is thought to be held by some combination of various CU forces such as Los Viagras and Los Reyes. All of these groups are part of the larger Carteles Unidos alliance who fights primarily against the CJNG. 

As previously covered on Borderland Beat, Coalcomán  is currently being fought over by the CU and the CJNG the most fiercely. In the last week, the parish priest of Coalcomán  detailed the suffering in Coalcomán that was driving families to flee the area due to the constant violence. 

Sources: Proceso, El Mañana, Debate

Video Credit: Elblogdelosguachos