Authorities Seek To Corner The Jalisco New Generation Cartel, After Capture Of Leaders

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

Intelligence work by the Navy in coordination with the FGR led to the capture of the regional head of the CJNG in Colima opens up the possibility of capturing the main leaders of the criminal organization in that state.

The intelligence work of the Mexican Navy (Semar) in coordination with the Attorney General's Office (FGR), which led to the capture in the municipality of Zapopan, Jalisco of the regional head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in the state of Colima, Miguel Aldrin Jarquín Jarquín, Chaparrito, open the possibility to capture the main leaders of the criminal organization in Colima.

According to official documents from the Security Cabinet of the federal government held by Grupo Imagen, the main leaders of the criminal structure headed by Juan Carlos Valencia González, 03, Gonzalo Mendoza Gaytán, Sapo, Julio Alberto Castillo Rodríguez, Cemix have already been identified. , Julio César Montero Pinzón, Tarjetas, and Carlos Andrés Rivera Varela, La firma, considered important pieces of the CJNG.

The work of naval intelligence and the FGR, are collected in document 035016/2022, the modus operandi of the organization is disclosed, the companies used for the importation of illicit substances and dual-use chemical precursors, as well as those used for money laundering.

According to the naval intelligence analysis, it is presumed that José Jesús Jarquín Jarquín, R-32, will assume the position of regional chief for the CJNG, during the absence of El Chaparrito, while his position would be assumed by César Enrique Díaz de León Sauceda. , Lobito, who currently works as plaza boss in Manzanillo, Colima.

The situation could be used by the Pacific Cartel to try to displace the Jalisco New Generation Cartel from the port of Manzanillo, taking advantage of the power vacuum that the restructuring of the latter would leave, a situation that would generate violence in the coastal municipality, ”says the report.

The function that Miguel Aldrín Jarquín Jarquín, Chaparrito, performed at the time, before his arrest, was that of regional head of the CJNG in Colima, and was in charge of coordinating with members of the organization positioned in South America for the transfer of cocaine with destination to Europe and Asia.

He was also in charge of the acquisition of chemical precursors, which would be used in the manufacture of synthetic drugs, mainly fentanyl and methamphetamine.

For his part, José Jesús Jarquín Jarquín, R-32, serves as chief of operations that includes the coordination of one of the armed wings of the CJNG in the state, called "Grupo Delta" which is used to safeguard illicit merchandise and the money obtained from drug trafficking operations, as well as the protection of high-ranking members of the criminal organization in the state.

The Jarquín Jarquín brothers are under the orders of Juan Carlos Valencia González, 03, and his brother-in-law Julio Alberto Castillo Rodríguez, Cemix, husband of Jessica Jhoana Oseguera González (daughter of Nemesio Oceguera Cervantes, El Mencho), detained in the United States, They are in charge of supervising the correct flow of criminal operations in Colima.

Port of Manzanillo, drug lord's paradise

The port of Manzanillo, Colima has a geostrategic importance for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Pacific Cartel (Sinaloa), who, over the years, have disputed control of the plaza in bloody confrontations.

This is due to two factors. One of this seaports mobilizes 46 percent of the country's containerized cargo at the national level, having strategic partners around the world, mainly the West Coast of the United States and Asia Pacific.

Two. There is an interconnection with the states of Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Colima, Mexico City, Durango, State of Mexico, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas, which together generate 67 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Since the powers were granted to Semar, as guarantor of the integrity and proper functioning of the port facilities, results have been obtained in the fight against the transfer of narcotic drugs and chemical precursors.

According to a count of press releases from Semar for the period (2019-2022), thousands of tons of chemical precursors have been secured that exceed 62 million dollars in commercial value. These chemical precursors are used to make different synthetic drugs that are sent to the United States, Asia and Europe.

The CJNG is fractured in Colima

Naval intelligence analyzes in conjunction with the FGR reveal that a poor distribution of illicit profits led to the CJNG in Colima having a rupture that resulted in the emergence of the armed group calling itself the "Independent Cartel of Colima" led by José Bernabé Brizuela Meraz, La Vaca and/or Don Berna.

This has generated a crisis of insecurity in the state, due to the fact that there have been several violent clashes between the armed wing of the "Independent Cartel of Colima", called "Los Mezcales" against the armed wing of the CJNG, "Grupo Delta" at the service of the Jarquín brothers in the state of Colima by order of Juan Carlos Valencia González.

The clashes have led to a resurgence of violence in the streets of the main cities of the state of Colima, which have left a balance from January to date of 147 people executed. Along with the death of 9 people abducted and 7 gravely wounded in the Social Reintegration Center of Colima on January 25.

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