“Char” for Borderland Beat
This article was translated and reposted from RADIOFÓRMULA.MX
The CJNG operates mainly in one mayoral district in the north of the CDMX, but has sparked fear in other areas.
The Jalisco Cartel – New Generation (CJNG) is becoming more and more frequent in Mexico City (CDMX), and in the last week it carried out a kidnapping attempt and abandoned a human head in a cooler.
A report by the US Congressional Research Service states that the criminal organization led by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as ‘El Mencho’, has a presence in 28 of the country’s 32 states, including Mexico City.
Information from the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena), leaked by the hacker group Guacamaya Leaks, indicates that the CJNG operates mainly in the municipality of Gustavo A. Madero, under the command of Omar Ramses “N”, alias “El Calaca”.
However, since 2015, the Jalisco-based criminal group has left its “footprint” in other parts of the country’s capital, such as in the municipalities of Tlalpan, Álvaro Obregón and, in recent days, Cuajimalpa.
CJNG goes ‘wild’ in CDMX
During the weekend, members of the CJNG tried to perpetrate a virtual kidnapping in Cuajimalpa, according to Mayor Adrián Rubalcava.
He detailed that the criminals tried to collect a ransom from the relatives of two young people, whom they forced to stay in a room on the 10th floor of a hotel located in the vicinity of Santa Fe, while they demanded to be on a phone call.
However, the parents of the victims managed to contact the authorities, who mounted an operation to rescue the young people. No one was arrested in this case.
No arrests were reported in Gustavo A. Madero, after a human head was abandoned in a cooler in the vicinity of the Reclusorio Norte, located on Tecnológico Avenue.
Along with the cooler, criminals left a narcomessage signed by the CJNG and with a message addressed to extortionists from La Unión Tepito, ‘Chucho Masero’ and other criminal cells.
However, in December, CJNG members were arrested, including Carlos Barrera Blanca, alias “El Mafafa”, accused of homicide and extortion of shopkeepers in Iztapalapa.