Farfan's drug ring also sent drugs to Gresham, east of Portland, Hood River, a port on the Columbia River an hour northeast of Portland, and north into Tacoma, Washington. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. [CDATA[ Follow him onTwitterandFacebook. 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. Instead, The Courier Journals investigation documented cells where CJNG members moved in, settling into a luxury condo near downtown Nashvilles honky-tonk district; an upscale Hollywood high-rise apartment near Sunset Boulevard; and sidewalk-lined suburbs in Cairo, Illinois; Johnson City, Tennessee; and Kansas City, Missouri. CJNG also has enlisted white-collar expertise. Think of this violence extending into every facet of their global operations. The note was signed with the initials CJNG, or Jalisco Nueva Generacin Cartel, a cartel considered to be Mexico's most-dangerous cartel. Federal police officer Ivan Morales, his partner andsoldierswith theMexican national defense climbed aboard helicopters andheaded toward a CJNG compound in theJaliscomountains. "If he was, I didnt charge him enough.". The military veteran served in Operation Desert Shield in 1990 and didn't have a criminal history, but he and his wife suffered from addiction. ", "He said: 'I'll do the time. I would like to be able to be with them. When authorities arrested him, they found twoassault rifles, one inscribed with "Menchito" little Mencho and anotherengraved with"CJNG 02 JR.". "When Eduardo got involved in this he was a very young man, and it was because of a family connection an uncle who had been involved in Mexico organized crime for decades," his attorney, Matthew A. Schindler, told The Courier Journal, referring to Victor Farfan. In a Chicago money-laundering case, a Guadalajara businessman working with CJNG urged an informant to settle his drug debt quickly, describing how cartel members settled another mans debt: "They chopped off his fingers.". "Anyone who does the same will suffer. Farfan got the drugs from CJNG members in Michoacn, a western state long controlled by the cartel, La Familia Michoacna. In May, a judge sentenced Armas to serve seven years and six months in prison, followed by five years of supervision. In eightmonths, Sosas crew laundered about $1million for CJNG,stacking drugs and cash behind a wall of their trailer. 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. CJNG Pigs Kill Child Mistaking Her for the Child of a Rival Narco. Authorities identified one of the four victims as Rey Jose Poblete Ramos, a man with a lengthy criminal history. 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. Last year, there were 2,513 killings in tourist hotspot Tijuana . "The tug of war between CJNG and Sinaloa is getting more violent, likely driven by a stronger CJNG, which managed to make several territorial gains while Sinaloa saw bouts of infighting after El Chapo's capture," Ines Echeagaray, a Mexico-based Senior Analyst at Global Risk Analysis, told Fox News. 1 / 6. But also by his own peers after they abandoned him to this . IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ACCOUNT, SIGN UP FOR ONE HERE. Agents and prosecutors didn't openly discuss in court records or hearings which cartel supplied Farfan, but The Courier Journal learned in February that he was supplied by a top U.S. target, the Crtel Jalisco Nueva Generacin the subject of a nine-month investigation and 28-page special report by the newspaper in 2019. This case is another example of how CJNG is increasingly vying for turf in Michoacn, the birthplace of its leader, Rubn Oseguera Cervantes. "I don't know who they are, but they know who I am, and they know what's going on here. It has drug cells all across the U.S., even in tiny towns. 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. 17 555 49 1. A judge sentenced Roberto to three years in custody in January 2021. Who is El Mencho, the most powerful drug kingpin in the world? "They are also very adept at using social media, such as Facebook and even Tik Tok, to show their strength and aggressiveness. 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. 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. "There would be times on surveillance where you'd see 15 to 25 people roaming the local trap house waiting for the next supply to come in, walking around or sitting in cars, just waiting," said Walker, who later left the department. 1 killer. 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. A veteran Jalisco police officer, whoasked not to be identified for his safety, said CJNG has officials on its payroll at thelocal, state and federal levels. Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. Just hours after the crash, the cartel carried out coordinated attacks in 39 cities, blowingup banks, gas stations and setting cars and semis on fire on major highways to slow down police reinforcements. CJNG remains the domineering force in its namesake state of Jalisco where the former governor was gunned down on Friday, in what many believe to have been the work of the cartel and its trail of terror is steadily proliferating. Armas also used a former nurse from Clatsop County who was battling addiction to cart drugs from Hillsboro to the coast. "The threat of Mexican cartel violence and the drugs they bring into our nation cant be overstated," said Russell Coleman, the top federal prosecutor for the Western District of Kentucky. The unending stream of narcotics has contributed to this countrys unprecedented addiction crisis, devastating families and killing more than 300,000 people since 2013. On 2/10 Narcocorrido band Grupo Arriesgado was forced to cancel a concert in Tijuana after a report of shots were fired during an event vice.com. "What are they doing way out in the middle of nowhere?" Tifa Winters. It is known for its aggressive use of violence and its public relations campaigns. He was thought to be one of the leaders of Carteles Unidos. There's a reason why gente de Sinaloa stay in business while everyone else eats shit and goes away. 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. Hearing the word "cartel" uttered in open court instantly rattled Eduardo. Soldiers seized a couple of modified and armored trucks at a warehouse in the municipality of Camargo during a patrol on Saturday, local media reported. She got her older sister, a struggling single mom, involved to make quick money. The cartel has its hands in trafficking multiple deadly substances. Theyve got their money," Williams said. Tipped off that a police caravan was on its way to grab El Mencho, CJNGhitmen hidalong the route in April 2015 and ambushed fourpolice vehicles. Investigative reporter Beth Warren spent threedays in Mexico City and Guadalajara with the U.S. DrugEnforcement Administration and Mexican police and government officials. Agents say Macias didn'tinvolveCalumet in his drug crimes. "But 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. On April 6, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against Carlos . He paid couriers to return the drug profits to him. While Luis Alderete maintains his innocence,court records show that his brother, Roberto Alderete, identified Luis asa cartel lieutenant. For 53-year-old El Mencho, success did not come early. window.__mirage2 = {petok:"AT9cPsLXmTcu5DvoOKyYtBnoaFpnyDzcOkF8t9PIjh4-1800-0"}; Prosecutors say Parra Pedroza and Pineda Sanchezwould keepa percentage, with the rest going tocartel members in Mexico. After agents toppled the drug ring, the cartel turned on the gang. Man filmed eating dead body parts of rival Cartel member. killing on turf wars between the Jalisco cartel and its rivals as it expands into new territory. But betrayal awaited, "We see these nodes or pockets of cartel-related activity springing up in small, rural towns on the east side of Washington, in metropolitan areas like Portland and Seattle. 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. MEXICO PASSES BILL THAT COULD SET BACK US PARTNERSHIP IN DRUG WAR BY DECADES. "I was surprised that CJNGs efforts and tentacles were reaching into Kentucky, that they had expanded their reach that rapidly, said Evans, who previously headed the Louisville Field Division. He received credit for time in jail awaiting trial and has since been released and deported. 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.. El Mencho was deported in 1997and then traveled to Tijuana. He had to pay $50,000. 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. A cartel member even worked at Kentucky's famed Calumet Farm, home to eight Kentucky Derby and three Triple Crown winners. A young woman en route to selling street food was also fatally struck by a stray bullet through a car window. And though few Americans know his name, authorities promise they soon will. CJNG's rapid rise to power and its expansion havestunned and stymied Americas top drug fighters. Much of the violence is attributed to the battle for territorial surface and thus the control oftheillicit drug flow into the United States. "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. Additional Video Update: There is an additional video of a fight against state police that took place in the town of Tizapn El Alto. She has extensively reported from war zones including Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma, and Latin America investigates global conflicts, war crimes and terrorism around the world. Someone aware of the Lexington-Louisville operation talked to a DEA agent in 2016, who, in turn, flagged investigators in Kentucky. Ciro Macias Martinez was praised by his supervisor and fellow farmhands alike for his punctuality, work ethicand soothing manner with horses at the breeding and training farm in the heart of Kentucky. "He was very minutely involved. "The violence in Mexico and elsewhere is something that doesn't stop at the border. The victim screamed in pain and begged them to kill him. 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. "I had a prosecutor who was sympathetic that this guy was just a bond-hit, video-game type of kid," Schindler said. WARNING: THE VIDEO IS EXTREMELY DISTURBING AND GRAPHIC AND MAY NOT BE SUITABLE TO ALL AUDIENCES. Reporter Beth Warren: bwarren@courier-journal.com; 502-582-7164; Twitter @BethWarrenCJ. They are surrounded by 13 masked men, apparently Los Zetas hitmen, who point their rifles at them. 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. On the run and out of sight, El Mencho is described by some veteran agents as a ghost. The cartel exploits its connections with otherwise hard-working immigrants, said Dan Dodds, who leads DEA operations in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. The young man, an opponent from a rival cartel, finds himself in the clutches of the Cartel de Sinaloa. She recruited helpers, too, and they frequently made deposits of less than $10,000 amounts small enough to dodge federal reporting requirements at bank branches in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee,as well asGreensboro and Winston-Salem,North Carolina. CJNG torture video - The man was poured alcohol on his head and set on fire The man was poured alcohol on his head and set on fire The gunmen used isopropyl alcohol to set fire to the man's face and mocked his nickname. //]]>. "Different groups are active in virtually all Mexican territory, with the Sinaloa federation being concentrated in the north/west portion of the country, and CJNG being concentrated in the south/central but extending across Mexico to Veracruz.". But soon, he was asked to deliver drugs. Even if U.S. and Mexican investigators can track El Mencho's location, capturing him won't be easy. Somewhere deep in Mexico's remote wilderness, the worlds most dangerous and wanted drug lord is hiding. . All rights reserved. More:Will El Chapo son's arrest slow export of drugs to US? He handed the bag to Noe Antonio Machado-Medrano, then age 23. Despite the capture of certain top leaders, it is now Mexico's foremost criminal threat . 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. Make no mistake, Taylor said. Legal Statement. June 15, 2021 4:10 PM PT. In mid-October, 13 Mexican police officers were killed in an ambush in El Mencho's home state of Michoacn in western Mexico. The judge said Farfan's attorney negotiated "a very significant break for him," cutting his possible prison time in half, considering sentencing guidelines called for a sentence of 30 years. Businesses in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Los Angeles would buy the goldand then send the payments through wire transfers to Mexico including to Parra Pedroza's precious metals business. After his escape, the U.S. took its manhunt public. Who is La Vaca? His cousin, Roberto Carlos Farfan Alvarez, known as "Raton" or "Mouse," pleaded guilty but never talked to police. "And it is a football (soccer) player of a narco.". Mexico's CJNG is currently making a series of territorial incursions around the country to take control of key fuel theft, drug trafficking, and human smuggling regions. "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. Warren traveled to six cities in the U.S. and reviewed thousands of documents in more than 100 court cases and sought prison interviews with more than two dozen cartel members and associates. But when the days chores were done, Maciasdidn'tsocializewith others over drinks or dinner. Further details Roberto Alderete revealed about CJNG remain hidden in sealed documents. But federal agents say CJNG was Kentuckys main supplier of fentanyl at the time of his death. It's still a little shocking when you can tie it together and say for certain that's where it came from.". Ciro Macias Martinez led a double life, working as a horse groomer by day and overseeing the flow of $30 million worth of drugs into Kentuckyby night before being imprisoned in 2018 for meth trafficking and money laundering, federal records show. 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. ", More:Ignoring cartel danger, Mexican families scour wilderness for missing loved ones' remains. Because it's here, A short film: What Courier Journal uncovered about Jalisco New Generation Cartel's El Mencho. Flames leftMoralesdisabled and disfigured. In turn, the Sinaloans killed a high-ranking CJNG boss in the area, Emiliano Torres Ramrez AKA El Agapo. 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. Macias found success following the cartel's three-pronged business model: Macias recruited Brizeida Janett Sosa, the mother of his youngest child, to help organize themoney laundering scheme, court records would later show. Its extreme savagery in Mexico includes beheadings, public hangings, acid baths, even cannibalism. Pineda Penaloza and his crew were convicted of drug trafficking and are now in federal prison. Victor Alvarez Farfan began sneaking into the U.S. and targeting the Portland area more than two decades ago when he was in his early 20s. He doesn't make wild errors; he doesn't hesitate; one word for el Mecho is 'calculated,'" Wesley said. Both serve as popular entry ports for the precursor chemicals in synthetic drugs, mostly brought in fromChina. At least three people including a pregnant woman in her early 20s languish in critical condition in Guanajuato,Mexico, after their hands were chopped off and their bleeding bodies were thrown from the back of a truck last week. "The CJNG is one of the most powerful (cartels) and in a short time may become the dominating force in Mexico if not restrained. 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. Explore the investigation wall showing the connections of El Mencho and CJNG cartel. or redistributed. It has an army of 5,000 members . In Mexico, El Mencho is a household name. In a Nov. 5 tweet, after nine people including six children with dual U.S.-Mexican citizenship were killed by cartels(though different ones than CJNG), President Donald Trump vowed to assist Mexican officials "in cleaning out these monsters. In addition, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has a $10 million bounty on El Mencho's head, given that his rule and his rapid rise to power also bears a devastating impact across the U.S. "While the distribution in U.S. markets is principally through affiliated gangs and proxy groups, the CJNG is thusindirectly responsible for the production of illicit drugs that kill thousands of Americans," Ellis said. Brenda and Karl Cooley of Louisville certainly didnt know his name when their son Adam overdosed on fentanyl in March 2017. Attackers in armored vehicles opened fire with high-caliber weapons, gunning down officers driving five SUVs. Garbage. The unparalleled speed of CJNGs growth coasttocoast in less than a decade has made the cartel a clear, present and growing danger, says Uttam Dhillon, DEA's acting administrator. Betrayal led to the drug ring'scollapse. So instead of blaming, we should look for solutions.. Pullup the seat. It was run by a deported felon who kept sneaking back across the border. In an international operation that stretches back to 2011 dubbed "King's Gold," Homeland Security investigatorsin Chicago uncovered a money laundering organization that funneled more than $101 million to CJNG and another cartel. "That's the type ofterrorists were dealing with here.". Please let us know if you're having issues with commenting. Farfan also had to hand over $100,000. 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