Sam Upshaw Jr., Louisville Courier Journal. But someCJNGbossesdidnt follow those rules. . One of the working law enforcement theories suggests the gunmen were targeting a former ally attending his mothers funeral. 1 nemesis, the Sinaloa Cartel, dominates the majority supply of everything from methamphetamine and heroin to the devastating synthetic opioid. Reporters Jonathan Bullington, Kala Kachmar, Chris Kenning andKarol Suarez contributed to this story. From the shadows, he continues to lead CJNG with ruthless authority. The cartel exploits its connections with otherwise hard-working immigrants, said Dan Dodds, who leads DEA operations in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. Hearing the word "cartel" uttered in open court instantly rattled Eduardo. "When you hear about the drug cartels and the amounts of drugs coming across the border, you start thinking those are big city problems," said Clatsop County Sheriff's Sgt. "What are they doing way out in the middle of nowhere?" "He has transformed his life from being an insular methamphetamine abuser to an active member of the recovery community, mentoring and guiding others who struggle," his attorney argued in a May 6, 2020, sentence memo asking for leniency. Months later, the veteran texted his adult son about his gratitude that agents arrested him, saving his life. "I know Im not that person," he said, refusing to elaborate. More:Will El Chapo son's arrest slow export of drugs to US? (AP Photo/Richard Vogel). More:This small-town Oregon bricklayer had a side hustle: Gun supplier for Mexican drug cartel. 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. El Mencho was deported in 1997and then traveled to Tijuana. His followers have spread tonearly all of Mexico's 32 states, including the cities ofGuadalajara and Tijuana, both crucial to moving drugs into the U.S. From there, ElMencho's empire went global, withasteady and growing customerbasein the U.S., as well as in Australia, Europe andJapan. Maciasand Sosa were convicted of meth trafficking and money laundering and are serving 31 and 15 years, respectively, in federal prison. And, in a 2019 case pending in federal court,an accused cartel lieutenantconnected to Chicago drug trafficking settled into a $2 million Nashville condo. 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. On the run and out of sight, El Mencho is described by some veteran agents as a ghost. However, authorities did find bullet casings. FBI agents lauded Walker's work, which helped the Bureau and Homeland Security Investigations expose an extensive drug distribution cell that targeted the Pacific Northwest. "And it is a football (soccer) player of a narco.". Histestimony helped convict a trafficker connected to CJNG in 2014. The CJNG has also been accused of directly extorting businesses in the capital. Reporter Beth Warren: [email protected]; 502-582-7164; Twitter @BethWarrenCJ. Adam died midsentence while writing a thank-you note to a friend on the eve of entering a rehab facility. Uncensored versions of the videos can be seen below. Despite the capture of certain top leaders, it is now Mexico's foremost criminal threat . In July, Coco was sentenced to time served and released. Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Pineda Penaloza and his crew were convicted of drug trafficking and are now in federal prison. his anguished parents asked. "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. March 30, 2022 MEXICO Grisly videos have emerged showing CJNG cartel members beheading rival narcos working under commands from La Vaca. They found drugs and drug couriers, including a former nurse, linked back to Hillsboro in neighboring Washington County. (REUTERS/Stringer). Many court documents in the Farfan case remain sealed, hiding secrets shared by drug ring members and associates, and some involved in the case opted not to talk because of the volatility of the Mexican suppliers. 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. He was thought to be one of the leaders of Carteles Unidos. Robert Hammer, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Seattle, told The Courier Journal that cartels take advantage of the Interstate 5 corridor, a straight route that runs from the San Ysidro border crossing north through Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and into Vancouver, Canada. They seized more than $1 million in drug moneyhis couriers were hauling to Mexico. He knew that cartels have connections inside U.S. prisons. 2023www.courier-journal.com. 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. 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. Mexican Cartel Members Behead Two Men. He quickly amassed a privatearmy, with CJNG members recruitingor kidnappinghundreds of men in their 20s and boys as young as 12. Moreover, the U.S. lacks the authority to make arrests in foreign countries, said Evans, a senior DEA official. CJNG burns rivals face alive as a way of mocking his nickname Ghost Rider. U.S. drug agents believe he's in western Mexico, hiding in remote jungles or mountains of Jalisco, Colima or Michocan. The Courier Journal could not say with certainty who supplied the drugs that killed Adam Cooley. FBI agents led a raid at the couple's home on Oct. 24, 2018, arresting the 51-year-old military veteran and his 53-year-old wife. Eduardo mulled over his future. CJNG's Kentucky strategy has been repeated in town after town across America, in places better known for cheese, cows and corn. "If one wants to gain power, control and territory, it's a must that they conquer non-alliance cartels and gain the assistance of police and government entities to assist them in their global success.". Four men alleged to be leaders in a Mexican cartel enforcement cell have been indicted in San Diego on drug-trafficking charges and are accused of orchestrating a wave of . First, Mexican cartel suppliers established a pipeline to the Portland area. Armas enlisted help from his neighbors, a retired U.S. Marine and his wife. He and Helida Montes, his partner for 16 years, settled their two children in Oregon City as Farfan grew his business, roping in two of his nephews. I would like to be able to be with them. According to the military, the vehicles were used by the CDG (Gulf Cartel) to transport drugs and hitmen. Theyve got their money," Williams said. Three of them are bare-chested. Even if U.S. and Mexican investigators can track El Mencho's location, capturing him won't be easy. Moreover, the spread of crime by gangs 'affiliated' with the cartels increases the number of Mexicans who are victimized by crime indirectly related to cartels," he said. It could hide 9 kilos of drugs and a pile of cash. If someone you love dies from an overdose tonight, he may very well be to blame. Here you'll find all collections you've created before. Through corruption and intimidation, CJNG has thrived, even as it found additional ways to make money. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is targeting and killing police officers at their homes in Guanajuato, Mexico's most violent state and the most dangerous for police. Police grabbed him, finding two kilos of fentanyl stuffed in a backpack. Furthermore, it's part of their propaganda drive to recruit the many youths seeking that "narco"-glamorized life, flashed and filtered by images of beautiful women, mounds of money and a depository of deadly arms. "One of the techniques cartels use here in the United States is to take young people and make them responsible for significant amounts of drugs in order to shield themselves," Schindler said. Pullup the seat. ", Soldiers stand guard in front of a modified and armored truck as it is displayed to the media at a military base in Reynosa, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas June 5, 2011. 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. It is a forsaken endeavor to deter CJNG hitmen from infiltrating their neighborhoods. Other bosses used threats of violence in the U.S., despite El Mencho's warnings against it. Watch a man being brutally beheaded by rival Cartel members in Mexico! A federal grand jury had indicted him and more than 20 others on money laundering and drug trafficking charges. The strategy: Make it illegal for any U.S. citizen or company to spend money at a cartel-affiliated business. In Mexico, a DEA investigator said he was stunned when he learned CJNG cells were popping up in communities as small as Axton. Investigators believe Bustos fled to Mexico. The 56-year-old rose from the humble roots of an avocado growing family, dropped out of primary school to work in the fields, to become one of the most potent drug lords on the planet. Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password. Betrayal led to the drug ring'scollapse. He was thought to be one of the leaders of Carteles Unidos. You can follow him onTwitterand onFacebook. "I had a prosecutor who was sympathetic that this guy was just a bond-hit, video-game type of kid," Schindler said. This time, as Farfan oversaw his drug business, FBI agents mounted an investigation against him. He briefly worked as a police officer in Tomatln, a small town in Jalisco, learningthe inner workings of law enforcement,said DEA Special Agent Kyle Mori, who is heading the U.S. criminal investigationagainstEl Mencho fromLos Angeles. John Walker in uniform (left), and Walker in his undercover look (right). 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. While Luis Alderete maintains his innocence,court records show that his brother, Roberto Alderete, identified Luis asa cartel lieutenant. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Who is La Vaca? Federal police officer Ivan Morales, his partner andsoldierswith theMexican national defense climbed aboard helicopters andheaded toward a CJNG compound in theJaliscomountains. Farfan also had to hand over $100,000. In turn, the Sinaloans killed a high-ranking CJNG boss in the area, Emiliano Torres Ramrez AKA El Agapo. In Mexico, El Mencho is a household name. He reached 'kingpin' status by selling Mexican cartel-supplied drugs. Four years later, he was caught selling drugs out of a southeast Portland auto repair shop. Farfan agreed to forfeit $100,000, and the judge ordered him to remain on supervised release for five years after he serves his time in prison. Guanajuato. More than 60 were targeted, including a biotech consulting company, a bakery and hillside vacation cabins. 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. Cartels target tourist destinations along Oregon coast for illegal drug distribution. I hate violence," according to a transcript of the hearing, with Farfan appearing before the judge from prison on Zoom. Yet, no sooner had authorities busted Kentucky's CJNG ringthan the cartel replaced Macias, sending in another team. Drug trafficking is popping up in unlikely tourist areas along the Oregon coast: Photos. He had at least five aliases and kept slipping back into the U.S. But when the days chores were done, Maciasdidn'tsocializewith others over drinks or dinner. CHINESE 'CARTELS' QUIETLY OPERATING IN MEXICO, AIDING US DRUG CRISIS. All rights reserved. His cousin, Roberto Carlos Farfan Alvarez, known as "Raton" or "Mouse," pleaded guilty but never talked to police. He never mentioned suppliers in Mexico linked to a cartel, or what he called the Mexican mafia. The unending stream of narcotics has contributed to this countrys unprecedented addiction crisis, devastating families and killing more than 300,000 people since 2013. The gruesome crimes took place in Mexico's state of Colima. A video allegedly showing El Cholo surrounded by CJNG captors was uploaded ahead of the mutilated body's discovery Credit: YouTube. That designation allowed the department to levy sanctions against Mexican businesses linked to the cartels, includinga sushi restaurant, a tequila business, shopping centers, a medical clinic, two newspapers and famed Hotelito Desconocido, visited by Hollywood stars. Farfan got the drugs from CJNG members in Michoacn, a western state long controlled by the cartel, La Familia Michoacna. More:US drug czar wants India to stem flow of chemicals used by Mexican cartels for fentanyl. In just six months, smugglers brought across the border almost two kilos of fentanyl up to 1 million lethal doses of the No. Zetas behead and dismember four women from the Gulf Cartel The video shows four women on their knees in a field, their hands tied behind their backs. Who was to blame? His attorney lobbied for 13 years, claiming his client likely couldn't survive a longer prison stint. 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. After agents toppled the Oregon drug network in 2018 and arrested 23 suspects, there were murders in Mexico that U.S. investigators suspect were meant to scare and silence potential witnesses in the Portland case. It is a tactic later mimicked by the likes of ISIS, a digital bid to intimidate and inflict anxiety on enemy factions and send a warning to government law enforcement who dare to meddle in their monetary schemes. Hisoffice has prosecuted Sinaloa and CJNG members. 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. He initially came to the U.S. to earn money as a mechanic for another relative. He ran a drug network that trafficked kilos of meth with help from his then-wife, Socorro Elena Gutierrez, from their Washington County home. . The young man, an opponent from a rival cartel, finds himself in the clutches of the Cartel de Sinaloa. "If that takes them killing other cartels or killing innocent people, they will do it.". 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 don't want to put my wife, my family in danger.'". Those who tried to run were tortured, killed and sometimescannibalizedby fellow recruits in what U.S. federal agents describe as a disturbing riteof passage. They also contacted more than two dozen accused cartel members or CJNG associates in prison and traveled to Mexico City, Guadalajara and 15 U.S. cities to see firsthand the far-reaching repercussions of El Menchos cartel. His chances of surviving the amped up gunmen who are intent on killing him are slim at best. Roberto, 22, had a fianc and young daughter in Morelia, a city in Michoacn. But wrestling for land jurisdiction is only a piece of the CJNG puzzle. The information leaks make catching El Mencho extremely difficult, he said. In Seaside, known for commercial fishing and timber, traffickers easily established a strong customer base. "He was very minutely involved. When authorities arrested him, they found twoassault rifles, one inscribed with "Menchito" little Mencho and anotherengraved with"CJNG 02 JR.". He can be contacted [email protected]. All the CJNG nutthuggers here's your bad ass cartel terrorizing 10 year kids with dynamite. Walker then secured search warrants to monitor social media accounts, where drug ring members chatted in code on Facebook Messenger. Much of the violence is attributed to the battle for territorial surface and thus the control oftheillicit drug flow into the United States. "This happened to me for being a thief, and because I didn't respect hard-working people and continued to rob them," the chilling note strapped to their bodies read. Sheriff's investigators say a Paducah, Kentucky, business owner who fell behind on a drug debt was warned last year by the cartel: "If we dont get our money, were gonna kill you and your family.. Pictures taken of the victims show them blindfolded, with their arms and legs bound. It was run by a deported felon who kept sneaking back across the border. CJNGmembers or associates would sell drugs to traffickers inWisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, California, Texas, Kentucky, Illinois and North Carolina. It hauled inmore than 3 kilos of fentanyl, the synthetic opioid so potent that an amount as small as Abraham Lincoln's cheek on a pennycan be fatal. Reply Delete As Farfan's day of reckoning neared, he and his family pleaded for leniency. Macias' associate, Imanol Pineda Penaloza, headed a cell in Louisville while running his drug business through his used tire shop, Los 3 Hermanos. It has drug cells all across the U.S., even in tiny towns. Classic Of The Genre. 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. "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.". He co-founded Breitbart Texas Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. He had a 1999 aggravated felony drug conviction in Multnomah County and was deported in 2001. "As well as those who suffer from a lack of economic opportunity because businesses cannot thrive, and a lack of quality of life because public services, in some ways, do not function well.". Officials in Attorney General William Barr's office declined to comment on The Courier Journal's findings. A month later, Mexican authorities learned of ElMenchos new hiding spot andorganizeda secret mission to capture him. The CJNG is one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico and has been behind some of the deadliest attacks on Mexican security forces, such as a 2015 ambush in Jalisco which left 15 officers dead. Passed over for promotion, ElMenchoteamed withhis in-laws who ran an affiliatedcartel and forged his own criminal organizationin early 2011 CJNG. We see them operating illegal marijuana farms in southern Oregon.". More unchecked opportunities. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, This case had some odd twists, including the involvement by a retired U.S. Marine and his wife, an agonizing test of family loyalties and a gruesome threat from Mexico. She got her older sister, a struggling single mom, involved to make quick money. After his escape, the U.S. took its manhunt public. In Illinois,the cartel teamed with Vice Lordsgang members to grow a drug network that stretched from Southern California through the Midwest and into Nashville and Paducah, Kentuckyknown for its riverwalk murals and the National QuiltMuseum. He got his first glimpse of CJNGs success when he was overseeing drug cases in Los Angeles, a key cartel hub. In the past, student filmmakers have been kidnapped and tortured to death, journalists frequently killed before they can even begin to probe a likely CJNG crime, dozens of lawmakers and judges have been butchered and death threats have haunted scores of Mexican officials. The Elite Group is the top tier enforcement wing of the Jalisco New GeneralCartel, often referred to as CJNG. Immigrants, some fleeing criminal violence themselves, can be victimized by cartels on both sides of the border and unfairly targeted by U.S. political rhetoric or perceptions stoked by cartel crime. In June 2015, the Mexican military arrested El Menchos son and second-in-command, Rubn Oseguera Gonzles. For police, it was d vu. There's a reason why gente de Sinaloa stay in business while everyone else eats shit and goes away. UNCENSORED VIDEO BELOW / New horrifying video shows three CJNG cartel members beheading two men from a rival cartel in Mexico. State and federal authorities have been unable to stop a fierce war in Michoacan between the CJNG and Carteles Unidos, an alliance of smaller regional organizations with proxy support from the Sinaloa Cartel. At first, he supervised work crews at his uncle's construction business building houses, Roberto's attorney, Robert Salisbury, said. U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Simon said he was troubled by Farfan's repeated drug crimes dating back at least to 1999. Soldiers stand guard in front of a modified and armored truck as it is displayed to the media at a military base in Reynosa, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas June 5, 2011. The CJNG split from the Sinaloa Cartel after the killing of Ignacio Coronel, a capo whose death caused a power vacuum (via Insight Crime).Based in the western state of Jalisco, CJNG was founded by Nemesio Oseguera Ramos, whose ongoing leadership has placed him on Mexican and American most wanted . With a $10 million reward on his head, hes on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrations Most Wanted list. Please let us know if you're having issues with commenting. Selling drugs in bulk to local traffickers, who then sold to area dealers. Prosecutors successfully pushed for 15 years in their sentencing memo, pointing to Farfan's "unwillingness to stop drug trafficking and his unwillingness to remain outside of the United States." Drug dealers may not have worried about being caught here, in Clatsop County, a 90-minute drive northwest from the bustling city of Portland. 1 drug killing Americans. But he ended up working for his Uncle Victor. It's still a little shocking when you can tie it together and say for certain that's where it came from.". Legal Statement. The teenager sneaked into the U.S. and triedto build a customer base as a street-level dealer. "If an agent saw him, we couldnt say, 'Hey, were gonna grab El Mencho right now, take him and put him into custody.' The Michoacan Attorney Generals Office revealed that the bodies were removed and the scene was largely cleaned by the perpetrators. Se le pudre el Gobierno de #Michoacan a @ARBedolla MASACRAN A 17 PERSONAS que se encontraban en un velorio. "It's gonna be hard to catch him slippin'," said Mori, the DEA agent overseeing the U.S. criminal investigation against El Mencho. We're guests in their country.. It has an army of 5,000 members, including some former police officers. On Oct. 16, 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, standing next to a large "Wanted" poster of El Mencho, announced a $10 million reward for his capture and unveiled detailed indictments against him and CJNG. Armas used the couple's home as a drug stash house, paying them with enough meth for their daily fix. One of them interrogates the semi-nude Mendoza, who admits he sold drugs in Valle de Santiago, where gunmen assaulted a police station on Friday, killing five prisoners and freeing another. For two years, Farfan's nephew, Eduardo Alvarez Farfan, was scared silent. Mexico's cartel crackdown struggling despite victory? "El Mencho, a former police officer, knows that violence and fear are what keepthese cartels in power within Mexico. . "But its a little different when you go to Boise, Idaho, and other small towns where they dont have the resources to really focus on an international cartel.". It also identified at least two dozen "cells," which the DEA defines as places where cartel members set up shop to do business and live in the communities. 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. Using others to deposit drug profitsin cartel-controlled bankaccounts. Smaller police forces. "Anyone who does the same will suffer. In mid-October, 13 Mexican police officers were killed in an ambush in El Mencho's home state of Michoacn in western Mexico. It also operated a tequila label,casinos,two shopping centers,a medical clinic,real estate companies and a Pacific Ocean resort frequented by Americans, according to U.S. Treasury Department records. As they hovered over a cartel convoy, CJNG members fired Russian-made rocket-propelled grenade launchers, shooting down Morales helicopterinto a cluster of trees. 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