"El Gato": supposed chief of the cartel plaza Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) murdered in Cancún

This Saturday, April 6, the so-called Head of the Jalisco Plaza Cartel Nueva Generación (CJNG) in Quintana Roo, Manuel Alcudía de los Santos, aka "El Gato", in Colonia Valle Verde, Cancún.

According to local media, this man was leading a cell of the CJNG and the authorities have long supported him. He was originally from Tabasco and was reportedly the leader of a place in several irregular settlements in Cancún.

The newspaper L & # 39; s opinion reported that "El Gato" was one of 28 arrested for mbad aggression occurred in 2014 in a famous hotel in the tourist region of Playa del Carmen. This time the attackers entered the hotel "Fusion" and threatened the tourists with machetes and clubs to remove their belongings.

according to L & # 39; s opinion"El Gato" was arrested in 2019 by the Attorney General's Office (FGE), but soon a judge ordered his release.

Insecurity has scared foreign tourism in Cancun

For the first time in 7 years, the most important tourist destination of Mexico saw the arrival of foreign visitors falling by 2% for the month of January., according to official figures.

Industry experts attribute this decline to insecurity, the lack of tourism promotion in the first month of the year and the depreciation of the dollar against the peso, which has been gaining ground since last year. compared to the green currency.

Cancun International Airport said last January Cancun had visited 1,513,106 pbadengers. That meant 30 315 fewer pbadengers, compared to the same month of 2018.

Along with these changes, For the last two years, violence has intensified in this Mexican paradise of beaches and privileged natural spaces. Violence resulting from the drug cartels and local gangs' war to control drug trafficking in the region has led to an increase in killings, executions and settling of accounts.

Quintana Roo media say clashes between drug cartels have ended in the first three months of 2019 more than 120 executed.

State authorities attribute the escalation of violence to groups such as Cartel del Golfo, Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation.

The Sinaloa cartel leader and the words of López Obrador

In an interview for the Canadian newspaper CTV News, an alleged leader of the Sinaloa cartel in Quintana Roo explained the operation of the drug market on the Riviera Maya. The man, identified as "Manuel", said that part of his work is to send about 300 kilos of cocaine a month to the neighboring country to the north, worth about 15 million pesos.

L & # 39; interview exhibited internationally and seen by millions of people, has generated a wave of criticism against the current government of Quintana Roo, because the alleged hitting man was questioned He badured that the police and the government are directly involved in drug trafficking to get a share of the profits.

In early March, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged that in the municipalities of Ciudad Juárez and Cancún The crime rate has not been reduced despite the operations deployed.

At his morning conference, the president insisted that the landscape of the country would change with the entry of the National Guard.