CJNG: the millionaire figure spent by Mexico for the failure of the "El Mencho" hunt

As part of the "Jalisco operation", the Mexican government spent 7,659 million pesos, this operation was launched to capture Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (CJNG), aka "El Mencho", leader of the cartel Jalisco New Generation, which remains free and spreads terror in almost all the national territory.

It is the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, the entity that has delivered more than 7,000 million pesos to various security agencies., to be used in said operation, the purpose of which was the arrest of "El Mencho".

According to reports by the DEA, the Federal Police and the Attorney General's Office (PGR), the CJNG is already operational in at least 22 states in the country.

Intelligence Reports in US and Mexico Record 3 Key Moments of Expansion of this criminal organization. The first occurred when, after the death of Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, the cartel took over control of Nacho's operations for the Pacific Cartel.

The second took place at the end of 2012, when the movement of groups called "autodefensas" in Michoacán it took strength. The CJNG has infiltrated the movement to attack the Knights Templar, mainly in the municipalities adjacent to the state of Jalisco.

The third moment took place in February 2013, when Oseguera separated from the Pacific Cartel. Regarded by the governments of the United States and Mexico, it began its expansion by the American Union, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania.

According to the portal Docs area, Operation Jalisco's main objectives were the dismantling of the criminal group and the capture of its leader.. However, none of them has been completed 4 years after the launch of the operation.

On May 1, 2015, in the municipality of Villa Purificación, a series of clashes took place between the security forces and members of the CJNG. During the attacks, the criminal group shot dead 11 soldiers and two federal policemen with a rocket launcher.

On the same day, a few hours before and without notice, the local authorities, elements of the National Investigation and Security Center (CISEN), the Mexican Army, the Federal Police and the PGR, They deployed the operation to stop "El Mencho", specifically in the municipality of Villa Purificación.

The battles that took place on the ground between members of the "El Mencho" cartel and security elements prevented their capture. The armed forces decided not to follow him, fearing a second attack.

Faced with this attempt at arrest, the criminal organization did not sit down and do nothing: In 25 municipalities of Jalisco State, Guanajuato and Colima, 39 drug traffickers, 11 banks and 5 service stations were set on fire.

From the beginning of the operation until now, the Jalisco operation has not changed much. Violence in the state remains the same, although it has increased despite the deployment of at least 3,500 members of the army and navy.

Since 2015, 6,413 voluntary homicides have been committed, 13,552 disappearances have been recorded and 217 illegal graves have been located. according to data from the Directorate of Criminal and Statistical Policy of the Attorney General of Jalisco.

However, federal authorities have focused on other areas of operational efficiency: the arrests and the insurance of arms are what they presented as results.

Enrique Peña Nieto, former president of Mexico, said in his fifth government report that the security strategy was working when it was implemented.capture 1,352 suspected criminals, 10 members of the CJNG, and the seizure of 33 guns, 162 short guns and 2 crime-related vehicles.

A year later, in the sixth report of the government, the measure of the effectiveness of the operation was focused on the same indicators, indicating that 11,683 kilos of marijuana were insured. 366.2 kilos of cocaine; 84.7 kg of glbad and 20.5 kg of methamphetamine, in addition to which 533 marijuana plantations were destroyed.

These results, badured by the federal authorities, were achieved because Jalisco's operations were extended to the states of Guanajuato and Colima, where it was already clear that the CJNG was functioning.

To date, the only public information on the subject is that specified in Peña Nieto's last two reports.

The current government of the state of Jalisco said that nothing had been said about this operation with the government López Obrador, and that he did not know if it was still in force.. What they have ensured is the entrance of the new security corps, the National Guard will take office in Guadalajara, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga and Puesto Vallarta.

According to the results presented in the fifth and sixth reports of the government of the former President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, The Jalisco operation has successfully arrested the main leaders of the CJNG; among them stand out:

Rubén Osegueda González, "El Mechito", son of "El Mencho"; Abigael González Valencia, "The cuini", financial operator of the CJNG and leader of "Los Cuinis", Víctor Manuel García Orozco, Javier Guerrero Covarrubias, leader of the cartel in the region of Ciénega; Enrique Alejandro Pizano Jimenez, presumed right hand of Nemesio Oseguera and leader in the Southern region; Giovanni Castro Urbano, presumed head of the Valles region; Daniel Quintero Riestra, "The Dany", He was one of the 122 criminals most wanted by the government and led the CJNG in Guadalajara.

They are also in prison: Iván Cazarín Molina or Víctor Hugo Delgado Rentería, who would have been the second member of the CJNG structure; Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, "Tony Storm", the brother of "El Mencho"; Rosalinda N., wife of the cartel manager.

And recently, Adrián Alonso Guerrero Covarrubias, aka "The 8th", was apprehended in Zapopan.

According to DEA reports, in the new criminal structure of this agreement, the names appear by Luis Ignacio Quintero Riestra "El Nacho", brother of "Dany Quintero"; José María González Valencia, "El Chema", brother of "El Cuini"; and Gregorio Pelayo Chávez "El Camarón", a former officer of the judicial police of Jalisco.

In May 2016, the DEA included Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, leader of the CJNG, among the 10 most wanted men., the reward for anyone who can give information on where they are is $ 10 million.