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Territorial war between drug cartels paralyzes roads across Mexico

2025-04-24 18:20:59Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Territorial war between drug cartels paralyzes roads across Mexico

Armed groups have burned vehicles and blocked roads across Mexico, police said, as a turf war has erupted between the major Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) drug cartel and local criminal groups.

Gunmen hijacked freight trucks and set them on fire on a highway linking Mexico City to Guadalajara, before police reported at least 18 similar incidents in the neighboring states of Michoacan and Guanajuato.

A Michoacan police source said on condition of anonymity that the attacks were a reaction by Jalisco New Generation to a military operation in the area.

The fires were brought under control by Wednesday evening, and according to local media there were no casualties.

The Mexican government declared war on drug trafficking groups in 2006 and violence has rocked the country ever since, with an estimated 480,000 people killed in the past 19 years.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel was designated a terrorist organization by U.S. President Donald Trump in February. The cartel, which the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says has about 19,000 members, quickly developed into an extremely violent and capable force after splitting from the Sinaloa Cartel following the 2010 killing by the military of Sinaloa Cartel boss Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel Villarreal.

The group has been accused of using false job advertisements to lure new members and of torturing and killing recruits who resist. Last month, a group of people searching for missing relatives found burned bones, shoes and clothing at a suspected training ground for the cartel.

The Jalisco Cartel is led by Nemesio Rubén "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes. The U.S. government has offered a $15 million reward for information leading to his capture. Oseguera gained new attention after his image was projected while a band was playing at a music festival in Jalisco in late March.

In February, his wife, Rosalinda Gonzalez, was released from prison in Mexico after receiving a five-year prison sentence following her arrest in 2021 for the illegal financial operation of an organized crime group. Her release came on the same day that 29 drug traffickers held in Mexican prisons were sent to the United States.


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