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After multiple threats, Tijuana's mayor took to living inside a military barracks.
Security forces suspect that La Garra is one of the leading coordinators of the CJNG in the United States. [20] Based on his influence in the United States, investigators suspect that La Garra may not live in Mexico and may be residing in the United States, specifically California, where the CJNG has a major corridor through Tijuana. [1]
On November 19, 2024, El Mencho's son-in-law Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa, a high ranking CJNG leader and romantic partner of El Mencho's daughter Laisha [213] who notably faked his death and took up residency in California under an assumed identity, was arrested in Riverside, California.
The government's urgency to confront the CJNG had intensified the month before, when the CJNG ambushed and killed 15 policemen in Jalisco. [15] The same day the attacks occurred, [ 16 ] the government inaugurated Operation Jalisco , a military-led campaign to combat organized crime groups in Jalisco and capture their leaders. [ 17 ]
The Tijuana Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Tijuana, pronounced [ˈkaɾtel ðe tiˈxwana]), formerly also known as the Arellano-Félix Cartel (Spanish: Cártel Arellano Félix, CAF), is a Mexican drug cartel based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Uruapan has been the center of a territorial dispute between the Jalisco-based Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and the Los Viagras cartel based in Michoacán, where Uruapan is located. [1] Reprisal attacks and public killings have been commonplace in the city, and in August 2019, nineteen bodies were disposed of on the road near Uruapan. [1]
Julio Alberto Castillo Rodríguez was born on 11 October 1976, in Apatzingán, Michoacán, Mexico. [1] He is nicknamed "Ojo de Vidrio" (). [2]He is married to Jessica Johanna Oseguera González, the daughter of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (alias "El Mencho"), the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords.
The clashes began early in the morning, when CJNG launched an attack on El Abuelo after declaring war on the El Abuelo Cartel and stating their intentions to expand into Michoacán and clear the state of El Abuelo. [1] [2] The fight lasted for several hours until government forces from the Mexican National Guard arrived and broke up the fighting.