Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG): leader: Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is a Mexican criminal group that emerged as a splinter group of the Milenio Cartel one of the Sinaloa Cartel’s allies after the capture of its leader in 2009 led to internal divisions. Initially, the group operated as an armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel. As part of this alliance, it engaged in a deadly turf war against Los Zetas in Veracruz state, where the group stood out for its use of violence and involvement in numerous massacres. the CJNG grew as an independent organization and one of the most powerful actors in Mexico’s criminal underworld. Rivaling its erstwhile ally, the Sinaloa Cartel, the CJNG turned from an armed wing into a complex drug-producing and trafficking structure, which supplies markets across the globe. It has diversified its activities and sources of income, relying on extortion, kidnapping, human trafficking, illegal mining, and oil theft, such as the capture of the avocado and oil trade in Michoacán and Guanajuato states. Since its creation, the CJNG has had a foothold in the central-western states of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit. The group’s presence was recorded in these states as early as 2010, and in Veracruz state, where the CJNG has operated since 2011. Beyond consolidating its presence near areas with already-existing footholds as part of its former Milenio Cartel affiliation, the CJNG also seeks to expand its operations across the country to control strategic drug trafficking corridors, such as routes connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and the United States border. This has led to high levels of CJNG and affiliates’ activity and violence in other central-western states of the country, such as Guanajuato, Michoacán, and Zacatecas, where the CJNG has had a presence since 2012 CJNG Founders: (Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, Emilio Alejandro Pulido Salazar, Martin Arzola Ortega, and Erick Valencia Salazar) CJNG Leader(s): (Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, Juan Carlos Valencia González, Ricardo Ruiz Velasco) Abigael GONZALEZ VALENCIA: Nemesio Ruben Esoguera Cervantes's brother-in-law. Leader of LOS CUINIS Drug Trafficking Organization (Known as LOS CUINIS). Gonzalo Mendoza Gaytan: Also known as (El Sapo). Senior CJNG Member. Puerto Callarta Plaza Boss. Liliana Rosas Camba: Gonzalo Mendoza Gaytan's Wife. Manages Business Activities Launders for her husband / CJNG. Victor Francisco Beltran Garcia: Guadalajara-based Attorney. Facilitates CJNG and LOS CUINIS Corruption. Isidro Avelar Gutierrez: Mexican Magistrate Judge. Corrupted by CJNG and LOS CUINIS. Erika Gonzalez Valencia: LOS CUINIS Member. Assists CJNG in Multiple Activities. Ulises Jovani Gonzales Valencia: LOS CUINIS Member. Assists CJNG. Launders through Real Estate. Ana Paulina BARAJAS SAHD: Assists Husband's Activities. "Eight Members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel Charged in Large Scale Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Organization" Those 8 members: Marco Antonio Gonzalez, 31, Ricardo Mendez-Negrete, aka “Jose Negrete,” 42 Jose Trinidad Medina Tapia, aka “Alex Aviles,” 31, Miguel Carrillo-Ayala, aka “Tomas Rodriguez,” 38 Alma Zoraida Borrayo-Villasenor, 32, Javier Guizar-Hernandez, aka “Jorge Hernandez,” 28, Hector Garcia-Gomez, 36 Ivan Gonzalez, 22 Companies connected: A&A ESTUDIO ARQUITECTONICO: Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Architectural Firm. JAFIELA BOUTIQUE: Also known as LUSH STYLE BOUTIQUE. Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Women's Clothing Store. G Y R ARQUITECTOS: Also known as GR ARQUITECTOS. Zopopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Architecture & Real Estate Firm. ARQUITECTURA Y DISENO: Also known as ADB INMOBILIARIA. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Architecture & Real Estate Firm.