El Tiempo says 'El Mexicano' Fredy Chacón del Real allegedly used two Tijuana companies for CJNG extortion and kidnappings, then built similar call-center firms in Medellín.
About 70% of the 957 intentional homicides recorded in Oaxaca’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec over the last four years are linked to Los Cromos, a local gang allied with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Oaxaca…
Roland Heith Martinez of Houston was sentenced in Del Rio, Texas, to 35 years for his role in the Guzman smuggling organization, which prosecutors say is directly connected to CJNG. A 2022 Kimble County crash…
Renato Sales Heredia, Mexico’s national security commissioner under Peña Nieto, says El Chapo offered information on the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for help rescuing sons kidnapped by the CJNG in Puerto Vallarta in 2016.
Mexico says arrested Los Metros money man ‘Bebo’ worked for ‘Primito.’ The U.S. Treasury sanctioned César Morfín Morfín in 2025, accusing him of charging fees on stolen crude trucked into Texas.
Michoacán's Guardia Civil killed Rafael “N,” alias “El Mansito,” in Morelia. A prosecutor's source says he was sentenced to 30+ years in 2021 — authorities are investigating how he got out.
Colombian authorities have arrested Fredy Chacón, alias “El Mexicano,” in a luxury home in Medellín. Officials describe him as an alleged coordinator in Colombia for Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and say U.S. authorities…
Callers claiming to speak for "the people of Jalisco" are demanding up to 200,000 pesos from Tecamachalco merchants and invoking the kidnapping and killing of the mayor's teenage son, Mateo Hernández.
State and federal forces took over Juchitán’s municipal police headquarters on Sept. 25 as Oaxaca’s prosecutor said some officers are suspected of working for the CJNG-linked Los Cromos cell.
A Michoacán judge ordered 18 people, including Angamacutiro's municipal police director, to stand trial after raids targeting the network of alleged CJNG operator “El Señor de la T,” Infobae reported.