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Figure 4. Jalisco New Generation Cartel Leadership.

TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS

ARRESTED
Nemesio Oseguera- Abigael Gonzlez- Jorge Luis Mendoza-
Cervantes, alias Mencho Valencia, alias El Cuini Cardenas, alias La Garra
Source: DEA
Jalisco New Generation Cartel CJNG is the most recently formed of the six TCOs, though one of the
most powerful and fastest growing in Mexico and the United States. In the 2016 NDTA, DEA reported
26 active investigations linked to CJNG hierarchy, while in 2017, the number of active investigations
increased to 46 (see Figure X). Based in the State of Jalisco, particularly its capital city of Guadalajara,
CJNG has quickly grown in prominence after splintering from the Sinaloa Cartel in July 2010. Much
like the Sinaloa Cartel, CJNG is a poly-drug trafficking organization dealing in wholesale amounts of
primarily methamphetamine, but also cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. CJNG smuggles illicit drugs into
the United States by accessing various trafficking corridors along the SWB to include Tijuana, Juarez,
and Nuevo Laredo. CJNGs rapid expansion of their drug trafficking activities is characterized by the
organizations willingness to engage in violent confrontations with Mexican Government security forces
and rival cartels. CJNG has drug distribution hubs in the U.S. cities of Los Angeles, New York, and Atlanta.
CJNG members export multi-hundred kilogram quantities of methamphetamine into
California from Guadalajara, Mexico through crossing points in Tijuana, destined for
distribution hubs in Los Angeles and San Jose, California.

Figure 5. Juarez Cartel Leadership.

ARRESTED
Jesus Salas Aguayo, Carlos Arturo Quintana-Quintana, Julio Csar Olivas-
alias Chuyin alias Ochenta Torres, alias Sexto
Source: DEA
Juarez Cartel The Juarez Cartel is one of the older and more traditional Mexican TCOs. The Mexican
State of Chihuahua, south of west Texas and New Mexico, represents the traditional area of operation
of the Juarez Cartel. The Juarez Cartel endured a multi-year turf war with the Sinaloa Cartel, which, at
its height in mid-2010, resulted in many drug-related murders in Chihuahua. Though not as expansive
as its rival, Sinaloa Cartel, the Juarez Cartel continues to impact United States drug consumer markets
primarily in El Paso, Denver, Chicago, and Oklahoma City. The Juarez Cartel mainly traffics marijuana and
cocaine though recently it has expanded to heroin and methamphetamine distribution in the United
States. Recent law enforcement reporting indicates opium cultivation overseen by the Juarez Cartel has
increased significantly in the State of Chihuahua since 2013, outpacing marijuana cultivation in some
regions.
The Juarez Cartel smuggles multi-hundred kilogram quantities of cocaine and multi-ton
quantities of marijuana monthly through the El Paso/Juarez area and rural regions west to
Palomas (south of Columbus, New Mexico) and east to Ojinaga (south of Presidio, Texas) in the
State of Chihuahua, destined for the United States.

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