Al Jazeera: Eliot Alberto Radillo accused of overseeing extortion and drug trafficking activities for the New Generation cartel.
Federal police in Mexico have presented an alleged operations chief of the New Generation cartel who is suspected of overseeing extortion and drug trafficking activities for the drugs gang across various states.
A handcuffed Eliot Alberto Radillo, also known as "El Pancho", appeared alongside masked police officers in front of the media on Monday after his detention with another alleged member, Juan Carlos Salazar. Read more.
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
Showing posts with label New Generation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Generation. Show all posts
Feb 22, 2012
Mexico Drug War: Increased Violence Likely in Guanajuato State
STRATFOR: "Unknown assailants thought to be part of the Knights Templar killed eight people and injured another eight Feb. 16 in attacks in six municipalities of Guanajuato state (in central Mexico). The attacks followed the Knights Templar's placement of 18 narcomantas around Guanajuato warning the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (GJNG), which has ties to the Sinaloa Federation, to stay out of the state. The narcomantas appeared to be in response to the archbishop of Leon's request on Jan. 22 that organized criminal groups in Guanajuato come to a truce during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the state, scheduled for March 23.
The incidents also follow the January release of a video depicting the interrogation of Los Zetas leader Hector Daniel Reyes Reyes in which he states he was in Jalisco to prepare for a possible incursion into Leon, Guanajuato's largest city and a regional transportation hub. The attacks, combined with the indications that CJNG and Los Zetas may be attempting a move into Guanajuato, could portend increased violence in the region." read more
The incidents also follow the January release of a video depicting the interrogation of Los Zetas leader Hector Daniel Reyes Reyes in which he states he was in Jalisco to prepare for a possible incursion into Leon, Guanajuato's largest city and a regional transportation hub. The attacks, combined with the indications that CJNG and Los Zetas may be attempting a move into Guanajuato, could portend increased violence in the region." read more
Sep 29, 2011
Mexico Drug War Cartels: No Need to Worry About Mexico's Elusive Paramilitary Groups
InSight Crime: "For anyone looking to explain why paramilitarism is on the rise in Mexico, the case of the Mata Zetas, or "Zeta Killers" is a terrible example. The group, which first appeared in late July, has spoken of their desire to rid Veracruz of the Zetas drug gang, describing themselves as a "paramilitary arm of the people."
The group does not appear to be a collection of citizens who have mobilized against drug violence and crime. The most accepted version of their origins is that they are a faction of a Jalisco-based drug gang looking to displace the Zetas from the Veracruz plaza. To describe them as "paramilitary" implies a certain level of grassroots, citizen-led organization, spurred by funding from influential families, or else sources in the private sector or politics. However, in the case of the Mata Zetas, it's unclear whether are backed by anyone other than a criminal group, the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation (Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion - CJNG)."
The group does not appear to be a collection of citizens who have mobilized against drug violence and crime. The most accepted version of their origins is that they are a faction of a Jalisco-based drug gang looking to displace the Zetas from the Veracruz plaza. To describe them as "paramilitary" implies a certain level of grassroots, citizen-led organization, spurred by funding from influential families, or else sources in the private sector or politics. However, in the case of the Mata Zetas, it's unclear whether are backed by anyone other than a criminal group, the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation (Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion - CJNG)."
Sep 22, 2011
Mexico Drug War: Mexico's gangland terror grows in south
Houston Chronicle: "The gangland terror once largely confined to Mexico's northern border states has gained a solid beachhead in the country's impoverished south.
Investigators in the Gulf Coast port of Veracruz were picking through the mortal remains Wednesday of 35 people that gunmen dumped in front of an upscale shopping mall. And on the other side of Mexico's narrow waist, thousands of striking teachers marched through the heart of the faded Pacific beach resort of Acapulco to demand protection from rampaging gangsters.
"The criminal map has shifted," Reynaldo Escobar, Veracruz state's attorney general, told a television interviewer."
Investigators in the Gulf Coast port of Veracruz were picking through the mortal remains Wednesday of 35 people that gunmen dumped in front of an upscale shopping mall. And on the other side of Mexico's narrow waist, thousands of striking teachers marched through the heart of the faded Pacific beach resort of Acapulco to demand protection from rampaging gangsters.
"The criminal map has shifted," Reynaldo Escobar, Veracruz state's attorney general, told a television interviewer."
Mexico Drug War: Dumping of 35 bodies seen as challenge to Zetas
Houston Chronicle: "A gang known to be aligned with Mexico's most-wanted drug lord appears to be making a violent challenge to the dominant Zetas Cartel in the Gulf state of Veracruz, dumping 35 bodies on a busy avenue in front of horrified motorists near where the nation's top prosecutors were about to start a convention.
The cartel known as the New Generation unloaded the bound, seminude, tortured bodies during rush hour Tuesday as part of a several-month campaign to take the strategic port of Veracruz now controlled by the Zetas drug gang, an official in the Mexican armed forces told The Associated Press on Wednesday."
The cartel known as the New Generation unloaded the bound, seminude, tortured bodies during rush hour Tuesday as part of a several-month campaign to take the strategic port of Veracruz now controlled by the Zetas drug gang, an official in the Mexican armed forces told The Associated Press on Wednesday."
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