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you know the weird thing about the
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decapitation strategy is the fact that
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sometimes the sudden elimination of the
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top tier of leadership within a short
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amount of time in time is of the essence
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because it's meant to create chaos
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within these organizations which lead to
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infighting and eventually disintegration
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of a cohesive organization that can no
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longer effectively control all of its
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cells which makes it easier for law
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enforcement to locate and arrest cartel
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members however in some rare cases it
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has led to the opposite scenario the
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creation of a cartel far more powerful
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than anyone could have imagined in fact
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the argument could be made that the
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kingpin strategy only made it easier for
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CJ ng to recruit orphan cells of gunmen
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and on top of that you get rid of a set
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of leaders that used violence only when
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needed only for them to be replaced by
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people like el agente Cinco and man Cho
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and then Gaara just pure savages on
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September 20 2011 at around 7:30 in the
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morning two cargo trucks suddenly
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stopped in the middle of a busy
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underpants that runs through the
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Veracruz city of Boca Del Rio
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armed men descended and formed a
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perimeter the other gunmen who were all
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wearing black tactical uniforms then
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started to unload body after body from
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the trucks the trucks and the mutilated
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bodies were left in the middle of the
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roadway along with a message a new group
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was announcing its presence in Veracruz
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at the time they called themselves los
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Matas Etta's but soon the world would
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become familiar with the name cartel
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Jalisco new generation or CJ ng for
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short the people that were tortured and
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killed were picked up at random by
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municipal police and handed over to the
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Mata seta so the police were under
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orders to pick up local Zetas members so
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they grabbed anyone they could in line
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to their cartel bosses about their
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affiliations this is just one incident a
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savagery that has cemented CJ ng as one
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of the most brutal cartels operating
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today in Mexico and beyond the core of
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the CJ ng began as a faction of the
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Millennial cartel they emerged from
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the ashes of an internal war that would
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end up destroying one faction and at the
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same time propel the CJ ng to the top of
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the international criminal underworld
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they dominate vast areas of Mexico with
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pure brutality a cartel ships massive
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amounts of synthetic drugs to feed the
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growing appetite for meth and fentanyl a
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ruthless pursuit of new plazas would
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bring the bloodshed and brutality to a
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new level
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even the government is not safe from the
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wrath of arguably one of the most
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violent trafficking organizations that
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has ever existed in Mexico or elsewhere
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CJ ng can trace its roots back to
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Michoacan back to the Millenial cartel
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the Millennial cartel was led by the
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Valencia family they had deeper roots in
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the criminal underworld going back to
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the 70s the Millennial cartel dominated
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in Michoacan and other states throughout
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Mexico it was in this organization that
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the future leaders of the CJ ng would
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learn how cartel business works and
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menschell Erick Salazar and liske
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wienies all rose through the ranks of
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the Millennial cartel Ruben o Segura
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Cervantes better known as and Mentos was
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born on July 17 1966 in agony I mean
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took on the family struggled and like
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many in the community they were farmers
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the young men shall realize there was no
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future in legitimate or at least not
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where he was from he began in the drug
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industry in the early eighties he was a
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teenager when he took a job guarding a
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marijuana field after about a year he
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immigrated to the u.s. in search of
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success like every other immigrant with
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dreams of fortune but unlike most
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immigrants meant to embrace the
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underworld he began pushing meth in San
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Francisco he was making enough for a
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street level dealer but the easy money
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came with plenty of rest throughout his
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time dealing in California it was during
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this period that he married his
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girlfriend Rosalinda Valencia her
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brother began was also involved in the
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drug game Abigail and Menchel would grow
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close and they would often collaborate
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on certain deals in 1992 and mentos and
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his brother Abraham were busted on drug
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charges
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others were involved in the heroin deal
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with two undercover agents in order to
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save his brother from a possible life
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sentence Menchel took a guilty plea and
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was sentenced to five years he ended up
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serving out his sentence in Texas and
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the 1997 mention was deported to Mexico
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it wasn't his first time he was deported
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before for drug cases but this time it
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would be for good men chill makes his
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way back to Michoacan and soon after he
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gets a job as a Jalisco state policeman
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after a couple years menschell leaves
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the forced to join the Millenial cartel
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full-time men shall begin working as a
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hitman and would eventually lead his own
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enforcement cell during the early 2000s
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the Millenial cartel was an ally of
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another Michoacan based organization
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back then it was known as la empresa but
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years later it would rename itself La
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Familia Michoacana Carlos Rosales
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Mendoza aka and D sequel was the
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original leader of Lambretta he and the
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Millenial cartel were on good terms they
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collaborated and generally kept the
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peace in their areas of influence they
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were so close in fact that Rosales ended
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up in a relationship with had mentions
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cousin Nath's but that blood relation
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would soon end the alliance between the
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Millenial cartel in la empresa mentions
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cousin who by now was Rosales his wife
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and mother of his son began an affair
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with the leader of the Millenial cartel
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who at the time was Armando Valencia the
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two began a secret relationship and soon
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Ynez had left Rosales and was now with
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Rosales his former friend and
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collaborator Armando leader of the
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Millenial cartel word spread that Ynez
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was fooling around and with none other
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than the boss of the other most powerful
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cartel in Michoacan people in the no
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brace for a war that was about to be
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unleashed On February 18 2002 a hit
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squad opened fire in horror Valencia and
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his bodyguards as they were passing by a
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mall in the city of Morelia the hit team
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mistakenly killed Jorge the younger
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brother of Armando they mistook him for
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his older brother from then on it was
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all-out war between the former allies la
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empresa however
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one major advantage over the last couple
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years Rosales had developed a close
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friendship with Gulf Cartel boss well
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see I got another year in the Gulf
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Cartel bought marijuana from la empresa
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and they also had begun to send their
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future that does hit men down to
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Michoacan with the task of training
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their American allies and paramilitary
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tactics when the war began between the
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two michoacán organizations the Gulf
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Cartel took the side of La impressa and
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sent over to hundreds at the gunmen to
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Michoacan with the goal of helping la
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empresa win the war against the
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Millennial cartel the Zetas were
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successful they killed several Valencia
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family members the Millennial cartel
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could not withstand attacks from two
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groups so the rest of the Valencia
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millennial leadership fled to Jalisco to
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avoid this at the hit squads they were
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targeting Valencia family members and
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the rest of the millennial cartel
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Jalisco and especially Guadalajara
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had long been the stomping ground for
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millennial cartel bosses in 2003
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Armando Valencia is captured by federal
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agents around the same time the Gulf
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Cartel began closing out the millennial
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cartels routes that ran through
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Tamaulipas especially the nuevo laredo
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crossing was the route slowly being
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choked out by their gold force members
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dead and being pushed out of most of
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Michoacan the Millennial cartel felt
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pressured to seek an alliance with the
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Sinaloa cartel nacho Coronel what's the
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Sinaloa cartel boss that began working
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with the Millenial organization the
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Millennial cartel had to share the
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Guadalajara Plaza with nachos crew the
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Millennial cartel began coordinating and
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transporting Sinaloa cartel cocaine
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shipments that arrived on the Pacific
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coast
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they needed a Sinaloa cartel routes and
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border plazas in order to ship their
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drug lords north since their Tamaulipas
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route was now closed in 2005 invention
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was actually captured by his rivals in
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Michoacan mento and two other gunmen
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were in a boxing gun business when they
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were kidnapped by seven sicarios working
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for La Familia Michoacana
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the story goes that adventure managed to
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convince a jungle virus one of the main
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leaders of la familia a jungle spared
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elementals life but the time was
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strolling up incoming trafficker
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by 2006 the Millennial cartel had mostly
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abandoned Michoacan most members
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settling what
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after their defeat at the hands of La
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Familia Michoacana and their allies
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around the same time li Impreza
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rebranded itself La Familia Michoacana
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and went to war against their former
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allies the Zetas who they managed to
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kick out Menchel was now head of
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security for Oscar Nava Valencia it was
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known as a Lobo the wolf and who was now
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the boss of the Millennial cartel the
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Millennials resented working for the
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Sinaloa cartel the millennial
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organization had been sending drugs
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north into Europe since the 90s but now
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that we're down and had to accept the
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situation in 2007 federal agents raided
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a mansion and an exclusive residential
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area of Mexico City the property
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belonged to zenlea Egon GaN was the
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owner of United Farm Kevin Mexico a
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pharmaceutical company that imported
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huge amounts of pseudoephedrine for the
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manufacture of various drugs
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however the Mexican government suspected
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GaN was the main supplier of ephedrine
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to the Millenial cartel which operated
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numerous meth super labs in the
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countryside of Michoacan and Colima the
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Millenial organization began to have
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second thoughts about their new partners
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it all boiled down to profits they felt
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they were already an established group
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trafficking massive amounts of coke
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before the Sinaloa pne's arrived and now
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that we're transporting seen the lower
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drug loads without seeing an increase in
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profits for themselves the tension
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resulted in the heated argument between
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the Lobo Valencia and nacho coronet in
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the summer of 2009 the argument was
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about profits and who really controlled
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Jalisco the confrontation almost got
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physical but they were held back before
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he came to that in any case the union
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between the Sinaloa cartel the Millenial
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organization was coming to an end a few
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months later at Lobo Valencia is
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captured by Army Special Forces while
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visiting a marijuana plantation after a
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shootout at Lobo and his bodyguards are
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apprehended seven months later his
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brother Juan at the eager Valencia is
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also captured this event along with the
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death of nacho Coronet led to chaos
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within the leadership of the Millenial
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cartel the internal pecking order
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pointed to a video at belleau Ramirez to
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assume control of the organization out
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of all the leaders out of all the
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leaders at below had the most experience
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and
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Lobos right-hand for the longest these
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events caused a rift between two
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factions within the Millennial cartel on
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one side was Ramiro and Malka Gonzalez
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Gerardo Ducato Mendoza and other Kapil's
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that recognized that below as a natural
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successor to lead the organization on
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the opposite side was Erik Valencia and
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los Queenie's faction they backed and
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Menchel to lead the cartel to add fuel
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to the fire at belleau and his team
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blamed in mentos and nacho Kildonan for
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giving up at louisville and his brother
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to the government they refused to take
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orders from and mentos and the Sinaloa
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'ns and menschell sent word to Takata to
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surrender to the new leadership or face
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the consequences so what does Ducato do
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bow down
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I mean Chicano hmm on May 10 2010 at the
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gato sentiment to his answer is gunmen
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kidnapped and executed several amento
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sicarios in the city of tacoma Menchel
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didn't waste time in answering the
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declaration of war his sicarios kidnap
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and killed almost 40 members of it
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bellows and at the cattles organization
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in May 2010 the millennial civil war
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began at belleau and in mochas faction
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we're now calling themselves la
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resistencia and mentos sign were known
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as lost or seagulls at first but then
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soon after nacho coronet was
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unexpectedly killed by the military in
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Zapopan and mentos travelled to Sinaloa
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and met with the top bosses he wanted
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their support and agreed to share the
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plaza was Sinaloa wuterich and mental
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didn't realize was that nachos own
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cartel associates that gave the green
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light for the government to capture
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nacho the reason being is that Chaplin
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and Maya were made aware that nacho
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coronet was planning on striking out on
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his own together with El Rancho and Eric
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Valencia if it were now for the betrayal
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nacho would almost certainly have gone
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on to join what would become the siege
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ang of today
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soon after the meeting in Sinaloa in
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August 2010 Carta Jalisco Nova Hennessey
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own is established la resistencia and CJ
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ng would go on to fight an especially
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brutal war massacres beheadings numerous
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kidnappings exploded in Jalisco between
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the two groups feeling a bit overwhelmed
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that its extensive sought allies to help
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them defeat their enemy they briefly
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formed a short-lived a lion
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with the Gulf Cartel and La Familia
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Michoacana during the war Eric Valencia
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formed and let a paramilitary group
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known as Matt isettas or said are killed
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by mid-2012 it was beginning to sink in
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that the war was going badly for ladders
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estancia they were losing to CJ ng
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ultimately the CJ ng one because they
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had more support from Sinaloa
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they also bribed high-level commanders
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and government officials on top of that
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CJ ng hired mercenaries from Colombia
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and Israel to train their sicarios even
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to this day CJ ng employs skilled
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combatants from Colombia to fight and
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also train their forces the final nail
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in the coffin of la resistencia was when
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in Malka was finally captured by federal
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police in September 2012 la resistencia
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was no more at vila went out to traffic
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his own drug shipments the rest of the
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organization joined the CJ ng or
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scattered to other places
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CJ ng was now the new player in Jalisco
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with some of the same characters from
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the Millennial days but a completely
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different organization you can't talk
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about the rise of CJ ng without talking
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about loss queens his family clan made
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up of 18 siblings and led by abigail
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Valencia when Silas has sent more
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cocaine shipments to Europe and
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Australia than any other Mexican cartel
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in recent times when the CJ ng was
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established Pasquini is focused on
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trafficking and selling cocaine in
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Europe and Asia the coke was shipped to
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African countries like Guinea Bissau
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Senegal and Mauritania then smuggled
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into Spain from there the shipment can
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move freely within the European Union
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without problems thus Queenie's made
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Europe their main market for their coke
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they realize going up against more
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established organizations in the US and
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having conflict early on was not
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feasible for several years thus
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Queenie's worked under the radar of
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authorities who mistakenly believed
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Dulles Queenie's were just money
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launderers for CJ ng or at least that is
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a story the US and Mexico
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put out partnership between CJ ng
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endless Queenie's was successful and
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grew even closer even though I'd mention
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was already married to Rosalinda
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Valencia the sister of Abigail Valencia
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CJ ng expanded quickly within six months
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of winning the war they had won over
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plazas on both coasts they expanded East
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and took over
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old millennial Network and began
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shipping meth into Europe in the u.s.
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unlike their partners queeny's who
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preferred to move in silence and remain
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under the radar the CJ ng went out of
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their way to attract people's attention
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but their gruesome execution videos and
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by leaving mutilated body parts in
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public for everyone to see a warning to
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show what would happen to anyone
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that went against and mentos and his
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organization by 2012 mentos was in the
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middle of clearing out Guadalajara of
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independent traffickers then he went
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after Sinaloa cartel members in the city
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when he pushed out Sinaloa cartel
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members in Jalisco he began to probe and
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to Sinaloa state itself however the
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Sinaloa cartel was able to block mentals
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advance into their territory the war
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fizzled out for the time being but there
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was always tension between the two
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cartels from then on everything was
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going smoothly when suddenly in March
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2014 a federal grand jury indicted los
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Queenie's organization the group had
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been under investigation by the DEA for
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the past year the first to fall with
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Abigail he was captured by Mexican naval
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special forces while he was having a
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meeting with Venezuelan and Columbian
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partners at a restaurant in Puerto
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Vallarta that day he had only one
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bodyguard an Israeli X Special Forces
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soldier Abigail offered the soldiers
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three million dollars to not show his
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face to the cameras the soldiers ignored
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the offer
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ever since then those Queens have faced
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the loss of leadership you to arrest
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however they are still able to operate
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even behind bars one of the reasons
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siege ang has been able to expand
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rapidly and push out rivals from their
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plazas is their paramilitary structure
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and training especially for bodyguards
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from the leadership of the cartel and
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also their shock troops known as scruple
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elite siege ang would make 2015 its most
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deadliest year up to that point
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first they ambushed the State Police
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counselor making its way through a
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country road gunmen had camped near the
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site for more than a day waiting for the
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convoy to pass the State Police trucks
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made their way down to highway when
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suddenly they came across a burnt-out
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car blocking its way the convoy stopped
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and that's when siege ang attacked they
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pinned down cops with machine-gun fire
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and grenade launchers 15 cops were
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killed in the bloodbath the deadliest
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day for Mexican
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law enforcement in about a decade CJ ng
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suffered no casualties
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the ambush cost the lives of 15 members
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of the State Police it was retaliation
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for the killing of it'll by state
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authorities in a recent rate but what
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really caught people's attention was the
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day CJ ng knocked down a government
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helicopter during a massive operation
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meant to decapitate cartel leadership in
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the early morning hours with sunlight
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still a couple hours away
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federal agent Yvonne Morales boarded one
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of five military helicopters that were
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waiting at the Colima Airport he joined
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more than a dozen soldiers aboard the
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aircraft that we're about to take off
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for a secret mission although they
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weren't told who or what was the target
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until the last minute
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only later were they told who the target
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was they were going after an men show a
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few days earlier intelligence agents on
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the ground alerted headquarters they
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believed mento was moving around in a
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specific area of Jalisco government
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forces quickly mobilized for a planned
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raid to capture the elusive drug lord at
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least that was the plan going quick
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under the cover of darkness and snatch
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up and mentos but what nobody knew was
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that Menchel was waiting for them he
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knew that were coming to get him he
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received a warning from one of his
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federal contacts on his payroll Menchel
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prepared his troops and waited for the
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federales to arrive aircraft
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surveillance of the area revealed a
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suspected CJ ng convoy moving through a
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country road a ground force was sent to
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intercept them the convoy of helicopters
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traveled to the area in order to support
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the ground force up ahead unfortunately
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for the agents and soldiers on board
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CJ ng gunmen were waiting as soon as the
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first three soldiers began to rappel
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down the sicarios opened up with
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everything they had which included
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machine guns 50 caliber rifles and the
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weapon that ultimately brought the
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aircraft down an RPG launcher the first
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casualties were the pilot he was hit
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with automatic fire then almost
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immediately the first three soldiers
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that rappel down were also hit with
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machine-gun fire and then several
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sicarios raised their rocket launchers
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six rounds were fired all but two shots
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missed the helicopter came crashing down
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in a ball of fire agent Morales and a
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couple others survived the ambush
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although agent Morales was burned over
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70% of his body the other helicopters
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fired on the group of gunmen killing
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sicarios the ambush in the chaos had
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erupted when CJ ng gunmen began stealing
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larger vehicles in order to leave them
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burning on major highways and roads with
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the goal of slowing down government
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reinforcements the problem with CJ ng is
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that they never developed a
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sophisticated way of dividing and
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conquering their enemies their way was
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similar to the Zetas you work for us or
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we dismember you and that's a leader of
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a local group of a few people with
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limited weapons and training you take
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the road that's going to keep you alive
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and able to make money so aligning with
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CJ ng what's a smart thing to do their
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expansion has led them to battle against
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several diverse groups of traffickers in
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Michoacan CJ ng is struggling to
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displace Allah boil off ideas and those
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viagra's in this case it's also because
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the military in Michoacan is actively
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helping with Viagra sinhala boil in
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their war against CJ ng not to downplay
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their impact under enemies in one
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particular case a massacre that was
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swept under the rug by the state
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government happened in April near
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Louetta
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the story goes that a combine VRS and
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military convoy of a nearby unit made
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their way into the town of Le Monde Seto
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the local siege ang group flood they
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decided not to engage the military who
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were allies of Las Vegas los fiag resent
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'red the town and they looted homes
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businesses and anything they could carry
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well after they were satisfied with
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their victory they made their way to a
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ranch on the outskirts of town
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that night was be a gross high off their
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victory and also drugs got drunk and
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fell asleep it would turn out to be a
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deadly mistake on their part because
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that was earlier after they had left the
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town and after the last military unit
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returned to their base
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CJ ng units returned to the town the
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locals alerted them to the location of
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Las Vegas CJ ng reinforcements arrived
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and set off to hunt the enemy those
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viagra's were caught sleeping some were
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shot immediately
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others were burned alive a massacre was
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at first denied by the Vieira's on
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social media but then the images
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confirmed what happened the incident was
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swept under the rug because it
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highlights government corruption somehow
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the fact that an entire military unit is
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in league with a criminal organization
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did not make headlines in Guanajuato CJ
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ng has had more success fighting against
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tomorrow and
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together with a security operation
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implemented by the government got there
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santa rosa de lima has battled for the
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state of Guanajuato for the last couple
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of years against mentos and mod rule and
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it's organization used to make most of
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their money by stealing huge amounts of
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fuel from pipelines throughout the state
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at moderates organization known as
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cartel santa rosa de lima has taken such
00:22:19
a huge beating that it may never recover
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the organization was found in 2014 it
00:22:25
was a CJ ng cell that decided to break
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off and go independent it was dedicated
00:22:30
to the theft of gas and oil
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they also extorted businesses during the
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war a GoPro worn by one of Amaro Sicario
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captured footage that went viral the
00:22:39
moment they attack a CJ ng affiliated
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mechanic shop the video shows the brazen
00:22:44
attack where sicarios running into the
00:22:46
shop and executing everyone at
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point-blank range with assault rifle
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foreign model the end is coming faster
00:22:51
than he thought in June 2020 and models
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mother sister and niece were among
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twenty six people arrested in Celaya
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that were members of his cartel he has
00:23:01
retreated to Celaya and the fuchsia
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Gabriel's that remain with him are
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making their last stand and their last
00:23:06
remaining piece of territory and
00:23:08
moderate recently released a video where
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he is visibly emotional he accuses the
00:23:13
government of abusing its power he also
00:23:15
says he's willing to ally with any
00:23:17
cartel willing to help him fend off CJ
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ng and get retro CJ ng is involved in
00:23:22
probably one of the most gruesome
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conflicts in recent times the
00:23:26
battlefield involves local groups that
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so far have kept CJ ng from taking over
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the entire state CJ ng has been in
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Guerrero for at least six years in
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controlling the far western area and
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along the Pacific coast in cities such
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as Zihuatanejo as well as those that
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border Michoacan into Lazaro Cardenas
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area the interior is contested by
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various groups in Guerrero they fight
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with lavro hosts CEDA and Guerrero so
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needles and especially and especially
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the nuevo familia la nueva Familia
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Michoacana CJ ng + n FM c j ng and nova
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familia are locked in a brutal war that
00:24:03
has produced some of the most gruesome
00:24:05
propaganda videos of the war in guerrero
00:24:07
and much like the war between Zetas
00:24:10
Gulf Cartel and Tamaulipas both CJ ng
00:24:13
and Nova Familia Michoacana use monster
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trucks which are large trucks that have
00:24:18
been armored they are used to spearhead
00:24:20
attacks and raids into enemy territories
00:24:23
the war has also involved confrontations
00:24:25
and remote areas involving hundreds of
00:24:28
sicarios and Jalisco itself siege ang
00:24:30
battles against one of its former
00:24:32
commanders or cholo he broke off after
00:24:34
he killed a high-level money-launderer
00:24:36
without permission from an mento
00:24:38
so he breaks off and names his new group
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got a nueva plaza they fight for
00:24:43
ownership of certain areas west of
00:24:45
Guadalajara and the outskirts recently
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though a truce between the two sides may
00:24:50
be in place something that distinguishes
00:24:52
siege ang from other cartels is their
00:24:54
paramilitary force siege ang not only
00:24:57
has access to all types of sophisticated
00:25:00
small arms but they also have the
00:25:02
ability to manufacture their own weapons
00:25:05
unlike most cartels they usually buy
00:25:07
rifles sent from various sources the
00:25:10
cartel manufactures firearms and
00:25:12
accessories using expensive CNC machines
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and hidden weapons factories that attach
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grenade launchers and customized
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firearms on August 15 2016 an event that
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was shaked the criminal underworld took
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place in Puerto Verta the setting was
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the trendy restaurant La Leche Spanish
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for milk a large group of well-dressed
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people that showed up at the restaurant
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included six men and nine women the
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group arrived in several luxury SUVs
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three of the men were Alfredo Guzman
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even achieve a jewel and set aside roots
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mine they were in town to celebrate
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Yvonne's birthday
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there was only one bodyguard present as
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they celebrated the event over a dozen
00:25:52
siege ang sicarios rushed into the
00:25:54
restaurant they quickly subdued the lone
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bodyguard and made the man kneel with
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their hands atop their heads inside
00:26:01
close to sixteen sicarios to control the
00:26:04
response but the group of attackers was
00:26:06
in total some fifty armed men another of
00:26:09
the guzman brothers video was not at the
00:26:11
party but he was in Puerto Vallarta and
00:26:14
he had opted to stay at the Marriott
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hotel where all the brothers had been
00:26:17
staying the reunion are la leche was for
00:26:20
the birthday of Avani archivado
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and
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fifteen of August the reunion and La
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Leche was for the birthday of Yvonne on
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the 15th of August and he had arranged
00:26:29
for friends and family to attend some 16
00:26:32
a number after a few minutes the gunman
00:26:35
chuckles chupitos and the other is on
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two waiting SUVs and sped off
00:26:39
Yvonne's family the top brass of the
00:26:41
Sinaloa cartel and then Michael sam
00:26:43
bodda went into action they held an
00:26:45
emergency meeting on a ranch and Sinaloa
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what happened was that the masa Lopez
00:26:50
who at the time was still active in the
00:26:52
cartel secretly paid those Bibles a
00:26:55
faction of the siege ang to kidnap and
00:26:58
kill those chupitos mention knew about
00:27:00
the plan and went along with it
00:27:02
however Sinaloa cartel operatives
00:27:04
kidnapped and menschell son and Cheeto
00:27:07
while he was in prison eventually those
00:27:09
chupitos were released on horns los gayo
00:27:11
were later executed by CJ ng after they
00:27:14
went rogue and started extorting on
00:27:17
their own a siege ang hit squad rolled
00:27:19
into their area rounded up most of the
00:27:21
members and killed them the possibility
00:27:24
of a massive war between the Sinaloa
00:27:26
cartel and CJ ng played a part in the
00:27:28
decision to release the brothers but the
00:27:30
other reason was this unmanned cheetah
00:27:32
and cheetah was in the Lichtman cheetah
00:27:34
was in the hands of Sinaloa cartel
00:27:36
assassins inside the prison at any
00:27:38
moment they were able to kill min Chico
00:27:40
if ordered to tension within CJ ng in
00:27:43
the puerto vallarta area resulted in the
00:27:45
purge of some of the old guard bosses
00:27:48
that had been ignoring direct orders
00:27:50
from top level c j ng commanders in
00:27:52
particular Gonzalo Mendoza got an
00:27:55
estoppel the problem of the rogue cells
00:27:57
was taken care of by one of CJ and G's
00:28:00
most ruthless commander known as the
00:28:02
Fatima he's originally from Colombia and
00:28:05
let her hit squad that killed most of
00:28:07
the rogue cell that operated in Puerto
00:28:09
Vallarta he has since been implicated in
00:28:11
the brazen attack on Mexico City's
00:28:14
police chief in June 2020 where more
00:28:16
than two dozen sicarios participated in
00:28:19
the attack using brand new and expensive
00:28:21
weapons a testament to the ability of CJ
00:28:25
ng to easily get a whole powerful
00:28:27
weapons and coordinate a strike in the
00:28:29
heart of the capital c j ng has managed
00:28:32
to keep order and expand at the same
00:28:34
time and mancho is known to be
00:28:36
disciplined he doesn't get high and
00:28:37
rarely drinks he exercises daily or
00:28:40
whenever he can he is also known to love
00:28:43
the sport of cockfighting it is not
00:28:45
uncommon for menschell to place bets of
00:28:47
more than 100 K on matches cjn g's goal
00:28:51
is to control Michoacan get retro and as
00:28:53
many border crossings as possible they
00:28:56
still have now been able to take t1 and
00:28:58
wadis as they need alliances with the
00:29:00
local group that controls the plaza
00:29:02
however they are choosing to take a path
00:29:04
towards total domination of the
00:29:06
strategic border crossings if things go
00:29:09
to plan
00:29:09
unless of course and mentos is killed or
00:29:12
captured but knowing how mancho operates
00:29:14
and his use of extreme violence such an
00:29:16
event points to a guaranteed shootout if
00:29:19
men - is killed
00:29:20
Erik Valencia would most likely take
00:29:22
over as boss Eric is just as violent as
00:29:25
in mention he led the death squad motto
00:29:27
set us back in the days when they were
00:29:29
still taking orders from the Sinaloa
00:29:31
cartel bosses recently mentions daughter
00:29:34
was arrested when she appeared in the US
00:29:36
Court and support of her brother man
00:29:38
Chico the family is deeply involved in
00:29:41
the drug trade so much so that man chose
00:29:43
female relatives launder and help manage
00:29:46
profits just recently a massive US
00:29:49
operation meant to disrupt siege ang
00:29:51
networks in the u.s. took down a large
00:29:53
number of cartel operators but even with
00:29:56
all this pressure by the authorities c.j
00:29:58
ng keeps operating and then mentos stays
00:30:01
one step ahead of the law
