CJNG Controls Alcohol Sales At Rodeos and Jalisco Patron Saint Festivals

Beer vendors were forced to wear aprons with the printed face of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) controls the profits from the sale of beer, rodeos and bullfights at patron saint festivals and carnivals in most municipalities in Jalisco.

According to a state government source consulted by MILENIO, the Jalisco State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) was aware of this situation, however, it was on February 28, during the closing of the Autlan Carnival, that authorities confirmed their suspicions.

El Mencho’s face forced to be worn on clothes

That day, in the Alberto Balderas bullring, beer sellers were forced to wear aprons with the printed face of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, leader of the four-letter cartel, and to draw the initials CJNG in their hair.

At that event, one rider was rewarded with 50,000 pesos for his bravery by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, also known as El Señor de Los Gallos, as documented in a video made public on social networks.

“They say that the hands that give will never remain empty. And today and tonight there is a man who wants to thank you for your bravery, courage, skill for all that you have gone through. What do you think, here in my hand I have 50 thousand pesos and the lord of the roosters gives it to you with all his heart,” said an entertainer during the event in the bullring of Autlan de Navarro.

Autlán de Navarro is in the area where last week federal forces carried out a heavy operation, involving three helicopters, against a priority target of the CJNG.

The CJNG found a gold mine in the municipal fiestas. According to the informant, it is the criminal group that decides to which individuals the municipalities grant temporary concessions to sell beer for municipal fiestas.

They also seized the profits from the box offices of rodeo events and bullfights, as well as the contracting of entertainers through loan sharks.

CJNG infiltrates public offices

But these aren’t the only demands made by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) on mayors. The criminal group is also being investigated for meddling in administrative positions in city halls.

According to the source consulted, the criminal group is demanding positions to place people related to the cartel in key positions in city hall, such as security and public works, just to mention a few.

The municipalities most under siege by the CJNG are those located on the southern coast, where on Wednesday, March 19, forces carried out an operation that ended with the capture of Luis Miguel Pelayo, El Meño, leader of the Jalisco Cartel in that region.

But there are also records of similar activities in the Jalisco municipalities bordering the states of Zacatecas and Aguascalientes, where the four-letter cartel is fighting a battle against Sinaloa.

Source: Milenio