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It’s been a difficult stretch for Mayito Flaco, and the pressure is no longer just external. A faction identifying itself as loyal to “El 71” and the “Old School 211” publicly breaks from the Mayito Flaco and Cabrera structure, accusing its leadership of abandoning past codes by engaging in extortion, kidnappings, and abuse against civilians.

How It Really Went Down Jesús Alfredo Beltrán Guzmán—better known as El Tito or El Mochomito—was born into cartel royalty:…