The Alliance They Never Thought Would Happen

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The Alliance They Never Thought Would Happen
June 24, 2025.

The banners didn’t whisper. They shouted.

Over bridges and fences in Aguascalientes, a manta stitched together a new map. “F.E. CHA, CU.” That was the signature. And behind those letters, the impossible: CJNG, Los Chapitos, Cárteles Unidos, and NCDJ standing on the same side.

It wasn’t supposed to happen. These were bitter enemies. Men who tried to kill each other. Now their names were sewn together like a stitched-up wound, they plan to open on someone else.

Who’s Really in This Thing

CJNG
Mencho’s crew. Ruthless, disciplined, and military-minded. CJNG has been expanding its territory northward for years. Sinaloa wouldn’t let them in. Until now. The Chapitos opened the door. And CJNG brought muscle and weapons.

Los Chapitos
The sons of Joaquín Guzmán Loera. Iván and Alfredo. Once the princes of a federation, now wartime CEOs.

The kidnapping of El Mayo didn’t just light the fuse — it created the Mayiza faction.
But make no mistake: the alliance was already dead. It still existed on paper, but behind the scenes, it had collapsed the moment Chapo’s trial ended. Iván had been doing his own thing for years — and the signals were clear.

How could the children of Joaquín Guzmán Loera ever trust El Mayo and the long list of relatives who testified against their father?
That betrayal didn’t happen in the shadows. It played out in open court. Sworn statements. Family names. No denials.

And then came the Culiacanazo — the moment they needed Mayo’s support, and it never came.
The betrayal became real. Tactical. Visible.

This war didn’t start with a kidnapping. It started with silence.
A silence that echoed in the courtroom, on the streets, and on the day the government came for Ovidio, and no one showed up to help.

So Iván looked at CJNG, swallowed the pride, and said: Let’s talk.

Cárteles Unidos
The ones who built their reputation fighting CJNG are now printed right next to them. The mantas don’t name a splinter — they name the whole thing. CU is in. Loud and clear. From Michoacán to Aguascalientes, “Cárteles Unidos y 30 pasa a ser parte del CJNG.”
The war lines redrawn — not in private meetings, but on public fences.

Nuevo Cártel de Juárez (NCDJ)
A ghost reborn. The old Juárez cartel died with Amado Carrillo Fuentes. What’s left is this: NCDJ. Sharper, younger, hungrier. And very clearly not with La Línea. They’ve been seen fighting Mayito Flaco loyalists in Ojinaga and beyond. They aren’t yelling about it — but the chats and the bodies say plenty.

Why Now?

Because it was time.

The Chapitos understood the principle: my enemy’s enemy is my friend.
Mencho understood something else — the opportunity to share resources with another strong cartel, just as El Chapo and El Mayo had once done. A Super Cartel.
Why? Because there’s more money to be made. Less overlap, fewer wars, and more routes moving clean.

The government prefers a single dominant cartel.
They know it keeps the body count down. It’s easier to manage — easier to negotiate with, even if they won’t admit it. Everyone benefits from consolidation. Especially the ones holding the reins.

Cárteles Unidos had reach. NCDJ had ambition. Mencho had power. The Chapitos had reason.
Each brought something to the table — and they all had someone to crush.

Mayito Flaco
Not the old man — the son. Ismael Sicarios Zambada. The self-proclaimed heir. The one who couldn’t let go of daddy’s shadow and decided to light the whole state on fire just to prove he mattered. The Chapitos feel burned. The mausoleums. The dead kids. The videos. It became personal.

Mencho didn’t just see an opening. He accepted an offer.
And the rest followed.

Just like that — an enemy became a business partner.

Now they roll together. With new acronyms. With banners no one thought they’d see. “F.E. CHA, CU.” It’s not just a name. It’s a middle finger.

The Real War

This isn’t just a turf beef. It’s a proxy war fueled by timing, betrayal — and big pockets.
Because war costs money. Especially this one. A war with moving fronts, convoy battles, and political pressure stretched across half a dozen states. You don’t pull that off with foot soldiers alone.

I was personally told that Iván Archivaldo Guzmán had been planning this alliance since before El Mayo was kidnapped by Joaquín López Guzmán — long before the mantas appeared. The Chapitos weren’t scrambling. They were playing chess.

CJNG saw the strategy and came to the table. CU fell in line. NCDJ linked the northern corridor.

Now they’re moving in sync. With banners. With bodies. With a message that doesn’t need explanation.

Each plaza a front line.

And everywhere you look:

LA UNIÓN HACE LA FUERZA

The motto printed across narcomantas and echoed in WhatsApp threads.
It’s not peace. It’s a war chant.

Only the government can stop this.
But so far, they haven’t. Or won’t.

Told You So

Some of you cussed me up and down. Said I was delusional. Said the alliance would never happen. Said I was reaching.

But I told you in September — CJNG and Los Chapitos were already working together. I saw it before the mantas went up. Before the bodies dropped. Before the press caught on.

Now here we are. The banners are real. The alliance is public. And the people who laughed are dead quiet.

I don’t report this war because I enjoy it. I write because it’s real. Because it’s happening. And because no one else will put it in plain sight.

Readers — real ones — have messaged me asking for more. They want facts, not recycled headlines. They want to understand what’s actually happening. That’s why I’m still here.

So if it makes you uncomfortable?

Good.

If you don’t like it?

Go read something softer.

This Is Not Normal

CJNG and CU together? Chapitos and Mencho in the same convoy? A year ago that sounded like a joke.

Now it’s the new order.

The war changed shape.
The factions rebranded.
And what’s coming isn’t a federation. It’s not unity. It’s strategy wrapped in blood.

They call it an alliance.

We call it what it is:

The Super Alliance.

TO BE CONTINUED…