New drug cartel in bloody rise to power
12 October 2016 - 10:19
In barely four years, a little-known criminal gang has grown to challenge the world's most notorious druglord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, for domination of the Mexican underworld, unleashing a new tide of violence. Once minions of Guzman's Sinaloa Cartel, traffickers of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) have turned on their former masters, seizing territory and buying off thousands of corrupt police.
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