Nueva Plaza Cartel

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Nueva Plaza Cartel
Cártel Nueva Plaza
Founded2018
Founded byÉrick Valencia Salazar and Enrique Sánchez Martínez
Years active2018−present
TerritoryColima and Jalisco
EthnicityMexican
Leader(s)Érick Valencia Salazar
Criminal activitiesDrug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, robbery, murder, arms trafficking
AlliesSinaloa Cartel
Rivals Mexico
Jalisco New Generation Cartel

The Nueva Plaza Cartel (Spanish: Cártel Nueva Plaza) is a Mexican criminal organization from the state of Jalisco. The group began as a split from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, having an important presence in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, being commanded by Enrique Sánchez Martínez, "El Cholo" and Érick Valencia Salazar "El 85".[1][2]

History[]

The Nueva Plaza Cartel was born in 2018, as a split from the CJNG. El Salto, Chapala, Juanacatlán, Poncitlán, Tlajomulco de Zuñiga and Ixtlahuacán de los Menbrillos are the areas they dispute. El Cholo separated from the CJNG, when he was accused of treason after the murder of "El Colombiano", an important financial operator of the criminal organization.[1] The group was initially commanded by Carlos Enrique Sánchez "El Cholo" and Érick Valencia, "El 85" (the latter one of the founders of the CJNG), which had supposedly been betrayed.[3] It is reported that the group disputes the municipalities of Zapopan, Tonalá, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga and Tlaquepaque, the main centers of operations of both drug cartels, in addition to having funding from the Sinaloa Cartel.[1] Before the death of "El Cholo", he mentioned in a video, an alleged union with Omar García Harfuch to fight against the CJNG, in addition to being awarded the Tonalá massacre.[4] The group is also known for having an easy irruption with the police forces.[5]

El Cholo previously assassinated a CJNG financier and after El Mencho attempted to retaliate with a failed coup against El Cholo, the Cartel Nuevo retaliated by successfully assassinating the leader of the CJNG assault squad.[6][1] The group also was involved in the murder of civilians and criminals, who ended up burying them in clandestine graves, such as those found in the municipalities of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga and Zapopan.[7][8]

On 18 March 2021, members of the CJNG killed El Cholo, but not before questioning him (the latter recorded on video), claiming responsibility for the wave of violence that occurred in Jalisco during those weeks. The body of El Cholo was abandoned in a public square in the municipality of Tlaquepaque, along with a drug message embedded in his torso with a knife. The abandonment of the body in a public square was seen by various media as proof of the ungovernability of the area.[9][10] According to the autopsy carried out by forensics, they revealed that El Cholo had both legs broken at the level of the tibia and the kneecap, as well as marks by electric tweezers, his eyes were extracted, as well as several injuries around his body and three bullet wounds to the head.[11] After the death of El Cholo, it is known that the successor is Erick Valencia Salazar "El 85", who is handling the cartel with a lower profile.[12][13]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Quién es Carlos Enrique Sánchez, "El Cholo", líder del Cártel Nueva Plaza ejecutado por el CJNG". Infobae Noticias. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  2. ^ "NARCOS: Cártel Nueva Plaza, el grupo criminal que amenazó con destruir al CJNG". La Verdad Noticias. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  3. ^ "Jalisco Nueva Generación al que "El Mencho" traicionó". Infobae Noticias. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  4. ^ "Un grupo armado asesina a 11 personas en Jalisco". El País. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  5. ^ "Separan a directivos policíacos supuestamente ligados a 'El Cholo'". El Financiero. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  6. ^ "The New Criminal Group Hitting Mexico's CJNG Where It Hurts". Insight Crime. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  7. ^ "'El Cholo': 5 momentos de la guerra entre Nueva Plaza y El Mencho". Unión Jalisco. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  8. ^ "CJNG y Cártel Nueva Plaza; las 56 bolsas con restos humanos en territorio del Mencho". La Opinión. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  9. ^ "El cadáver de un presunto narco hallado en el centro de Tlaquepaque se suma a la estela de violencia en Jalisco". El País. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  10. ^ "¿Quién es "El Cholo"?... líder del Cártel Nueva Plaza ejecutado por el Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación". La Vanguardia. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  11. ^ "Reporte forense del Cholo revela la brutal tortura que recibió por traicionar al Mencho". MSN. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  12. ^ "Tras asesinato del "Cholo", "El 85" queda como enemigo número uno del Mencho". La Silla Rota. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  13. ^ "¿Quién será el nuevo jefe del Cártel Nueva Plaza?". Unión Jalisco. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
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