Puerto Vallarta News

Puerto Vallarta News

Criminal gang leaders fight over territory in Puerto Vallarta

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes fights with rival cartels in Puerto Vallarta that intend to take territory where his criminal organization dominates drug trafficking, kidnapping, and milking of gas pipelines in the area, leading to the announcement of a fight for territory between criminal group leaders.

When 'El Mencho' entrusted Carlos Andrés Rivera Varela, nicknamed "La Firma", to the headquarters of Puerto Vallarta, a criminal gang of Colombian origin arrived with its own drug suppliers, a move that was not well-accepted by other group leaders.

Rivera Varela works with criminal connections in South and Central America and recruited hitmen to . . .

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