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One of the three bloodiest cells of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel operates in Puerto Vallarta

The Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) is one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in Mexico and the world, as it has come to establish operations centers in other countries such as Ecuador, where it has left a trail of violence in its struggle to obtain control of the region.

To wage its bloody wars in the territories it disputes with other cartels such as the Sinaloa cartel, the organization led by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho", has at least 36 armed cells, each under the command of a regional leader.

However, three . . .

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