Mexico arrests alleged cartel leader and fuel smuggler "The Tank"
Authorities say "El Tanque" runs a massive fuel theft network and is linked to homicides, kidnappings and drug trafficking.
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Authorities say "El Tanque" runs a massive fuel theft network and is linked to homicides, kidnappings and drug trafficking.
Juan Carlos González is the stepson of "El Mencho," who was killed by the Mexican military.
Audias Flores Silva, also known as "El Jardinero," or The Gardener, was seen as a possible successor to "El Mencho," who was killed in February.
The discovery of the grave site adds to dozens of similar cases in Jalisco, the state hardest hit by Mexico's missing persons crisis.
Twenty-five members of the Mexican National Guard were left dead in Jalisco in six separate attacks after the killing of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, Mexico Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said Monday. CBS News reporter Karen Hua has more.
Officials said they were still trying to pin down an exact number for victims whose remains were found in the bags.
José González Valencia, brother-in-law of the fugitive Jalisco New Generation boss known as "El Mencho," was sentenced Friday to 30 years in U.S. federal prison following his 2017 arrest.
César Guzman was dining with two colleagues when gunmen opened fire, according to a retired FBI agent who worked with Guzman.
Ivan Morales was a prosecution witness in the U.S. trial of Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez, the son of the country's most wanted man, "El Mencho."
Jose Luis Pereira, a senior member of the Teocaltiche city government, was attacked at around 5 p.m. at a seafood restaurant in Jalisco, authorities said.
One recruit who reportedly survived the Jalisco cartel ranch said those who refused or tried to escape were beaten, tortured and killed.
Charred bones and hundreds of articles of clothing and other personal effects were found at a location dubbed by local media as the "ranch of horror."
Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa — the son-in-law of Jalisco New Generation cartel leader "El Mencho" — was arrested in Riverside, California, officials said.
The violence in Jalisco is blamed chiefly on the Jalisco Nueva Generacion Cartel (CJNG), one of Mexico's most powerful and violent criminal groups.
The victims -- three women and nine men -- were found on roads, bridges and avenues, and one was dismembered, officials said.
Mexican drug cartels frequently use bulletproof vehicles, as well as military-grade weapons.
The video revived memories of the most horrifying instances of drug cartel brutality, in which kidnap victims were forced to kill each other.
Monica De Leon Barba was kidnapped last November while walking her dog in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico.
The state prosecutor said there was enough evidence to identify about half of the people found in the two graves.
Prosecutors say that they cannot confirm how many died, because the attackers cleaned up the scene and carted away any bodies.