The war between the Santa Rosa de Lima and Jalisco New Generation cartels has made Guanajuato one of Mexico’s deadliest states.
, the son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who is imprisoned in the United States. But soon after soldiers detained the younger Guzmán, cartel gunmen filled the streets of the city, and he was released to avoid more violence.This year, A video circulated of López Obrador greeting the mother of El Chapo during a visit to Sinaloa. The president called her “an elderly woman that deserves my respect, regardless of who her son is.
In detaining Yépez Ortiz, the Mexican government has proved its willingness to pursue at least one cartel leader — but it has chosen perhaps the country’s most vulnerable kingpin, whose power was far more localized than other criminal leaders.That power also appeared to be waning. In June, after the arrest of his mother and sister, Yépez Ortiz released an emotional video in which he teared up while thanking his supporters and threatening his rivals.
Days later, members of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel were accused in an attack on a drug rehabilitation center in the city of that killed 28 people. That attack, and dozens of others, are believed to have been part of the bloody turf war between Yépez Ortiz and the rapidly growing Jalisco New Generation cartel.
For the Jalisco cartel’s leader, Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, Guanajuato is an important part of the narcotrafficking route to the U.S. border. Some analysts believe Oseguera Cervantes attempted to reach a detente with Yépez Ortiz in 2017, and Yépez Ortiz’s reported rejection of the overture prompted the conflict.
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