The cartel originated in Jalisco, the western state once dominated by Sinaloa cartel leader Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel until his death in a shootout in 2010. "They now rank among the most powerful drug trafficking organizations in Mexico." Smith, acting director of the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control. "These two organizations have rapidly expanded their criminal empire in recent years through the use of violence and corruption," said John E. citizens from engaging in transactions with them. The designation seizes the property and interests of the gangs and their leaders in the United States and prohibits U.S. The cartel and a related gang, the Cuinis, were placed on the U.S. Michoacan, an important region for the avocado-growing industry, has seen a recent spike in cartel violence, according to the Post.Ĭontent created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience.Federal police stand next to a bullet riddled and burned car after a criminal gang ambushed a police convoy near the town of Soyatlan, near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. (RELATED: FBI Investigating Antifa For Plotting To Buy Guns From Cartel For ‘Armed Rebellion’)įollowing the attack, Mexican authorities reinforced the region surrounding the scene of the firefight with federal and state security, establishing checkpoints to hunt down the at-large gunmen. Media outlets reportedly also published messages signed by Jalisco New Generation, the authenticity of which is presently under investigation by Mexican authorities, the Post reports. Mexican news media posted photographs of the aftermath of the confrontation, depicting vehicles that were set afire in the middle of the highway after the gun fight. “No attack on the police will go unpunished, and this was a cowardly, devious attack because they laid an ambush in this area of the road,” governor of Michoacan, Silvano Aureoles, said, the Post reports. The gunmen arrived in several vehicles, some of which were apparently armored, according to the Post. At least 13 officers were shot dead in the firefight and nine others were reportedly wounded.Īn attack on police in the Mexican state of Michoacan, one of the country’s most violent, has left at least 13 officers dead. 50 caliber sniper rifles, AR-15s and AK-47s.
The gunmen reportedly opened fire on the officers with. Thirteen Mexican police officers were reportedly killed and nine were wounded in an ambush Monday in Michoacan, Mexico, and one of Mexico’s most revered cartels is suspected of the deaths.įorty-two police officers responded to enforce a judicial order in the township of Aguililla when they were confronted by 30 gunmen suspected to be from Jalisco New Generation, one of the most dangerous cartel groups in Mexico, the Washington Post reports.
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