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Mexico's most powerful cartel hit by civil war as brutal enforcer goes on rampage
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), led by the elusive Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, a former ally of El Chapo, operates in at least 35 states across Mexico and Puerto Rico.While the gang has managed to expand rapidly across the country, internal tensions have emerged in the state of Jalisco.Colombian Carlos Andres Rivera Varela, known as La Firma, was dispatched to coastal city Puerto Vallarta by El Mencho last year and has ambitions of taking over the entire state, Infobae reports.Last year, he went after local CJNG leader Agustín Gonzalez Chavarin – who was eventually arrested – and has since placed bounties on other members’ heads, it is claimed.This inner conflict could have a wider impact on the cartel, an expert has
