CJNG expanded its operation network from coast to coast in six months, making it one of the criminal groups with the greatest operating capacity by CJNG is considered by the Mexican government to be one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in Mexico [ 30 ] and the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico.
It has a special operations group for specific types of warfare. Combatting CJNG is difficult because of police corruption. The retention and hiring of new police officers is poor, [ 66 ] and many of Mexico's smaller communities prefer to police themselves. Though the government has asked these groups to lay down arms, the vigilantes continue with some success.
US President Donald Trump expressed interest in designating cartels as terrorists. Along with their remains was found the following message:. We are the new group Mata Zetas Zeta Killers and we are against kidnapping and extortion, and we will fight them in all states for a cleaner Mexico. These murdered men were then linked to individuals who had been shown in a video on YouTube while being interviewed by masked men armed with assault rifles. In spring , the CJNG declared war on all other Mexican cartels and stated its intention to take control of the city of Guadalajara.
However, by midsummer, the group appeared to have been reunited with its former partners in the Sinaloa Cartel. No more extortions , no more killings of innocent people! Zetas in the state of Veracruz and politicians helping them: This is going to happen to you, or we can shoot you as we did to you guys before too.
People of Veracruz, do not allow yourselves to be extorted; do not pay for protection ; if you do is because you want to. This is the only thing these people Los Zetas can do. This is going to happen to all the Zeta-shits who continue to operate in Veracruz. This territory has a new proprietor. While searching at another house they found 11 more bodies. By 9 October , in only eighteen days, the state of Veracruz reported killings. In response to the multiple executions between the drug cartels, the federal government launched a military-led operation in the state of Veracruz, known in Spanish as Operativo Veracruz Seguro.
