Although the CJNG is particularly known for diversifying into various types of criminal rackets, drug trafficking (primarily cocaine and methamphetamine) as well as stealing crude oil remain among their most profitable criminal activities. The cartel has been characterized by its aggressive use of extreme violence and its public relations campaigns. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel ( Spanish: Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación) or CJNG, formerly known as Los Mata Zetas, is a semi-militarized Mexican criminal group based in Jalisco which is headed by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes ("El Mencho"), one of the world's most-wanted drug lords. Mexico United States European Union Israel Nueva Plaza Cartel Knights Templar Cartel Tijuana Cartel La Familia Michoacana Cártel del Noreste La Unión Tepito Los Zetas Zetas Vieja Escuela Barrio Azteca (current status unknown) Sinaloa Cartel Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel Los Viagras Cárteles Unidos Autodefensas Los Correa Cartel del Abuelo Grupo Sombra Gente Nueva La Nueva Familia Michoacana Los Cuinis Grupo Elite (paramilitary wing) Grupo Guerrero (armed wing) Sangre Nueva Zeta Grupo X (armed wing) Grupo Delta (armed wing) Los Cabos (armed wing in Baja California) Zicuirán New Generation Cartel San Luis Potosí New Generation Cartel Tláhuac Cartel Juárez Cartel La Línea Caborca Cartel Gulf Cartel Clan del Golfo 'Ndrangheta Guerreros Unidos Camorra Nuestra Familia Caza Templa-Viagras (armed wing in Michoacán) La Fuerza Anti-Unión Cartel of the Suns Norteños Sacra Corona Unita Yakuza Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (El Mencho) Juan Carlos Valencia González (El 03) Ricardo Ruiz Velasco (El RR)ĭrug trafficking, arms trafficking, human trafficking, people smuggling, murder, kidnapping, torture, racketeering, extortion, petroleum theft, assault, prostitution, money laundering Mexico: Jalisco, Nayarit, Aguascalientes, Colima, Guanajuato, Veracruz, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Islas Marías, Sinaloa, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Chiapas, Tabasco, Querétaro, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Edomex, Morelos, Puebla Guatemala United States: California, New York, Illinois, Texas, Georgia South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, and GuyanaĦ,000–20,000 (suspected) Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes and Ignacio Coronel Villarreal
Logo of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel