Viral Video Shows Mexican Town Celebrating Holy Saturday With Cartel Members, Investigation Underway

Viral Video Shows Mexican Town Celebrating Holy Saturday With Cartel Members, Investigation Underway

Authorities in the Mexican state of Michoacán have opened an investigation after videos emerged showing residents of Huajúmbaro interacting with armed members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

In the middle of the Saturday celebration of Gloria, alleged members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) under the command of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, ‘El Mencho’, ‘defiled’ through the streets of Michoacán. The events occurred in the municipality of Zinapécuaro, where the celebration was captured in a video in which it is observed how the neighbors of Huajúmbaro celebrate Holy Week in the company of alleged members of the criminal …

Mexico City.- Sicarios del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) were celebrated and sprayed with water by residents of a community in Ciudad Hidalgo, east of Michoacán, as they paraded around where typical activities of the 'Saturday of Gloria' were carried out in the region, according to videos and testimonies of inhabitants. The hooded subjects, with vests of the CJNG and long weapons passed on April 19 on the road that goes from the town of…

President Claudia Sheinbaum reported that an investigation was opened by the parade of alleged members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) during a Saturday celebration of Gloria in a town in Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán.In a conference, the governor expressed her disagreement with such acts and said that the inquiries correspond to the Attorney General's Office, but the Federal Security Cabinet also investigates.

Their statements are given after the weekend was spread on social networks videos that show the alleged members of the criminal group being received with cheers and applause.

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