A suspect suspected of recruiting and training members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has been arrested in Mexico.

By Gerardo Lemos, CNN en Español Mexico’s Secretary of Security, Omar García Harfuch, detailed this Monday during President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference that José Gregorio, alias “El Lastra,” was arrested on March 20 in Mexico City and would have been in charge of recruitment for the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel at Rancho Izaguirre between May 2024 and early March 2025. The official said that it is believed that the detainee h…

Members of the National Guard detained in Mexico City José Gregorio Lastra Armida, a member of the Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) cartel, “dedicated to recruiting people in training camps”, and one of the “comandantes” who participated in the activities being carried out at the Izaguirre ranch in Teuchitlán, Jalisco, where the authorities investigate the existence of a recruitment, training and alleged “extermination” centre.

By Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español Mexican security authorities arrested a man on Saturday allegedly responsible for directing recruitment and training efforts for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, considered one of the country's main criminal organizations. The suspect was arrested in Mexico City in an operation involving the Army, the National Guard, the Navy, the Attorney General's Office, and the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection,…

The Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) reported on the arrest of José Gregorio “N”, alias “Lastra”, who is allegedly the leader of the criminal cell linked to the recruitment of people for the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel. In a statement, Secretary Omar García Harfuch reported that Gregorio “N” is responsible for recruiting and training people for a criminal group; a woman accompanying him was also arrested. He added that the …

José Gregorio "El Lastra" arrested in Mexico City, designated as a recruiter of young people to be hit men of the CJNG

Mexico. A man accused of recruiting gunmen for organized crime was arrested in Mexico, the government reported this Saturday, in the midst of investigations into the discovery of human remains in an alleged drug trafficking training center. The subject was identified by the Secretary of Security in a statement as responsible for “recruiting people in training camps” for a cartel in the state of Jalisco, where on March 5, burnt bones were found o…