US EditionAlleged CJNG recruiter and 2 police arrested in Izaguirre Ranch 'extermination camp' case
- Authorities arrested three individuals in connection with the alleged Jalisco New Generation Cartel operation at Izaguirre Ranch, as stated by federal Security Minister Omar García Harfuch.
- A volunteer search collective discovered burnt human remains and personal belongings at Izaguirre Ranch, raising concerns over the activities there and reflecting a broader issue of clandestine graves in Mexico.
- José Gregorio Lastra Hermida allegedly used fake job postings to recruit members for the CJNG, with positions advertised as earning between 4,000-12,000 pesos weekly, according to federal statements.
- Lastra's recruitment methods included training recruits in firearms handling at the ranch, and there were claims of violence against those who resisted training, highlighting the cartel's ongoing criminal operations.
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The time line of the finding in the Rancho Izaguirre
Very close to the heart of Jalisco, in Teuchitlán, an hour from the city of Guadalajara, the discovery of Rancho Izaguirre has become a sign of the dehumanizing horror of violence in Mexico. According to Guerreros Search Engines of Jalisco, a civil organization of search engines, it was thanks to several anonymous calls alerting about the place that returned there in early March. Although the authorities had already investigated the site in Sept…
The recruiter of the ranch of horror, after being arrested: «Whoever refused was tortured and executed»
The Mexican Government confirmed yesterday the arrest of José Gregorio Lastra Hermida 'El Lastra' , who was in charge of the training camp of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) at the Izaguirre Rancho de Teuchitlán, where crematorium ovens, human remains and clothing were found three weeks ago by people who were cremated there. Lastra was arrested a week ago in Cuajimalpa, an area outside Mexico City. In his statement, according to the S…
Mother finds tennis from her missing son in Teuchitlán: ‘Don’t leave this in uncertainty’
Alejandrina Orozco Romano, a member of the group Rizpa Nayarit, criticized the recent official provisions on the search for missing persons after identifying at the Izaguirre ranch of Teuchitlán, Jalisco, a pair of shoes that could belong to his son Pablo Gómez Orozco, disappeared on March 30, 2023 in Tepic. Pablo was 17 years old when he left in search of a temporary job for Easter, on April 7 he managed to communicate with his mother via Faceb…
Alleged CJNG recruiter and 2 police arrested in Izaguirre Ranch 'extermination camp' case
In recent days, authorities arrested at least three people in connection with the so-called extermination camp case in Jalisco, including an alleged Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) leader. The arrests came more than two weeks after a collective that searches for missing persons found burnt human remains, bullet casings, hundreds of shoes and other personal items at a property in the municipality of Teuchitlán called Izaguirre Ranch. A volun…
Jalisco Cartel Leader In Charge Of Recruiting And Training New Members at Izaguirre Ranch Arrested in Mexico City
In the testimony provided after his arrest, "El Lastra" acknowledged that the cartel killed those who resisted receiving the training, as well as those who tried to escape from the ranch.
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