New Generation Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación) or CJNG,

formerly known as Los Mata Zetas,[44][45][46][47] 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.[48] The cartel has been
characterized by its aggressive use of extreme violence and its public relations
campaigns.[4] 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.[9][4] The cartel has also been noted for cannibalizing some of its
victims, sometimes during the training of new sicarios or cartel members as well as
using drones to attack their enemies.[10][49][38] U.S. prosecutors have said
operatives of the cartel tried to buy belt-fed M-60 machine guns in the United
States, and once brought down a Mexican military helicopter with a rocket-propelled
grenade.[50]

As of 2020, the CJNG is generally considered by the Mexican government to be the

most dangerous criminal organization in Mexico[29] and the second most powerful
drug cartel in the country after Cártel de Sinaloa.[51] CJNG is heavily militarized
and violent compared to other criminal organizations. They have a special
operations group and other groups for specific types of warfare.[52] An inside look
at CJNG’s hitman training program revealed a strict environment with high stakes.
[53] The CJNG is the most dominant criminal group in the state of Jalisco but the
cartel also dominates criminal and drug operations in the states of Nayarit and
Colima, with the latter being an important area for shipments of South American
cocaine and chemical precursors from Asia.[54] While this cartel is best known for
its fights against the Zetas and Templarios, it has also been heavily battling
Cárteles Unidos for control of Aguililla, Michoacán and its surrounding
territories, including the city of Tepalcatepec.[37][30][55] More recently,
tensions have also begun to rise against the CJNG's arch-rival, the Sinaloa Cartel
within the states of Chiapas and Zacatecas.

Jalisco New Generation Cartel started as one of the splits of Milenio Cartel, the
other being La Resistencia. La Resistencia accused CJNG of giving up Oscar Valencia
("El Lobo") to the authorities and called them Los Torcidos ("The Twisted Ones").
The Jalisco Cartel defeated La Resistenc