took control of Millenio Cartel's smuggling networks.

Jalisco New Generation Cartel

expanded its operation network from coast to coast in only six months, making it
one of the criminal groups with the greatest operating capacity in Mexico as of
2012.[56] The Sinaloa Cartel, once led by Joaquín Guzmán Loera (a.k.a. El Chapo),
has used the Jalisco New Generation Cartel as its armed wing to fight off Los Zetas
in Guzmán's turf and to carry out incursions to other territories like Nuevo Laredo
and Veracruz in the past.[57] In the period following the emergence of the CJNG
cartel, homicides, kidnappings and the discoveries of mass graves spiked in
Jalisco.[4] Currently, along with the armed conflicts, petroleum theft and criminal
extortion, the CJNG is also said to have over 100 methamphetamine labs throughout
Mexico. Based on the average street value, these volumes could net upwards of $8.1
billion for cocaine and $4.6 billion for crystal meth each year.[9]

In 2017, the CJNG reportedly broke its alliance with Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada of
the Sinaloa Cartel.[34] By 2018, the CJNG became the second most powerful cartel in
Mexico.[58][59][60] In 2018, CJNG co-founder Érick Valencia Salazar and former high
ranking CJNG leader Carlos Enrique Sánchez also both left the cartel and co-founded
a rival cartel called the Nueva Plaza Cartel.[61][62][63][39] The CJNG are
currently fighting La Nueva Plaza cartel for control of the city of Guadalajara,
Jalisco; La Unión Tepito in Mexico City; Los Viagra