CJNG Cartel Hitmen Give Christmas Presents To Villagers

Story ByAna LacasaSub EditorJoseph GolderAgencyCentral European News 

Video Credit: CEN

This is the moment an alleged hitman from one of Mexico’s most dangerous cartels films himself handing out Christmas presents to a grateful woman at her front door.

The video was reportedly recorded by hitmen from the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) in a coastal town in the state of Jalisco, western Mexico.

In the clip, a man, reportedly a CJNG hitman, walks up to a woman at her front door with a pink plastic bag of products. He says to the woman “Good morning, do you want some help from Mister Mencho?”

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She says “yes thank you” and takes the gift as the man walks back to a pickup truck packed with more bags.

Mister Mencho is a reference to Nemesio Oseguera, alias El Mencho, the alleged leader of the CJNG.

Netizens shared the emblem used in the gifts which shows a rooster with the message “The Lord of the Cocks Mencho wishes you a Merry Christmas,” as Oseguera was previously known to bet on cock fights.

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Local media report cartel hitmen carry out similar activities on other special days of the year such as Mothers’ Day.

Local media reported that members of the cartel also gave food to the people living in the municipality of Tomatlan, in Jalisco state, which had to be evacuated due to the consequences of the tropical storm Priscilla.

According to the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy, 41.9 percent of Mexico’s population was living in poverty in 2018.

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