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CJNG: El cartel más peligroso de México
La historia del cartel que tomó brutalmente el control de México y cuyas drogas matan a miles de estadounidenses.
Este es el primer libro en contar la historia completa del Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). Comenzando como una familia de ambiciosos agricultores de aguacate en el sur de México, el CJNG se ha transformado en un escuadrón de vengadores enmascarados que ejecutan a sus enemigos, expertos despiadados en drogas sintéticas, y ahora en un cartel de drogas que abarca todo el continente, inundando Estados Unidos con fentanilo, metanfetaminas y cocaína.
Dividido en capítulos temáticos convenientes, este libro
La presencia y actividades criminales del CJNG en cada estado de MéxicoEl culto a la personalidad alrededor de El Mencho, uno de los capos más buscados del mundo.Cómo maneja un complejo imperio de tráfico de fentanilo y metanfetaminasSu imperio internacional de lavado de dineroLos Libros de World of Crime sobre el Crimen Organizado proporcionan a los hacedores de políticas, las fuerzas de seguridad, académicos y al público general una mirada comprensiva a las amenazas criminales transnacionales.
Este es el primer libro en contar la historia completa del Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). Comenzando como una familia de ambiciosos agricultores de aguacate en el sur de México, el CJNG se ha transformado en un escuadrón de vengadores enmascarados que ejecutan a sus enemigos, expertos despiadados en drogas sintéticas, y ahora en un cartel de drogas que abarca todo el continente, inundando Estados Unidos con fentanilo, metanfetaminas y cocaína.
Dividido en capítulos temáticos convenientes, este libro
La presencia y actividades criminales del CJNG en cada estado de MéxicoEl culto a la personalidad alrededor de El Mencho, uno de los capos más buscados del mundo.Cómo maneja un complejo imperio de tráfico de fentanilo y metanfetaminasSu imperio internacional de lavado de dineroLos Libros de World of Crime sobre el Crimen Organizado proporcionan a los hacedores de políticas, las fuerzas de seguridad, académicos y al público general una mirada comprensiva a las amenazas criminales transnacionales.
- GenresCrime
189 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 9, 2024
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About the author
Chris Dalby
4 books2 followersCHRIS DALBY is the author of "CJNG - A Quick Guide to Mexico's Deadliest Cartel", the first in a series of guides to the most dangerous organized crime groups in the world.
Chris is the founder of World of Crime, a think tank investigating organized crime. As a journalist, he has reported from over twenty countries on five continents. As a consultant, he has helped governments and non-profits make sense of urgent criminal challenges. He has worked in Mexico, Brazil, China, Malaysia and now resides in the Netherlands with his wife and two sons.
You can find out more about World of Crime at www.worldofcrime.net
Chris is the founder of World of Crime, a think tank investigating organized crime. As a journalist, he has reported from over twenty countries on five continents. As a consultant, he has helped governments and non-profits make sense of urgent criminal challenges. He has worked in Mexico, Brazil, China, Malaysia and now resides in the Netherlands with his wife and two sons.
You can find out more about World of Crime at www.worldofcrime.net
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September 14, 2024
Interesante recorrido por los carteles de México. Muy actualizado.
Menudo infierno.
Menudo infierno.
May 30, 2024
must read
A well documented tick tock account of the biggest crime group not known outside of experts. Give it a read.
A well documented tick tock account of the biggest crime group not known outside of experts. Give it a read.
March 2, 2025
Good insight
Good book to bring up to speed on current state of affairs. Was not all over for me, but still interesting.
Good book to bring up to speed on current state of affairs. Was not all over for me, but still interesting.
September 20, 2025
Interesting but not well written
December 19, 2025
Recently it was brought to light that DEA agent Paul Campo was involved in money laundering operations for the Jalisco Cartel, in Mexico. Earlier money-laundering scandals involving American officials and institutions have come to light, showing how extensive (and multinational) this problem has become. Some would even argue that it’s been a multinational problem since Day One, since guns purchased in America (by Americans) are many times traded for drugs with the Mexican cartels.
In “CJNG,” reporter Chris Dalby sets out to describe the inner workings of the CJNG (Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, ” the “Jalisco New Generational Cartel,” in English.) His book—more like a policy brief or a white paper—details the rise and operations of this cartel. They engage in the usual activities of transnational gangs—obviously drug trafficking but also arms trafficking and human smuggling. They also engage in some less expected crimes, such as timeshare fraud (!) and good old-fashioned phishing. But, as the name would suggest, some of their behavior is new, maybe even sui generis. This is especially true as concerns their recruitment efforts, which rely on everything from social media to multiplayer videogames to select and groom targets. Some CJNG agents, for instance, will play games like “Grand Theft Auto: Online,” and start seemingly innocuous chats with the kids playing. Their sales pitch basically boils down to: “Wouldn’t you like to have nice cars and weapons like this in real life? Then join us.” Back home in Mexico, where the velvet-gloved / social engineering approach is eschewed, the CJNG’s tactics can many times be much more brutal. And there they basically boil down to: join us or die.
It's all depressing but certainly fascinating, and I’m sure a gripping book or documentary could be created on the subject. This book, however, is simply too short and too straightforward in its approach to really take on life of its own. Most of the information feels like the kind of stuff that one could pull for themselves from the internet, and the book’s small bibliography suggests that might in fact have been done here. There are a handful of photos and illustrations that help one sort of form a picture of the actual organization’s members as they exist in flesh and blood. But there is ultimately too little substance here, and no firsthand reporting to speak of, no interviews with the victims of the cartel, those who once served the organization then later escaped, or the handful of non-crooked law enforcement officers bravely combating this problem in earnest.
Still, as a very short introduction to a very nasty subject, you might do worse. Say, for instance, by going to Wikipedia or watching a short YouTube video.
But that’s not saying very much.
In “CJNG,” reporter Chris Dalby sets out to describe the inner workings of the CJNG (Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, ” the “Jalisco New Generational Cartel,” in English.) His book—more like a policy brief or a white paper—details the rise and operations of this cartel. They engage in the usual activities of transnational gangs—obviously drug trafficking but also arms trafficking and human smuggling. They also engage in some less expected crimes, such as timeshare fraud (!) and good old-fashioned phishing. But, as the name would suggest, some of their behavior is new, maybe even sui generis. This is especially true as concerns their recruitment efforts, which rely on everything from social media to multiplayer videogames to select and groom targets. Some CJNG agents, for instance, will play games like “Grand Theft Auto: Online,” and start seemingly innocuous chats with the kids playing. Their sales pitch basically boils down to: “Wouldn’t you like to have nice cars and weapons like this in real life? Then join us.” Back home in Mexico, where the velvet-gloved / social engineering approach is eschewed, the CJNG’s tactics can many times be much more brutal. And there they basically boil down to: join us or die.
It's all depressing but certainly fascinating, and I’m sure a gripping book or documentary could be created on the subject. This book, however, is simply too short and too straightforward in its approach to really take on life of its own. Most of the information feels like the kind of stuff that one could pull for themselves from the internet, and the book’s small bibliography suggests that might in fact have been done here. There are a handful of photos and illustrations that help one sort of form a picture of the actual organization’s members as they exist in flesh and blood. But there is ultimately too little substance here, and no firsthand reporting to speak of, no interviews with the victims of the cartel, those who once served the organization then later escaped, or the handful of non-crooked law enforcement officers bravely combating this problem in earnest.
Still, as a very short introduction to a very nasty subject, you might do worse. Say, for instance, by going to Wikipedia or watching a short YouTube video.
But that’s not saying very much.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews