EPISODE · May 5, 2026 · 5 MIN
Who Is ‘El Jardinero,’ the CJNG Power Broker Arrested in Mexico?
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This year has seen the capture of many alleged crime bosses around Latin America: a top leader of Ecuador’s Los Lobos gang, one of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel crime families, and the former president of Venezuela, who faces charges in the United States, to name a few. In Mexico, the formidable Jalisco Cartel New Generation has been hit particularly hard in the past few months. First, there was the death of longtime leader alias “El Mencho” at the hands of Mexican authorities, which sparked a wave of violence in the criminal group’s territories left the group’s line of succession in question. Then, on April 27, another of the group’s leaders fell: El Jardinero. Who Is ‘El Jardinero,’ the CJNG Power Broker Arrested in Mexico? | Written by Parker Asmann and read by Liza Schmidt.Visit insightcrime.org for more information.
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This year has seen the capture of many alleged crime bosses around Latin America: a top leader of Ecuador’s Los Lobos gang, one of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel crime families, and the former president of Venezuela, who faces charges in the United States, to name a few. In Mexico, the formidable Jalisco Cartel New Generation has been hit particularly hard in the past few months. First, there was the death of longtime leader alias “El Mencho” at the hands of Mexican authorities, which sparked a wave of violence in the criminal group’s territories left the group’s line of succession in question. Then, on April 27, another of the group’s leaders fell: El Jardinero. Who Is ‘El Jardinero,’ the CJNG Power Broker Arrested in Mexico? | Written by Parker Asmann and read by Liza Schmidt.Visit insightcrime.org for more information.
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