Masked Cartel Hitmen Armed with Rifles Announce ‘Purge’ in Shocking Video

Armed cartel hitmen in Mexico released a shocking video threatening to conduct a “purge” of residents living in several towns, including many near Mexico City.

Footage from last week publicized on Mexican social media shows members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, wearing skull face masks as they announce their arrival to the region and name the towns they plan to “cleanup.”

According to The Mirror, the cartel member states,

“This message goes out to the residents within the valleys of Teotihuacán and all of its surroundings. We’ve arrived you sons of bitches. We will be moving throughout the towns of San Juan Teotihuacán, Otumba, Axapusco, Nopaltepec, Acolman, Maquixco, Atlatongo, Joquicingo, San Martín de las Pirámides, Santanas, San Luis, San Miguel, Ixtlahuaca, Tecámac, Zumpango, 5 de Mayo, San Pedro, Santa Maria, Purificación, San Sebastián Xolalpa, Belém, Oxtotipac, Tepetlaoxtoc, San Marcos, Nepantla, San Antonio, Teopancala, Coacalco.

“We’ve arrived to purge these areas you sons of bitches. We are the absolute mob of Mr. Mencho,” the cartel member says, with the other members repeating the last phrase.

The CJNG is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous and powerful criminal organizations in Mexico, with a reputation for violent turf wars, drug trafficking, brutality and ruthlessness.

The Mirror reports:

The CJNG is headed by Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, more commonly referred to by his alias El Mencho. The gang’s propensity for extreme violence has landed El Mencho at the top of both America and Mexico’s most wanted lists, with US authorities offering $10 million (£8.2m) for information leading to his capture, Daily Star reports.

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) has more on the CJNG:

Rivaling its erstwhile ally, the Sinaloa Cartel, the CJNG turned from an armed wing into a complex drug-producing and trafficking structure, which supplies markets across the globe. It has diversified its activities and sources of income, relying on extortion, kidnapping, human trafficking, illegal mining, and oil theft, such as the capture of the avocado and oil trade in Michoacán and Guanajuato states. To support its growth and international ambitions, the CJNG has expanded its presence to at least 27 of Mexico’s 32 states. The presence of the CJNG has often driven increased violence at the local level, notably in areas of territorial dispute with other criminal groups.

The savage brutality of the psychotic drug cartels in Mexico is just one of many reasons why America must secure its borders to prevent groups like this from entering.