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“El Mencho”: why he would be involved in the kidnapping of journalist Jaime Barrera
The kidnapping of journalist Jaime Barrera could have been ordered by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
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On Monday, March 11, the Mexican journalist Jaime Barrera Rodríguez was kidnapped while leaving the broadcast of his program on a local radio station in Guadalajara, Jalisco.
After several hours of uncertainty, the journalist was found alive during an operation carried out by the Mexican army and the Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office.
The disappearance of Jaime Barrera aroused the indignation of the journalistic union of Mexico and led to speculation about the motives behind this crime.
One of the hypotheses about the kidnapping of the renowned journalist was presented by his colleague Héctor De Mauleón In an opinion column published in The universal.
In this text, De Mauleón suggested that This act could be a warning from drug trafficker Nemesio Oseguera Cervantesbetter known as ”El Mencho”.
Jaime Barrera, according to this theory, would have been kidnapped after publishing a text in The reporter in which mentioned the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and spoke about his influence on Mexican politics.
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In this column published on February 16, the Mexican journalist mentioned that the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador The arrest of “El Mencho” is in the background and he hinted at his possible relationship with the drug trafficker.
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Furthermore, he also recalled that Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes and the CJNG are responsible for “the episodes of greatest violence” in Mexico by instilling terror in almost every state in the country.
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Finally, Barrera also mentioned that “El Mencho” is responsible for countless massacres recorded in Mexican territory because, during operations to try to capture him, dozens of people died in armed confrontations.
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