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NDTV
09-07-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
10 Mexican Cartel Gunmen Sentenced To 141 Years In Prison
A Mexican court on Tuesday sentenced 10 cartel gunmen to 141 years each in prison for murder and kidnapping at a suspected training camp, in a case that shocked the country. The men were arrested last September at a ranch authorities say was used as a forced recruitment center for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the country's most powerful criminal gangs. Two captives were freed and a dead body found when the military raided the property in the western state of Jalisco following reports of gunfire, according to authorities. "The defendants were each sentenced to 141 years and three months in prison" for one count of homicide and two counts of kidnapping, according to a statement from the Jalisco prosecutor's office. The Guerreros Buscadores collective, a group dedicated to locating missing relatives, reported in March that charred bones as well as hundreds of objects and items of clothing had been found at Izaguirre Ranch, allegedly belonging to people who had been forced to join the cartel. However, the government said that there was no evidence that the ranch was an "extermination camp" as the group alleged, but rather a cartel training center. Since March, about 15 other people, including a mayor and police officers, have been arrested in connection with the site. The case has received significant press coverage in a country where criminal violence has left more than 120,000 people missing, mostly since the government launched a war on drug cartels in 2006. According to the government, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the drug trafficking groups designated terrorist organizations by US President Donald Trump, lured recruits to Izaguirre Ranch with fake job adverts. They were given firearms and other training there, Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch said in March, based on the testimony of an alleged cartel recruiter who was arrested. "They even took the lives of people who resisted the training or tried to escape," he said. The United Nations Human Rights Office has called for "thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigations" into the crimes committed at the ranch. Disappearances, many of them thought to be linked to forced recruitment by cartels, have soared in Mexico since the government deployed the military against drug trafficking groups almost two decades ago. Around 480,000 people have been murdered in a spiral of violence since then.
Bangkok Post
09-07-2025
- Bangkok Post
Mexican cartel gunmen sentenced to 141 years in prison
GUADALAJARA (MEXICO) - Ten Mexican cartel gunmen were sentenced to 141 years each in prison Tuesday for murder and kidnapping, the public prosecutor's office said, in a case that shocked the country. The men were arrested last September at a ranch authorities say was used as a forced recruitment center for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the country's most powerful criminal gangs. Two captives were freed and a dead body found when the military raided the property in the western state of Jalisco following reports of gunfire, according to authorities. "The defendants were each sentenced to 141 years and three months in prison" for one count of homicide and two counts of kidnapping, according to a statement from the Jalisco prosecutor's office. The Guerreros Buscadores collective, a group dedicated to locating missing relatives, reported in March that hundreds of objects and items of clothing had been found at the Izaguirre ranch, allegedly belonging to people who had been forced to join the cartel. However, the government said that there was no evidence that the ranch was an "extermination camp" as the group alleged, but rather a cartel training center. The case has received significant press coverage in a country where criminal violence has left more than 120,000 people missing since the government launched a war on drug cartels in 2006.
Al Arabiya
09-07-2025
- Al Arabiya
A Mexican court sentences 10 men to 141 years each in a cartel-run recruitment ranch
A Mexican court sentenced ten men to 141-year prison terms each for their involvement in a Jalisco ranch used by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) to recruit members, kill, and disappear victims. The discovery earlier this year of the Izaguirre ranch, used by the CJNG since 2021, sparked alarm and fear across the region. The ten men were arrested in September 2024 during an initial raid. They were convicted of the disappearance and murder of three victims and ordered to pay 1.3 million pesos (about $65,000) in restitution to the victims' families. Five other suspects await trial, including three municipal police officers, a CJNG operative, and Teuchitlan's mayor, José Murguía Santiago. Murguía Santiago was arrested after Mexico's Attorney General revealed that since 2021, the Jalisco state Human Rights Commission had alerted Teuchitlan authorities about the ranch but was ignored. The case sparked controversy after Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco, a group that searches for missing persons, reported finding numerous charred human bones, clothing, and shoes at the site in March. This highlighted the violence and impunity in cartel-plagued areas and the tragedy of Mexico's 130,000 missing people. Following the report, it emerged that Jalisco state prosecutors delayed the investigation for several months after the initial raid, when the National Guard intervened and arrested the ten men. One body and two of the later-detained men were found on the ranch. Due to missteps by state authorities, the federal Attorney General's Office took over the case. In late April, Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero dismissed claims of cremation sites at Rancho Izaguirre, fueling backlash from activists. Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco responded, saying it recovered seventeen sets of charred human bone remains, now in the custody of forensics teams.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Yahoo
Mexican cartel gunmen sentenced to 141 years in prison
Ten Mexican cartel gunmen were sentenced to 141 years each in prison Tuesday for murder and kidnapping, the public prosecutor's office said, in a case that shocked the country. The men were arrested last September at a ranch authorities say was used as a forced recruitment center for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the country's most powerful criminal gangs. Two captives were freed and a dead body found when the military raided the property in the western state of Jalisco following reports of gunfire, according to authorities. "The defendants were each sentenced to 141 years and three months in prison" for one count of homicide and two counts of kidnapping, according to a statement from the Jalisco prosecutor's office. The Guerreros Buscadores collective, a group dedicated to locating missing relatives, reported in March that hundreds of objects and items of clothing had been found at the Izaguirre ranch, allegedly belonging to people who had been forced to join the cartel. However, the government said that there was no evidence that the ranch was an "extermination camp" as the group alleged, but rather a cartel training center. The case has received significant press coverage in a country where criminal violence has left more than 120,000 people missing since the government launched a war on drug cartels in 2006. str/sem/dr/ksb
France 24
09-07-2025
- France 24
Mexican cartel gunmen sentenced to 141 years in prison
The men were arrested last September at a ranch authorities say was used as a forced recruitment center for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the country's most powerful criminal gangs. Two captives were freed and a dead body found when the military raided the property in the western state of Jalisco following reports of gunfire, according to authorities. "The defendants were each sentenced to 141 years and three months in prison" for one count of homicide and two counts of kidnapping, according to a statement from the Jalisco prosecutor's office. The Guerreros Buscadores collective, a group dedicated to locating missing relatives, reported in March that hundreds of objects and items of clothing had been found at the Izaguirre ranch, allegedly belonging to people who had been forced to join the cartel. However, the government said that there was no evidence that the ranch was an "extermination camp" as the group alleged, but rather a cartel training center. The case has received significant press coverage in a country where criminal violence has left more than 120,000 people missing since the government launched a war on drug cartels in 2006.
