Overview
- Authorities and a federal official confirmed a Monday burial in Zapopan near Guadalajara, where mourners gathered as soldiers secured the site and a golden casket was used.
- An autopsy in Mexico City documented fatal gunshot wounds to the chest, abdomen and legs, and the body was released to the family on Saturday.
- Mexican special forces acting on U.S. intelligence wounded the CJNG leader in a Feb. 22 raid in Jalisco, and he died during air transport to Mexico City.
- His death prompted coordinated blockades, arson and attacks that disrupted travel, including shelter advisories in Puerto Vallarta, with reports of more than 70 people killed.
- The CJNG was designated a U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organization in February, and reporting highlights that the cartel’s diversified, corporate-like model blunts the effects of top-leader decapitation.