A newly captured cartel boss with deep political connections assumed leadership of a regional cell of Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) while having been the head of the state police force in the Mexican State of Tabasco. He allegedly used police forces to carry out enforcement actions against rivals. CJNG is one of the six Mexican cartels listed as foreign terrorist groups by the U.S. government.
In recent days, Paraguayan police forces arrested Hernan “El Abuelo” Bermudez, the former head of police for Tabasco and the reputed leader of the Barredora cell of CJNG. Moments after the arrest, Mexico’s top law enforcement official Omar Garcia…
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