translated from Spanish: Elite Jalisco Cartel Group is author of broadcast videos: Sedena

An elite group of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is the author of the propaganda videos of this criminal group broadcast since July 17, according to the federal government.
The Secretary of National Defense (Sedena), Luis Cresencio Sandoval, stated that after analyzing the videos disseminated on social networks, they identified this group showing weaponry and is said to support the leader of the Jalisco Cartel, Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, alias el Mencho.
In a first video, this elite group appears shooting and shouting slogans in favor of Oseguera Cervantes, as well as his son and Ricardo Ruiz Velazco, alias the Doble R, who assumes himself as leader of the group in Michoacán, according to the analysis of the government.
According to the Army, the publication coincides with the birthday of the Mencho, “of whom delicate health has spread,” they said.
According to the information released, the elite group of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel emerged in 2019 led by Juan Carlos González, aka 03, and is “the only armed group of this nature”.
At the president’s morning conference, The Sedena stated that the group maintains cells in Michoacán, Guanajuato and Zacatecas.
Authorities attribute to the Double R armed attacks in December 2019 against policemen in Villagrán, Guanajuato, who left three dead, one wounded and four abducted elements, however, Cresencio Sandoval ruled out that they have faced themselves openly against federal forces.
“19 vehicles with commercial characteristics are identified, of which 12 with handcrafted armor, 7 with only weapons mounts and 3 that were unable to be identified because they are out of focus,” the secretary explained.
Meanwhile, the second video, released on July 18, shows the legends “Celaya” and “Forces Special” with clear threats to the opposite side, the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, led by José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, the Marro.
Authorities noted that “both videos were recorded between the boundaries of Jalisco and Michoacán by the cell that runs the Double R”, which display vehicles with handcrafted armor, green painted and distinctive logos of the Jalisco Cartel.
They also noted the adaptations made by the criminal group to the vehicles that appear in the video broadcast on 17 July, but noted that both “intend to show the ‘Elite Group’ as the highest capacity force within the CJNG, with mobility and armored protection, power and volume of fire, as well as evidence of military-type training”.
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Original source in Spanish