translated from Spanish: Armed groups hand out gifts in Jalisco municipalities

Alleged members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) delivered pantries and appliances in three municipalities of the state.
At least four videos show men and women organizing the distribution of gifts for Mother’s Day.

CJNG distributes “gifts” by #DiaDeLasMadres in #Jalisco, #Michoacán and #Guanajuato:

In some cases they take advantage of people’s precariousness, in others people are indirectly forced to accept the “gift” and pose for the photo.
Narco State at its finest. pic.twitter.com/B6EBOUeLOZ
— Antonio Nieto (@siete_letras) May 11, 2021

“Mr. Mencho and the CJNG wish Happy Day to all the mothers of Tototlán,” reads on one of the banners worn by the caravan of vehicles that handed out stoves and televisions.
According to the videos leaked on social networks, the Jalisco Cartel also delivered gifts in the towns of La Barca, Poncitlán and Jamay.

CJNG is presumed to have delivered Mother’s Day gifts at various points in Jalisco, including La Barca, Tototlán and Jamay. https://t.co/6KjRruIxHH pic.twitter.com/UkZo4zHOOt
— mural.com (@muralcom) May 11, 2021

Even in another of the videos a group of women thanked Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, to deliver the products.

The Mencho (CJNG) delivers gifts for Mother’s Day in Poncitlán, Jalisco gifts very varied among them appliances.
P.2-CJNG-Video-Propaganda pic.twitter.com/4XtjCf1Wnu
— BALAM. (@OfficialBalam) May 11, 2021

Elements of the CJNG quietly distributed gifts throughout the #DiaDeLaMadre, in different municipalities of southern Jalisco such as La Barca, Tomatlán and Jamay
No cartel can operate so unpunished, without the support of the authorities.
pic.twitter.com/de3P72LOby
— Oscar Selvah ? (@VerdeSelvah) May 11, 2021

In July 2020, BBC Mundo showed videos of how criminal groups in Mexico used the COVID crisis to deliver support in pandemic-affected locations.
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Original source in Spanish