Who is El Pelón? Target of the massacre in Michoacán

Authorities revealed that the massacre in San José de Gracia, Michoacán, occurred for a possible revenge between two members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Alejandro alias “El Pelón”, who was killed at the scene, and Abel “El Toro”, who would have broken into the wake with his gunmen. During AMLO’s La Mañanera on March 1, 2022, the Undersecretary of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), Ricardo Mejía, revealed that “El Pelón” was the alleged target of “El Toro” or “El Viejón” during the massacre in Michoacán. A difference where there are also personal and family interests between the head of two cells, one that we can locate as Alejandro alias “El Pelón”, and the other located as Abel alias “El Toro” or “El Viejón”, both natives of San José de Gracia, with families rooted in that demarcation, “explained Mejía.This is what the authorities know so far about “El Pelón”, who was allegedly killed along with his hitmen during the wake of his mother in San José de Gracia, Michoacán, the alleged shooting about which videos were disseminated on social networks. Who is “El Pelón”? Alejandro “N” began his criminal career in 1997 at the age of 18. Between that year and 2009 he became a hitman for Los Zetas, then for La Familia Michoacana and later for Los Caballeros Templarios.Between 2010 and 2011, “El Pelón” changed to the CJNG as head of the plaza from Tizapán el Alto to Mazamitla, Jalisco. In 2010, he met Abel, “El Toro”, who at the time was 18 years old and was a hitman for the Templars.On July 17, 2014, “El Pelón” was arrested in Mazamitla by municipal police and was detained in a Jalisco prison for crimes against health in the field of enervants and psychotropics, as well as violation of the law on firearms and explosives. For various betrayals and the rise of “El Toro” as the new head of the plaza, “El Pelón” is threatened with death if he stops again in San José de Gracia.While in prison, his brother, Ricardo “N”, alias “Chocorrol” or “Choco”, was lifted from a canteen with members of the CJNG by orders of “El Viejón”. This is what is known about the criminal career of “El Pelón”. Image: SSPC Consequently, “El Pelón” breaks up with his former CJNG cell and moves to Colima or Zapopan, where he works with another CJNG criminal leader. In December 2021, already as the new head of another CJNG square, Alejandro takes revenge on “El Toro” by ordering the murder of his younger brother, José “El Chepe”, who was a criminal leader in Tizapán.On February 26, 2022, the mother of “El Pelón” dies at age 79 in a hospital in Sahuayo due to cirrhosis, after which his body is transferred to San José de Gracia for his wake and burial. On February 27, the day of the massacre in Michoacán, “El Pelón” arrives at his mother’s funeral with about 15 hitmen in 3 white vans, with small arms and tactical equipment, and accompanied by a group of Mariachis.Al being questioned by his brother Jesús of 52 years for his presence there, Alejandro responds that he has permission from the CJNG commanders to watch over his mother. However, after just 5 minutes, 15 vans arrive with at least 40 hitmen with long guns, surrounding the people who were at the funeral. It was “El Viejón” and his gunmen. “El Pelón” was apparently talking on the phone when he was shot dead by “El Viejón”. Images: SSPC The hitmen of “El Pelón” are disarmed, subdued and placed with their hands up in front of the gate of a house, as seen in one of the videos disseminated on social networks. Elsewhere in the video, “El Pelón” is allegedly seen talking on the phone, until “El Toro” shoots him in the head and even his cell phone flies out. Then the shootout broke out between the hitmen, so it is believed that it was not a shooting, but a confrontation between the hitmen of “El Viejón” and “E Pelón”, the latter at a disadvantage. The rest of what happened is not entirely clear to the authorities, as the bodies were removed from the place, and even those responsible brought special equipment to inject water and clean the scene. However, the experts of the Prosecutor’s Office of Michoacán collected various evidences, such as shell casings and bullet impacts, which are part of the investigations. Read more: We can’t confirm any numbers because there are no bodies: SSPC for massacre in Michoacán



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