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La Familia Michoacana (English: The Michoacan Family) or La Familia (English: The Family) is a Mexican drug cartel and an organized crime syndicate based in the Mexican state of Michoacán.[1] Formerly allied to the Gulf Cartel—as part of Los Zetas[2][3]—it has split off as its own organization since 2006.[2][4]
The cartel's recently deceased leader, Nazario Moreno González, known as El MásLoco (English: The Craziest One),[5] preached his organization's divine right to eliminate enemies. He carried a "bible" of his own sayings and insisted that his army of traffickers and hitmen avoid using the narcotics they sell.[6][7] Nazario Moreno's partners were José de Jesús Méndez Vargas, Servando Gómez Martínez and Dionicio Loya Plancarte, each of whom has a bounty of $2 million for hiscapture,[8] and are now contesting the control of the organization.[9]
On July 2009 and on November 2010, La Familia Michoacana offered to retreat and even disband their cartel, "With the condition that both the Federal Government, and State and Federal Police commit to safeguarding the security of the state of Michoacán."[10] However, President Felipe Calderón's government refuses to strike a dealwith the cartel and rejected their calls for dialogue.
Contents
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* 1 History
o 1.1 References to religion
o 1.2 Current alliances
* 2 Operations
o 2.1 Project Coronado
* 3 References
* 4 External links
[edit] History
Mexican analysts believe that La Familia formed in the 1980s with the stated purpose of bringing order toMichoacán, emphasizing help and protection for the poor.[11] In its initial incarnation, La Familia formed as a group of vigilantes, spurred to power to counter interloping kidnappers and drug dealers, who were their stated enemies.[11] Since then, La Familia has capitalized on its reputation, building its myth, power and reach to transition into a criminal gang itself.
La Familia emerged to theforeground in the 1990s as the Gulf Cartel's paramilitary group designed to seize control of the illegal drug trade in Michoacán state from rival drug cartels. Trained with Los Zetas,[12] in 2006 the group splintered off into an independent drug trafficking operation. La Familia has a strong rivalry with both Los Zetas and the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, but strong ties with the Sinaloa Cartel of JoaquinGuzman. La Familia Michoacana is one of the strongest and fastest growing cartel in Mexico.[13]
After the death of Nazario Moreno González, José de Jesús Méndez Vargas (El Chango Méndez) took control of the cartel.[9] However, his authority is disputed by the cartel co-founders Enrique Plancarte Solís (La Chiva) and Servando Gómez Martínez (La Tuta), who formed an offshoot of La Familia callingitself Caballeros Templarios (or Knights Templar).[9][14]
[edit] References to religion
La Familia cartel is sometimes described as quasi-religious since its leaders, Moreno González and Méndez Vargas, refer to their assassinations and beheadings as "divine justice"[15] and that they may have direct or indirect ties with devotees of the New Jerusalem religious movement, which is noted for itsconcern for justice issues.[16]
La Familia’s boss and spiritual leader Nazario Moreno González, (a.k.a.: El Más Loco or The Craziest One) has published his own 'bible',[15][17] and a copy seized by Mexican federal agents reveals an ideology that mixes evangelical-style self help with insurgent peasant slogans. Moreno González, who was killed on 9 December 2010,[18][19] seems to have based most ofhis doctrine on a work by Christian writer John Eldredge, using their own understanding of the idea in Eldredge's message that every man must have "a battle to fight, a beauty to rescue and an adventure to live.". The Mexican justice department stated in a report that Gonzalez Moreno has made Eldredge's book Salvaje de Corazón (Wild at Heart) required reading for La Familia gang members and has...
The cartel's recently deceased leader, Nazario Moreno González, known as El MásLoco (English: The Craziest One),[5] preached his organization's divine right to eliminate enemies. He carried a "bible" of his own sayings and insisted that his army of traffickers and hitmen avoid using the narcotics they sell.[6][7] Nazario Moreno's partners were José de Jesús Méndez Vargas, Servando Gómez Martínez and Dionicio Loya Plancarte, each of whom has a bounty of $2 million for hiscapture,[8] and are now contesting the control of the organization.[9]
On July 2009 and on November 2010, La Familia Michoacana offered to retreat and even disband their cartel, "With the condition that both the Federal Government, and State and Federal Police commit to safeguarding the security of the state of Michoacán."[10] However, President Felipe Calderón's government refuses to strike a dealwith the cartel and rejected their calls for dialogue.
Contents
[hide]
* 1 History
o 1.1 References to religion
o 1.2 Current alliances
* 2 Operations
o 2.1 Project Coronado
* 3 References
* 4 External links
[edit] History
Mexican analysts believe that La Familia formed in the 1980s with the stated purpose of bringing order toMichoacán, emphasizing help and protection for the poor.[11] In its initial incarnation, La Familia formed as a group of vigilantes, spurred to power to counter interloping kidnappers and drug dealers, who were their stated enemies.[11] Since then, La Familia has capitalized on its reputation, building its myth, power and reach to transition into a criminal gang itself.
La Familia emerged to theforeground in the 1990s as the Gulf Cartel's paramilitary group designed to seize control of the illegal drug trade in Michoacán state from rival drug cartels. Trained with Los Zetas,[12] in 2006 the group splintered off into an independent drug trafficking operation. La Familia has a strong rivalry with both Los Zetas and the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, but strong ties with the Sinaloa Cartel of JoaquinGuzman. La Familia Michoacana is one of the strongest and fastest growing cartel in Mexico.[13]
After the death of Nazario Moreno González, José de Jesús Méndez Vargas (El Chango Méndez) took control of the cartel.[9] However, his authority is disputed by the cartel co-founders Enrique Plancarte Solís (La Chiva) and Servando Gómez Martínez (La Tuta), who formed an offshoot of La Familia callingitself Caballeros Templarios (or Knights Templar).[9][14]
[edit] References to religion
La Familia cartel is sometimes described as quasi-religious since its leaders, Moreno González and Méndez Vargas, refer to their assassinations and beheadings as "divine justice"[15] and that they may have direct or indirect ties with devotees of the New Jerusalem religious movement, which is noted for itsconcern for justice issues.[16]
La Familia’s boss and spiritual leader Nazario Moreno González, (a.k.a.: El Más Loco or The Craziest One) has published his own 'bible',[15][17] and a copy seized by Mexican federal agents reveals an ideology that mixes evangelical-style self help with insurgent peasant slogans. Moreno González, who was killed on 9 December 2010,[18][19] seems to have based most ofhis doctrine on a work by Christian writer John Eldredge, using their own understanding of the idea in Eldredge's message that every man must have "a battle to fight, a beauty to rescue and an adventure to live.". The Mexican justice department stated in a report that Gonzalez Moreno has made Eldredge's book Salvaje de Corazón (Wild at Heart) required reading for La Familia gang members and has...
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