Jalisco Cartel 'Likely' To Follow a U.S. Strategy From World War II Before Entering Ongoing Sinaloa Turf Wars

View of a bullet-riddled wall bearing the initials of the criminal group Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (Credit: Via Getty Images)

For more than five months, ongoing turf wars between "Los Chapitos" and "La Mayiza" for control of the Sinaloa cartel has taken a huge toll to both cliques. In an attempt to have the upper hand, the group led by the sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán allegedly reached out to one of its fiercest rivals in the last few years: the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).

But according to a specialized Mexican journalist, the alliance between Chapitos and the CJNG has not materialized yet, opening the possibility that the cartel led by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho" has not made a final decision regarding its role in the violent conflict.