https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2020/03/11/cjng-cartel-federal-agents-coordinate-arrest-blitz/5022698002/

CJNG is the most well-armed cartel in Mexico, with more than 100 meth labs in the county and major distribution hubs in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Houston and Atlanta, Benczkowski said.

When President Trump signed an executive order (in 2017) prioritizing the dismantlement of transnational criminal organizations, the Department of Justice answered the call and took direct aim at CJNG,"

CJNG has a global reach detected on every continent except Antarctica. The Jalisco cartel, along with Sinaloa, are blamed for importing the majority of America's fentanyl, the nation's No. 1 killer, as well as meth.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jalisco-new-generation-gang-mexican-cartel-led-by-el-mencho-taking-over-everywhere/

Project Python, resulted in more than 600 arrests and 350 indictments on the state and federal level, officials said.

But Jalisco has continued to assert itself with brazen methods. U.S. prosecutors said its operatives tried to buy belt-fed M-60 machine guns in the United States, and once brought down a Mexican military helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade.

Jalisco, with years of experience in methamphetamine production through their allies, the "Cuinis" gang, is in a prime position to capitalize on new synthetic drugs like fentanyl.

"CJNG's efforts to dominate key ports on both the Pacific and Gulf Coasts have allowed it to consolidate important components of the global narcotics supply chain," said a Congressional Research Service report. "In particular, CJNG asserts control over the ports of Veracruz, Manzanillo, and Lázaro Cardenas, which has given the group access to precursor chemicals that flow into Mexico from China and other parts of Latin America.