CJNG Co-founder Martín Arzola Ortega 'El 53' Assassinated

Martín Arzola Ortega 'El 53,' a co-founder of CJNG who had been released from prison in 2018, is shot dead at a Zapopan shopping center by a 17-year-old CJNG hitman. His killing signals the increasingly brutal internal discipline El Mencho imposes on those perceived as disloyal or independent.