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Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
About Érick Valencia Salazar
- Érick Valencia Salazar (Spanish pronunciation: ['erik ßa'len?ja sala'za?]; born 11 March 1977 or 19 November 1982), commonly referred to by his alias El 85, is a Mexican suspected drug lord and high ranking leader in the Nueva Plaza Cartel.
- He previously served as a high-ranking leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a criminal group based in Jalisco.
- The Mexican Army suspects he was responsible for supervising the CJNG's cocaine and ephedrine delivery shipments from Colombia and China to Mexico, and for coordinating attacks against rival groups like La Resistencia and Los Zetas in the 2010s.
- Before leading the CJNG, El 85 reportedly held a leadership role within the Milenio Cartel, the predecessor group where the CJNG originated from.
- When several of his superiors were arrested and/or killed, El 85 and several others from the Milenio Cartel reportedly formed the CJNG. On 3 March 2012, the Mexican Army arrested El 85 in Zapopan, Jalisco.
- The arrest triggered a series of coordinated attacks carried out by the CJNG to try to rescue El 85.
- Throughout the states of Jalisco and Michoacán, the CJNG hijacked 25 vehicles and set them on fire across multiple highways.
- Three people were killed and sixteen suspects were arrested.
- On 27 December 2017, El 85 was released from prison after a judge concluded there were violations in his due process and because of insufficient evidence.
- Investigators suspect El 85 resumed activities in the CJNG following his release.
- In 2018, the U.S.
- government unsealed an indictment that charged El 85 for drug trafficking offenses since 2003.
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