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The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell

Cartel Hitman Reveals How The Jalisco New Generation Cartel Turned Him Into A Professional Sicario

The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell

Johnny Mitchell

True Crime

4.3563 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

"David"—a former sicario for the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG)—shares his harrowing journey into one of the most dangerous cartels in Mexico. From being recruited via TikTok to experiencing brutal military-style training, live executions, and deadly shootouts, David opens up about the psychological toll, the violence, and ultimately, his escape. -Recruitment via social media -Life inside CJNG training camps -Execution orders and internal punishment -Gunfights with rival cartels and military forces -Escaping the cartel and living with guilt -Reflections on trauma, redemption, and starting over Check out Johnny on the road! For tour dates visit https://www.micdropcomedy.com/ This Episode Is #Sponsored By The Following: AVA! Download the Ava app today, and when you join using my promo code CONNECT, you’ll get your first month FREE! This offer is only for MY listeners. BETTERHELP! As the largest online therapy provider in the world, BetterHelp can provide access to mental health professionals with a diverse variety of expertise. Our listeners get 10% off their first month at https://betterhelp.com/connect Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

And you put,

0:01.2

You want to work,

0:02.5

you in the four letters?

0:04.6

I that day,

0:05.0

I was dead.

0:06.0

Of my daughter,

0:06.8

of my wife, of my mom. And there was where me made the question. What do you want to the ones who want to be the sikari? And I kept thinking three seconds. I went to the man. And I got to have the hand, I went to This young man will call David.

0:19.6

He's wearing a mask and using a fake name

0:21.7

because he's still being monitored by his former employer, the Halisco New Generation Cartel, the largest and most powerful criminal organization in Mexico.

0:30.6

David is only 20 years old. He's still a kid. But the time he spent as a cicario with the CJNGJ. N.G. was more violent and traumatizing than most

0:38.7

real soldiers experience in sanctioned wars for their countries. The stories you were about to hear

0:44.2

are the most unbelievable things ever told on this podcast. But after spending time in

0:49.2

Halisco and talking to other cicadios, soldiers, and people familiar with the CJNG, I can assure you they are all true. What happened to David happens to thousands of young men and women in Mexico every day. Enjoy. Much a type of military. Why? Because the commandant of that schoolita, was an ex-militar. Incluso, also, also, we gaseer. We got us, we metier like three minutes there. a little. I mean, I just were going to be to start. In my training, they were two adiastraders me. They were to get a camp of the fire, and they put to the fire at the black. If you're hoven and you're here in Halisco well known by

1:30.9

the If you're young and you're

1:28.1

here in

1:28.9

Halisco,

1:29.9

well

1:30.1

by the

1:31.5

Cartel

1:31.9

Most Polaroos

1:32.6

of Mexico,

1:33.2

obviously.

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