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La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM) was founded in 2011 by Johnny Hurtado Olascoaga and José Alfredo Hurtado Olascoaga, who remain its current leaders.
Answer: True
The source states that La Nueva Familia Michoacana was founded in 2011 by Johnny Hurtado Olascoaga and José Alfredo Hurtado Olascoaga, who continue to lead the organization.
The English translation of La Nueva Familia Michoacana is 'The Old Michoacan Family.'
Answer: False
The English translation of La Nueva Familia Michoacana is 'The New Michoacan Family' or 'The New Family.'
Johnny Hurtado Olascoaga is known by the alias 'El Fresa,' while Jose Alfredo Hurtado Olascoaga is known as 'El Pez.'
Answer: False
Johnny Hurtado Olascoaga is known as 'El Pez,' and Jose Alfredo Hurtado Olascoaga is known as 'El Fresa.'
La Nueva Familia Michoacana formed as a splinter group after the original La Familia Michoacana lost power in 2010.
Answer: True
La Nueva Familia Michoacana formed in 2011 as a splinter group, following the original La Familia Michoacana's decline in power in 2010.
The original La Familia Michoacana is considered an enemy of La Nueva Familia Michoacana.
Answer: False
The original La Familia Michoacana is considered an ally of La Nueva Familia Michoacana, despite the latter forming as a splinter group.
The decline of the original La Familia Michoacana's power in 2010 was partly due to the suspected death of Nazario Moreno, confirmed by DNA in 2014.
Answer: True
The original La Familia Michoacana's power declined in 2010 following the suspected death of Nazario Moreno, which was later confirmed by a DNA test in 2014.
La Nueva Familia Michoacana was originally founded in the state of Jalisco, Mexico.
Answer: False
La Nueva Familia Michoacana was originally founded in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.
The ethnicity of La Nueva Familia Michoacana members is primarily Colombian.
Answer: False
The ethnicity of La Nueva Familia Michoacana members is identified as Mexican.
The original La Familia Michoacana lost power in 2010 primarily due to internal conflicts within the organization.
Answer: False
The original La Familia Michoacana lost power in 2010 due to the emergence of the Knights Templar Cartel and the suspected death of Nazario Moreno.
La Nueva Familia Michoacana has been active since its founding in 2011 and continues to operate today.
Answer: True
La Nueva Familia Michoacana has been continuously active since its founding in 2011 and remains operational in the present day.
What is the common English translation for the criminal organization La Nueva Familia Michoacana?
Answer: The New Michoacan Family
The English translation of La Nueva Familia Michoacana is 'The New Michoacan Family' or 'The New Family.'
Who are identified as the founders and current leaders of La Nueva Familia Michoacana?
Answer: Johnny Hurtado Olascoaga and José Alfredo Hurtado Olascoaga
Johnny Hurtado Olascoaga and José Alfredo Hurtado Olascoaga are identified as the founders and current leaders of La Nueva Familia Michoacana.
In which Mexican state was La Nueva Familia Michoacana originally founded?
Answer: Michoacán
La Nueva Familia Michoacana was originally founded in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.
What is the alias of Johnny Hurtado Olascoaga, one of the current leaders of La Nueva Familia Michoacana?
Answer: El Pez
Johnny Hurtado Olascoaga is known by the alias 'El Pez.'
La Nueva Familia Michoacana formed as a splinter group after which event?
Answer: The emergence of the Knights Templar Cartel and the suspected death of Nazario Moreno in 2010
La Nueva Familia Michoacana formed as a splinter group after the original La Familia Michoacana lost power in 2010, following the emergence of the Knights Templar Cartel and the suspected death of Nazario Moreno.
What is the relationship between La Nueva Familia Michoacana and the original La Familia Michoacana?
Answer: La Nueva Familia Michoacana formed as a splinter group, and the original group is considered an ally.
La Nueva Familia Michoacana formed as a splinter group from the original La Familia Michoacana, which is considered an ally.
What is the alias of Jose Alfredo Hurtado Olascoaga?
Answer: El Fresa
Jose Alfredo Hurtado Olascoaga is known by the alias 'El Fresa.'
What is the ethnicity of the members of La Nueva Familia Michoacana, as stated in the source?
Answer: Mexican
The ethnicity of the members of La Nueva Familia Michoacana is identified as Mexican.
What was the suspected fate of Nazario Moreno, which contributed to the decline of the original La Familia Michoacana's power?
Answer: His suspected death, later confirmed by DNA.
The suspected death of Nazario Moreno, later confirmed by DNA in 2014, contributed to the decline of the original La Familia Michoacana's power.
What is the current operational status of La Nueva Familia Michoacana?
Answer: It is active and continues to operate in the present day.
La Nueva Familia Michoacana has been continuously active since its founding in 2011 and continues to operate in the present day.
LNFM primarily operates in northern Mexican states like Sonora and Chihuahua.
Answer: False
La Nueva Familia Michoacana primarily operates in southern Mexican states such as Michoacán, Edomex, Morelos, Jalisco, and Guerrero.
La Nueva Familia Michoacana has established a presence in U.S. states including Texas, New Mexico, and Washington, D.C.
Answer: True
The organization has a reported presence in U.S. states including Texas, New Mexico, North Carolina, Georgia, and Washington, D.C.
La Nueva Familia Michoacana operates in fewer than 20 municipalities in southern Mexico.
Answer: False
La Nueva Familia Michoacana operates in at least 35 municipalities across the southern areas of Mexico.
Which of the following U.S. states is NOT mentioned as a territory where La Nueva Familia Michoacana has established a presence?
Answer: Florida
La Nueva Familia Michoacana has a reported presence in Texas, New Mexico, North Carolina, Georgia, and Washington, D.C., but Florida is not mentioned.
How many municipalities in southern Mexico does La Nueva Familia Michoacana operate in?
Answer: At least 35
La Nueva Familia Michoacana operates in at least 35 municipalities across the southern areas of Mexico.
Which of the following Mexican territories is NOT listed as an operational area for La Nueva Familia Michoacana?
Answer: Sonora
La Nueva Familia Michoacana operates in Michoacán, Edomex, Morelos, Jalisco, and Guerrero, but Sonora is not listed as an operational area.
The primary criminal activity of La Nueva Familia Michoacana is human trafficking.
Answer: False
La Nueva Familia Michoacana specializes in a range of illicit activities, including drug trafficking, murder, extortion, kidnapping, blackmailing, robbery, and illegal mining, but human trafficking is not listed as its primary activity.
The main focus of La Nueva Familia Michoacana's drug trafficking operations is the distribution of heroin and ecstasy to the United States.
Answer: False
The main focus of La Nueva Familia Michoacana's drug trafficking operations is the distribution of cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine to the United States.
The U.S. Treasury alleged La Nueva Familia Michoacana was involved in distributing 'rainbow' fentanyl, which targets young users.
Answer: True
The U.S. Treasury alleged that La Nueva Familia Michoacana was involved in distributing 'rainbow' fentanyl, which is marketed to young users through its bright colors, shapes, and sizes.
La Nueva Familia Michoacana cultivates only marijuana for its drug operations.
Answer: False
La Nueva Familia Michoacana cultivates both marijuana and poppies for its drug operations.
Illegal mining is a significant financial crime La Nueva Familia Michoacana is involved in, besides drug trafficking.
Answer: True
Beyond drug trafficking, La Nueva Familia Michoacana is significantly involved in illegal mining as a financial crime.
Many of La Nueva Familia Michoacana's leaders have been arrested for drug trafficking only.
Answer: False
Many of La Nueva Familia Michoacana's leaders have been arrested for threatening and blackmailing people through social media platforms, in addition to other illicit activities.
La Nueva Familia Michoacana is known for threatening and blackmailing individuals on social media.
Answer: True
La Nueva Familia Michoacana is known for threatening and blackmailing individuals, specifically through social media platforms.
Opium poppy cultivated by LNFM is used to produce opioids like heroin.
Answer: True
La Nueva Familia Michoacana cultivates opium poppy, which is used to produce opioids such as heroin.
The term 'rainbow' fentanyl refers to its unique chemical composition that makes it less potent.
Answer: False
'Rainbow' fentanyl refers to fentanyl in brightly colored pills and powders marketed to young users, not a less potent chemical composition.
Which drugs are primarily distributed by La Nueva Familia Michoacana to the United States?
Answer: Cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine
La Nueva Familia Michoacana primarily distributes cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine to the United States.
What is 'rainbow' fentanyl, as described in the context of La Nueva Familia Michoacana's activities?
Answer: Fentanyl in brightly colored pills and powders marketed to young users
'Rainbow' fentanyl refers to fentanyl in brightly colored pills and powders that are marketed to young users.
What types of drugs are cultivated by La Nueva Familia Michoacana?
Answer: Marijuana and poppies
La Nueva Familia Michoacana is involved in cultivating marijuana and poppies.
Besides drug trafficking, what other significant financial crime is La Nueva Familia Michoacana involved in?
Answer: Illegal mining
Beyond drug trafficking, La Nueva Familia Michoacana is also significantly involved in illegal mining.
Which of the following is NOT a primary criminal activity of La Nueva Familia Michoacana?
Answer: Cyber espionage
La Nueva Familia Michoacana specializes in drug trafficking, murder, extortion, kidnapping, blackmailing, robbery, and illegal mining, but cyber espionage is not listed.
La Nueva Familia Michoacana is known for threatening and blackmailing individuals through what specific platform?
Answer: Social media platforms
La Nueva Familia Michoacana is known for threatening and blackmailing individuals through social media platforms.
What does the cultivation of opium poppy by La Nueva Familia Michoacana primarily lead to the production of?
Answer: Opioids like heroin
The cultivation of opium poppy by La Nueva Familia Michoacana is primarily used to produce opioids like heroin.
The concern regarding 'rainbow' fentanyl distribution by La Nueva Familia Michoacana stems from its marketing strategy targeting which demographic?
Answer: Young users
The concern regarding 'rainbow' fentanyl stems from its deliberate marketing strategy targeting young users with brightly colored pills and powders.
Which of the following is NOT an illegal activity La Nueva Familia Michoacana specializes in?
Answer: Legitimate agricultural exports
La Nueva Familia Michoacana specializes in robbery, blackmailing, and kidnapping, among other illicit activities, but cyber espionage is not listed.
La Nueva Familia Michoacana is primarily engaged in battling the Sinaloa Cartel in the Tierra Caliente region.
Answer: False
La Nueva Familia Michoacana is primarily engaged in battling the CJNG criminal organization in the Tierra Caliente region.
In 2019, 'El Zarco' of LNFM threatened 'El Mencho' of CJNG via social media.
Answer: True
In 2019, 'El Zarco,' a leader from a La Nueva Familia Michoacana cell, issued a social media threat to 'El Mencho,' a leader of the CJNG.
The CJNG responded to 'El Zarco's' threat by ignoring it.
Answer: False
The CJNG responded to 'El Zarco's' threat by issuing a counter-threat to assassinate him.
Which criminal organization does La Nueva Familia Michoacana primarily battle in the Tierra Caliente region?
Answer: CJNG
La Nueva Familia Michoacana is primarily engaged in battling the CJNG criminal organization in the Tierra Caliente region.
What was the nature of the social media threat made by 'El Zarco' in 2019?
Answer: A threat to 'El Mencho' of the CJNG, stating his group intended to kill El Mencho's hitmen.
In 2019, 'El Zarco' of La Nueva Familia Michoacana threatened 'El Mencho' of the CJNG, stating his group intended to kill 'El Mencho's' hitmen.
What was the CJNG's response to 'El Zarco's' social media threat?
Answer: They issued a counter-threat to assassinate 'El Zarco.'
The CJNG responded to 'El Zarco's' social media threat by issuing a counter-threat to assassinate him.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned La Nueva Familia Michoacana in November 2022.
Answer: True
The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned La Nueva Familia Michoacana and its alleged leaders in November 2022.
Sanctions against La Nueva Familia Michoacana were implemented under Executive Order 13224.
Answer: False
The sanctions against La Nueva Familia Michoacana were implemented pursuant to Executive Order 14059.
In 2024, the FBI was reportedly seeking Rodolfo 'Don Jose' Maldonado-Bustos in connection with La Nueva Familia Michoacana.
Answer: False
In 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was reportedly seeking Rodolfo 'Don Jose' Maldonado-Bustos in connection with the organization, not the FBI.
La Nueva Familia Michoacana was designated as a terrorist organization by the United States Department of State in February 2025.
Answer: True
The United States Department of State designated La Nueva Familia Michoacana as a terrorist organization in February 2025.
The U.S. Department of State's designation of LNFM as a Foreign Terrorist Organization implies severe sanctions and restrictions.
Answer: True
The designation of La Nueva Familia Michoacana as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. Department of State leads to severe sanctions and restrictions.
When did the U.S. Department of the Treasury impose sanctions on La Nueva Familia Michoacana?
Answer: November 2022
The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on La Nueva Familia Michoacana in November 2022.
Under which Executive Order were the sanctions against La Nueva Familia Michoacana implemented by the U.S. Treasury?
Answer: Executive Order 14059
The sanctions against La Nueva Familia Michoacana were implemented pursuant to Executive Order 14059.
Which U.S. agency was reportedly seeking Rodolfo 'Don Jose' Maldonado-Bustos in 2024 in connection with La Nueva Familia Michoacana?
Answer: DEA
In 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was reportedly seeking Rodolfo 'Don Jose' Maldonado-Bustos in connection with La Nueva Familia Michoacana.
When was La Nueva Familia Michoacana designated as a terrorist organization by the United States Department of State?
Answer: February 2025
La Nueva Familia Michoacana was designated as a terrorist organization by the United States Department of State in February 2025.
What does the U.S. Department of State's designation of La Nueva Familia Michoacana as a Foreign Terrorist Organization signify?
Answer: The U.S. government views the group as engaging in or capable of terrorist activity, leading to severe sanctions.
The designation of La Nueva Familia Michoacana as a Foreign Terrorist Organization signifies that the U.S. government views the group as engaging in or capable of terrorist activity, leading to severe sanctions and restrictions.