Guanajuato’s violence and the CSRL

A growing criminal group has turned Guanajuato into one of the country's most violent states

Key points:

• The rising violence in Guanajuato is driven by fuel theft and conflict among criminal groups, particularly the CJNG and the growing Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel (CSRL).

• The CSRL has expanded in the past two years from a small-time oil theft gang in a few municipalities to an organization with multiple income streams that has ambitions of becomin…