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Erick Valencia Salazar

Érick Valencia Salazar, commonly referred to by his alias El 85, is a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of the CJNG. He served as a high-ranking leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a criminal group based in Jalisco. He was extradited to the United States in 2025. 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, Valencia 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, Valencia and several others from the Milenio Cartel reportedly formed the CJNG.