WATCH: Alleged Cartel Members Deny Existence Of Extermination Camp, Blame Volunteers For Creating "Horror Movie"

As Mexican authorities and volunteers continue unveiling new details related to the Izaguirre Ranch, the alleged extermination center used by the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) to train and torture people, an eerie video surfaced on social media that showed alleged cartel members denying any involvement and seeking to shift blame.

The four-minute video quickly went viral on social media as an alleged Jalisco cartel member —surrounded by more than 30 people armed with large-caliber firearms— denied any wrongdoing by CJNG and claimed all evidence and testimonies published my media outlets is false.

The Izaguirre Ranch had been investigated by federal authorities back in September, but it was not until a group of volunteers from the Colectivo Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco alerted authorities of potential evidence pointing to it being an extermination camp that the issue began dominating headlines. In the video, the alleged Jalisco cartel member attacked the organization by saying their evidence did not match findings made by federal authorities.

"A group of mothers supported by I don't know who and with information from dubious origin 100% contradict what was found by authorities six months prior," the alleged cartel member said. "They notified the findings and labelled it as an extermination center where more than 250 people were being held captive. What did they find? How much did they find? They did not find anything," the man added.

Perhaps the most bizarre part about the video was when the man tasked with reading the letter started questioning the volunteers by saying they had no right to enter the property without alerting authorities.

"Your duty was to inform authorities. What you did was plant and create a horror movie in order to create a controversy in social media," the man said. "What are you hiding? Why are you trying to harm the Jalisco cartel with lies and fabricated, unfounded stories?," he added.

After shifting the blame towards members of Colectivo Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco, the cartel spokesperson confirmed those in the video belong to a criminal organization. However, he went on to assure that the cartel is ran under a set of "internal codes" and highlighted that members "are also fathers, sons, brothers and husbands that understand the pain of families that are missing their loved ones."

Towards the end of the video, the Jalisco cartel spokesperson assured that "Jalisco is peaceful" with no homicides nor kidnappings reported in rural communities. But as Infobae Mexico reports, between October 2023 and March 2025, volunteer groups have discovered at least six properties such as the one in Teuchitlán used by the cartel as extermination centers.

And in terms of disappearances, contrary to what the alleged CJNG member claimed during the video, Jalisco is the Mexican state with the highest number of people missing with nearly 15,000.