US EditionMexican authorities arrest alleged crime figure ‘El Botox’ in killing of lime growers’ leader
Authorities arrested César Alejandro Sepúlveda Arellano, aka 'El Botox,' linked to 11 arrest warrants for extortion and multiple homicides targeting Michoacan’s lime growers, officials said.
- Authorities arrested César Alejandro Sepúlveda Arellano, known as `El Botox`, in Michoacan on Thursday, capturing the alleged leader of the White Trojans.
- Facing 11 arrest orders, Sepúlveda Arellano is accused of alleged extortion, homicide, and explosive attacks on authorities, Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said.
- Bernardo Bravo, president of the Apatzingan Valley Citrus Producers Association, was found dead in his vehicle in October after denouncing organized crime, and two weeks later a gunman killed Carlos Alberto Manzo, Uruapan mayor.
- Michoacan Gov. Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla said the arrest Thursday was an overwhelming blow against extortion in Michoacan's lime and avocado sector, while President Claudia Sheinbaum's administration sent more troops after two homicides and public outcry.
- The White Trojans work with Los Viagras, an ally of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, placing their actions within broader regional organized-crime dynamics.
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Bernardo Bravo Manríquez, a lemon leader killed in Apatzingan last October, reportedly met with César Alejandro Sepúlveda, alias ‘El Botox’, on the very day of his death, according to investigations by the Michoacán Prosecutor’s Office. Based on a reconstruction of the facts and indications collected by the prosecution, the meeting took place at the ranch of the alleged leader of ‘Los Blancos de Troya’, arrested on Thursday 22 January by federal…
The helicopter overflight, this Wednesday, in the Michoacano village of Cenobio Moreno, in the Valle de Apatzingán, caused significant arrests by the Mexican government. Authorities were looking for César Sepúlveda, alias Botox, one of the most visible faces of crime in the State, accused of more than a dozen extortions and murders, including that of the leader of the local association of citrus growers, Bernardo Bravo, at the end of last year. …
The Governor of Michoacán, Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, revealed that the capture of César Alejandro Sepúlveda Arellano, alias "El Botox", occurred after a series of failed attempts in which the leader of "Los Blancos de Troya" managed to escape sheltering himself even in caves. At a press conference held on Thursday, the Brownist President admitted that the capture of this priority goal was not simple, indicating that the offender had a meticulousl…
Alleged extortion boss 'El Botox' arrested in central Michoacán
Security Minister Omar García Harfuch announced on Thursday the arrest of a man in connection with the murder of Bernardo Bravo, who led a lime growers’ association in Michoacán. At President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference, García Harfuch said that “an individual nicknamed El Botox” had been detained “a few minutes ago” in an operation carried out by federal and state security forces in Michoacán. En un operación conjunta de @Defe…
'El Botox,' cartel leader of White Trojans, arrested in western Mexico, authorities say
Mexican authorities said Thursday that they arrested an alleged organized crime figure in the western state of Michoacan in connection with last October’s killing of an outspoken leader of the state’s lime growers. Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said that authorities arrested the man known as “El Botox,” allegedly responsible for extorting lime growers and for various homicides, including the killing of agricultural leader Bernardo Bravo…
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