US EditionAlleged Cartel Member 'El Pajarraco,' Linked to Killing Of Ayotzinapa Students, Arrested in Mexico
- On June 5, 2025, authorities in Hidalgo state detained Juan Miguel "N," known as "El Pajarraco," who is suspected of belonging to the Guerreros Unidos cartel.
- Authorities have connected him to the 2014 case involving the disappearance of dozens of students from a teacher training institution in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, a tragedy that implicated both local law enforcement and criminal cartel members.
- Reports indicate Guerreros Unidos intercepted the students' buses, allegedly killed the students, and incinerated their bodies at the Cocula dump while local police facilitated the handover.
- El Pajarraco informed the National Human Rights Commission that the missing students had all perished after being burned at the Cocula dump and expressed a desire to ease his conscience.
- His arrest followed an appeals court ruling clearing former Iguala mayor Abarca of charges related to the case, and the disappearance remains a significant unresolved issue drawing public attention.
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By Ivonne Valdés, CNN Mexico's security cabinet announced the arrest of Juan Miguel Pantoja Miranda, alias "Pajarraco," for organized crime and forced disappearance in connection with the investigation into the disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, in 2014. In a statement released Wednesday, it was detailed that alias "Pajarraco" was detected in the municipality of Almoloya, Hidalgo, and surveillance points were set up to locat…
By Ivonne Valdés, CNN Mexico's security cabinet announced the arrest of Juan Miguel Pantoja Miranda, alias "Pajarraco," for organized crime and forced disappearance in connection with the investigation into the disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, in 2014. In a statement released Wednesday, it was detailed that alias "Pajarraco" was detected in the municipality of Almoloya, Hidalgo, and surveillance points were set up to locat…
Alleged Cartel Member 'El Pajarraco,' Linked to Killing Of Ayotzinapa Students, Arrested in Mexico
Mexican federal forces have arrested Juan Miguel "N," also known as "El Pajarraco", an alleged member of the Guerreros Unidos cartel linked to the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from a rural school in Ayotzinapa
Federal agents recaptured Juan Miranda Pantoja, 'El Pajarraco' in Hidalgo, involved in the disappearance of 43 students in 2014.
Security sources attributed that the attack on the police could be related to the recent arrest of Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, alias “Chicharra”, leader of Los Huistas, a Guatemalan criminal group that established links with both the Sinaloa Cartel and the CJNG.
Federal forces reported that they managed to arrest Juan Manuel “N”, alias “el Pajarraco”, an alleged criminal involved in the case of the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa normalists. --> Subscribe to the WhatsApp channel of adn40 Juan Manuel “N”, the Pajarraco, is accused of crimes against health, organized crime and enforced disappearance. We tell you the details.
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