US EditionTop Jalisco cartel leader 'El Jardinero' arrested in Mexico, minister says
Mexican special forces captured a top CJNG commander wanted in the United States, and officials said the arrest could disrupt cartel operations.
- On Monday, Mexican special forces arrested Audias Flores, known as "El Jardinero," in Nayarit, Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch confirmed. Flores was a top commander of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel .
- Flores controlled CJNG territory along the Pacific coast and was considered a potential successor to Nemesio Oseguera, alias "Mencho," who led the cartel until his death in February.
- The U.S. Treasury Department identified Flores as a "significant foreign narcotics trafficker," and a grand jury charged him with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin. The U.S. government offered a $5 million reward for his capture.
- Carlos Olivo, a former Drug Enforcement Administration assistant special agent in charge and CJNG expert, said the arrest "will have a bigger effect on CJNG operations than Mencho being taken out."
- The arrest marks a personal milestone for Garcia Harfuch, who blamed Oseguera for a 2020 assassination attempt that killed two bodyguards. Mexico faces heightened security scrutiny as it prepares to co-host the FIFA World Cup with the United States and Canada.
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Mexico's military captures top cartel leader in another blow to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
The Mexican military has captured a top cartel leader in northwestern Mexico, dealing another blow to the country's most powerful criminal enterprise, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The arrest took place two months after the cartel’s leader was killed. The…
The Secretariat of the Navy has arrested on Monday one of the strong men of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), Audias Flores Silva, alias El Jardinero, in the community of El Mirador, inside Nayarit and very close to the border with Jalisco. The arrest, another blow to the heart of one of the most powerful posters in Mexico, has unleashed narco-blockages and business burns in the State. Faced with the reprisals of the crime organization…
The Mexican authorities announced on Monday the capture of two high-ranking criminals, one of them an ally close to the late founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and his potential successor. Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera died in February after being wounded in an exchange of fire with Mexican soldiers in the state of Jalisco, in the west of the country, which triggered a wave of roadblocks and clashes with the security forces, leav…
Mexico City.- In its attempt to avoid being captured, Audias Flores Silva, "El Jardinero", one of the main operators of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), got into a drain pipe; however, it was located by personnel of the Secretariat of the Navy. In a joint communiqué, the Cabinet of Security reported that the alleged capo was surprised when he was in a cabin located near the community of El Mirador, in the state of Nayarit.
By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español. Special forces from the Mexican Navy arrested Audias Flores Silva, alias "El Jardinero" (The Gardener), in the state of Nayarit. He is identified as one of the alleged leaders of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), two months after the capture of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho," who for years was considered the organization's top leader. The arrest was confirmed this Monday by the Se…
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