García Harfuch says his CJNG cell extorted avocado growers in Michoacán; 19 others were detained in the Navy operation in Zapopan, Jalisco.
The Defense Secretariat says Luis Manuel “N” built drug tunnels into the US from Tijuana and took orders directly from CJNG leader Juan Carlos Valencia González.
Run with the Army, Navy and federal prosecutors, the raids on 36 properties bring to 32 the CJNG members caught since an August 19 operation, García Harfuch said.
Juan Manzo says the investigation into his brother’s killing has been sidelined by 2027 electoral interests, accusing the camp of Carlos’s widow, Mayor Grecia Quiroz, of withholding his phone.
Absolved in five federal cases and freed by a 2022 “judicial Saturday” ruling, R1 had been exposed in AMLO’s press conference as the emblem of impunity used to justify reforming the Judiciary.
Ramón Ángel Álvarez Ayala leads Los Rs, a CJNG cell; his capture brings to 31 the number detained over the Uruapan mayor’s November 2025 killing.