Mexican authorities captured an alleged leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in the central state of Morelosa neighbor of the capital, reported this Saturday the Navy and the state prosecutor’s office.
Francisco Javier Rodríguez Hernández, known as “The Lord” either “XL“, was apprehended on Friday in the tourist city of Mazatlán, in the state of Sinaloa (northwest), in an operation carried out by members of the Marine Secretary and the Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime (FEMDO).
The detainee has various investigation folders related to crimes of qualified homicide, including the murder of three doctors in April 2020, detailed the Attorney General of Morelos.
“In addition to the above, Francisco Javier Rodríguez Hernández is singled out for the crime of criminal association, and one of the main generators of violence in the state of Morelos with different activities in the metropolitan area and south of the entity,” added the agency in a statement.
To the “sir” He is also credited with controlling “several laboratories for the production of synthetic drugs” – according to information from the Navy – which is distributed in at least seven municipalities of Morelos, a popular summer destination for the inhabitants of Mexico City.
Since July of last year, the Prosecutor’s Office offered a reward of 500,000 pesos (about 24,500 dollars) to whoever provided useful information to achieve his arrest “which allowed receiving information for that purpose,” revealed the authority.
The leader of CJNGNemesio Oseguera, aka “The Mencho“, is one of the most wanted capos by United States authorities, who offer a reward of 10 million dollars for his capture.
Mexico is immersed in a spiral of violence that has left some 340,000 dead -mostly attributed to actions of organized crime- since 2006 when a controversial military anti-drug offensive was deployed.
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