Suspected CJNG operator arrested in Guadalajara
By Cartel Insider Wire Desk · Edited by Mica Treviño
Original reporting: UDGTV
What happened
UDGTV reports the arrest of Giancarlo “N,” alias “El Raptor” or “El Lucifer,” whom investigators identify as a suspected CJNG regional operator in Colima and Jalisco.
Reporting and context
Federal authorities arrested Giancarlo “N,” known as “El Raptor” or “El Lucifer,” in an operation in Guadalajara, according to UDGTV, citing Mexico’s federal Attorney General’s Office. Investigators identify him as a suspected regional operator of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel with a presence in Colima and Jalisco.
The report says he was wanted on an arrest warrant for attempted aggravated homicide. Navy personnel carried out the deployment in coordination with the federal Security and Citizen Protection Secretariat, federal prosecutors and Tlaquepaque police.
UDGTV reported that the Criminal Investigation Agency described Giancarlo “N” as a suspected regional operational chief. The agency also classified him as a second-tier figure driving violence. Those descriptions reflect the authorities’ assessment of his alleged role.
The outlet placed the arrest alongside another recent federal operation against a suspected leader of the same group. On Sunday, November 8, authorities detained Rafael Álvarez, known as “R2,” whom the report describes as an alleged CJNG leader.
Álvarez was located at a restaurant in Guadalajara’s Vallarta Norte neighborhood, where he had been since Saturday night, the report says. UDGTV counted the two operations as arrests of two suspected cell leaders; the restaurant account concerns Álvarez’s earlier detention.
Original publication: UDGTV.